France's Gregory Gaultier is one match away from winning his third successive European Individual Championship title after defeating compatriot Renan Lavigne in the men's semi-finals of the Head-sponsored European Squash Federation event in Budapest, Hungary.

Peter Barker became the only top seed to fail to make the semi-finals of the Head European Individual Championships when he was forced to concede his quarter-final match in Budapest, Hungary, after a recurrence of an ankle injury.

There were mixed fortunes for Hungarian players on the opening day of action in the Head European Individual Championships in the capital Budapest, with three players making it through to the men's last sixteen but local hope Edina Szombati crashing out in the first round of the women's event.

France's Gregory Gaultier is seeded to win his third men's title in a row in the Head European Individual Championships which get underway in Budapest, Hungary, today.

A major shift in the balance of power in European junior squash took place in Israel at the weekend when Germany clinched both titles in the European Junior U15/U17 Team Championships at the Towers Squash Club in Tel Aviv.

Denmark's Kristian Frost Olesen and France's Camille Serme claimed their first German Junior U19 Open titles after both achieved four-game victories in the finals in Gerlingen.