England is assured of a first boys’ champion for 21 years in the showpiece under-19 final after a sensational day for the hosts in Birmingham on Saturday.

Lancashire’s Finnlay Withington will meet Jonah Bryant, of Sussex, in Sunday’s final after both English teens came through tight duels.

Bryant, 17, continued his giant-killing exploits by beating Netherlands’ world junior champion and top seed Rowan Damming 11-13, 15-13, 11-9, 11-9 in a 60-minute duel.

The Sussex teen, named after the great Jonah Barrington, is aiming to bag his second BJO title after winning the under-13 final in 2018.

Then, in the final match of a lengthy day, Withington was forced into a five-game thriller before overcoming Pakistan’s Hamza Khan 6-11, 11-5, 15-17, 11-2, 11-4.

As second seed, world junior runner-up Withington will be favourite to land a first title for England since James Willstrop lifted the title in 2002.

Meanwhile, there will be six all-Egyptian finals on Sunday in Birmingham.

Talia Sherif and Lilly Mashaal will contest the girls under-11 final, while there is it’s an Egyptian affair in the boys under-11 finale when Hazem Sarwat and Malek Ahmed take to court. Malika Taymour and Habiba Rizk also contest the girls under-13 final.

Nauman Khan, of Pakistan, came back from two games down to oust Eyad Walid Moussa 3-2 and set up a final with Carlton Capella in the boys under-13 final.

Elsewhere, Amina Orfi, unbeaten in her BJO career, overturned a two-game deficit to squeeze into the girls under-19 final. In the sixth all-Egyptian final on Sunday, she will play Fayrouz Aboelkheir in a battle of the top seeds.

Full results and schedule at www.britishjunioropen.com