Rohan Dani reached the semi-finals of the WTT Youth Contender Tunis, dropping to the highest seed and eventual champion within the under-15 boys’ singles.
Dani, a bronze medallist on the Mark Bates Ltd Cadet, U17 & Junior Nationals, was overwhelmed by second seed Wassim Essid of Tunisia within the group stage, however nonetheless went by way of as runner-up after which defeated two extra host nation athletes within the early rounds to get to the final 4.
He twice got here from a recreation behind to degree towards Benyamin Faraji of Iran, together with taking the fourth 13-11, however misplaced the decider. Faraji went on to defeat Essid within the last.
Max Radiven gained all three of his group matches with out dropping a recreation after which acquired by way of his last-16 conflict towards Algeria’s Aylan Goudjil, earlier than dropping out to Essid within the quarter-finals.
Within the under-17s, each boys acquired by way of the group stage as runners-up and have been defeated within the final 16 – Radiven dropping 12-10 in a decider to Faraji and Essid beating Dani.
England-based Poon Yat reached the quarter-finals of the under-19 women’ singles, together with a superb win over world No 66 Dominika Wiltschkova of Slovakia within the teams.
She was overwhelmed by one other Slovakian, Adriana Illasova, within the final eight, seeing her 67th-ranked opponent come from 2-0 right down to win within the fifth.
Yat & Egypt’s Mohamed Elsisy have been defeated within the deciding recreation of a quarter-final within the combined doubles by Samuel Palusek & Wiltschkova of Slovakia.
Outcomes
Underneath-19 Ladies’ Singles
Qualifying group 2
Poon Yat bt Dominika Wiltschkova (SVK) 3-1 (11-6, 11-7, 6-11, 11-5)
Yat bt Molka Riahi (TUN) 3-1 (17-15, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9)
Nina Guo Zheng (FRA) bt Yat 3-1 (11-4, 11-13, 11-5, 11-7)
Quarter-final
Adriana Illasova (SVK) bt Yat 3-2 (7-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-6)
Underneath-17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 2
Samuel Palusek (SVK) bt Max Radiven 3-1 (14-12, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5)
Radiven bt Youssef Guerfel (TUN) 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-9)
Qualifying group 5
Benyamin Faraji (IRI) bt Rohan Dani 3-2 (15-13, Sep 11, Sep 11, 11-7, 14-12)
Dani bt Youssef Aidli (TUN) 3-2 (8-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-7, 11-3)
Spherical of 16
Benyamin Faraji (IRI) bt Radiven 3-2 (1-11, Sep 11, 11-6, 11-3, 12-10)
Wassim Essid (TUN) bt Dani 3-1 (12-10, 11-6, 6-11, 11-5)
Underneath-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 2
Wassim Essid (TUN) bt Rohan Dani 3-1 (7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 13-11)
Dani bt Moaid Arif (KSA) 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-8)
Qualifying group 6
Max Radiven bt Khaled Touaibia (ALG) 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-8)
Radiven bt Abdulrahman Al Taher (KSA) 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-7)
Radiven bt Adam Jemaiel (TUN) 3-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-7)
Spherical of 16
Dani bt Amir Essid (TUN) 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-7)
Radiven bt Aylan Goudjil (ALG) 3-1 (6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7)
Quarter-finals
Dani bt Youssef Aidli (TUN) 3-1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-3)
Wassim Essid (TUN) bt Radiven 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-6)
Semi-finals
Benyamin Faraji (IRI) bt Dani 3-2 (7-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-13, 11-5)
Underneath-19 Combined Doubles
Quarter-finals
Dominika Wiltschkova & Samuel Palusek (SVK) bt Mohamed Elsisy (EGY) & Poon Yat 3-2 (5-11, 12-10, 11-13, 11-7, 11-6)
