Quartet attain semi-finals for England in Podgorica

4 younger English athletes reached the semi-finals on the WTT Youth Contender Podgorica in Montenegro.

Adam Alibhai and Kacper Piwowar (pictured above) each topped their teams with 100% information within the Beneath-13 Boys, with Alibhai defeating Eire’s Peadar Sheridan in 5.

Alibhai then beat Romania’s Raul Creucu within the quarters, whereas Piwowar had a bye into the semis. Nevertheless, regardless of good showings, each boys have been overwhelmed within the final 4 – Piwowar in 5 by Sheridan and Alibhai by Spain’s Alexander Malov in 4. Malov beat Sheridan in 5 within the ultimate.

Within the Beneath-15 Blended Doubles, Isaac Kingham & Ella Pashley had an excellent 3-2 (9/11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-13, 11-7) win over Borislav Rajic & Jana Havela of Serbia within the quarter-finals.

They confronted China’s Zhai Jiale & Jiang Yiyi and at 1-1, 7-7 it was delicately poised. However the Chinese language pair stepped on the gasoline to win 3-1 (7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-3).

Within the under-17s, Jakub Piwowar reached the quarter-finals and Ralph Pattison the final 16 within the boys, and Sienna Jetha received to the spherical of 16 within the ladies. Kingham, Pashley and Max Radiven went out of their respective group phases.

All different pairs involving English gamers went out within the quarter-finals of the respective under-19 and under-15 Blended Doubles.

There’s English illustration within the Beneath-19 Boys’ Singles and in each Beneath-15 singles classes, which start on Friday.

Outcomes

Beneath-17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Chen Hengda (CHN) bt Isaac Kingham 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-4)
Matija Sepa (SRB) bt Kingham 3-1 (14-12, 11-13, 11-4, 11-8)

Qualifying group 3
Jakub Piwowar bt Borislav Rajix (SRB) 3-1 (11-9, 13-11, 6-11, 11-8)
Piwowar bt Jaksa Krivokapic (MNE) 3-2 (11-8, 9/11, 10-12, 11-4, 11-4)

Qualifying group 4
Kang Youde (CHN) bt Max Radiven 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-7)
Uros Ninkovic (SRB) bt Radiven 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-5)

Qualifying group 6
Ralph Pattison bt Djordje Rahovic (MNE) 3-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-2)
Zhai Jiale (CHN) bt Pattison 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-7)

Spherical of 16
Steven Moreno (PUR) bt Pattison 3-1 (12-10, 11-3, 7-11, 11-9)

Quarter-finals
Zhai Jiale (CHN) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-3)

Beneath-17 Ladies’ Singles
Qualifying group 3
Yang Huize (CHN) bt Ella Pashley 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-5)
Sara Radak (SRB) bt Pashley 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-4)

Qualifying group 5
Sienna Jetha bt Anja Bajovic (MNE) 3-0 (13-11, 11-4, 11-3)
Jiang Yiyi (CHN) bt Jetha 3-0 (11-9, 11-2, 11-5)

Spherical of 16
Sara Radak (SRB) bt Jetha 3-1 (11-3, 12-14, 11-2, 11-9)

Beneath-13 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Kacper Piwowar bt Milan Vucetic (MNE) 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-6)
Piwowar bt Raul Creucu (ROU) 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-6)

Qualifying group 3
Adam Alibhai bt Djordje Mitric (MNE) 3-0 (11-2, 11-6, 11-1)
Alibhai bt Peadar Sheridan (IRL) 3-2 (11-5, 8-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8)
Alibhai bt Konstantinos Isaakidis (GRE) 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-8)

Quarter-finals
Alibhai bt Raul Creucu (ROU) 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-6)

Semi-finals
Peadar Sheridan (IRL) bt Piwowar 3-2 (12-10, 4-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-3)
Alexander Malov (ESP) bt Alibhai 3-1(11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5)

Beneath-19 Blended Doubles
Quarter-finals
Liu Zinran & Chen Hengda (CHN) bt Ben Piggott & Alice Nilsson (SWE) 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 12-10)

Beneath-15 Blended Doubles
Quarter-finals
Yang Huize & Kang Youde (CHN) bt Ralph Pattison & Sienna Jetha 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 13-11)
Zhai Jiale & Jiang Yiyi (CHN) bt Kacper Piwowar & Maja Vanjo (SRB) 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-4)
Isaac Kingham & Ella Pashley bt Borislav Rajic & Jana Havela (SRB) 3-2 (9/11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-13, 11-7)

Semi-finals
Zhai Jiale & Jiang Yiyi (CHN) bt Kingham & Pashley 3-1 (7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-3)