There was little to cheer about for the four English juniors that travelled to Sweden for the Junior & Cadet Open as only Igor Morais was able to progress to the first round.
The remaining trio, Liam McTiernan, Adam Harrison and Joseph Langham-Ferrieira were all knocked-out in their respective qualifying groups.
Morais, meanwhile, after reaching the first round was then knocked-out by the host nation’s Kim Nilsson 4-1.
There was some positive news for McTiernan, however, as he did manage to reach the quarter-finals of the consolation event. He beat Abdelrahman Rahmou (EGY), Oh Juhyeong (KOR) and Conor Edwards (WAL) en route.
Swedish Junior & Cadet Open, Orebro 20-24th February 2013
Results:
Junior Boy’s Singles:
Group 2:
Paul Gauzy (FRA) bt Igor Morais 3-1 (10-12, 11-3, 12-10, 11-6)
Igor Morias bt Malte Moregard (SWE) 3-2 (8-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-7, 12-10)
Group 4:
Elia Schmid (SUI) bt Liam McTiernan 3-1 (10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 11-3)
Marc Kynde (DEN) bt Liam McTiernan 3-2 (14-12, 5-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-3)
Masato Kakitsuka (JPN) bt Liam McTiernan 3-0 )11-7, 11-7, 11-6)
Group 8:
Gleb Shamruk (BLR) bt Joseph Langham-Ferreira 3-1 (9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7)
Abdulrahman Al-Naggar (QAT) bt Joseph Langham-Ferreira 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-5)
Can Akkuzu (FRA) bt Joseph Langham-Ferreira 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-8)
Group 21:
Simon Berglund (SWE) bt Adam Harrison 3-1 (11-3, 11-3, 10-12, 11-8)
Marko Medjugorac (CAN) bt Adam Harrison 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-8)
Lionel Weber (SUI) bt Adam Harrison 3-1 (12-10, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8)
Junior Boy’s Doubles:
Elias Ranefur/Jonas Stener (SWE) bt Joseph Langham-Ferriera/Igor Morais 3-1 (11-2, 11-1, 7-11, 11-4)
Abdulrahman Al-Naggar/Jassim Al-Sanadi (QAT) bt Adam Harrison/Liam McTiernan 3-2 (11-9, 10-12, 11-13, 11-7, 11-9)
Junior Boy’s Singles Last 64:
Kim Nilsson (SWE) bt Igor Morais 4-1 (11-8, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3)