Helshan Weerasinghe and Tom Jarvis performed above their seeding to reach the semi-finals of the Junior Boys’ Doubles at the Italian Cadet & Junior Open.

The pair, who are the National Junior Doubles champions, were seeded 9^th but defeated the fourth seeds in the last 16 and the eighth seeds in the quarter-finals to earn a crack at the top seeds, Nolan Givone and Romain Ruiz.

That was where their run ended as the French pair proved too strong, winning in three straight.

Marcus Giles and his doubles partner Tom Hoffman of Luxembourg, ranked 40^th, were beaten by 18^th seeds Matteo Mutti and Carlo Rossi of the host nation in the last 64.

The English trio were also competing in the singles in Lignano, with Jarvis and Weerasinghe advancing to the knockout stages.

Both reach the last 32, where 15-year-old Jarvis was eliminated by fourth seed Aliaksandr Khanin of Belarus, while 11^th seed Weerasinghe, 17, was upset by 29^th ranked Spaniard Carlos Vedriel.

Giles was eliminated in the groups but won through a round of the consolation event before being knocked out in the last 32 by Croatia’s Marko Vidacek.

In the team event, England were eliminated from Group D despite beating Switzerland. Germany won the group to advance to the knockout stage.

Results

Singles
Group 3
Helshan Weerasinghe lost to Adam Brat (SVK) 1-3 (6-11, 8-11, 11-4, 9-11)
Helshan Weerasinghe bt Nicholas Frigiolini (ITA) 3-0 (12-10, 12-10, 11-6)
Helshan Weerasinghe bt Tom Hoffman (LUX) 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-4)
Group 11
Marcus Giles lost to Matteo Mutti (ITA) 0-3 (5-11, 2-11, 7-11)
Marcus Giles lost to Ignacio Riback (ARG) 1-3 (9-11, 10-12, 11-7, 7-11)
Marcus Giles lost to Thibaut Darcis (BEL) 0-3 (7-11, 10-12, 9-11)
Group 19
Tom Jarvis bt Nicolas Simonet (SUI) 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-6)
Tom Jarvis lost to Thomas Grininger (AUT) 1-3 (9-11, 11-5, 12-14, 10-12)
Tom Jarvis bt Valentin Pieraert (BEL) 3-0 (11-3, 12-10, 11-5)

Round of 64
Tom Jarvis bt Enrico Puppo (ITA) 4-0 (11-8, 11-1, 11-0, 14-12)
Round of 32
Helshan Weerasinghe lost to Carlos Vedriel (ESP) 1-4 (6-11, 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11)
Tom Jarvis lost to Aliaksandr Khanin (BLR) 1-4 (11-8, 2-11, 10-12, 2-11, 8-11)

Consolation singles
Round of 64
Marcus Giles bt Dimitrije Levajac (SRB) 3-0 (11-2, 11-1, 11-7)
Round of 32
Marcus Giles lost to Marko Vidacek (CRO) 1-3 (7-11, 8-11, 11-9, 6-11)

Doubles
Round of 64
Marcus Giles & Tom Hoffman (LUX) lost to Matteo Mutti & Carlo Rossi (ITA) 0-3 (8-11, 9-11, 7-11)
Round of 32
Helshan Weerasinghe & Tom Jarvis bt Filip Karin (SUI) & Daniel Mijatovic (CRO) 3-0 (11-7, 11-1, 16-14)
Round of 16
Helshan Weerasinghe & Tom Jarvis bt Konstantin Chernov & Maksim Kiselev (RUS) 3-1 (11-6, 6-11, 11-6, 12-10) 4^th SEEDS
Quarter-finals
Helshan Weerasinghe & Tom Jarvis bt Gerrit Engemann & Dennis Klein (GER) 3-2 (11-5, 10-12, 5-11, 11-6, 11-8)
Semi-finals
Helshan Weerasinghe & Tom Jarvis lost to Nolan Givone & Romain Ruiz (FRA) 0-3 (5-11, 6-11, 5-11)

Team

Group D
England 3-2 Switzerland
Helshan Weerasinghe bt Filip Karan 3-1 (11-9, 11-7, 10-12, 11-5)
Tom Jarvis bt Nicolas Simonet 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 13-11)
Marcus Giles lost to Dimitri Brunner 2-3 (11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 6-11, 5-11)
Tom Jarvis lost to Filip Karan 1-3 (11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 9-11)
Helshan Weerasinghe bt Nicolas Simonet 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-9)

England 0-3 Germany
Tom Jarvis lost to Dennis Klein 2-3 (12-10, 6-11, 11-4, 4-11, 7-11)
Helshan Weerasinghe lost to Gerrit Engemann 1-3 (2-11, 8-11, 13-11, 7-11)
Marcus Giles lost to Nils Hohmeier 1-3 (11-7, 9-11, 2-11, 9-11)

Paul Stimpson
March 5, 2015