Two English pairs earned bronze medals by reaching the doubles semi-finals at the Swedish Junior & Cadet Open, and there was a consolation singles silver for Mollie Patterson.
Megan Gidney & Denise Payet had an eye-catching 3-2 victory over French second seeds Camille Lutz & Prithika Pavade in the quarter-finals of the Junior Girls’ Doubles , but they found the Japanese fourth seeds Kaho Akae & Miwa Harimoto far tougher in the semis as they fell in three straight.
James Smith & Ethan Walsh were also in semi-final action in the boys’ event. Having reached that stage thanks to a walkover against the third seeds from Germany, the English pair had to play the top seeds Kun Ting Beh & Yew En Koen Pang of Singapore and, although they levelled at 1-1, they were beaten in four.
Smith and Payet’s runs in their respective singles competitions came to an end in the Round of 32 – Smith beaten in four by the top seed Truls Moregard of Sweden and Payet in five by Yuki Tsutsui of Germany.
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In the consolation events, Patterson won through four rounds to reach the final, where she was beaten by Berenice Marteau of France, who had accounted for Gidney in the semi-finals.
Naphong Boonyaprapa went the furthest of the five English players in the boys’ consolation, reaching the semi-finals where he lost in three to Mauro Scharrer of Switzerland. Sam Wilson and Felix Thomis reached the quarter-finals.
Results
Junior Boys’ Singles
Round of 32
Truls Moregard (SWE) bt James Smith 4-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-3, 11-4)
Consolation Singles
Round of 64
Ben Piggott bt Mohammed Abdulla (UAE) 3-0 (16-14, 11-7, 11-1)
Felix Thomis bt Danon Soh (SGP) 3-2 (9-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8)
Akito Saeki (JPN) bt Ethan Walsh 3-2 (12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 6-11, 11-8)
Naphong Boonyaprapa bt Andrea Morri (SMR) 3-1 (11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 14-12)
Round of 32
Finn Luu (AUS) bt Piggott 3-1 (11-5, 11-9, 14-16, 11-4)
Thomis bt Henrik Nilsen (NOR) 3-1 (11-4, 5-11, 11-6, 11-5)
Sam Wilson bt Temirlan Kim (KAZ) 3-1 (11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11-3)
Boonyaprapa bt Oscar Birriel Rivera (PUR) 3-1 (12-14, 13-11, 11-6, 11-9)
Round of 16
Boonyaprapa bt Elliot Lundqvist (SWE) 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-3)
Thomis bt Khalid Alshareif (KSA) 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 15-13)
Wilson bt Yassin Wael (EGY) 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-3)
Quarter-finals
Daniel Lindso (SWE) bt Thomis 3-0 (12-10, 11-9, 11-6)
Jakob Peterson (SWE) bt Wilson 3-2 (11-4, 10-12, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6)
Boonyaprapa bt Kai Jiang (USA) 3-2 (12-10, 12-10, 8-11, 9-11, 11-7)
Semi-finals
Mauro Scharrer (SUI) bt Boonyaprapa 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-6)
Junior Girls’ Singles
Round of 32
Yuki Tsutsui (GER) bt Denise Payet 4-1 (11-7, 11-7, 11-8, 10-12, 12-10)
Consolation Singles
Round of 64
Emine Ernst (NED) bt Millie Rogove 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-5)
Round of 32
Dobrila Jorguseska (NED) bt Ruby Chan 3-2 (11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-6)
Amy Marriott bt Maja Miklaszewska (POL) 3-2 (11-7, 11-9, 1-11, 5-11, 11-6)
Mollie Patterson bt Brianna Burgos (PUR) 3-1 (9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 19-17)
Tia Lynn Hsieh (USA) bt Raquel Sao Pedro 3-2 (10-12, 5-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-9)
Megan Gidney bt Alvalie Palmbo (SWE) 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-9)
Round of 16
Sarvinoz Mirkadirova (KAZ) bt Marriott 3-1 (11-8, 10-12, 11-9, 11-3)
Patterson bt Jia Qi Koh (SGP) 3-0 (11-8, 13-11, 11-9)
Gidney bt Gaia Smargiassi (ITA) 3-2 (8-11, 11-9, 2-11, 11-4, 11-4)
Quarter-finals
Patterson bt Tia Lynn Hsieh (USA) 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 14-12)
Gidney bt Kayleigh Cui (USA) 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 13-11)
Semi-finals
Patterson bt Emily Tan (USA) 3-1 (11-3, 11-8, 7-11, 14-12)
Berenice Marteau (FRA) bt Gidney 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-9)
Final
Marteau bt Patterson 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-5)
Junior Boys’ Doubles
Quarter-finals
Smith & Walsh bt Kirill Fadeev & Kay Stumper (GER) 3-0 (w/o)
Semi-finals
Kun Ting Beh & Yew En Koen Pang (SGP) bt Smith & Walsh 3-1 (11-4, 7-11, 11-9, 11-4)
Junior Girls’ Doubles
Quarter-finals
Gidney & Payet bt Camille Lutz & Prithika Pavade (FRA) 3-2 (10-12, 11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8)
Semi-finals
Kaho Akae & Miwa Harimoto (JPN) bt Gidney & Payet 3-0 (11-2, 11-6, 11-7)