Day Eight – Pitchford Marches On
In the boys singles Liam Pitchford dispatched Ondrej Bajger of Czech Republic in four straight sets to put him into the last 16. Liam now plays his doubles partner Leonardo Mutti of Italy for a place in the last 8.
In the boys doubles event Sam Walker and Lewis Gray progressed to the last 16 with a 3 – 1 win over Jezo and Pavolka of Slovakia. They now face Michal Korycki and Lukasz Nadolski of Poland.
The draw conspired to place the Cadet Boys in opposition to each other in the Cadet Boys Doubles and it was Jared Patel with his Croatian partner Nikola Horvat who prevailed but No 1 seeds Adam Szudi and Gergely Sabjan of Hungary were too strong in the next round winning in 5 games.
Jared Patel will have been sick of the sight of Adam Szudi as the Hungarian No 1 seed was his opponent in the Cadet Singles as well and the Hungarian came through in 5 games.
Tin-Tin Ho progressed to the last 32 of the Cadet Girls Singles but she found Nina Mittlehem of Germany too strong losing in 5 games. In the same round Megan Knowles faced Natalia Bajor of Poland who took the match in 4 straight games.
In the Junior Boys singles Sean Cullen went down to Tamás Lakatos of Hungary in 5 games leaving Liam Pitchford as our sole singles competitor.
Photo: Liam Pitchford, England’s last hope in the Singles – photo courtesy of Henk Hommes
Results
Cadet Boys Doubles
Last 64
528 WEERASINGHE, Helshan/529 MORAIS, Igor ENG lost to
548 HORVAT, Nikola HRV/530 PATEL, Jared ENG 2 : 3 (-8 7 -9 9 -9)
Last 32
549 SZUDI, Adam/551 SABJAN, Gergely HUN beat
548 HORVAT, Nikola HRV/530 PATEL, Jared ENG 3 : 2 (8 -6 -9 6 7)
Cadet Boys Singles
Last 32
549 SZUDI, Adam HUN beat 530 PATEL, Jared ENG 4 : 1 (2 -9 4 5 8 )
Cadet Girls Singles
Last 32
726 HO, Tin Tin ENG lost to 740 MITTELHAM, Nina GER 1 : 4 (-4 -4 -8 8 -9)
727 KNOWLES, Megan ENG lost to 769 BAJOR, Natalia POL 0 : 4 (-4 -4 -7 -9)
Cadet Girls Doubles
Last 64
728 TORKINGTON, Emma ENG/731 ARCOS, Lydia ESP lost to
793 JOHANSSON, Tilda/794 TOLLSTOY, Alice SWE 2 : 3 (-8 -11 3 11 -8 )
797 UZEL, Damla/799 KULAKCEKEN, Simay TUR lost to
726 HO, Tin Tin/727 KNOWLES, Megan ENG 2 : 3 (5 -9 -5 7 -7)
Last 32
726 HO, Tin Tin/727 KNOWLES, Megan ENG lost to
722 STEFCOVA, Kristyna/724 HOSKOVA, Denisa CZE 2 : 3 (-12 -5 5 6 -9)
Junior Boys Singles
Last 32
139 PITCHFORD, Liam ENG beat 131 BAJGER, Ondrej CZE 4 : 0 (10 8 10 5)
142 WALKER, Samuel ENG lost to 167 LAKATOS, Tamás HUN 1 : 4 (-8 -7 -4 8 -6)
Junior Boys Doubles
Last 64
142 WALKER, Samuel/143 GRAY, Lewis ENG beat
118 BARABANOV, Kiryl/121 AFANASENKA, Siarhei BLR 3 : 0 (5 10 14)
139 PITCHFORD, Liam ENG/175 MUTTI, Leonardo ITA lost to
136 S. JENSEN, Ruben/ 137 MADSEN, Emil DEN 1 : 3 (-6 -8 9 -7)
Last 32
221 PAVOLKA, Michal/ 223 JEZO, Martin SVK lost to
142 WALKER, Samuel/ 143 GRAY, Lewis ENG 1 : 3 (-10 -9 8 -6)
Junior Girls Doubles
Last 64
330 KING, Yolanda/331 WHYTE, Chloe ENG lost to
DRYKINA, Yana/316 BARAVOK, Katsiaryna BLR 0 : 3 (-6 -9 -7)
Last 32
55 NAGYVARADI, Mercedes/356 HEPKE, Johanna HUN beat
328 LE FEVRE, Karina/329 ARMITAGE, Tressa ENG 3 : 0 (9 13 7)
Junior Girls Consolation
Last 16
330 KING, Yolanda ENG beat 326 TOMANOVSKA, Katerina CZE 3 : 2 (-9 3 -11 10 8 )
329 ARMITAGE, Tressa ENG beat 353 ZAJEC, Josipa HRV 3 : 0 (13 10 9)
Quarter Finals
402 JURKOVA, Eva SVK beat 330 KING, Yolanda ENG 3 : 1 (-8 12 9 7)
404 ZUPANCIC, Nina SVN beat 329 ARMITAGE, Tressa ENG 3 : 1 (8 -7 8 5)
Cadet Consolation
Last 16
786 REUST, Céline SUI lost to 728 TORKINGTON, Emma ENG 2 : 3 (-9 -11 8 7 -7)
Quarter Finals
728 TORKINGTON, Emma ENG lost to 788 KRISIAKOVA, Miriam SVK 1 : 3 (-10 11 -6 -8 )