England’s interest in the Croatia Open has ended after Liam Pitchford was defeated in the last 32.

The Chesterfield player, who was seeded ninth, was defeated 4-3 by world No 125 Ovidiu Ionescu of Romania.

Afterwards, Pitchford tweeted: “Didn’t play bad just some stupid mistakes at the end cost me! Time to focus on European Games now.”

Also in action in Zagreb were Sam Walker – who reached the last 16 of the Under-21 Men’s Singles – David McBeath and Sam Mabey.

Results

Men’s Singles
Qualifying Group 14
Sam Walker bt Marcus Waerstad (NOR) 4-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8)
Simon Pfeffer (AUT) bt Walker 4-3 (12-10, 11-9, 14-12, 7-11, 8-11, 8-11, 14-12)

Group 16
Fabian Akerstrom (SWE) bt Sam Mabey 4-0 (12-10, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9)
Diego Rodriguez (PER) bt Mabey 4-2 (11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 7-11, 13-11)

Group 32
Miho Simovic (CRO) bt David McBeath 4-2 (11-9, 10-12, 6-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8)
Lauric Jean (BEL) bt McBeath 4-0 (12-10, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6)

Round of 64
Liam Pitchford bt Lars Hielscher (GER) 4-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9)

Round of 32
Ovidiu Ionescu (ROM) bt Pitchford 4-3 (6-11, 11-7, 4-11, 11-6, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7)

Under-21 Men’s Singles
Qualifying Group 2
Adam Szudi (HUN) bt Sam Mabey 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-8)
Eskild Jorgensen (NOR) bt Mabey 3-2 (12-10, 8-11, 8-11, 11-4, 13-11)

Round of 32
Sam Walker bt Lionel Weber (SUI) 3-1 (9-11, 11-4, 11-4, 13-11)

Round of 16
Alexandre Cassin (FRA) bt Walker 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 12-10)

Men’s Doubles
First preliminary round
Sam Mabey & Morten Rasmussen (DEN) bt Rodrigo Gilabert & Sebastian Moavro (ARG) 3-1 (11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 11-6)
Ewout Oostwouder & Laurens Tromer (NED) bt Sam Walker & Jesus Cantero (ESP) 3-1 (4-11, 11-2, 11-7, 12-10)
Lars Hielscher & Filip Szymanski (GER) bt Liam Pitchford & David McBeath 3-2 (10-12, 12-10, 11-4, 5-11, 11-5)

Second preliminary round
Masataka Morizono & Yuya Oshima (JPN) bt Mabey & Rasmussen 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-7)

Paul Stimpson
May 22, 2015