Denise Payet and Megan Gidney combined with America’s Amy Wang to reach the Junior Girls’ Team semi-finals at the Spanish Junior & Cadet Open and win a bronze medal.
The top seeds for the competition, they came through the group stage with a 3-0 win over Netherlands and then a tight 3-2 success against Spain A, in which Payet took the deciding match 11-3 in a deciding set.
Having received a bye through the quarter-finals, they were up against third seeds France and were upset 3-0, though all the matches were close.
The other England teams were eliminated in the group stage, though there were match wins for both Cadet Boys’ teams (Amirul Hussain & Jamie Liu and Josh Weatherby & Louis Price) and both Cadet Girls’ teams (Darcie Proud & Anaya Patel and Ruby Chan & Jasmin Wong).
Results
Junior Girls’ Team
Group 1
England-USA 3 Netherlands 0
Amy Wang bt Yoeke Gunsing 3-1 (7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 12-10)
Densie Payet bt Karlijn van Lierop 3-2 (7-11, 11-8, 11-7, 6-11, 11-4)
Megan Gidney bt Emma van der Sanden 3-1 (11-8, 11-4, 4-11, 11-3)
England-USA 3 Spain A 2
Wang bt Andrea Perez 3-1 (11-3, 11-7, 12-14, 11-5)
Alba Fernandez bt Payet 3-2 (8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8)
Nerea Garcia bt Gidney 3-0 (12-10, 11-6, 11-7)
Wang bt Fernandez 3-1 (11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5)
Payet bt Perez 3-2 (8-11, 11-8, 11-2, 8-11, 11-3)
Semi-final
France 3 England-USA 0
Prithika Pavade bt Wang 3-1 (12-10, 14-12, 7-11, 11-9)
Lucie Gauthier bt Gidney 3-1 (7-11, 17-15, 11-4, 11-9)
Berenice Marteau bt Payet 3-2 (11-6, 11-8, 11-13, 8-11, 12-10)
Junior Boys’ Team
Group 2
Canada 3 England 1
James Smith bt Luc Sicard 3-1 (9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6)
Edward Ly bt Shayan Siraj 3-1 (11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-0)
Tommy Xu bt Joe Cope 3-2 (5-11, 14-12, 11-9, 10-12, 11-5)
Ly bt Smith 3-1 (11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 14-12)
Russia 3 England 0
Maksim Grebnev bt Smith 3-1 (12-10, 6-11, 7-11, 5-11)
Lev Katsman bt Siraj 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-7)
Artem Dvoynikov bt Cope 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-5)
Cadet Boys’ Team
Group 4
England A 3 Sweden B 1
Amirul Hussain bt Carl Sahle 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-9)
Daniel Lindso bt Jamie Liu 3-1 (11-4, 11-5, 10-12, 11-6)
Hussain & Liu bt Sahle & Lindso 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-9)
Hussain bt Lindso 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 12-10)
Spain A 3 England A 0
Arnau Pons bt Liu 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-6)
Iker Gonzalez bt Hussain 3-0 (16-14, 11-9, 11-9)
Pons & Gonzalez bt Liu & Hussain 3-0 (15-13, 12-10, 11-7)
Group 8
Iran-China 3 England B 1
Louis Price bt Chen Hao 3-1 (11-7, 15-13, 9-11, 11-9)
Navid Shams bt Josh Weatherby 3-1 (11-9, 5-11, 11-5, 11-5)
Chen & Shams bt Price & Weatherby 3-0 (12-10, 11-3, 11-6)
Shams bt Price 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-8)
Slovak Republic 3 England B 1
Price bt Jakub Goldir 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-2)
Filip Delincak bt Weatherby 3-1 (11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9)
Goldir & Delincak bt Price & Weatherby 3-1 (11-8, 11-4, 6-11, 11-7)
Delincak bt Price 3-1 (11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8)
England B 3 Portugal B 1
Guilherme Paulo bt Price 3-0 (16-14, 13-11, 11-8)
Weatherby bt Rafael Kong 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-4)
Price & Weatherby bt Paulo & Kong 3-0 (14-12, 12-10, 11-4)
Weatherby bt Paulo 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6)
Cadet Girls’ Team
Group 1
England B 3 Spain B 2
Claudia Perez bt Anaya Patel 3-1 (13-15, 11-6, 11-8, 12-10)
Darcie Proud bt Silvia Coll 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-3)
Patel & Proud bt Perez & Coll 3-0 (14-12, 14-12, 11-6)
Perez bt Proud 3-2 (11-4, 11-13, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9)
Patel bt Coll 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-8)
Czech Republic 3 England B 0
Helena Sommerova bt Proud 3-1 (11-3, 11-5, 10-12, 11-4)
Linda Zaderova bt Patel 3-0 (12-10, 11-4, 11-7)
Sommerova & Zaderova bt Proud & Patel 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-9)
Group 3
England A 3 Romania B 2
Ruby Chan bt Oana Adela Struna 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-7)
Jasmin Wong bt Andreea Neamtu 3-1 (14-12, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5)
Struna & Neamtu bt Chan & Wong 3-2 (11-7, 11-13, 11-7, 5-11, 11-6)
Struna bt Wong 3-1 (7-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-9)
Chan bt Neamtu 3-0 (12-10, 11-4, 11-4)
Russia 3 England A 0
Alina Zavarynka bt Wong 3-1 (11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 11-4)
Arina Slautina bt Chan 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-8)
Zavarynka & Slautina bt Wong & Chan 3-2 (11-7, 7-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-9)