by Simon Daish Problems began to arise for Jain in his second group fixture against Colombia’s Alex Federico Otalvaro Garcia, who narrowly lost out to the top-ranked competitor in five games (12-14, 11-13, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8). Jain was stretched the full distance again in the Round of 32, with Australia’s Finn Luu putting up a […]
by Simon Daish One of those trophies came in the Under 17 Boys’ Singles event as David Szantosi rounded off his campaign in style. Taking down one of the previous day’s standout performers, Russia’s Serafim Orlov, in the semi-finals (12-10, 11-7, 11-6), Szantosi set up an exciting clash with a formidable opponent in the title […]
by Simon Daish Russia’s Orlov endured a gruelling day at the office in the Under 17 Boys’ Singles draw, with his sixth and final fixture of the day providing his most formidable challenge. Taking on Liu Zhenlong, the second-ranked competitor in the event, Orlov embraced the occasion and his bravery was rewarded as he prevailed […]
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by Simon Daish Lebrun ranked 56th in the ITTF Table Tennis Youth Rankings, achieved his first goal of progressing from the group stage with little difficulty, and couldn’t have asked for a better start to the knock-out rounds as he outclassed Belarus’ Hleb Behunou 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-4). However, Lebrun’s standout moment arrived in the […]