All five English players at the WTT Youth Contender Metz in France reached the knockout stages, with Ben Piggott and Connor Green going the furthest.

That was in the under-17, in which both won their groups with 100% records and then got through their last-64 ties. However, both were defeated in a deciding game in the last 32, in Piggott’s case by fifth seed Max Van Dessel, who went on to reach the semi-finals.

Toby Ellis also made it out of the group stage, going down in the last 64. In the under-19s, Green reached the last 64 but Ellis and Piggott (pictured above – photo by Michael Loveder) went out in the groups – Ellis narrowly beaten in two five-setters.

In the under-15s, brothers Jakub and Kacper Piwowar both went out in the last 64, while Kacper was eliminated in the group stage of the under-13s.

Results – WTT Youth Contender Metz

Under-19 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 21
Connor Green bt Jeremy Cedeno (ECU) 3-0 (11-6, 11-0, 11-7)
Green bt Nicholas Tan (SGP) 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-4)

Qualifying group 25
Johannes Maad (AUT) bt Toby Ellis 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10)
Raymond Zeng (CAN) bt Ellis 3-2 (3-11, 9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9)

Qualifying group 26
Yan Kai Andy Wong (SGP) bt Ben Piggott 3-2 (11-9, 9-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-6)
Sohan Gilles (FRA) bt Piggott 3-0 (11-3, 11-3, 11-6)
Sanzhar Zhubanov (KAZ) bt Piggott 3-0 (11-2, 11-9, 12-10)

Round of 64
Andrei Tomica (ROU) bt Green 3-1 (11-9, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6)

Under-17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 17
Ben Piggott bt Junhao Koh (SGP) 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-4)
Piggott bt Gene Wantz (LUX) 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-7)

Qualifying group 19
Lee Hoyun (KOR) bt Toby Ellis 3-1 (11-13, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5)
Ellis bt Khalid Alyafei (QAT) 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-5)

Qualifying group 28
Connor Green bt Loris Stephany (LUX) 3-1 (11-5, 10-12, 11-5, 14-12)
Green bt Eitay Shushan (ISR) 3-1 (9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 12-10)
Green bt Jinghe Zhou (SGP) 3-2 (6-11, 15-17, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5)

Round of 64
Green bt Kai Yang Jayden Tan (SGP) 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-8)
Itay Avivi (ISR) bt Ellis 3-1 (8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8)
Piggott bt Ebrahim Gubran (YEM) 3-2 (11-2, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9)

Round of 32
Rafal Formela (POL) bt Green 3-2 (3-11, 11-8, 15-13, 8-11, 11-6)
Mael Van Dessel (LUX) bt Piggott 3-2 (11-7, 12-14, 12-10, 7-11, 11-4)

Under-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 13
William Bergenblock (SWE) bt Kacper Piwowar 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-2)
Piwowar bt Mustafa Nebhan (TUR) 3-0 (w/o)

Qualifying group 20
Jakub Piwowar bt David Sohor (CZE) 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-8)
Piwowar bt Vadym Soltys (UKR) 3-1 (11-4, 9-11, 11-4, 11-1)

Round of 64
Natanel Abramov (ISR) bt Kacper Piwowar 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-8)
Kai Yang Jayden Tan (SGP) bt Jakub Piwowar 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-6)

Under-13 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 9
Gorkem Ocal (TUR) bt Kacper Piwowar 3-1 (11-6, 8-11, 11-7, 11-2)
Jan Skalda (CZE) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-6)
Piwowar bt Jakub Petras (SVK) 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-3)

Meanwhile, four English female players made it through the group stages at the WTT Youth Contender Spa in Belgium.

Sienna Jetha went through in both the under-15 and under-13 competitions, going out in the last 16 of the latter at the hands of second seed Dhanni Jain of India.

Amy Marriott reached the last 64 of both the under-17 and under-19 competitions, going out to higher-ranked opponents each time. In the under-19 groups, she defeated the No 15 U19 player in the world, Markhabo Magdieva (UZB) 3-2 (4-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6).

Megan Jones went through to the last 64 in the under-17s competition, while Scarlett Anders made it through to the same stage of the under-19s. Again, both lost to higher-ranked opponents – in Anders’ case Portugal’s Ines Matos, who went on to reach the semi-finals.

Anna Green went out in the group stage of both the under-17 and under-19 competitions.

Results – WTT Youth Contender Spa

Under-19 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Elena Zaharia (ROU) bt Anna Green 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-7)
Foteini Meletie (CYP) bt Green 3-1 (11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 11-3)

Qualifying group 2
Vlada Voronina (RUS) bt Megan Jones 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-5)
Emma Szosznyak (HUN) bt Jones 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 11-4, 7-11, 11-7)

Qualifying group 5
Amy Marriott bt Markhabo Magdieva (UZB) 3-2 (4-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6)
Martine Toftaker (NOR) bt Marriott 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-9)

Qualifying group 9
Scarlett Anders bt Lin Qian Ser (SGP) 3-0 (w/o)
Kaashvi Gupta (IND) bt Anders 3-2 (11-8, 12-14, 8-11, 11-4, 11-7)

Round of 64
Lucie Mobarek bt Marriott 3-0 (11-2, 11-9, 11-2)
Ines Matos (POR) bt Anders 3-0 (14-12, 11-4, 11-3)

Under-17 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Nina Nemethova (SVK) bt Scarlett Anders 3-0 (11-1, 11-9, 11-6)
Nicole Arlia (ITA) bt Anders 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-8)

Qualifying group 10
Zlata Terekhova (RUS) bt Amy Marriott 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-7)
Marriott bt Olena Chernyavska (UKR) 3-1 (11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6)

Qualifying group 15
Anna Brzyska (POL) bt Megan Jones 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-3)
Jones bt Sara Jayasuriya (SRI) 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-5)

Qualifying group 16
Helena Sommerova (CZE) bt Anna Green 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-8)
Lilly Laffineur (BEL) bt Green 3-2 (11-6, 14-12, 9-11, 6-11, 11-6)

Round of 64
Sophie Earley (IRL) bt Jones 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-3)
Brianna Burgos (PUR) bt Marriott 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-6)

Under-15 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 3
Zlata Terekhova (RUS) bt Sienna Jetha 3-0 (11-4, 11-1, 11-3)
Jetha bt Laurynne Cabardo (SWE) 3-2 (7-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-8)

Round of 64
Alesia Sferlea (ROU) bt Jetha 3-1 (11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 11-2)

Under-13 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 10
Lessia LewyckyJ (BEL) bt Sienna Jetha 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-8)
Jetha bt Elina Fuchs (AUT) 3-0 (11-0, 11-9, 11-5)
Jetha bt Buse Kocak (TUR) 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-9)

Round of 16
Dhaani Jain (IND) bt Jetha 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-9)