Sophie Earley was a semi-finalist at the WTT Youth Contender Rio de Janeiro, while GB colleague Anna Hursey was on the podium as a runner-up.

Earley (pictured above) won her group in the Under-17s and then recovered a 2-1 deficit in the last 16 to beat the host nation’s Julia Hatakeyama 3-2.

In the quarter-finals, she beat India’s Sayanika Maji 3-1, but Maji’s compatriot Suhana Saini, the top seed, ended her run in four games in the semi-finals.

Saini went on to beat Hursey in the final, coming from 2-0 down to win 3-2 (10-12, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-5).

In the Under-19s, Earley reached the quarter-finals and saw her opponent, second seed Giulia Takahashi of Brazil, come from behind to win 3-2 (10-12, 9-11, 11-3, 11-3, 12-10).

Takahashi then beat Hursey 3-2 in the semi-finals but lost to top seed Yashaswini Ghorpade of India in the final.

In the Under-19 Mixed Doubles, Earley & Kas Van Oost of the Netherlands beat two Brazilian pairs to reach the semi-finals, where they were beaten by top seeds Payas Jain & Yashaswini Ghorpade of India in four. Hursey & Peru’s Carlos Fernandez went out in the last 16.

Results

Under-19 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 6
Zhou Jingyi (SGP) bt Sophie Earley 3-0 (12-10, 11-3, 11-7)
Earley bt Maria De Oliveira (BRA) 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 13-11)
Earley bt Victoria Strassburger (BRA) 3-1 (11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8)

Round of 16
Earley bt Kristal Melendez (PUR) 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-1)

Quarter-finals
Giulia Takahashi (BRA) bt Earley 3-2 (10-12, 9-11, 11-3, 11-3, 12-10)

Under-17 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 4
Sophie Earley bt Andrea Retamozo Poemape (PER) 3-0 (11-2, 11-5, 11-5)
Earley bt Gabrielle Pincerato (BRA) 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-7)

Round of 16
Earley bt Julia Hatakeyama (BRA) 3-2 (9-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7)

Quarter-finals
Earley bt Sayanika Maji (IND) 3-1 (11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 11-5)

Semi-finals
Suhana Saini (IND) bt Earley 3-1 (11-7, 11-8, 6-11, 11-1)

Mixed Doubles
Round of 16
Kas Van Oost (NED) & Sophie Earley bt Kim Iwasaki & Maria De Oliveira (BRA) 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 12-10)

Quarter-finals
Van Oost & Earley bt Felipe Doti Arado Karina Ayumi Senaga Shiray 3-1 (11-2, 14-12, 3-11, 14-12)

Semi-finals
Payas Jain & Yashaswini Ghorpade (IND) bt Van Oost & Earley 3-1 (12-10, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8)