Four young English athletes reached the semi-finals at the WTT Youth Contender Podgorica in Montenegro.

Adam Alibhai and Kacper Piwowar (pictured above) both topped their groups with 100% records in the Under-13 Boys, with Alibhai defeating Ireland’s Peadar Sheridan in five.

Alibhai then beat Romania’s Raul Creucu in the quarters, while Piwowar had a bye into the semis. However, despite good showings, both boys were beaten in the last four – Piwowar in five by Sheridan and Alibhai by Spain’s Alexander Malov in four. Malov beat Sheridan in five in the final.

In the Under-15 Mixed Doubles, Isaac Kingham & Ella Pashley had a good 3-2 (9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-13, 11-7) win over Borislav Rajic & Jana Havela of Serbia in the quarter-finals.

They faced China’s Zhai Jiale & Jiang Yiyi and at 1-1, 7-7 it was delicately poised. But the Chinese pair stepped on the gas to win 3-1 (7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-3).

In the under-17s, Jakub Piwowar reached the quarter-finals and Ralph Pattison the last 16 in the boys, and Sienna Jetha got to the round of 16 in the girls. Kingham, Pashley and Max Radiven went out in their respective group stages.

All other pairs involving English players went out in the quarter-finals of the respective under-19 and under-15 Mixed Doubles.

There is English representation in the Under-19 Boys’ Singles and in both Under-15 singles categories, which begin on Friday.

Results

Under-17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Chen Hengda (CHN) bt Isaac Kingham 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-4)
Matija Sepa (SRB) bt Kingham 3-1 (14-12, 11-13, 11-4, 11-8)

Qualifying group 3
Jakub Piwowar bt Borislav Rajix (SRB) 3-1 (11-9, 13-11, 6-11, 11-8)
Piwowar bt Jaksa Krivokapic (MNE) 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 10-12, 11-4, 11-4)

Qualifying group 4
Kang Youde (CHN) bt Max Radiven 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-7)
Uros Ninkovic (SRB) bt Radiven 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-5)

Qualifying group 6
Ralph Pattison bt Djordje Rahovic (MNE) 3-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-2)
Zhai Jiale (CHN) bt Pattison 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-7)

Round of 16
Steven Moreno (PUR) bt Pattison 3-1 (12-10, 11-3, 7-11, 11-9)

Quarter-finals
Zhai Jiale (CHN) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-3)

Under-17 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 3
Yang Huize (CHN) bt Ella Pashley 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-5)
Sara Radak (SRB) bt Pashley 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-4)

Qualifying group 5
Sienna Jetha bt Anja Bajovic (MNE) 3-0 (13-11, 11-4, 11-3)
Jiang Yiyi (CHN) bt Jetha 3-0 (11-9, 11-2, 11-5)

Round of 16
Sara Radak (SRB) bt Jetha 3-1 (11-3, 12-14, 11-2, 11-9)

Under-13 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Kacper Piwowar bt Milan Vucetic (MNE) 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-6)
Piwowar bt Raul Creucu (ROU) 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-6)

Qualifying group 3
Adam Alibhai bt Djordje Mitric (MNE) 3-0 (11-2, 11-6, 11-1)
Alibhai bt Peadar Sheridan (IRL) 3-2 (11-5, 8-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8)
Alibhai bt Konstantinos Isaakidis (GRE) 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-8)

Quarter-finals
Alibhai bt Raul Creucu (ROU) 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-6)

Semi-finals
Peadar Sheridan (IRL) bt Piwowar 3-2 (12-10, 4-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-3)
Alexander Malov (ESP) bt Alibhai 3-1(11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5)

Under-19 Mixed Doubles
Quarter-finals
Liu Zinran & Chen Hengda (CHN) bt Ben Piggott & Alice Nilsson (SWE) 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 12-10)

Under-15 Mixed Doubles
Quarter-finals
Yang Huize & Kang Youde (CHN) bt Ralph Pattison & Sienna Jetha 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 13-11)
Zhai Jiale & Jiang Yiyi (CHN) bt Kacper Piwowar & Maja Vanjo (SRB) 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-4)
Isaac Kingham & Ella Pashley bt Borislav Rajic & Jana Havela (SRB) 3-2 (9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-13, 11-7)

Semi-finals
Zhai Jiale & Jiang Yiyi (CHN) bt Kingham & Pashley 3-1 (7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-3)