Dimitar Dimitrov reached the semi-finals at the WTT Youth Contender Senec in Slovakia, where his run was ended by the top seed.

Dimitrov finished second in his group in the Under-11 Boys’ Singles with three wins from four, losing out 11-9 in the fifth in his other match to group winner Oleg Yakolev of Kazakhstan.

He got through the quarter-finals with a four-game victory over Sung Chen from Austria, but was beaten by top seed Alexander Malov of Spain in three in the semis.

In the Under-15 Boys’ Singles, Rohan Dani won both his group matches to get through to the round of 64, where he defeated France’s Nolan Johnston in three close games.

He faced another French athlete, Sandro Cavaille, in the last 32, and went out in three to an opponent ranked more than 170 places above him in the junior world rankings.

In the older age groups, Dani and Dimitrov went out in the group stages of the under-17s and under-13s respectively.

Results

Under-17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 4
Samuel Arpas (SVK) bt Rohan Dani 3-0 (12-10, 11-6, 11-5)
Dario Salcedo (ESP) bt Dani 3-2 (7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6)

Under-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 21
Rohan Dani bt Aniol Font (ESP) 3-1 (11-7, 12-14, 11-1, 11-3)
Dani bt Adrian Kastl (AUT) 3-2 (11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6)

Round of 64
Dani bt Nolan Johnston (FRA) 3-0 (11-6, 13-11, 14-12)

Round of 32
Sandro Cavaille (FRA) bt Dani 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-9)

Under-13 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 12
Roland Baca (SVK) bt Dimitar Dimitrov 3-1 (11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-9)
Julian Korzus (POL) bt Dimitrov 3-2 (9-11, 13-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7)
Dimitrov bt Roman Pavlinec (CZE) 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-8)

Under-11 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 3
Dimitar Dimitrov bt Alex Hladonik (SVK) 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-7)
Dimitrov bt Ignacy Utylski (POL) 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-5)
Dimitrov bt Roman Pavlinec (CZE) 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 14-12)
Oleg Yakolev (KAZ) bt Dimitrov 3-2 (11-6, 15-17, 11-5, 1-11, 11-9)

Quarter-finals
Dimitrov bt Sung Chen (AUT) 3-1 (11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7)

Semi-finals
Alexander Malov (ESP) bt Dimitrov 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-9)