Rohan Dani reached the semi-finals of the WTT Youth Contender Tunis, losing to the top seed and eventual champion in the under-15 boys’ singles.

Dani, a bronze medallist at the Mark Bates Ltd Cadet, U17 & Junior Nationals, was beaten by second seed Wassim Essid of Tunisia in the group stage, but still went through as runner-up and then defeated two more host nation athletes in the early rounds to get to the last four.

He twice came from a game behind to level against Benyamin Faraji of Iran, including taking the fourth 13-11, but lost the decider. Faraji went on to defeat Essid in the final.

Max Radiven won all three of his group matches without dropping a game and then got through his last-16 clash against Algeria’s Aylan Goudjil, before losing out to Essid in the quarter-finals.

In the under-17s, both boys got through the group stage as runners-up and were defeated in the last 16 – Radiven losing 12-10 in a decider to Faraji and Essid beating Dani.

England-based Poon Yat reached the quarter-finals of the under-19 girls’ singles, including a good win over world No 66 Dominika Wiltschkova of Slovakia in the groups.

She was beaten by another Slovakian, Adriana Illasova, in the last eight, seeing her 67th-ranked opponent come from 2-0 down to win in the fifth.

Yat & Egypt’s Mohamed Elsisy were defeated in the deciding game of a quarter-final in the mixed doubles by Samuel Palusek & Wiltschkova of Slovakia.

Results

Under-19 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 2
Poon Yat bt Dominika Wiltschkova (SVK) 3-1 (11-6, 11-7, 6-11, 11-5)
Yat bt Molka Riahi (TUN) 3-1 (17-15, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9)
Nina Guo Zheng (FRA) bt Yat 3-1 (11-4, 11-13, 11-5, 11-7)

Quarter-final
Adriana Illasova (SVK) bt Yat 3-2 (7-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-6)

Under-17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 2
Samuel Palusek (SVK) bt Max Radiven 3-1 (14-12, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5)
Radiven bt Youssef Guerfel (TUN) 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-9)

Qualifying group 5
Benyamin Faraji (IRI) bt Rohan Dani 3-2 (15-13, 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 14-12)
Dani bt Youssef Aidli (TUN) 3-2 (8-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-7, 11-3)

Round of 16
Benyamin Faraji (IRI) bt Radiven 3-2 (1-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-3, 12-10)
Wassim Essid (TUN) bt Dani 3-1 (12-10, 11-6, 6-11, 11-5)

Under-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 2
Wassim Essid (TUN) bt Rohan Dani 3-1 (7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 13-11)
Dani bt Moaid Arif (KSA) 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-8)

Qualifying group 6
Max Radiven bt Khaled Touaibia (ALG) 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-8)
Radiven bt Abdulrahman Al Taher (KSA) 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-7)
Radiven bt Adam Jemaiel (TUN) 3-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-7)

Round of 16
Dani bt Amir Essid (TUN) 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-7)
Radiven bt Aylan Goudjil (ALG) 3-1 (6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7)

Quarter-finals
Dani bt Youssef Aidli (TUN) 3-1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-3)
Wassim Essid (TUN) bt Radiven 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-6)

Semi-finals
Benyamin Faraji (IRI) bt Dani 3-2 (7-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-13, 11-5)

Under-19 Mixed Doubles
Quarter-finals
Dominika Wiltschkova & Samuel Palusek (SVK) bt Mohamed Elsisy (EGY) & Poon Yat 3-2 (5-11, 12-10, 11-13, 11-7, 11-6)