Connor Green reached a singles quarter-final and a doubles semi-final at the WTT Youth Star Contender Podgorica in Montenegro, where GB duo Anna Hursey & Sophie Earley won the girls’ doubles.

The trio are members of the current GB Junior Squad and they competed in the Under-19 events, and Green & Earley also formed a mixed doubles pair.

Hursey & Earley combined to win the girls’ doubles, beating Huang Ching-Chia & Yeh Yi-Tian of Chinese Taipei 3-1 (11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8) in the final.

Green won two of his three group matches in the singles and then defeated Martin Sip of the Czech Republic 3-2 (12-14, 14-12, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7) in a real arm-wrestle in the last 16. He was defeated in the quarter-finals by Wang Chen-You of Chinese Taipei.

Green & Earley started with a 3-2 (9-11, 5-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-6) win over Choi Jiwook (KOR) & Weronika Bobek (POL) in the mixed, followed by a quarter-final victory over Kwon Hyuk (KOR) & Lucie Mobarek (FRA) by a 3-1 (12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 11-3) margin.

They were defeated 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-9) in the semi-finals by Borna Petek of Croatia & Natalia Bogdanowicz of Poland.

Hursey reached the quarter-finals in the girls’ singles, and her victory over Earley in the group stage eliminated the Irish girl at that stage.

Green & David Szantosi of Hungary teamed up in the boys’ doubles and had a bye into the quarter-finals, where they were defeated in four by a Czech pair.

Meanwhile, at the lower-tier WTT Youth Contender Podgorica which preceded the Star Contender, Prayrit Ahluwalia was in action in two age groups.

He won one of this group matches in each of the Under-13 and Under-15 Boys’ Singles, but only went through to the knockouts in the older age group, where he was defeated by Germany’s Tom Wienke in the last 16.

Results

WTT Youth Star Contender Podgorica

Under-19 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Feng Yi-Hsin (TPE) bt Connor Green 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-7)
Green bt Milos Rahovic (MNE) 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-4)
Green bt Remi Chambet-Weil (NED) 3-1 (11-6, 7-11, 11-4, 12-10)

Round of 16
Green bt Martin Sip (CZE) 3-2 (12-14, 14-12, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7)

Quarter-finals
Wang Chen-You (TPE) bt Green 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-8)

Under-19 Mixed Doubles
Round of 16
Connor Green & Sophie Early (IRL) bt Choi Jiwook (KOR) & Weronika Bobek (POL) 3-2 (9-11, 5-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-6)

Quarter-finals
Green & Earley bt Kwon Hyuk (KOR) & Lucie Mobarek (FRA) 3-1 (12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 11-3)

Semi-finals
Borna Petek (CRO) & Natalia Bogdanowicz (POL) bt Green & Earley 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-9)

Under-19 Boys’ Doubles
Quarter-finals
Martin Sip & Stepan Brhel (CZE) bt Connor Green & David Szantosi (HUN) 3-1 (8-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-7)

WTT Youth Contender Podgorica

Under-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Kwon Hyuk (KOR) bt Prayrit Ahluwalia 3-0 (11-1, 11-5, 11-3)
Ahluwalia bt Dorde Celic (BIH) 3-1 (11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4)

Round of 16
Tom Wienke (GER) bt Ahluwalia 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-6)

Under-13 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 3
Niksa Vesovic (BIH) bt Prayrit Ahluwalia 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-5)
Yousif Abdalla (QAT) bt Ahluwalia 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-5)
Ahluwalia bt Matija Malisic (MNE) 3-1 (11-7, 11-2, 7-11, 11-7)