Connor Green’s run in the under-19s boys’ singles at the WTT Youth Contender Varazdin in Croatia was ended by the third seed in a deciding game.

Green (pictured above), who comfortably won his group, defeated Kazakhstan’s Damir Sarsenbay in a decider in the last 64 to earn a tie against Kwon Hyuk of South Korea, ranked No 21 in the world.

Green, currently the No 79 junior in the world, took it all the way before going out 3-2 (10-12, 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 11-4).

Green was the only under-19 to make it through the groups as Toby Ellis, Larry Trumpauskas, Adam Dennison, Joseph Hunter and Jakub Piwowar all went out, though all except Piwowar missed out in a deciding game in one of their matches – Trumpauskas 12-10 against world No 45 Samuel Arpas of Slovakia.

The under-17s was a busy age group, with eight English boys involved, with five of them making it through.

Of those, Green won his two group matches, as did Trumpauskas, while Hunter, Dani and Jakub Piwowar won one each. Ralph Pattison, Max Radiven and Dennison went out in the groups, Pattison edged out 12-10 in a decider by Germany’s Noah Hersel and 11-8 in the fifth by Zhai Jiale of China, the under-15 champion. Dennison missed out 11-9 in the fifth to Italy’s Nicholas Fama.

Piwowar, Dani and Hunter all won the match in the round of 128 but were then knocked out in the round of 64, Piwowar performing creditably against top seed Kwon Hyuk of South Korea despite a 3-0 (12-10, 12-10, 11-5) defeat. Dani lost to the third seed Daniel Berzosa of Spain and Hunter to seventh seed Samuel Palusek of Slovakia.

Green and Trumpauskas were given byes into the last 64 and both won their matches to move into the last 32. That was where it all ended for them, the latter going out to top-100 player Stepan Brhel and Green losing to Mykhailo Lovha of Ukraine, ranked 28 places lower than him at No 107.

In the under-15s, Pattison, Alibhai and Kacper Piwowar all won every group match and Abraham Sellado and Dani also went through to the knockout stage. Alibhai had a good 3-1 (11-7, 15-17, 14-12, 11-6) victory over Benjamin Girlinger of Austria, who at No 271 is ranked more than 500 places above him. Radiven and Wilson Zheng went out in the group stage.

Pattison and Sellado exited in the last 64, Sellado to Zhai Jiale of China, who went on to win the tournament.

Alibhai, Piwowar and Dani all won in the last 64 but could not make it past the round of 32, where Dani lost to the third seed Damian Floro of Slovakia.

The under-13 singles saw Dimitar Dimitrov, Kacper Piwowar and Abraham Sellado all make it through to the knockouts, Sellado with a 100% record from three matches. Li Hao Chen, Zheng and Alibhai missed out – the latter edged out in a fifth game by Raul Creucu of Romania.

Dimitrov and third-seeded Piwowar went out in the last 32, Piwowar going down 3-2 (12-14, 13-11, 15-13, 9-11, 11-6) to Kim Jihu of South Korea, who later knocked out the top seed and went on to reach the semi-finals. Sellado was knocked out in the last 16 by Atharva Nawarange of India.

In the under-11s, Dimitrov and Chen both won two of their three group matches to make it through to the quarter-finals, where both exited – Dimitrov in a fifth game to Louis Fegerl of Austria, the second highest-ranked player in the age group.

Results

Under-19 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 9
Wang Chen-You (TPE) bt Toby Ellis 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-9)
Damir Sarsenbay (KAZ) bt Ellis 3-2 (13-11, 5-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9)

Qualifying group 13
Samuel Arpas (SVK) bt Larry Trumpauskas 3-2 (6-11, 11-4, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10)
Kowa Nakamura (JPN) bt Trumpauskas 3-1 (11-4, 6-11, 11-9, 11-5)

Qualifying group 14
Kazuki Yoshiyama (JPN) bt Adam Dennison 3-1 (9-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-5)
Jan Skalda (CZE) bt Dennison 3-2 (11-7, 9-11, 13-15, 11-5, 11-8)

Qualifying group 15
Samuel Palusek (SVK) bt Joseph Hunter 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-5)
Laurent Jutras (CAN) bt Hunter 3-2 (9-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6)

Qualifying group 18
Tom Schweiger (GER) bt Jakub Piwowar 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-9)
Matija Sepa (SRB) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-9, 14-12, 11-7)

Qualifying group 28
Connor Green bt Ozgun Goksal (TUR) 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-6)
Green bt Mykhailo Lovha (UKR) 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-8)

Round of 64
Green bt Damir Sarsenbay (KAZ) 3-2 (10-12, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8, 11-6)

Round of 32
Kwon Hyuk (KOR) bt Green 3-2 (10-12, 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 11-4)

Under-17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 2
Lee Hoyun (KOR) bt Max Radiven 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-8)
Tobias Tischberger (AUT) bt Radiven 3-1 (8-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-2)

Qualifying group 5
Samuel Arpas (SVK) bt Rohan Dani 3-2 (11-3, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9)
Dani bt Gabriel Marjanovic (CRO) 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-4)

Qualifying group 8
Kim Gaon (KOR) bt Adam Dennison 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-6)
Nicholas Fama (ITA) bt Dennison 3-2 (4-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-9)

Qualifying group 13
Connor Green bt Andrea Garello (ITA) 3-1 (11-6, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5)
Green bt Jakub Kabelka (CZE) 3-0 (11-1, 11-4, 11-8)

Qualifying group 26
Jakub Piwowar bt Ante Kolak (CRO) 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-0)
Danyang Shi (KAZ) bt Piwowar 3-1 (7-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-7)

Qualifying group 32
Joseph Hunter bt Alen Sebelja (CRO) 3-0 (11-2, 13-11, 13-11)
Tobias Hold (AUT) bt Hunter 3-1 (11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9)

Qualifying group 34
Larry Trumpauskas bt Tang Yiren (CHN) 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-9)
Trumpauskas bt Yehor Borshchevskyi (UKR) 3-0 (11-5,11-8, 11-4)

Qualifying group 35
Noah Hersel (GER) bt Ralph Pattison 3-2 (11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10)
Zhai Jiale (CHN) bt Pattison 3-2 (7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8)

Round of 128
Piwowar bt Zsombor Fegyver (HUN) 3-1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6)
Hunter bt Tobias Tischberger (AUT) 3-2 (10-12, 11-8, 12-10, 4-11, 11-9)
Dani bt Muhammet Atakul (TUR) 3-1 (10-12, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7)

Round of 64
Kwon Hyuk (KOR) bt Piwowar 3-0 (12-10, 12-10, 11-5)
Samuel Palusek (SVK) bt Hunter 3-1 (11-5, 11-5, 17-19, 11-9)
Green bt Tang Yiren (CHN) 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-5)
Trumpauskas bt Danyang Shi (KAZ) 3-1 (7-11, 12-10, 11-6, 12-10)
Daniel Berzosa (ESP) bt Dani 3-0 (11-2, 11-9, 11-8)

Round of 32
Mykhailo Lovha (UKR) bt Green 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 14-12)
Stepan Brhel (CZE) bt Trumpauskas 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-2)

Under-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 10
Ralph Pattison bt Kristijan Andabak (CRO) 3-1 (11-5, 6-11, 11-4, 11-4)
Pattison bt Tien Nghia Phong (GER) 3-2 (10-12, 11-4, 11-7, 15-17, 11-7)

Qualifying group 13
Adam Alibhai bt Benjamin Girlinger (AUT) 3-1 (11-7, 15-17, 14-12, 11-6)
Alibhai bt Nicola Caleffi (ITA) 3-1 (11-9, 8-11, 12-10, 11-6)

Qualifying group 17
Pavol Kokavec (SVK) bt Rohan Dani 3-2 (11-6, 13-11, 9-11, 8-11, 11-3)
Dani bt Ante Kolak (CRO) 3-1 (11-6, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6)

Qualifying group 21
Ma Yeongmin (KOR) bt Max Radiven 3-1 (5-11, 11-6, 11-2, 12-10)
Atharva Nawarange (IND) bt Radiven 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-8)

Qualifying group 26
Kacper Piwowar bt Mateo Terihaj (CRO) 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-5)
Piwowar bt Temurbek Nurmonov (UZB) 3-2 (11-5, 9-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9)

Qualifying group 27
Khurshid Akhmedov (UZB) bt Abraham Sellado 3-0 (11-2, 11-7, 11-5)
Sellado bt Matija Volf (CRO) 3-2 (11-9, 6-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5)

Qualifying group 28
Luka Jogic (SLO) bt Wilson Zheng 3-0 (11-0, 11-3, 11-7)
Zhou Jinquan (CHN) bt Zheng 3-0 (11-2, 11-1, 11-5)
Mark Gergely (HUN) bt Zheng 3-0 (11-6, 11-1, 11-1)

Round of 64
Nicholas Fama (ITA) bt Pattison 3-0 (11-7, 12-10, 11-6)
Zhai Jiale (CHN) bt Sellado 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 11-5)
Piwowar bt Zeteny Lindner (HUN) 3-2 (13-11, 11-7, 7-11, 9-11, 11-7)
Dani bt Muhammet Atakul (TUR) 3-1 (11-5, 10-12, 11-7, 11-6)
Alibhai bt Ondrej Moravek (CZE) 3-1 (9-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-8)

Round of 32
Yehor Borshchevskyi (UKR) bt Piwowar 3-1 (11-5, 10-12, 11-4, 11-9)
Damian Floro (SVK) bt Dani 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-5)
Atharva Nawarange (IND) bt Alibhai 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-7)

Under-13 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Matija Zohil (CRO) bt Wilson Zheng 3-2 (7-11, 8-11, 11-2, 11-5, 13-11)
Adam Stachowiak (POL) bt Zheng 3-1 (11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7)
Francesco Trevisan (ITA) bt Zheng 3-0 (11-1, 11-3, 11-7)

Qualifying group 3
Kacper Piwowar bt Ivan Smiljanic (CRO) 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-6)
Aleks Koren (SLO) bt Piwowar 3-1 (6-11, 11-7, 13-11, 15-13)
Piwowar bt Daniel Scicluna (MLT) 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-7)

Qualifying group 5
Abraham Sellado bt Sebastian Weinzierl (AUT) 3-1 (11-4, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5)
Sellado bt Luke Jalass (GER) 3-1 (11-8, 9-11, 18-16, 12-10)
Sellado bt Lukas Zeba (CRO) 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-2)

Qualifying group 7
Dimitar Dimitrov bt Lovro Ovnicevic (CRO) 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-6)
Lenard Szabo (HUN) bt Dimitrov 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-8)
Dimitrov bt Aleksandar Miscevic (SLO)3-1 (11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-4)

Qualifying group 11
Kim Jihu (KOR) bt Li Hao Chen 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-4)
Luka Cacic Blazek (SLO) bt Chen 3-0 (15-13, 12-10, 11-8)
Jonathan Gaiser (GER) bt Chen 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-1)

Qualifying group 12
Raul Creucu (ROU) bt Adam Alibhai 3-2 (8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-7)
Fan Hiu Yeung (HKG) bt Alibhai 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-9)
Alibhai bt Noa Crnoja (CRO) 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-7)

Round of 32
Ondrej Moravek (CZE) bt Dimitrov 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-5)
Kim Jihu (KOR) bt Piwowar 3-2 (12-14, 13-11, 15-13, 9-11, 11-6)

Round of 16
Atharva Nawarange (IND) bt Sellado 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-3)

Under-11 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 2
Li Hao Chen bt Matija Zohil (CRO) 3-2 (11-9, 11-5, 4-11, 7-11, 11-3)
Chen bt Amir Shiriev (UZB) 3-1 (11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6)
Louis Fegerl (AUT) bt Chen 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-6)

Qualifying group 4
Dimitar Dimitrov bt Roman Pavlinec (CZE) 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-2)
Fan Hiu Yeung (HKG) bt Dimitrov 3-1 (5-11, 11-7, 11-1, 11-9)
Dimitrov bt Simun Milosevic (CRO) 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-6)

Quarter-finals
Fan Hiu Yeung (HKG) bt Chen 3-1 (11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9)
Louis Fegerl (AUT) bt Dimitrov 3-2 (9-11, 12-10, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7)