Sienna Jetha reached the quarter-finals at the WTT Youth Contender Helsingborg, while Max Radiven beat team-mate Kacper Piwowar on his way to the last 16.
Jetha won her group in the Under-15 Girls’ Singles and then had a fine comeback from 2-0 down to beat Ahona Ray of India 3-2 (7-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-6) in the last 16.
Her run was ended in the quarter-finals by third seed Chen Min-Hsin of Chinese Taipei, who went on to win the competition.
Jetha also reached the main draw in the Under-17s, losing in four to another player from Chinese Taipei, Hsieh Hsin-Jung, in the last 32.
Max Radiven’s place in the last 16 of the Under-15 Boys’ Singles was the best result on the boys’ side. He and Kacper Piwowar both qualified for the knockout stage and Radiven won in the last 64 to set up a match against Piwowar in the last 32.
Radiven won that 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-9) but was knocked out in the last 16 by Kim Kanghyun of South Korea, a lower-ranked player who nonetheless went on to reach the final.
Abraham Sellado and Adam Alibhai went out in the group stage, Alibhai on a three-way countback having beaten Peadar Sheridan from the GB Start squad.
In the Under-19s, Connor Green won his group but went out in the last 32 to Federico Vallino of Italy, ranked seven places above him at No 89 in the Junior rankings. Rohan Dani was unable to get out of a group which included top seed Tiago Abiodun of Portugal.
In the Under-17s, Dani, Sellado and Radiven reached the knockouts, while Piwowar and Alibhai went out in the groups. Radiven exited in the last 64 and Sellado and Dani in the last 32 – Sellado to fourth seed Wassim Essid of Tunisia, the world No 34 Junior.
In the Under-15 Mixed Doubles, Radiven & Jetha won their first-round match against Philip Theisen (LUX) & Li Jen-Yueh (TPE) to reach the last 16, where they were defeated by top seeds Chen Yi-Jui & Chen Min-Hsin of Chinese Taipei, who went on to win the gold.
Results
Under-19 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Tiago Abiodun (POR) bt Rohan Dani 3-1 (11-6, 11-13, 11-5, 11-9)
Ivan Kahn (NED) bt Dani 3-1 (11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5)
Qualifying group 17
Connor Green bt Thisum Gamage (SRI) 3-0 (11-7, 15-12, 11-3)
Green bt Elias Sjogren (SWE) 3-0 (11-2, 11-8, 11-2)
Round of 32
Federico Vallino (ITA) bt Green 3-1 (11-6, 11-6, 10-12, 11-4)
Under-17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 5
Kuo Guan-Hong (TPE) bt Adam Alibhai 3-1 (11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-5)
Albin Ingestrom (SWE) bt Alibhai 3-1 (7-11, 15-13, 11-9, 12-10)
Qualifying group 11
Noa Dahlstrom (SWE) bt Max Radiven 3-2 (11-7, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7)
Radiven bt Kim Wooyoung (KOR) 3-0 (11-7, 13-11, 11-7)
Qualifying group 20
Manuel Prohaska (GER) bt Abraham Sellado 3-1 (11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7)
Sellado bt Vidar Larsson (SWE) 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-7)
Qualifying group 21
Lin Cheng Wen-Che (TPE) bt Kacper Piwowar 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-4)
Mobin Amiri (IRI) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-4)
Qualifying group 25
Rohan Dani bt William Olsson (SWE) 3-0 (11-2, 11-6, 11-7)
Aaron Sahr (LUX) bt Dani 3-1 (11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7)
Round of 64
Albin Ingestrom (SWE) bt Radiven 3-1 (3-11, 11-2, 12-10, 11-7)
Dani bt Elias-Mate Simo (SUI) 3-0 (13-11, 11-6, 11-5)
Sellado bt Alexander Uhing (GER) 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-8)
Round of 32
Yu Yi-Cing (TPE) bt Dani 3-1 (12-10, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4)
Wassim Essid (TUN) bt Sellado 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-8)
Under-17 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 12
Chen Chi-Yun (TPE) bt Sienna Jetha 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-3)
Jetha bt Amanda Asp (SWE) 3-1 (11-8, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8)
Round of 32
Hsieh Hsin-Jung (TPE) bt Jetha 3-1 (11-13, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9)
Under-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 8
Kacper Piwowar bt Tuvshinsaikhan Ganbaatar (MGL) 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-4)
Piwowar bt Jonas Rinderer (GER) 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-8)
Qualifying group 10
Mio Piilola (SWE) bt Abraham Sellado 3-1 (12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6)
Oleg Stefanowicz (POL) bt Sellado 3-2 (12-10, 12-14, 14-12, 13-15, 11-6)
Qualifying group 16
Adam Alibhai bt Peadar Sheridan (IRL) 3-1 (9-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-8)
Emil Hasselbalch (DEN) bt Alibhai 3-0 (12-10, 11-7, 11-8)
Qualifying group 17
Max Radiven bt William Olsson (SWE) 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-7)
Yu Yi-Cing (TPE) bt Radiven 3-0 (11-9, 13-11, 11-5)
Round of 64
Radiven bt Ivo Quett (GER) 3-0 (14-12, 11-7, 11-7)
Round of 32
Radiven bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-9)
Round of 16
Kim Kanghyun (KOR) bt Radiven 3-1 (11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 14-12)
Under-15 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 6
Sienna Jetha bt Stella Rosenmeier (DEN) 3-2 (11-3, 7-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-9)
Jetha bt Laurynne Cabardo (SWE) 3-0 (12-10, 11-7, 11-7)
Round of 16
Jetha bt Ahona Ray (IND) 3-2 (7-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-6)
Quarter-final
Chen Min-Hsin (TPE) bt Jetha 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-8)
Under-15 Mixed Doubles
Round of 32
Max Radiven & Sienna Jetha bt Philip Theisen (LUX) & Li Jen-Yueh (TPE) 3-1 (11-4, 10-12, 12-10, 11-7)
Round of 16
Chen Yi-Jui & Chen Min-Hsin (TPE) bt Jetha & Radiven 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-9)