Kacper Piwowar and Abraham Sellado reached the knockout stage in two age groups at the WTT Youth Contender Luxembourg.

Both went through with one victory out of two in the older under-17 group stage, before bowing out to higher-ranked players in the round of 64 – Sellado (WR 326) to Noah Vitel of France (WR 169) and Piwowar (WR 301) to world No 63 junior Julian Rzihauschek of Austria.

In the under-15s, Piwowar and Sellado both topped their groups and received byes through the last 64 to the last 32.

Both were defeated – Sellado by Mateusz Gawlas of Poland (WR 383) and Piwowar by Austria’s Tobias Tischberger (WR 380).

Prayrit Ahluwalia and Shahuraj Nimse went out in the group stage in the under-17s and under-15s, as did Sinan Surensoy in the under-15s.

However, Surensoy picked up a notable scalp in the under-13s, defeating top seed and eventual champion Miroslav Schmidt of Bulgaria 3-2 (11-7, 3-11, 9-11, 11-9, 14-12). Schmidt is ranked No 416 on the world junior list, with Surensoy at 1,182.

Unfortunately it was not enough for Surensoy to get out of the group, as his record of two wins and two defeats placed him third, with the top two going through to the knockouts.

In the Under-15 Mixed Doubles, Sellado & Vaishnavi Jaiswal of India got through the first round to reach the last 32, going out to Lee Dahye & Kim Seongwon of South Korea, the sixth-ranked pair in the competition.

Results

Under-17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying Group 23
Nathan Pilard (FRA) bt Abraham Sellado 3-2 (8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8)
Sellado bt Tarvachinbo Buyan (MGL) 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-9)

Qualifying group 24
Jan Skalda (CZE) bt Prayrit Ahluwalia 3-0 (11-1, 11-3, 11-9)
Volodymyr Nevizhyn (UKR) bt Ahluwalia 3-0 (11-4, 12-10, 11-8)

Qualifying group 25
Noah Vitel (FRA) bt Kacper Piwowar 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-6)
Piwowar bt Bilguun Enkh-Amgalan (MGL) 3-0 (11-2, 11-6, 11-6)

Qualifying group 29
Rija Warin (FRA) bt Shahuraj Nimse 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-4)
Jan Mrugala (POL) bt Nimse 3-0 (11-4, 11-0, 11-9)

Round of 64
Noah Vitel (FRA) bt Sellado 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-6)
Julian Rzihauschek (AUT) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-7)

Under-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 3
Emanuel Otalvaro (COL) bt Sinan Surensoy 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-7)
Kazuto Itagaki (GER) bt Surensoy 3-0 (11-8, 12-10, 11-7)

Qualifying group 11
Aaron Sahr (LUX) bt Prayrit Ahluwalia 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-3)
Wang Zining (CHN) bt Ahluwalia 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-3)

Qualifying group 12
Kacper Piwowar bt Tarvachinbo Buyan (MGL) 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-6)
Piwowar bt Benjamin Vamosi (HUN) 3-1 (7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8)

Qualifying group 14
Abraham Sellado bt Bilguun Enkh-Amgalan (MGL) 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-7)
Sellado bt Daniel Nagy (GER) 3-2 (11-6, 4-11, 11-3, 6-11, 11-7)

Qualifying group 22
Nolan Johnston (FRA) bt Shahuraj Nimse 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7)
Lucas Adao (POR) bt Nimse 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-9)

Round of 32
Mateusz Gawlas (POL) bt Sellado 3-2 (10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 12-14, 11-3)
Tobias Tischberger (AUT) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-8)

Under-13 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Andrej Meier (GER) bt Sinan Surensoy 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-1)
Surensoy bt Tuvshinsaikhan Ganbaatar (MGL) 3-1 (11-9, 11-6, 11-13, 11-9)
Surensoy bt Miroslav Schmidt (BUL) 3-2 (11-7, 3-11, 9-11, 11-9, 14-12)
Philip Theisen (LUX) bt Surensoy 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-4)

Under-15 Mixed Doubles
Round of 64
Abraham Sellado & Vaishnavi Jaiswal (IND) bt Spyros Sariginannidis & Kinda Mostafa (LUX) 3-1 (11-4, 5-11, 11-4, 11-3)

Round of 32
Lee Dahye & Kim Seongwon (KOR) bt Sellado & Jaiswal 3-0 11-7, 11-9, 11-6)