Kacper Piwowar and Connor Green reached the knockout rounds in two age groups at the WTT Youth Contender Wladyslawowo in Poland, with Piwowar going on to reach a quarter-final.
Piwowar’s quarter-final was in the under-13s, where he was defeated by Italy’s Francesco Trevisan, who went on to win the competition.
In the under-15s, Piwowar (pictured above) and Ralph Pattison both made the main draw, Pattison by winning his group. They both advanced to the last 16, where their runs ended – Piwowar at the hands of the second seed, Aditya Sareen of Australia.
Abraham Sellado also went through in the under-15s but was knocked out in the round of 64. He won one of three group matches in the under-13s, which was not enough to make it through.
Green went through in both the under-17 and under-19 age groups and also won his first knockout match in each category before his runs came to an end in the round of 32.
In the under-17s, Larry Trumpauskas and Jakub Piwowar both won all their group matches – Piwowar was knocked out in the last 64 and Trumpauskas in the last 32. Pattison went out in the groups, losing two of his three matches in a decider.
Trumpauskas, Jakub Piwowar and Ben Piggott went out in the group stage of the under-19s.
In the under-19 girls’ event, Yat Poon won her group and was then knocked out in the last 32 by a Chinese opponent.
Results
Under-19 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 15
Yat Poon bt Ainhoa Cristobal (ESP) 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-6)
Poon bt Natalia Gaworska (POL) 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-7)
Round of 32
Wang Xiaonan (CHN) bt Poon 3-0 (11-8, 14-12, 11-7)
Under-19 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 8
Nathan Lam (FRA) bt Larry Trumpauskas 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-9)
Daniel Kostal (CZE) bt Trumpauskas 3-0 (13-11, 11-9, 11-8)
Qualifying group 14
Connor Green bt Oleh Rehotun 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 13-11)
Yang Chia-An (TPE) bt Green 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-9)
Qualifying group 22
William Bergenblock (SWE) bt Jakub Piwowar 3-1 (3-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6)
Fei Junhang (CHN) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-8)
Qualifying group 25
Wen Ruibo (CHN) bt Ben Piggott 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 12-10)
Aleksi Rasanen (FIN) bt Piggott 3-2 (7-11, 11-6, 11-9, 4-11, 11-9)
Piggott bt Danyang Shi (KAZ) 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-2)
Round of 64
Green bt Aleksander Majchrzak (POL) 3-2 (11-5, 3-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-8)
Round of 32
Wang Tingyu (CHN) bt Green 3-1 (11-2, 11-5, 9-11, 11-2)
Under-17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 9
Connor Green bt Lassi Lehtola 3-0 (11-6, 11-2, 11-3)
Green bt Wong Wan Hei (HKG) 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-7)
Qualifying group 15
Jakub Piwowar bt Bakdaulet Saurbay (KAZ) 3-0 (11-1, 11-2, 11-8)
Piwowar bt Temurbek Nurmonov (UZB) 3-1 (11-9, 11-3, 11-13, 11-3)
Piwowar bt Jakub Szymik (POL) 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-5)
Qualifying group 27
Larry Trumpauskas bt Jakub Nadolny (POL) 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 12-10)
Trumpauskas bt Natanel Abramov (ISR) 3-2 (13-11, 7-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-3)
Qualifying group 30
Danyang Shi (KAZ) bt Ralph Pattison 3-2 (12-10, 11-5, 6-11, 6-11, 11-9)
Marcel Blaszczyk (POL) bt Pattison 3-2 (11-1, 6-11, 6-11, 14-12, 11-3)
Wen Ruibo (CHN) bt Pattison 3-1 (11-5, 11-5, 9-11, 12-10)
Round of 64
Green bt Huang Youhao (CHN) 3-1 (4-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4)
Trumpauskas bt Adam Smoter (POL) 3-2 (8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 10-12, 11-6)
Marcel Blaszczyk (POL) bt Piwowar 3-1 (11-8, 11-3, 6-11, 11-6)
Round of 32
Daniele Spagnolo (ITA) bt Green 3-2 (7-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-13, 11-6)
Itay Avivi (ISR) bt Trumpauskas 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-8)
Under-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 7
Ralph Pattison bt Oliwier Babiak (POL) 3-0 (11-6, 11-2, 11-8)
Pattison bt Maris Miethe (GER) 3-0 (11-1, 11-5, 11-4)
Qualifying group 14
Kacper Piwowar bt Li Ki Ho (HKG) 3-1 (12-10, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8)
Bharath Madhu Chandra (SWE) bt Piwowar 3-2 (9-11, 4-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9)
Qualifying group 17
Oleg Stefanowicz (POL) bt Abraham Sellado 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 14-12)
Sellado bt Arnas Saparis (LTU) 3-1 (11-7, 11-13, 11-6, 12-10)
Round of 64
Aleks Pakula (POL) bt Sellado 3-0 (11-8, 12-10, 11-6)
Round of 32
Pattison bt Bharath Madhu Chandra (SWE) 3-0 (11-8, 12-10, 13-11)
Piwowar bt Lassi Lehtola (FIN) 3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5)
Round of 16
Li Hechen (CHN) bt Pattison 3-0 (13-11, 11-3, 11-4)
Aditya Sareen (AUS) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-7)
Under-13 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 2
Jakub Dobosz (POL) bt Kacper Piwowar 3-2 (6-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8)
Piwowar bt Nir Engler (ISR) 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-8)
Qualifying group 7
Li Ki Ho (HKG) bt Abraham Sellado 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-9)
Sellado bt Ma Yeongjun (KOR) 3-1 (7-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-9)
Jan Mrugala (POL) bt Sellado 3-1 (11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 11-6)
Round of 16
Piwowar bt Lior Koren Seref (ISR) 3-2 (12-10, 9-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-6)
Quarter-finals
Francesco Trevisan (ITA) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-7)