Kacper Piwowar reached the last 16 and there were also knockout stage victories for Ben Piggott, Ralph Pattison and Larry Trumpauskas at the WTT Youth Contender Senec in Slovakia.

Piwowar got through his group in the under-13s and went on to beat Ma Yeongjun of South Korea 3-2 (11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7) to reach the last 16.

There, he was defeated 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-7) by France’s Sandro Cavaille, ranked 80 places below him at No 434 in the world.

Prayrit Ahluwalia and Max Radiven also reached the knockouts and both went out in the last 32 – Ahluawalia to eventual champion Enrique Rios of Puerto Rico.

Piwowar and Radiven also reached the knockouts in the under-15s, along with Pattison (pictured above) and Trumpauskas.

The two older boys each won their first-round match to go into the last 32, where Pattison was edged out 3-2 (9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-13, 11-7) by Lin Chin-Ting of Chinese Taipei and Trumpauskas lost 3-1 (12-10, 7-11, 15-13, 11-8) to Loy Xing Yao of Singapore, who both went on to reach the quarter-finals.

In the under-17s, five English boys reached the knockouts but only Pattison got through the first round, beating Belgium’s Xavier Wats 3-1. He went out in the last 32 to Lleyton Ullman of Germany.

Trumpauskas, Piggott, Toby Ellis and Adam Dennison went out in the last 64, Trumpauskas to the second seed from Chinese Taipei. Dennison had a marathon group stage win, defeating Kushal Chopda of India 3-2 (11-8, 21-23, 13-11, 4-11, 11-8), while Piggott came from 2-0 down to defeat Roman France of Slovakia in his group.

In the under-19s, Ellis and Piggott got into the knockouts, and Piggott picked up a 3-2 (11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-6) win over Czech Borek Otahal to reach the last 32, where he went out to Poland’s Mateusz Zelengowski. Ellis was edged out 12-10 in a decider in the last 64 by Tim Giltia of Belgium.

Dennison, Josh Bruce and Nahom Asgedom went out in the groups, Bruce beaten 11-9 in a decider in his second match.

Results

Under-19 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Nicholas Lum (AUS) bt Adam Dennison 3-0 (11-3, 11-3, 11-6)
Mykyta Zavada (UKR) bt Dennison 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-9)

Qualifying group 8
Zhenlong Liu (AUT) bt Toby Ellis 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-4)
Ellis bt Daniel Kostal (CZE) 3-0 (11-9, 13-11, 11-7)

Qualifying group 12
Adam Klajber (SVK) bt Josh Bruce 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-2)
Xavier Wats (BEL) bt Bruce 3-2 (13-11, 14-12, 8-11, 9-11, 11-9)

Qualifying group 17
Julian Rzihauschek (AUT) bt Nahom Asgedom 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-4)
Su Yu-Lun (TPE) bt Asgedom 3-0 (11-3, 11-1, 11-5)

Qualifying group 18
Ben Piggott bt Vit Kadlec (CZE) 3-0 (w/o)
Piggott bt Pavol Bilka (SVK) 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-7)

Round of 64
Tim Giltia (BEL) bt Ellis 3-2 (11-9, 10-12, 11-5, 9-11, 12-10)
Piggott bt Borek Otahal (CZE) 3-2 (11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-6)

Round of 32
Mateusz Zelengowski (POL) bt Piggott 3-1 (11-6, 15-13, 6-11, 11-6)

Under-17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 4
Rogelio Castro (MEX) bt Ralph Pattison 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-1)
Pattison bt Andrej Mrkic (CRO) 3-0 (11-6, 12-10, 11-6)

Qualifying group 5
Alan Kurmangaliyev (KAZ) bt Adam Dennison 3-1 (11-3, 7-11, 11-2, 11-5)
Dennison bt Kushal Chopda (IND) 3-2 (11-8, 21-23, 13-11, 4-11, 11-8)

Qualifying group 15
Julian Rzihauschek (AUT) bt Larry Trumpauskas 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 12-10)
Trumpauskas bt Luca Khidasheli (ESP) 3-2 (11-8, 10-12, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5)

Qualifying group 24
Leon Benko (CRO) bt Toby Ellis 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-1)
Ellis bt Loris Stephany (LUX) 3-1 (5-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8)

Qualifying group 32
Ben Piggott bt Roman France (SVK) 3-2 (7-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-9, 11-5)
Su Yu-Lun (TPE) bt Piggott 3-1 (11-3, 9-11, 11-4, 11-9)
Piggott bt Aryan Jha (USA) 3-0 (w/o)

Round of 64
Rogelio Castro (MEX) bt Ellis 3-2 (4-11, 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9)
Hung Jing-Kai (TPE) bt Piggott 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-7)
Mael Van Dessel (LUX) bt Dennison 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-8)
Pattison bt Xavier Wats (BEL) 3-1 (5-11, 12-10, 11-3, 11-6)
Chang Yu-An (TPE) bt Trumpauskas 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-2)

Round of 32
Lleyton Ullmann (GER) bt Pattison 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-0)

Under-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 5
Damian Floro (SVK) bt Max Radiven 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-5)
Radiven bt Dorde Celic (BIH) 3-1 (12-10, 11-4, 9-11, 12-10)

Qualifying group 13
Larry Trumpauskas bt Sergio Perez Bohorquez (PUR) 3-0 (11-2, 11-7, 11-7)
Trumpauskas bt Noah Vitel (FRA) 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-4)

Qualifying group 21
Kacper Piwowar bt Alan Bryk (POL) 3-0 (11-2, 17-15, 11-4)
Jakub Holubcik (SVK) bt Piwowar 3-2 (11-5, 7-11, 11-13, 11-3, 11-8)

Qualifying group 27
Ralph Pattison bt Nikita Rievienko (UKR) 3-1 (9-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-7)
Pattison bt Stefan Radonjic (MNE) 3-1 (11-8, 11-9, 10-12, 11-5)

Round of 64
Pattison bt Temurbek Nurmonov (UZB) 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-6)
Jakub Kabelka (CZE) bt Radiven 3-1 (8-11, 11-6, 11-6, 15-13)
Luca Khidasheli (ESP) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-8, 14-12, 12-10)
Trumpauskas bt Erik Paulina (ITA) 3-1 (11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9)

Round of 32
Lin Chin-Ting (TPE) bt Pattison 3-2 (9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-13, 11-7)
Loy Xing Yao (SGP) bt Trumpauskas 3-1 (12-10, 7-11, 15-13, 11-8)

Under-13 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 5
Kacper Piwowar bt Marco Cisarik (SVK) 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-8)
Piwowar bt Tobias Fabian (CZE) 3-1 (11-13, 11-4, 11-8, 11-6)

Qualifying group 6
Abdulrahman Al Taher (KSA) bt Prayrit Ahluwalia 3-2 (7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6)
Ahluwalia bt Ondrej Kral (CZE) 3-2 (11-6, 6-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-5)

Qualifying group 14
Max Radiven bt Patrik Sabo (SVK) 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-8)
Radiven bt Temurbek Nurmonov (UZB) 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-9)
Jakub Janosec (CZE) bt Radiven 3-1 (11-8, 1-11, 11-9, 11-7)

Round of 32
Enrique Rios (PUR) bt Ahluwalia 3-0 (11-6, 11-2, 11-9)
Wang Nai-Yi (TPE) bt Radiven 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-6)
Piwowar bt Ma Yeongjun (KOR) 3-2 (11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7)

Round of 16
Sandro Cavaille (FRA) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-7)