Jakub Piwowar reached the last 16 at the WTT Youth Contender Platja D’Aro, at which 12 English boys have competed.

Piwowar (pictured above) won his group to go straight into the last 32, where he defeated Davide Simon of Italy 3-2 (11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7).

Piwowar, ranked seventh in the competition at No 159 in the youth rankings, went out in the next round in four games to Rafael Cabrera of the Dominican Republic, ranked 197.

As well as Piwowar, six English youngsters reached the knockout rounds. Larry Trumpauskas beat Yadier Lopez of Puerto Rico – ranked 146 places higher than him at 217 – in four games in the last 64 and was then knocked out in the round of 32 by Kazuki Yoshiyama of Japan, ranked 218.

Max Radiven, Kacper Piwowar, Abraham Sellado, Isaac Kingham and Adam Alibhai all went out in the round of 64 and, with the exception of Piwowar, to higher-ranked players. Kingham was the closest to advancing as he was beaten 3-2 (7-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-13, 11-5) by Lasse Fly-Kristensen of Denmark.

Joseph Dennison went out in the group stage, edged out by Tiago Olhero of Portugal 3-1 (7-11, 15-13, 13-11, 11-7) in the crucial match.

In the under-17s, played earlier in the competition, Trumpauskas was again beaten by Yoshiyama, going out in three games in the last 64. Ben Piggott and Felix Thomis also reached the round of 64, respectively going out to Su Yu-Lun of Chinese Taipei and Artur Gromek of Poland in four. Thomis was a particularly close (11-6, 12-14, 12-10, 18-16) defeat.

Krish Chotai, Dennison, Kingham and Jakub Piwowar went out in the group stage.

In the under-13s, Kacper Piwowar, Sellado and Radiven all went through to the knockouts, but exited at the first hurdle – in Piwowar’s case the last 32, while it was the last 16 for Sellado and Radiven. Selldo pushed the sixth seed Axel Bossis of France, coming back from 2-0 down to force a deciding game. Alibhai went out in the group stage, with one win from three matches.

The under-19s saw Thomis, Piggott, Chotai and Louis Price have a difficult time in the group stage, not picking up any wins although all were competitive.

The girls’ competitions start on Saturday, with Scarlett Anders, Mari Baldwin and Sienna Jetha competing for England.

Results

Under-19 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Darius Movileanu (ROU) bt Felix Thomis 3-0 (14-12, 11-6, 11-9)
Angel Rodriguez (ESP) bt Thomis 3-0 (11-6, 12-10, 11-9)

Qualifying group 7
Tom Schweiger (GER) bt Krish Chotai 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-7)
Mark Juhasz (AUT) bt Chotai 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 11-9)

Qualifying group 12
Oscar Birriel (PUR) bt Louis Price 3-1 (3-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8)
Choy Chun Kit (HKG) bt Price 3-1 (12-10, 4-11, 11-7, 13-11)

Qualifying group 23
Yiu Kwan To (HKG) bt Ben Piggott 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 13-11)
Norbert Tauler (ESP) bt Piggott 3-1 (8-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-8)

Under-17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 2
Andrei Istrate (ROU) bt Larry Trumpauskas 3-1 (7-11, 11-5, 11-2, 11-3)
Trumpauskas bt Andrea Garello (ITA) 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-9)

Qualifying group 7
Mael Van Dessel (NED) bt Felix Thomis 3-2 (12-10, 10-12, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9)
Thomis bt Aitor Colina (ESP) 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7)

Qualifying group 10
Oscar Birriel (PUR) bt Krish Chotai 3-0 (12-10, 11-7, 11-6)
Robert Podar (ROU) bt Chotai 3-1 (11-13, 11-9, 12-10, 11-9)

Qualifying group 12
Timothy Falconnier (SUI) bt Joseph Dennison 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 12-10)
Mark Juhasz (AUT) bt Dennison 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-9)

Qualifying group 18
Julian Rzihauschek (AUT) bt Isaac Kingham 3-1 (11-9, 11-3, 7-11, 11-3)
Hugo Urquizar (ESP) bt Kingham 3-1 (13-15, 11-9, 11-5, 11-4)

Qualifying group 19
Kuo Guan-Hong (TPE) bt Ben Piggott 3-2 (11-13, 4-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6)
Piggott bt Luca Oprea (ROU) 3-0 (12-10, 11-3, 11-7)

Qualifying group 26
Su Yu-Lun (TPE) bt Jakub Piwowar 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-6)
Sam Khosravi (FIN) bt Piwowar 3-1 (6-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9)

Round of 64
Kazuki Yoshiyama (JPN) bt Trumpauskas 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-5)
Su Yu-Lun (TPE) bt Piggott 3-1 (7-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6)
Artur Gromek (POL) bt Thomis 3-1 (11-6, 12-14, 12-10, 18-16)

Under-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 4
Max Radiven bt Julian Rzihauschek (AUT) 3-0 (w/o)
Nicholas Fama (ITA) bt Radiven 3-2 (5-11, 11-7, 11-5, 7-11, 11-8)

Qualifying group 5
Steven Moreno (PUR) bt Joseph Dennison 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 13-11)
Tiago Olhero (POR) bt Dennison 3-1 (7-11, 15-13, 13-11, 11-7)

Qualifying group 7
Jakub Piwowar bt Mazen Alghamdi (KSA) 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-0)
Piwowar bt Luca Khidasheli (ESP) 3-1 (10-12, 11-9, 11-2, 15-13)

Qualifying group 8
Rares Cuesdean (ROU) bt Adam Alibhai 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-7)
Alibhai bt Johan Havsteen (DEN) 3-2 (11-9, 6-11, 11-3, 7-11, 11-8)

Qualifying group 14
Hugo Urquizar (ESP) bt Isaac Kingham 3-1 (11-5, 11-2, 8-11, 11-6)
Kingham bt Dinis Ye (POR) 3-1 (11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8)

Qualifying group 19
Bontond Varga (HUN) bt Larry Trumpauskas 3-1 (12-10, 12-14, 11-4, 11-3)
Trumpauskas bt Artiz Sanz (ESP) 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-2)

Qualifying group 20
Kacper Piwowar bt Raul Sebastian (ESP) 3-0 (11-3, 14-12, 11-7)
Giacomo Izzo (ITA) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-8)

Qualifying group 22
Alejandro Vivo (ESP) bt Abraham Sellado 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-5)
Sellado bt Ali Altaher (KSA) 3-1 (11-6, 4-11, 11-6, 11-3)

Round of 64
Tiago Olhero (POR) bt Radiven 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-6)
Luca Khidasheli (ESP) bt Kacper Piwowar 3-0 (11-8, 13-11, 11-3)
Erik Paulina (ITA) bt Sellado 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 13-11)
Lasse Fly-Kristensen (DEN) bt Kingham 3-2 (7-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-13, 11-5)
Trumpauskas bt Yadier Lopez (PUR) 3-1 (11-9, 12-10, 4-11, 11-4)
Aaron Sahr (NED) bt Alibhai 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-9)

Round of 32
Kazuki Yoshiyama (JPN) bt Trumpauskas 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-1)
Jakub Piwowar bt Davide Simon (ITA) 3-2 (11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7)

Round of 16
Rafael Cabrera (DOM) bt Piwowar 3-1 (11-5, 11-5, 8-11, 11-2)

Under-13 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 2
Abraham Sellado bt Nicholas Fama (ITA) 3-2 (11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9)
Sellado bt Francisco Serrano (ESP) 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-6)
Enrique Rios (PUR) bt Sellado 3-1 (11-3, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9)

Qualifying group 4
Kacper Piwowar bt Oleg Stefanowicz (POL) 3-1 (6-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4)
Aaron Tamino Sahr (NED) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-6)
Piwowar bt Artiz Sanz (ESP) 3-1 (11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8)

Qualifying group 5
Max Radiven bt Abdulrahman Al Taher (KSA) 3-0 (11-1, 11-9, 11-5)
Radiven bt Jaime Perez (ESP) 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-6)
Radiven bt Oriol Martinez (ESP) 3-0 (11-9, 14-12, 11-5)

Qualifying group 7
Cristian Sanchez (ESP) bt Adam Alibhai 3-0 (13-11, 11-6, 11-7)
Alibhai bt Yousuf Hanifa (KSA) 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-3)
Rija Warin (FRA) bt Alibhai 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-3)

Round of 32
Dinis Ye (POR) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-7)

Round of 16
Axel Bossis (FRA) bt Sellado 3-2 (11-4, 13-11, 7-11, 9-11, 11-4)
Sandro Cavaille bt Radiven 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-4)