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Charlotte Bardsley defeated the fourth seed on her way to reaching the last 16 of the Junior Girls’ Singles at the European Youth Championships.
Five out of seven English girls are still going in the singles events at the European Youth Championships in the Czech Republic, but only Naphong Boonyaprapa is left of the boys.
The Cadet Boys line-up of Naphong Boonyaprapa, Louis Price and Thomas Rayner posted the best England finish as the team events came to an end at the European Youth Championships.
England’s Cadet Boys’ team are guaranteed a top-20 finish at the European Youth Championships, but the Junior Girls have narrowly missed out.
England’s Junior Girls won their group at the European Youth Championships in Ostrava, while the two Cadet teams finished second.
All four England teams got off to a winning start at the European Youth Championships in the Czech Republic on Sunday.
Ethan Walsh had a 100% record and Charlotte Bardsley came out on top of a three-way countback as they became Junior National Cup champions.
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England have named a full complement of 14 players for the European Youth Championships in the Czech Republic in July.
Ethan Walsh and Denise Payet won the Junior singles titles at the PG Mutual Cadet & Junior Nationals in Nottingham – and both added a doubles title for good measure.
None of the England teams were able to make it through to the knockout rounds at the Spanish Junior & Cadet Open, despite some good battles in the groups.
Megan Gidney went out in the last 16 of the Junior Girls’ Singles and lost to the top seeds in the quarter-finals of the doubles alongside Denise Payet at the Spanish Junior & Cadet Open. Payet, Charlotte Bardsley and Ethan Walsh also all reached the main draw.
Sam Wilson was knocked out by the 16th seed in the last 32 of the Belgium Junior & Cadet Open.
Denise Payet and Mollie Patterson lost out to top-seeded players in the main draw of the French Junior & Cadet Open, while Shayan Siraj reached the consolation semi-finals.
England’s teams were knocked out in the group stages of the Italian Junior & Cadet Open, despite some useful individual performances.
James Smith and Naphat Boonyaprapa were both knocked out by opponents near the top of the seedings in the last 64 of the Junior Boys’ Singles at the Italy Junior & Cadet Open.
Two English pairs earned bronze medals by reaching the doubles semi-finals at the Swedish Junior & Cadet Open, and there was a consolation singles silver for Mollie Patterson.
James Smith dropped only one game all day as he surged into the latter stages of the Junior Boys’ Singles and Doubles at the Swedish Junior & Cadet Open.
Mollie Patterson secured some eye-catching results on her way to a 14th-place finish at the Finlandia Open – the best English position.
None of the four English players on duty at the Hungarian Youth Open were able to make it through to the main draw, with Denise […]