England secured a top-10 finish in the team competition and Sienna Jetha reached the singles last 16 at the European under-13 Challenge in Montenegro.

A squad of Eva Eccles, Jetha, Kacper Piwowar and Abraham Sellado competed at the event in Podgorica, with 21 countries in the team competition.

England were up against the host nation, Spain and Kosovo in the team group stage, with a format of one doubles followed by four singles, with each player playing two matches per fixture.

Montenegro were beaten 5-0 in the first match as only Jetha dropped sets, coming from 2-1 down to beat Anastasija Vujovic 3-2.

The key match was against Spain and England took the doubles in five through Piwowar & Jetha, only for Spain to hit back to win the following two singles against Eccles and Sellado – the latter 12-10 in a decider.

Jetha restored parity and Piwowar then recovered a 2-1 deficit to beat Cristian Sanchez 3-2 to complete overall victory.

A 5-0 win over Kosovo, without dropping a game, saw England as group winners, putting them in the next stage against Italy and Czech Republic.

They went down 4-1 to Italy in the first match, Jetha putting England on the board in the fourth set with a hard-fought 3-2 (14-16, 11-8, 13-15, 11-5, 13-11) victory over Marina Misceo.

It was the same score against Czech Republic, who went on to win the gold medal. England’s point was by way of a walkover win for Jetha.

In the positional play-offs, England were in the ninth-to-12th bracket and started with a 3-2 win over Belgium, Sellado & Jetha taking the doubles and taking a singles win apiece as England came back from 2-1 down. Sellado clinched victory with a 3-2 (9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8) win over Matt Closset.

He final match for ninth and 10th places saw England beaten 3-0 by Germany.

In the individual competitions, Jetha and Piwowar both got through with two wins out of three in the group stage.

Piwowar went out in the last 32, beaten 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-6) by Konstantinos Fakaros of Greece, but Jetha progressed from the same stage thanks to a 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-6) win over Alexandra-Maria Dicu of Romania.

She face Germany’s Elisa Nguyen in the last 16 and it was a straightforward 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-4) win for Nguyen, who went on to win the gold medal.

Eccles and Sellado both won one group match apiece and went on to reach the consolation quarter-finals.

Results

Mixed Team
First stage, Group 6
England 5 Montenegro 0
Kacper Piwowar & Sienna Jetha bt Feda Taljanovic & Anastasija Vujovic 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-4)
Eva Eccles bt Mia Zivanovic 3-0 (11-7, 12-10, 11-2)
Abraham Sellado bt Milan Vucetic 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-4)
Jetha bt Vujovic 3-2 (11-5, 7-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-3)
Piwowar bt Taljanovic 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-7)

England 3 Spain 2
Piwowar & Jetha bt Cristian Sanchez & Irina Gimeno Font 3-2 (9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7)
Maria Mendez bt Eccles 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-5)
Dario Salcedo bt Sellado 3-2 (11-7, 10-12, 11-13, 11-4, 12-10)
Jetha bt Gimeno Font 3-1 (10-12, 11-4, 13-11, 11-9)
Piwowar bt Sanchez 3-2 (7-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-6, 11-5)

England 5 Kosovo 0
Sellado & Eccles bt Resul Smaili & Ajola Behluli 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 12-10)
Jetha bt Maxhire Sojeva 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-8)
Piwowar bt Olti Behluli 3-0 (11-2, 11-6, 11-7)
Eccles bt Ajola Behluli 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-6)
Sellado bt Smaili 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-3)

Second stage, Group I
Italy 4 England 1
Danilo Faso & Marina Misceo bt Sellado & Jetha 3-1 (11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9)
Azzurra Marinelli bt Eccles 3-1 (8-11, 11-5, 15-13, 11-7)
Francesco Trevisan bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-4)
Jetha bt Misceo 3-2 (14-16, 11-8, 13-15, 11-5, 13-11)
Faso bt Sellado 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-5)

Czech Republic 4 England 1
Jan Skalda & Hanka Kodetova bt Sellado & Jetha 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-6)
Tereza Kovarickova bt Eccles 3-1 (11-9, 11-4, 7-11, 11-2)
Jakub Kabelka bt Piwowar 3-0 (w/o)
Jetha bt Kodetova 3-0 (w/o)
Skalda bt Sellado 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-6)

Positions 9-12
England 3 Belgium 2
Sellado & Jetha bt Matt Closset & Ilena Sanna 3-0 (14-12, 11-8, 11-9)
Lessia Lewyckyj bt Eccles 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 12-10)
Maxime Degive bt Piwowar 3-2 (13-15, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6)
Jetha bt Sanna 3-1 (11-7, 11-13, 11-9, 11-5)
Sellado bt Closset 3-2 (9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8)

Positions 9-10
Germany 3 England 0
Jonathan Gaiser & Lisa-Sophie Wang bt Piwowar & Eccles 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-9)
Elisa Nguyen bt Jetha 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 13-11)
Lukas Wang bt Sellado 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-6)

Girls’ Singles
Group F
Sienna Jetha bt Monika Stajkovska (MKD) 3-1 (11-2, 9-11, 11-2, 11-9)
Leeloo Han Vukelja (CRO) bt Jetha 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-8)
Jetha bt Vasiliki Boula (GRE) 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-9)

Group G
Lana Benko (CRO) bt Eva Eccles 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-4)
Eccles bt Nada Dulovic (BIH) 3-1 (7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6)
Katarzyna Rajkowska (POL) bt Eccles 3-2 (10-12, 11-4, 9-11, 11-4, 11-9)

Round of 32
Jetha bt Alexandra-Maria Dicu (ROU) 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-6)

Round of 16
Elisa Nguyen (GER) bt Jetha 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-4)

Consolation round of 16
Eccles bt Maxhire Sojeva (KOS) 3-1 (9-11, 11-1, 11-5, 11-2)

Consolation quarter-final
Vasiliki Boula (GRE) bt Eccles 3-1 (11-8, 6-11, 14-12, 12-10)

Boys’ Singles
Group E
Kacper Piwowar bt Petar Zidaric (CRO) 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-6)
Aleks Pakula (POL) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-9, 13-11, 11-6)
Piwowar bt Olti Behluli (KOS) 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 12-10)

Group F
Mark Usov (SWE) bt Abraham Sellado 3-1 (7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 12-10)
Francesco Trevisan (ITA) bt Sellado 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-8)
Sellado bt Zsombor Fegyver (HUN) 3-0 (w/o)

Round of 32
Konstantinos Fakaros (GRE) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-6)

Consolation round of 16
Sellado bt Olti Behluli (KOS) 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-4)

Consolation quarter-final
Jonathan Gaiser (GER) bt Sellado 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-9)