England duo Sam Walker and Tom Jarvis have secured their place in the double’s final at the WTT Feeder event in Dusseldorf, and marks Jarvis’ first senior final on the international circuit.
The pair began their journey in the quarter-finals and blitzed through their opposition, beating the Spanish-Swiss combination Albert Vilardell & Pedro Osiro 3-0.
Their semi-final opponents Amin Ahmadian of Iran and Serbia’s Dimitrije Levajac put up a much stronger fight in a very tightly contested match.
Walker and Jarvis achieved their spot in the final with a 3-1 victory, but the scores in each game show how close it was with the last game going to 14-12.
Sam Walker & Tom Jarvis bt Amin Ahmadian (IRA) & Dimitrije Levajac (SER) 3-1 (11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 14-12).
The English pair will now face Japan’s Yuta Tanaka and Jo Yokotani in the final on Friday 10th December at 1530 (UK time). Watch here.
Results
Men’s Singles
Round of 32
Sam Walker bt Benno Oehme (GER) 4-3 (10-12, 13-11, 5-11, 10-12, 11-2, 11-5, 12-10)
Tom Jarvis bt Juan Perez (ESP) 4-2 (11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5)
Round of 16
Walker bt Amin Ahmadian (IRI) 4-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6)
Lev Katsman (RUS) bt Jarvis 4-3 (13-11, 3-11, 7-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-6)
Quarter-finals
Anton Kallberg (SWE) bt Walker 4-1 (11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6)
Men’s Doubles
Quarter-finals
Sam Walker & Tom Jarvis bt Albert Vilardell (ESP) & Pedro Osiro (SUI) 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-1)
Semi-finals
Sam Walker & Tom Jarvis bt Amin Ahmadian (IRA) & Dimitrije Levajac (SER) 3-1 (11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 14-12).