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By Simon Daish One of those trophies came in the Under 17 Boys’ Singles event as David Szantosi rounded off his campaign in style. Taking down one of the previous day’s standout performers, Russia’s Serafim Orlov, in the semi-finals (12-10, 11-7, 11-6), Szantosi set up an exciting clash with a formidable opponent in the title […]
By Simon Daish Russia’s Orlov endured a gruelling day at the office in the Under 17 Boys’ Singles draw, with his sixth and final fixture of the day providing his most formidable challenge. Taking on Liu Zhenlong, the second-ranked competitor in the event, Orlov embraced the occasion and his bravery was rewarded as he prevailed […]
By Simon Daish Picking up a brace, Zhmudenko toppled Aleksandr Khanin (11-7, 11-4, 11-9) and Pavel Platonov (11-4, 5-11, 11-9, 13-15, 11-8) to help his team hold off a robust all-round effort from Belarus. Yevhen Pryshchepa was the other player from Ukraine to register a win, defeating Khanin across five games (8-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-4, […]
By Simon Daish Dropping just the one game across his quarter-final and semi-final encounters against Tunisia’s Youssef Ben Attia (11-5, 11-7, 4-11, 11-9) and India’s Deepit Patil (11-3, 11-4, 11-7), Rassenfosse set up a title clash with fellow Belgian Louis Laffineur. Two players who know each other well, Rassenfosse and Laffineur battle it out for […]
By Simon Daish Lebrun ranked 56th in the ITTF Table Tennis Youth Rankings, achieved his first goal of progressing from the group stage with little difficulty, and couldn’t have asked for a better start to the knock-out rounds as he outclassed Belarus’ Hleb Behunou 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-4). However, Lebrun’s standout moment arrived in the […]