by Ian Marshall, Editor
Vlada Voronina caused the biggest upset by beating Poland’s Aleksandra Michalak (11-7, 11-2, 8-11, 11-7); following close behind, in the closest match of the day, Emine Ernst accounted for Sweden’s Jennie Edvinsson 6-11, 12-10, 12-10, 8-11, 16-14). Not to be overshadowed, Liu Ru-Yun overcame Guatemala’s Lucia Cordero (11-5, 11-7, 11-13, 11-9).
Defeats for Aleksandra Michalak and Jennie Edvinsson; vitally, it was their only defeat of the day; second place and progress to the main draw was thus reserved. Alas for Lucia Cordero, she suffered a further reverse at the hands of Svetlana Dmitrienko (12-10, 11-7, 11-6) and thus had settle for third place, journey’s end. Svetlana Dmitrienko ended the day in runners up spot.
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Surprises but not for the other leading names on initial stage duty. Chinese Taipei’s Yu Hsiu-Ting, England’s Denise Payet and Germany’s Sophia Klee reserved first places in their groups as expected, a situation that applied also to China’s Li Yuqi and Sweden’s Rebecca Muskantor.
First positions as anticipated; however, down the order there were unexpected top spots. Chinese Taipei’s Lee Wan-Hsuan, Tsai Yun-En and Chang Ju-Chia, also upset the order of merit to top their groups, as did Turkey’s Merve Cansu Demir, England’s Charlotte Bardsley and China’s Zhang Xiaoting.
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The junior girls’ singles event will be played to a conclusion on Tuesday 16th April.