by Ian Marshall, Editor
The one elusive title accrued in the junior girls’ team event; the combination formed by Marie Chapet, Charlotte Lutz and Sofia Ray experienced a 3-2 defeat in the final when facing the Czech Republic’s Anna Klempererova and Nela Hanakova, who joined forces with Poland’s Julia Tomecka; an outfit coached by Tomas Vrnak.
Charlotte Lutz beat both Julia Tomecka (11-6, 11-4, 12-10) and Anna Klemperevova (11-2, 11-7, 11-13, 11-3) but those were to prove the only successes for her team. In the vital fifth and decisive match of the fixture, Julia Tomecka overcame Marie Chapet (11-8, 11-5, 11-9).
“The final was the most difficult. We knew that Lutz would win two matches but the other French girls were beatable. It is a great success for such a quickly formed team to win this tournament. It was a big surprise for me.” Tomas Vrnak
Earlier at the semi-final stage the French trio had recorded a 3-1 win in opposition to England’s Charlotte Bardsley and Millie Rogove who partnered Norway’s Martine Toftaker; in the same round Anna Klempererova, Nela Hanakova and Julia Tomecka had secured a 3-0 margin of victory in opposition to the Czech Republic’s Klara Hrabicova, Jana Vasendova and Kristyna Penkavova.
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Opposite situation
A close 3-2 defeat for France in the junior girls’ team final; in counterpart boys’ team event it was the reverse scenario.
Facing the Polish outfit formed by Szymon Kolasa, Michal Malachewski and Lukasz Sokolowski, a hard fought full distance win was secured. Hugo Deschamps gave France the perfect start by beating Michal Malachewski (11-5, 11-6, 11-9) but the man of the moment was Thibault Poret. In the second match of the engagement he overcame Szymon Kolasa (6-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-5); in the decisive fifth contest he prevailed against Michal Malachewski (11-5, 11-6, 11-9).
Tense moments, en route to the final, life for both teams had been less exacting. At the quarter-final stage the French outfit had recorded a 3-0 win against the combination of Ecuador’s Matias Lecaro and Neycer Robalino who partnered Poland’s Artur Lenieszka, before securing a 3-1 success when facing a further international combination in the guise of the Czech Republic’s Filip Cernota, England’s Sam Wilson and Frenchman Thibault Bailliet.
Comprehensive wins, for Poland it had proved even more comprehensive; a 3-0 win was recorded against the Czech Republic outfit comprising Filip Vybiral, Radim Moravek and Jakub Kaucy, before the same margin of victory was secured at the semi-final stage when confronting the host nation’s Filip Delincak, Dalibor Diko and Adam Klajber.
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Full distance contests
Hard fought success for France in the junior boys’ team event, it was the same in the cadet boys’ team competition. A 3-2 margin of victory was the outcome for Célian Besnier and Milhane Jellouli when facing Croatia’s Borna Petek and Luka Zlatkov in the quarter-finals. After recording a 3-0 win against Norway’s Martin Froseth and Slovakia’s Roman France in the semi-final, the full five matches were needed in the final to overcome Germany’s Lleyton Ullman and Tayler Fox.
Mainstay of the success was Milhane Jellouli; he beat Tayler Fox in the second match of the fixture (11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9) and Lleyton Ullman in the decisive fifth contest (11-6, 11-5, 11-9).
Impressively in the opposite half of the draw Lleyton Ullman and Tayler Fox had recorded a 3-0 win against Ecuador’s Jeremy Cedeño and Diego Piguave, prior to achieving a 3-1 penultimate round success in opposition to the French pairing of Marius Benchat and Flavio Mourier.
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Close encounters
Narrow margins, it was the same for Crystal Chan and Clea de Stoppelaire.
At the quarter and semi-final stages they were stretched the full five match distance, first by Germany’s Sarah Rau and Laura Kaim; then by Slovakia’s Ema Cincurova and Dominika Wiltschova. A place in the final reserved; a 3-1 victory against Mia Griesel and Jele Stortz, also from Germany, secured the title.
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Play concludes on Sunday 3rd November when the individual events in the cadet age group will be conducted.