Kai Lun Chow beat the third seed on his way to the semi-finals at the WTT Youth Contender Otocec in Slovenia.

Having got through to the knockout stage of the Under-13 Boys’ Singles as a group runner-up – he was beaten by top seed Alexander Malov of Spain – Chow (pictured above) beat the higher-ranked Olaf Glanert of Poland in the last 16 and then impressively defeated third seed Louis Fegerl of Austria in five in the quarter-finals.

His run ended in the semis as he was beaten in four by Wu Yuan-Kai of Chinese Taipei, who went on to defeat Malov in the final.

In the Under-15s, Chow reached the round of 32, where he went out to third seed Francesco Trevisan of Italy.

Tianer Yu and Bly Twomey were in action in the girls’ events in Otocec, with both players advancing from the group stage in their respective age groups. Tianer Yu advanced from group 23 with a win over Layla Turk. Tianer Yu faced difficult opponent in Korean Kim Minseo, and bowed out of the competition 3-0.

Bly Twomey advanced from group 1 in the Cadet Girls Singles, losing to the Japenese top seed Muramatsu, but overcoming a Slovenian opponent 3-0 to secure a last 32 spot, but was unable to progress any further. Twomey also competed above her age group, as she took part in the U17 Girls Singles, but was unable to register a win in either group stage match.

Bly Twomey was also in action at the WTT Youth Contender Varazdin in Croatia, but was unable to progress beyond the group stage in with the Under15 or Under-17 Girls’ Singles.

Results

WTT Youth Contender Otocec

Under-19 Girls’ Singles 
Qualifying group 23 
Lee Haelin (KOR) bt Tianer Yu 3-1 (13-11, 3-11, 18-16, 11-5)
Tianer Yu bt Layla Turk (SLO) 3-0 (11-3, 11-1, 11-4)

Round of 64
Kim Minseo (KOR) bt Tianer Yu 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-7)

Under-17 Girls’ Singles 
Qualifying group 12 
Yang Huize (CHN) bt Bly Twomey 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-4)
Anna Walter (GER) bt Bly Twomey 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-4)

Under-15 Girls’ Singles 
Qualifying group 1 
Cocona Muramatsu (JPN) bt Bly Twomey 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-6)
Bly Twomey bt Klara Rahotin (SLO) 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-8)

Round of 32
Adela Bartova (CZE) bt Bly Twomey 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3)

Under-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 4
Faraz Shakiba (IRI) bt Kai Lun Chow 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-8)
Chow bt Pietro Andreoli (ITA) 3-1 (8-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7)

Round of 64
Chow bt Seung Chen (AUT) 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 12-10)

Round of 32
Francesco Trevisan (ITA) bt Chow 3-0 (11-1, 11-8, 11-8)

Under-13 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Alexander Malov (ESP) bt Kai Lun Chow 3-1 (11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4)
Chow bt Kim Juhyuk (KOR) 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 14-12)

Round of 16
Chow bt Olaf Glanert (POL) 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-6)

Quarter-finals
Chow bt Louis Fegerl (AUT) 3-2 (11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7)

Semi-finals
Wu Yuan-Kai (TPE) bt Chow 3-1 (9-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-7)

WTT Youth Contender Varazdin

Under-17 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 15
Liu Ziling (CHN) bt Bly Twomey 3-0 (11-8, 11-1, 11-6)
Nora Dohoczki (HUN) bt Twomey 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 12-10)

Under-15 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 2
Lu Yu-En (TPE) bt Bly Twomey 3-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-3)
Klara Rahotin (SLO) bt Twomey 3-1 (6-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5)