England’s top Cadet and Junior players are competing at the European Youth Championships in Gondomar, Portugal. With the completion of the team event, stay up to date with the results from the individual competitions below.

You can view the previews for the Cadet squad here and the Junior squad here. Follow the event results live on the ETTU website here and read below for updates on the England matches.

Updates are ongoing will be made upon the completion of each phase.

Cadet Girls

Group Stage

Wednesday 15 July
Kicking the day off early, saw each of the Cadet Girls in action in the opening of two group matches they would play. Alyssa Nguyen came from 2-1 down to win her opener against Azerbaijan’s Yaghmur Mammadli, but despite come from 2-0 down in her second match against Greece’s Anastasia Michalarou, she wasn’t able to convert the third in a row and ultimately lost the decider. Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska saw off Carolina Rossi of Italy 3-1 in her opener, and later in the day, came from 1-0 down to win 3-1 over Sweden’s Alicia Enbom. Hannah Saunders didn’t have the same result in her first match of the singles competition, as she fell 3-0 to Daria Kharlova.

Thursday 16 July
Group 12
11:00 – Hannah Saunders v Sofie Jorgensen (DEN)
Group 17
11:00 – Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska v Anthi Toulia (GRE)
Group 20
10:30 – Alyssa Nguyen v Nora Cattazzo (LUX)

Cadet Boys

Group Stage

Wednesday 15 July
The first two matches of the group stages took place on day one, with widespread success from the Cadet Boys across the board. Dimitar Dimitrov was 2-1 down after conceding the second and third 13-11 each, but won 3-2 over Latvia’s Kirils Demsovs, before later defeating Elias Skajem of Denmark in the afternoon. Oscar Nikolli got off to a flying start in his opening two matches, both of which finished 3-0. He defeated Spiros Fousekis (Greece) and Richard Feber Jr (Czechia). Pablo Ramirez Rioja also started well, winning his opener over Authorised Neutral Athlete Artem Stankevich, finishing that one 3-0, and in his final singles match of the day, he ensured a clean sweep for the boys as he won 3-0 over Montenegro’s Milan Vucetic.

Thursday 16 July
Group 10
12:00 – Dimitar Dimitrov v Dean Robertson (SCO)
Group 11
12:00 – Oscar Nikolli v Eetu Makela (FIN)
Group 22
12:30 – Pablo Ramirez Rioja v Pietro Andreoli (ITA)

Junior Girls

Group Stage

Wednesday 15 July
It was a tough opening round of the Junior Girls as Sienna Jetha started her involvement in the singles with a loss to Czechia’s Hanka Kodet 3-0. Shortly after Ella Pashley suffered the same fate in her group against Mayra Kontopoulou of Greece.

Group 24
19:00 – Ella Pashley v Andreea Baiasu (ROU)

Thursday 16 July
Group 3
12:30 – Sienna Jetha v Irene Moretti (ITA)
Group 24
13:00 – Ella Pashley v Fiona Overgaard (DEN)

Junior Boys

Group Stage

Wednesday 15 July
Max Radiven was first to the table for the Junior Boys and he took on Urban Janc of Slovenia, and came away with a hat-trick of 11-7 wins in his 3-0 victory. Isaac Kingham couldn’t quite get into his flow against Romania’s Robert Podar, as the U21 National Champion lost 3-1. Jakub Piwowar was up as well, and found himself 2-0 up, but Erik Paulina of Italy produced a brilliant comeback to win at Piwowar’s expense.

Group 16
17:30 – Abraham Sellado v Lowis Vogler (SUI)

Thursday 16 July
Group 6
13:30 – Isaac Kingham v Matvii Tretiak (UKR)
Group 16
14:00 – Abraham Sellado v Antreas Hadjinikolas (CYP)
Group 22
14:00 – Jakub Piwowar v Yali Mor (ISR)

Cadet Doubles

Group Stage

Wednesday 15 July
Mixed Doubles Knockout Round of 128
Oscar Nikolli & Alyssa Nguyen beat Olaf Glanert (POL) & Anastasija Zibunova (LAT) 3-1 in their opening match of the mixed doubles, and shortly after, they were joined in the Round of 64 by Pablo Ramirez Rioja & Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska who saw off Bálint Gilicz & Borbala Vass of Hungary 3-2, winning 11-9 in the fifth. Dimitar Dimitrov and Hannah Saunders couldn’t make it a trio of English pairs in the next round as they were defeated 3-1 by Belgium’s Noan Piette & Temperance Tang in a close 3-1 contest.

Mixed Doubles Knockout Round of 64
20:00 – Oscar Nikolli & Alyssa Nguyen v Joshua Sams (AUT) & Kalina Stefanova (BUL)
20:00 – Pablo Ramirez Rioja & Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska v Bryan Zhang (BEL) & Anna Walter (GER

Thursday 16 July
Girls Doubles
Knockout Round of 64
16:20 – Alyssa Nguyen & Soaray Rahmani-Walentynska v Ceren Kahraman & Elvin Kale (TUR)
16:20 – Hannah Saunders & Lucija Novak (CRO) v Chenhao Chen & Lotta Rothfuss (GER)

Boys Doubles
Knockout Round of 64
16:50 – Oscar Nikolli & Pablo Ramirez Rioja v Matus Kosicky & Ratiskav Svec (SVK)
17:20 – Dimitar Dimitrov & Reah Krol Shahar (ISR) v Milan Vecetic (MNE) & Ivan Smiljanic (CRO)

Junior Doubles

Knockout Round of 256

Wednesday 15 July
Mixed Knockout Round of 256
Jakub Piwowar & Sienna Jetha teamed up in the first round of the mixed doubles where they faced Kirils Terentjevs & Polina Stasevska of Latvia. After splitting the opening two games 11-9, then splitting the following two, a grandstand finished commenced, which eventually ended 16-14 to Piwowar and Jetha.

Mixed Knockout Round of 128
Despite their progress from the first round Piwowar and Jetha faced tough opponents in Spain’s Luca Khidashelli & Irena Gimeno Font who dispatched the English pair in three. Also exiting the competition in the Round of 128 were Abraham Sellado and Ella Pashley who lost 3-0 to Slovakia’s Damian Floro & Emma Molnarova, and Isaac Kingham (paired with Jersey’s Hannah Silcock), who lost to Individual Neutral Athletes Arseni Razhchanka & Sofiya Beliasava with another 3-0 scoreline. Max Radiven & Tianer Yu made the most of their left hand/right hand combination, and became their first English pair to make it to the next stage after a smooth 3-0 win over Montenegro’s Stefan Radonjic & Anastasija Vujovic.

Mixed Knockout Round of 64
21:00 – Max Radiven & Tianer Yu v Aleks Koren & Lana Slatinsek (SLO)

Thursday 16 July
Girls Doubles
Knockout Round of 64
17:20 – Sienna Jetha & Ella Pashley v Elina Fuchs & Nina Skerbinz (AUT)

Boys Doubles
Knockout Round of 128
9:30 – Isaac Kingham & Abraham Sellado v Alexandros Michael (CYP) & Severin Scherer (SUI)
Knockout Round of 64
17:50 – Jakub Piwowar & Max Radiven v Erik Paulinha (ITA) & Lourenco Sardinha (POR)