Dimitar Dimitrov reached the quarter-finals of the Under-13 Boys’ Singles at the WTT Youth Contender Linz in Austria.

Seeded third, Dimitrov topped his group with a maximum of four wins, though one was a walkover, and did not drop a game.

He faced fifth seed Kirill Manalaki of Germany in the quarter-finals but was defeated in four (9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8).

Dimitrov also featured in the Under-15s, where he went through as group runner-up and then in the round of 32 defeated Serbia’s David Capanda, ranked 73 places above him, 13-11 in the fifth. He went out in the last 16, 11-9 in the fifth, to Simon Zsigmond of Hungary, ranked 51 places below him.

In the Under-17 Boys’ Singles, Kacper Piwowar (pictured above) and Abraham Sellado were seeded seventh and 12th respectively but went out in the early rounds.

After both topping their groups with 100% records, they received byes into the last 32, where Sellado was eliminated by Jan Skalda of Czechia, who is ranked 27 places below him at No 204 in the Junior world rankings.

Piwowar (WR 146) went further, reaching the last 16 but falling to Lowis Vogler of Switzerland (WR 182).

In the Under-19 singles competitions, Ella Pashley was defeated by third seed Maria Berzosa of Spain in her first match but won her second against Vivien Tamas of Romania in three to advance to the knockout phase – Tamas is ranked 89 places above Pashley at No 237 on the world Junior list.

She then picked up a good win in four over Andreea Baianu of Romania – ranked 148 placeds above her – in the first round, before exiting in the last 32 at the hands of eighth seed and world No 50 Junior, Lisa Wang of Germany.

In the corresponding boys’ competition, Jakub Piwowar was edged out 13-11 in the fifth by the higher-ranked Uros Ninkovic of Serbia and, coupled with defeat to Germany’s Lukas Wang, did not advance to the knockouts.

In the Under-19 Mixed Doubles, Jakub Piwowar & Pashley teamed up but were knocked out in the first round by Uros Ninkovic & Maja Vanjo of Serbia.

Jakub Piwowar & Ella Pashley in Linz (WTT photo)

Also competing in Linz was Scotland’s Kiishi Adekola, who went out in the Under-17 Girls’ Singles group stage, having won one of her three matches. Adekola was competitive in her two group matches in the Under-15s, but was unable to notch the win to take her through.

Jersey’s Hannah Silcock took a set off second seed Nina Guo Zheng of France in the Under-19 Girls’s Singles group stage, and went through to the main draw with a win over Iarina Precup of Romania. She received a bye into the last 32, where she was defeated in four by fourth seed Shriya Anand of India.

In the Mixed, Silcock, playing alongside Jacopo Cipriano of Italy, made it into the last 32 with a win over a Slovenia pair, before going out to 10th seeds Mark Gergely & Judit Nagy of Hungary.

Five young English talents are joined by athletes from Jersey and Scotland at the first European WTT Youth Contender of the year in Linz starting tomorrow.

Brothers Kacper and Jakub Piwowar, fresh from tasting victory at the Cliffedale Chandlers 4* at the weekend, will compete alongside Abraham Sellado, Ella Pashley and Dimitar Dimitrov – the latter was also a category winner at the 4*.

Kacper and Abraham are in the under-17 competition and are highly ranked, with Kacper the seventh seed and Abraham 12th.

Kacper will face the host nation’s Seung Chen and Hungary’s Simon Zsigmond in his group, with Abraham up against Svit Kadunc of Slovenia and Andrei Tibirna of Romania.

Jakub is one of the lower ranked players in the under-19s, which features four top-50 ranked juniors, headed by Portugal’s Tiago Abiodun, a bronze medallist at the European Youth Championships. The draw has yet to be made for this age group.

Ella is also in the under-19 age group, which features eight top-50 Juniors. Ella is ranked just below halfway in the field and has been drawn in Group 3, where she faces third seed Maria Berzosa of Spain and Vivien Tamas of Romania.

Meanwhile, Dimitar will compete in both the under-13 and under-15 age groups. He is the third seed in the under-13s and has four other players in his group.

As well as singles competitions, Pashley & Jakub Piwowar form a pair in the Under-19 Mixed Doubles

Also taking to the court in Austria will be GB pathway players Hannah Silcock of Jersey (under-19s) and Scotland’s Kiishi Adekola (under-15s and under-17s). Kiishi is third-ranked in a group of four in the Under-17 Girls’ Singles, against opponents from Austria, Romania and Czechia. Silcock is in Group 2 in the Under-19s and will face second seed Nina Guo Zheng of France and Iarina Precup of Romania.

Results and draws

Under-19 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 20
Uros Ninkovic (SRB) bt Jakub Piwowar 3-2 (13-11, 8-11, 3-11, 11-4, 13-11)
Lukas Wang (GER) bt Piwowar 3-0 (14-12, 11-7, 11-8)

Under-19 Girls’ Singles
Qualifying group 3
Maria Berzosa (ESP) bt Ella Pashley 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-3)
Pashley bt Vivien Tamas (ROU) 3-0 (12-10, 11-7, 11-8)

Round of 64
Pashley bt Andreea Baiasu (ROU) 3-1 (11-6, 13-11, 7-11, 12-10)

Round of 32
Lisa Wang (GER) bt Pashley 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-7)

Under- 17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 7
Kacper Piwowar bt Seung Chen (AUT) 3-1 (8-11, 11-4, 11-0, 11-4)
Piwowar bt Simon Zsigmond (HUN) 3-0 (12-10, 11-5, 11-9)

Qualifying group 12
Abraham Sellado bt Svit Kadunc (SLO) 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-4)
Sellado bt Andrei Tibirna (ROU) 3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8)

Round of 32
Piwowar bt David Capanda (SRB) 3-1 (11-7, 12-10, 7-11, 11-4)
Jan Skalda (CZE) bt Sellado 3-2 (11-7, 11-3, 9-11, 7-11, 11-4)

Round of 16
Lowis Vogler (SUI) bt Piwowar 3-2 (10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 11-13, 11-7)

Under-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 11
Dimitar Dimitrov bt Vojtech Lastovka (CZE) 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-8)
Mikolaj Pilch (POL) bt Dimitrov 3-1 (5-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8)

Round of 32
Dimitrov bt David Capanda (SRB) 3-2 (10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 2-11, 13-11)

Round of 16
Simon Zsigmond (HUN) bt Dimitrov 3-2 (10-12, 11-5, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9)

Under-13 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 3
Dimitar Dimitrov bt Denis Fonariuc (ROU) 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 12-10)
Dimitrov bt Michael Zhang (AUT) 3-0 (w/o)
Dimitrov bt Filip Bednar (CZE) 3-0 (15-13, 11-6, 11-9)
Dimitrov bt Juraj De Miguel (SVK) 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-9)

Quarter-finals
Kirill Manalaki (GER) bt Dimitrov 3-1 (9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8)

Under-19 Mixed Doubles
Round of 64
Uros Ninkovic & Maja Vanjo (SRB) bt Jakub Piwowar & Ella Pashley 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 12-10)

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