Kacper Piwowar reached the semi-finals at the WTT Youth Contender Lignano in Italy, while there were quarter-final appearances for Connor Green and Sinan Surensoy.

Piwowar (pictured above) won all three of his group matches without dropping a game in the under-13s and then face compatriot Adam Alibhai in the round of 16, running out winner by a 3-1 (6-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-4) margin.

Piwowar, seeded third, then beat Italy’s Lorenzo Comini in the quarter-finals, before going out in four games to top seed Chen Kai-Cheng in the last four. His opponent, from Chinese Taipei, went on to win the gold.

Alibhai made it through to the knockouts with two victories out of three and then beat Oriol Martinez of Romania in the round of 32. Surensoy and Oscar Nikolli went out in the groups.

In the under-11s, Surensoy reached the quarter-finals, having won three of his four group matches, losing only to top seed Alexander Malov of Spain. He then faced second seed Louis Fegerl of Austria in the last eight, going out in four games to a player who went on to win the competition.

Green’s quarter-final came in the under-17s, where he went out to sixth seed Stepan Brhel of Czechia, ranked 31 places higher than him at No 82 in the junior world rankings.

Ralph Pattison and Jakub Piwowar also went through to the knockouts and Pattison picked up a great win against Bulgaria’s Yoan Velichkov in the last 32 – against an opponent ranked 129 places above him at 111 in the junior rankings.

His reward was a match against top seed Kazuki Yoshiyama of Japan, and he acquitted himself well before going out 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 14-12) – Yoshiyama went on to win gold. Piwowar went out in the last 64 to Japan’s Ryuusei Kawakami, ranked 29 places below him at 183 – but his opponent belied that ranking by winning the silver medal.

Max Radiven went out in the group stage of the under-17s, but went furthest of the English players in the under-15s, reaching the last 16.

Having got through the groups, he defeated Switzerland’s Levi Ulrich in the last 64 and then beat Adam Smoter of Poland, the 15th-ranked player in the competition and more than 250 placed ahead of him in the world rankings, in the round of 32.

The last 16 saw him take on Tamito Watanabe of Japan, the top seed, and he was ultimately overpowered after a close opening game. Watanabe went on to win the competition.

Pattison comfortably got out of his group and faced the lower ranked – Chen Kai-Cheng of Chinese Taipei in the last 32. His opponent had already won the under-13 gold and came through 3-1 (11-5, 11-4, 10-12, 11-8). Alibhai, Nikolli and Kacper Piwowar went out in the group stage.

In the under-19s, Green won one of his two matches to reach the last 64, where he was defeated by Vit Kadlec of Czechia, ranked 53 places below him at 166. Jakub Piwowar went out in the group stage.

Results

Under-19 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 13
Borna Petek (CRO) bt Jakub Piwowar 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-4)
Martin Slany (CZE) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 12-10)

Qualifying group 16
Connor Green bt Guiseppe Calarco (ITA) 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-8)
Clement Laine-Campino (FRA) bt Green 3-1 (9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7)

Round of 64
Vit Kadlec (CZE) bt Green 3-1 (6-11, 12-10, 11-7, 12-10)

Under-17 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 8
Flavio Mourier (FRA) bt Max Radiven 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-4)
Chulong Nie (AUS) bt Radiven 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-4)

Qualifying group 14
Connor Green bt Wojciech Szymczak (POL) 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-9)
Green bt Ma Yeongmin (KOR) 3-2 (11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 7-11, 11-4)

Qualifying group 18
Ralph Pattison bt Daniele Spagnolo (ITA) 3-0 (w/o)
Pattison bt Aron Koni (ALB) 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-3)

Qualifying group 22
Jakub Piwowar bt Adam Odor (SVK) 3-1 (11-5, 11-8, 7-11, 11-7)
Jan Skalda (CZE) bt Piwowar 3-1 (11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6)
Piwowar bt Evan Leriche (FRA) 3-2 (11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9)

Round of 64
Pattison bt Pavol Bilka (SVK) 3-1 (9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9)
Ryuusei Kawakami (JPN) bt Piwowar 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-7)

Round of 32
Pattison bt Yoan Velichkov (BUL) 3-2 (8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8)
Green bt Francisco Trevisan (ITA) 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-6)

Round of 16
Kazuki Yoshiyama (JPN) bt Pattison 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 14-12)
Green bt Matyas Koleckar (CZE) 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-9)

Quarter-finals
Stepan Brhel (CZE) bt Green 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-9)

Under-15 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 8
Noah Vitel (FRA) bt Adam Alibhai 3-2 (5-11, 11-3, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9)
Aleks Koren (SLO) bt Alibhai 3-1 (9-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-7)

Qualifying group 9
Ralph Pattison bt Aron Koni (ALB) 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-5)
Pattison bt Levi Ulrich (SUI) 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-5)

Qualifying group 13
Rija Warin (FRA) bt Max Radiven 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-7)
Radiven bt Oliver Balvar (CZE) 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 14-12)

Qualifying group 18
Hugo Lapina (FRA) bt Kacper Piwowar 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-3)
Simone Garello (ITA) bt Piwowar 3-2 (11-6, 4-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9)
Piwowar bt Robert Graur (ROU) 3-2 (12-14, 17-15, 6-11, 11-7, 11-1)

Qualifying group 19
Nicholas Fama (ITA) bt Oscar Nikolli 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-3)
Evan Leriche (FRA) bt Nikolli 3-1 (11-1, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5)
Ma Yeongjun (KOR) bt Nikolli 3-1 (11-3, 11-8, 8-11, 11-1)

Round of 64
Radiven bt Levi Ulrich (SUI) 3-1 (7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-4)

Round of 32
Radiven bt Adam Smoter (POL) 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 11-9)
Chen Kai-Cheng (TPE) bt Pattison 3-1 (11-5, 11-4, 10-12, 11-8)

Round of 16
Tamito Watanabe (JPN) bt Radiven 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-2)

Under-13 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 3
Kacper Piwowar bt Dimitar Dimitrov (BUL) 3-0 (11-4, 14-12, 11-5)
Piwowar bt Simon Clin (FRA) 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-6)
Piwowar bt Gregorio Torelli (ITA) 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-6)

Qualifying group 5
Miroslav Schmidt (BUL) bt Sinan Surensoy 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-3)
Lorenzo Rettighieri (ITA) bt Surensoy 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-)
Surensoy bt Javier Galan (ESP) 3-1 (11-7, 10-12, 11-4, 11-6)

Qualifying group 7
Quentin Sandona (FRA) bt Oscar Nikolli 3-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8)
Pietro Andreoli (ITA) bt Nikolli 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-8)
Samuel Kuhl (GER) bt Nikolli 3-0 (11-4, 13-11, 11-6)

Qualifying group 8
Adam Alibhai bt Jan Slavec (ITA) 3-0 (11-4, 111-5, 11-9)
Luke Jalass (GER) bt Alibhai 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-9)
Alibhai bt Marek Svehla (CZE) 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-2)

Round of 32
Alibhai bt Oriol Martinez (ROU) 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-7)

Round of 16
Piwowar bt Alibhai 3-1 (6-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-4)

Quarter-finals
Piwowar bt Lorenzo Comini (ITA) 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 12-10)

Semi-finals
Chen Kai-Cheng (TPE) bt Piwowar 3-1 (8-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-4)

Under-11 Boys’ Singles
Qualifying group 1
Sinan Surensoy bt Roman Pavlinec (CZE) 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-9)
Alexander Malov (ESP) bt Surensoy 3-0 (13-11, 11-5, 11-6)
Surensoy bt Luca Franzoni (ITA) 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-6)
Surensoy bt Nicola Cilloco (ITA) 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-8)

Quarter-finals
Louis Fegerl (AUT) bt Surensoy 3-1 (7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-1)