Sophie Earley made it three titles across the weekend, while Jakub Piwowar took his first national singles title as the Mark Bates Ltd Junior & Under-21 Nationals came to a close.

Earley defeated Anna Green to win the Junior Girls’ Singles in Kettering, while Piwowar beat Max Radiven in the boys’ final.

The bronze medallists were Maliha Baig and Alyssa Nguyen in the girls’ event and Adam Alibhai and Kacper Piwowar in the boys’.

The top seeds won both doubles titles, as Earley & Ella Pashley took the girls’ golds and Larry Trumpauskas & Jakub Piwowar won the boys’ event.

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Girls’ Singles

Sophie Earley made it three titles over the weekend and a first national singles title as she defeated Anna Green in the final.

It was second versus fourth seed and it went with seeding as Earley won it 3-1 (11-5, 11-4, 6-11, 11-8).

Earley rampaged through her semi-final against Maliha Baig for the combined loss of only eight points, while Green was extended to four by Alyssa Nguyen, prevailing 3-1 (11-4, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5).

The quarter-finals saw Baig end Ella Pashley’s hopes of a treble title triumph to add to the three she won at the Under-17 age group earlier this season. Baig was thoroughly good value for her 3-1 (8-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-7) victory.

Nguyen also turned in a big performance to come from behind to beat Rachael Iles 3-2 (8-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7).

Earley had to weather an early Hannah Saunders storm before winning 3-1 (6-11, 11-4, 11-3, 11-6), while Green beat her doubles partner Shute in three (4, 7, 6).

In the first round, Saunders turned in a superb performance to come back from 2-0 down against U21 bronze medallist Saskia Key and set up her quarter-final with Earley thanks to a 3-2 (9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9) scoreline.

Shute got past Brooke Morris in four, as did Baig against Jonabel Taguibao, while Iles ended the hopes of surprise qualifier Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska in three.

Group stage

Cadet national champion Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska defeated Eva Eccles, a doubles champion yesterday, as third-ranked knocked out second-ranked in Group 3.

The score was 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 12-10) as Rahmani-Walentynska went through begind third seed Ella Pashley.

The top two players left in Group 1 after the withdrawal of top seed Tianer Yu went through but in the reverse order as Alyssa Nguyen beat Saskia Key 3-1 (12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 12-10).

In the three-player Group 5 vacated by the injured Sienna Jetha, Mabel Shute came through as expected, but Hannah Saunders sprung a surprise by beating Parmis Ahsani (11-9, 15-13, 11-9) to join Shute in going through. Ahsani did her best to force a three-way tie before Shute beat her 3-1 (1-11, 11-7, 13-11, 12-10).

Anna Green and Jonabel Taguibao were the top two in Group 4, as expected, though Green was taken to five by the runner-up, coming from 2-0 down to win their meeting 3-2 (11-13, 5-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-6). Taguibao had to hold off fourth-ranked Evie Knaapen 3-2 (13-11, 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7), while Knaapen also took Anna Piercey to five, losing 3-2 (14-12, 12-10, 7-11, 6-11, 11-8).

All went as expected in Group 6, though top-ranked Maliha Baig had to stave off a comeback by second-ranked Rachael Iles, winning 3-2 (11-8, 11-4, -11, 8-11, 11-9) in the end. The bottom two ranked players finished in reverse order as Assil Sarri had a fine comeback to beat Catherine Lv 3-2 (6-11, 2-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5).

Sophie Earley won Group 2 with ease, and Brooke Morris followed her through to the knockouts, as expected.

Boys’ Singles

Seventh seed Jakub Piwowar held his nerve to beat Max Radiven 12-10 in the fifth to claim the title, having earlier seen his opponent save two match points.

Piwowar had started the final by taking the first game 13-11, but fourth seed Radiven spectacularly snatched the momentum 11-1 in the second. The next two were shared and the decider was close all the way, but it was the Devonian who clinched his first national singles title 3-2 (13-11, 1-11, 11-9, 8-11, 12-10).

In the semi-finals, Jakub Piwowar ended the run of Adam Alibhai with a 3-1 (11-7, 4-11, 11-6, 11-6) victory.

The younger Piwowar brother, Kacper, was in the second semi-final but, possibly feeling the effects of his quarter-final win (see below), could not lay a glove on Radiven, succumbing 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-4).

Kacper Piwowar had ended the hopes of a Larry Trumpauskas double after his U21 win yesterday – and in breathtaking fashion.

Having blitzed the first, then been edged out in the next two, Piwowar took the fourth 11-9 to force a decider. At the business end, it was a succession of match points for Piwowar saved by Trumpauskas before, eventually, Piwowar won 16-14 after a blistering rally. The final scoreline was 3-2 (11-3, 11-13, 10-12, 11-9, 16-14).

Radiven also had to go the distance to overcome sixth seed Joseph Hunter – it was 3-2 (11-13, 11-8, 6-11, 11-4, 11-9) to the victor.

Alibhai moved into the semi-finals with a 3-0 (12-10, 11-4, 11-4) victory over Aarav Parihar in the slot opened up by the top seed Abraham Sellado being absent injured.

Jakub Piwowar was a confident three-game winner over third seed Isaac Kingham (2, 7, 10).

Back in the first round, fifth seed Rohan Dani paid for not winning his group as he was knocked out 3-1 (9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7) by Trumpauskas.

Eighth seed Adam Dennison also exited, a 3-1 (10-12, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7) loser to Adam Alibhai.

Parihar ended the run of Zac Greenhough 3-1 (11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9), while Kacper Piwowar overcame the (slightly) higher-ranked James Hamblett 3-1 (11-5, 8-11, 12-10, 11-6).

Group stage

Kacper Piwowar upset Adam Dennison as the top two went through from Group 8 in the ‘wrong’ order. It was 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9) to Piwowar. Dennison had to recover from 2-1 down to Dimitar Dimitrov, eventually overcoming the group’s youngest player 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6).

There was a similar story in Group 5, where Zac Greenhough continued his good form from yesterday, beating the top-ranked Rohan Dani 3-2 (7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-2, 11-5).

Greenhough still had work to do – he went on to beat Wajid Wafiq 3-2 (11-7, 9-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7) in this final match to seal top spot.

Isaac Kingham and Francesco Bonato qualified as expected in Group 3, but that only tells a fraction of the story as Kingham twice had to come from 2-0 down.

He first turned around his opening match against Harry Randall, edging home 3-2 (8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9), then beat Bonato 3-2 (9-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-7) in his second match.

Bonato himself had overturned a 2-0 deficit in his first match as he came back to triumph over Fraser Massey 3-2 (5-11, 4-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-4).

Yesterday’s under-21 champion Larry Trumpauskas had to recover from 2-0 down to beat Janak Shah 3-2 (11-13, 7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-7) in his opening match en route to topping Group 2, and second-ranked Aarav Parihar went through with him by also beating Shah in five – 9-11, 11-4, 12-10, 7-11, 11-9.

With top seed Abraham Sellado having withdrawn injured, Adam Alibhai and Pablo Ramirez Rioja qualified from Group 1, both defeating Troy Whitham and Alibhai winning the match against Ramirez Rioja 3-1 (11-6, 11-7, 6-11, 14-12).

Joseph Hunter had no trouble keeping up with the Joneses in Group 6, defeating both Daniel and Fred. Second-ranked Daniel went through as well, and third-ranked Fred came from 2-0 down to beat Angad Saggu 3-2 (5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 14-12, 11-7).

Group 4 went as expected, Max Radiven finishing ahead of Joseph Dennison – he won their encounter 3-2 (7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 6-11, 12-10). No alarms either in Group 7 as Jakub Piwowar and James Hamblett went through as per seeding.

Girls’ Doubles

Sophie Earley won her second doubles title of the weekend, but this time with a different partner as she teamed up with Ella Pashley to take gold.

Having won the U21s with Eva Eccles yesterday, it was the same outcome with Pashley, but not all plain sailing as they dropped games in a couple of matches.

That included the final against Mabel Shute & Anna Green, who made it 1-1, but the top seeds were always ahead from that point and won it 3-1 (11-7, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9).

In the semi-finals, Shute & Green beat Maliha Baig & Luna Archard 3-1 (11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-6), while Pashley & Earley only needed three against Anna Piercey & Rachael Iles (5, 8, 6).

All of the quarter-finals were decided in four games. Pashley & Earley were almost home against Soraya Rahmani-Walentynska & Assil Sarri only for the London Academy duo to win the third 14-12. But the top seeds progressed 3-1 (11-6, 11-6, 12-14, 11-5).

Evie Knaapen & Catherine Lv took the first game against Piercey & Iles, who hit back to win 3-1 (6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5), and it was a similar, though closer, scoreline as Baig & Archard defeated Saskia Key & Alyssa Nguyen 3-1 (9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9).

Shute & Green advanced with a 3-1 (11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8) win over Jonabel Taguibao & Parmis Ahsani.

Boys’ Doubles

Top seeds Larry Trumpauskas & Jakub Piwowar turned the tables on Joseph Hunter & James Hamblett to win the trophy in three straight.

Having lost in three to the same opponents in yesterday’s U21 semi-finals, this time it was a different story and, once they had won the second game on their fourth game point, the champions always had things under control.

The final score was 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-9), inflicting on the unfortunate Hunter & Hamblett a second final defeat of the weekend.

Hunter & Hamblett hit back after losing the first game of their semi-final to Jake Davidson & Pablo Ramirez Rioja to overcome the younger pair 3-1 (12-14, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5).

Trumpauskas & Piwowar beat Adam Alibhai & Rohan Dani 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-5) in the other semi-final.

Trumpauskas & Piwowar had a test in the quarter-finals as Francesco Bonato & Joseph Dennison twice hit back to level, before the top seeds closed out a 3-2 (11-8, 10-12, 11-9, 2-11, 11-6) triumph.

Hunter & Hamblett recovered from losing the first to defeat Adam Dennison & Zac Greenhough 3-1 (10-12, 11-3, 11-7, 11-9), while Alibhai & Dani did the same as they overcame Harry Randall & Max Radiven 3-1 (6-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-4).

In the first round, the clash between Davidson & Ramirez Rioja and Dimitar Dimitrov & Aarav Parihar was effectively for a place in the semi-finals, as quarter-final opponents Kacper Piwowar & Abraham Sellado had withdrawn because of injury to Sellado.

The tie was nicely poised at 1-1, but Davidson & Ramirez Rioja imposed themselves over the rest of the match and won 3-1 (13-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-4).

Bonato & Dennison got through in three against Isaac Kingham & Troy Whitham.