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World Table Tennis Youth Contender Austria Wraps Up

Published Tue 03 May 2022

14 of our bright young stars are in Europe for a training and competition tour. Matches wrapped up overnight at the World Table Tennis Youth Contender event in Austria, with strong results being recorded.

Five Aussie girls were in action, recording a strong 11 victories overall. 

Cherry Le

UNDER 15 GIRLS’ SINGLES
Group: defeated Nora Polonyi (Hungary) 11-4, 11-4, 11-8
Group: defeated Hanka Kodetova (Czech Republic) 11-4, 11-7, 11-2
Round of 64: defeated Elina Fuchs (Austria) 9-11, 12-10, 6-11, 5-11
Round of 32: defeated Cristina Singeorzan (Romania) 9-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-5
Round of 16: lost to Natalia Bogdanowicz (Poland) 11-3, 2-11, 9-11, 8-11

UNDER 17 GIRLS’ SINGLES
Group: defeated Alesia Sferlea (Romania) 11-7, 12-10, 10-12, 8-11, 11-9
Group: defeated Anie Rubio (Ecuador) 11-9, 11-5, 11-3
Round of 64: defeated Victoria Pustaj (Croatia) 6-11, 4-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-1
Round of 32: lost to Marla Vidakovic (Croatia) 4-11, 6-11, 3-11

Sanaya Buddhadasa

UNDER 17 GIRLS’ SINGLES
Group: lost to Sara Tokic (Slovenia) 8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 10-12
Group: defeated Sofia Minurri (Italy) 8-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-2
Round of 64: lost to Dominika Wiltschkova (Slovak Republic) 7-11, 10-12, 7-11

UNDER 19 GIRLS’ SINGLES
Group: lost to Lakshita Narang (India) 5-11, 5-11, 11-3, 7-11
Group: lost to Radmila Tominjak (Serbia) 4-11, 5-11, 5-11

Connie Psihogios

UNDER 15 GIRLS’ SINGLES
Group: lost to Natalia Bogdanowicz (Poland) 14-16, 8-11, 4-11
Group: defeated Simona Holubova (Czech Republic) 11-7, 11-3, 11-6
Round of 64: defeated Nicole Panholzer (Austria) 11-6, 11-4, 11-2
Round of 32: lost to Seungeun Lee (Korea) 11-5, 11-6, 11-2

UNDER 17 GIRLS’ SINGLES
Group: defeated Marla Vidakovic (Croatia) 11-7, 14-12, 6-11, 6-11, 11-8
Group: lost to Koharu Itagaki (Germany) 7-11, 8-11, 11-5, 7-11
Round of 64: lost to Angela Rodriguez (Spain) 10-12, 11-8, 9-11, 6-11

Yi-Jen Hsu

UNDER 15 GIRLS’ SINGLES
Group: lost to Nina Darovcova (Slovak Republic) 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 3-11
Group: lost to Elena Schinko (Austria) 11-4, 11-8, 11-9

UNDER 17 GIRLS’ SINGLES
Group: lost to Maria Berzosa Casas (Spain) 4-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11
Group: lost to Sarah Peter (Germany) 5-11, 5-11, 3-11

Daisy Xie

UNDER 13 GIRLS’ SINGLES
Group: lost to Baran Arjmand (Hungary) 6-11, 11-6, 2-11, 8-11
Group: lost to Kulapassr VijitViriyagul (Thailand) 6-11, 7-11, 1-11
Group: lost to Mariia Lytvyn (Austria) 10-12, 3-11, 14-12, 5-11

UNDER 15 GIRLS’ SINGLES
Group: lost to Koharu Itagaki (Germany) 7-11, 3-11, 8-11
Group: lost o Neva Gojkovic (Croatia) 3-11, 7-11, 8-11


Matches for the nine Aussie finished earlier in the event with an impressive 23 victories being recorded overall.

A full list of Australian boys results is summarised below:

Nicholas Lum

UNDER 17 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: defeated Bharath Madhu Chandra (Sweden) 11-7, 6-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-9
Group: defeated Lionel Stift (Austria) 11-5, 11-5, 11-4
Group: defeated Jakub Piwowar (England) 11-4, 11-6, 12-10
Round of 64: defeated Mateusz Sakowicz (Poland) 11-1, 11-7, 11-3
Round of 32: defeated Choi Kiwook (Korea) 11-1 12-10, 7-11, 11-8
Round of 16: defeated Priyanuj Bhattacharyya (India) 11-6, 11-9, 11-3
Quarter Final: defeated Kazuki Yoshiyama (Japan) 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8
Semi Final: defeatd Borna Petek (Croatia) 5-11, 11-9, 11-8, 12-10
Final: lost to Junsung Oh (Korea) 9-11, 11-5, 6-11, 5-11

UNDER 19 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: defeated Iker Gonzalez (Spain) 8-11, 11-4, 11-3, 9-11, 12-10
Group: defeated Brin Petrovski (Slovenia) 11-6, 15-13, 11-5
Round of 64: Bye
Round of 32: defeated Norbert Tauler (Spain) 11-7, 11-4, 11-9
Round of 16: defeatd Andre Bertelsmeier (Germany) 11-9, 5-11, 11-5, 11-7
Quarter Final: lost to Lee Hoyun (Korea) 9-11, 8-11, 15-13, 4-11
Finn Luu UNDER 19 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: lost to Alan Kulczycki (Poland) 8-11, 7-11, 7-11
Group: defeated Rafael Kong (Portugal) 11-2, 6-11, 11-4, 11-2
Round of 64: defeated Napat Thanmathikom (Thailand) 10-12, 11-5, 12-10, 9-11, 11-7
Round of 32: lost to Lim Yunoh (Korea) 5-11, 7-11, 11-7, 4-11

Hwan Bae

UNDER 17 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: defeated Paul Szilagyi (Romania) 9-11, 11-4, 11-7, 12-10
Group: defeated Matej Haspel (Germany) 4-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-9
Group: defeated Balamurugan Rajasekaran (India) 11-7, 4-11, 11-9, 11-5
Round of 64: lost to Vit Kadlec (Czech Republic) 8-11, 14-12, 7-11, 3-11

UNDER 19 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: lost to Yashansh Malik (India) 7-11, 12-10, 6-11, 10-12
Group: lost to Alexandre Queiroz (Portugal) 9-11, 3-1, 11-7, 5-11

Won Bae

UNDER 17 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: defeated Luis Kraus (Germany) 11-8, 7-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-5
Group: lost to Luca Oprea (Romania) 6-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7, 8-11
Round of 64: lost to Kwon Hyuk (Korea) 11-9, 7-11, 8-11, 7-11

UNDER 15 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: lost to Soya Matsushima (Japan) 2-11, 8-11, 3-11
Group: defeated Saluka Premachandra (Sri Lanka) 10-12, 11-5, 11-7, 11-5
Round of 64: lost to Matej Haspel (Germany) 4-11, 7-11, 12-14

Clarence Cheng

UNDER 17 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: defeated Ankur Bhattacharjee (India) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7
Group: lost to Sam Khosravi (Finland) 11-9, 8-11, 6-11, 6-11
Round of 64: lost to Jakub Goldir (Slovak Republic) 10-12, 9-11, 9-11

UNDER 19 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: defeated Stepan Brhel (Czech Republic) 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5
Group: lost to Andre Bertelsmeier (Germany) 8-11, 9-11, 4-11

Stephen Liu

UNDER 17 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: lost to Jakub Goldir (Slovak Republic) 7-11, 11-13, 3-11
Group: lost to Bastien Meyer (Germany) 12-10, 6-11, 11-4, 7-11, 10-12
Group: lost to Mateusz Zalewski (Poland) 3-11, 6-11, 6-11

UNDER 15 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: lost to Artur Gromek (Austria) 6-11, 4-11, 10-12
Group: lost to Alexander Dur (Austria) 8-11, 11-3, 6-11, 5-11

Jeffrey Guo

UNDER 17 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: lost to Jindrich Moravek (Czech Republic) 12-10, 4-11, 6-11, 7-11
Group: defeated Wasaphon Yatawanon (Thailand) 11-5, 3-11, 11-7, 13-11
Group: lost to Rares Cuesdean (Romania) 7-11, 12-10, 7-11, 7-11

UNDER 15 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: lost to Sultan Al-Kuwari (Qatar) 6-11, 10-12, 11-8, 6-11
Group: lost to Jan Skalda (Czech Republic) 9-11, 9-11, 9-11

Lucas Lum

UNDER 17 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: lost to Jakub Piwowar (England) 4-11, 6-11, 10-12
Group: lost to Stefan Radonjic (Montenegro) 8-11, 11-6, 6-11, 10-12
Group: lost to Manuel Prohaska (Germany) 7-11, 11-8, 4-11, 6-11

UNDER 15 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: lost to Rafael Cabrera (Dominican Republic) 8-11, 12-10, 8-11, 6-11
Group: lost to Lionel Stift (Austria) 11-2, 9-11, 9-11, 6-11

Daniel Noura

UNDER 17 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: lost to Rafael Kong (Portugal) 2-11, 5-11, 3-11
Group: lost to Ivan Puertas (Spain) 11-13, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 9-11
Group: lost to Abhinandh Bhayankaram (India) 7-11, 3-11, 5-11

UNDER 15 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: lost to Botond Varga (Hungary) 4-11, 9-11, 8-11
Group: lost to Abishek Vepa (Switzerland) 6-11, 3-11, 3-11

Leonard Piyachai

UNDER 13 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: defeated Benjamin Bian (Austria) 11-8, 11-6, 11-6
Group: defeated Lenard Szabo (Hungary) 11-7, 11-8, 2-11, 5-11, 11-9
Group: lost to Robert Istrate (Romania) 4-11, 3-11, 4-11
Round of 16: lost to Steven Moreno (Puerto Rico) 7-11, 6-11, 4-11

UNDER 15 BOYS' SINGLES
Group: lost to Robert Istrate (Romania) 3-11, 6-11, 3-11
Group: lost to Kazuki Yoshiyama (Japan) 5-11, 2-11, 3-11
Group: lost to Youssef Aidli (Tunisia) 6-11, 5-11, 11-9, 4-11


Full results are available on the World Table Tennis website.

Congratulations to all Australians on their performances.

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