Ein Collins defends the world championship in Portugal; Thu places second in 50 singles and American medal winners in Portugal

List of medal winners.

Eoin Collins successfully defended the 55 World Singles title for men he earned last year in Mexico City by winning the 55 Singles title in Lisbon (in enormous circumstances) over Enrique Anglada or Chile. Anglada won the first set, but won the last two sets 62 60. Dana Gill, Collins teammate during the Austrian Cup Team competition last week, earned a bronze medal by reaching the semi -final before he fell to Anglada.

Julie Thu, the 45s world champion in Tokyo (on hard courts) last year, was confronted with a buzz saw when she faced Barbara Mulej of Slovenia in the final. Mulej was the defending champion and won her sixth World Singles title in Portugal, so that Thu (who reached the final without dropping a set) just a game in the final.

Kline Sack, who played with Frank Vermeer from the Netherlands, sown 8th, reached the 55 Doubles final of the gentlemen where they fell in the Chilean team of Gabriel Keymer and Rodrigo Urzua, the 6th seeds, 75 62.

Lindsey Bartlett Montero and her sister Shelly Bartlett earned bronze medals in Doubles where they reached the semi -final as a non -sown team. They lost from the final winners, Jurate Hardy/Anke Wurst 75 4-0 retired.

Congratulations to all champions and medal winners!