Dimitar Dimitrov and Rishaan Sawant both won bronze medals at the WTT Youth Contender Senec in Slovakia.
Both won their groups in the Under-13 Boys’ Singles with three wins out of three, with Sawant beating third seed Taavi Samaraweera of Sri Lanka in three straight wins. Dimitrov, seeded second, did not drop a game in his group.
After winning the last sixteen matches 3-0, both boys won the tight quarter-finals 3-2.
But they were unable to secure a place in the final as both lost their semi-finals in four, Sawant to top seed Filip Nagy of the host country and Dimitrov to fourth seed Marcos Gomez of Spain. Gomez defeated Nagy in the final 3-0 (17-15, 12-10, 12-10).
Elsewhere in the competition, Max Radiven had some good wins in the Under-17s, reaching the last 16 by beating the host nation’s higher-ranked Pavol Kokavec in the last 64, coming from 2-0 down to win the third 16-14 on the way to turning the match around.
He followed up by beating seventh seed Jakub Holubcik, also of Slovakia, in the last 32 before departing for another higher-ranked player, Dario Salcedo of Spain.
Kacper Piwowar reached the last 32, losing to fourth seed Adam Wallin of Sweden, while Rohan Dani went out to a Chinese opponent at the same stage.
Aarav Parihar and Theo Kniep went out in the round of 64, while Oscar Nikolli and Jake Davidson went out in the groups. Unranked Kniep defeated world number 239 Junior Erik Paulina of Italy in the group stage.
In the Under-15s, Dimitrov and Nikolli advanced to the round of 64, but Davidson, Parihar and Kniep were eliminated in the groups.
In the Under-19s, Dani is through to the last 64, but Radiven and Piwowar went out in the group stage, although Radiven had a good match before losing 3-0 to top seed Samuel Arpas (11-5, 20-18, 11-9).
Results
Boys singles under 19 years old
Qualification group 1
Samuel Arpas (SVK) Bt Max Radiven 3-0 (11-5, 20-18, 11-9)
Martin Marko (SVK) bt Radiven 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-8)
Qualification group 17
Matyas Koleckar (CZE) vs Kacper Piwowar 3-1 (5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-3)
William Koehl (FRA) vs Piwowar 3-1 (11-6, 11-4, 12-14, 11-5)
Qualification group 20
Resource bet Marcel Rop (AUTH) 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-7)
Pavol Kokavec (SVK) defeated Dani 3-2 (13-11, 7-11, 9-11, 15-13, 11-3)
Boys singles under 17 years old
Qualification group 8
Matyas Koleckar (CZE) vs Aarav Parihar 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-4)
Parihar bt Rastislav Svec (SVK) 3-1 (11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-3)
Qualification group 9
Ivan Kahn (NED) vs. Jake Davidson 3-1 (8-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-7)
Maxime Degive (BEL) bt Davidson 3-0 (11-6, 13-11, 11-8)
Qualification group 11
Liam Bouchoir (FRA) vs Rohan Dani 3-0 (11-9, 13-11, 11-8)
Dani bt Zou Tianxiang (ESP) 3-1 (11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6)
Qualification group 18
Kacper Piwowar vs Tomas Skrivanek (CZE) 3-0 (11-2, 11-7, 11-6)
Malik Severinsen (DEN) with Piwowar 3-1 (11-9, 6-11, 12-10, 11-9)
Qualification group 20
Max Radiven with Tobia Tischberger (AUT) 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-8)
Radiven bt Alberto Lopez (ESP) 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-6)
Qualification group 22
Theo kneed Bt erik Paulina (now) 3-2 (7-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-9)
Dario Salcedo (ESP) bt knee 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-5)
Qualification group 23
Ondrej Moravek (CZE) defeated Oscar Nikolli 3-1 (12-10, 11-4, 10-12, 11-6)
Min Ming (CHN) vs Nikolli 3-0 (11-5 11-8, 11-6)
Round of 64
Volodymyr Nevizhyn (UKR) vs Parihar 3-0 (13-11, 11-7, 11-9)
Radiven defeated Pavol Kokavec (SVK) 3-2 (8-11, 9-11, 16-14, 11-4, 11-9)
Piwowar with Daniel Gschanes (AUT) 3-1 (13-11, 3-11, 11-7, 11-5)
Alvaro Gemee (ESPP) Face 3-0 (11-11-4, 11-4, 16-14)
Dani bt Malik Severinsen (DEN) 3-0 (11-4, 13-11, 11-6)
Round of 32
Radiven bt Jakub Holubcik (SVK) 3-1 (8-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-3)
Adam Wallin (SWE) vs Piwowar 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-9)
Ci Zijun (CHN) vs Dani 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-8)
Round of 16
Dario Salcedo (ESP) bt Radiven 3-2 (9-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-7, 12-10)
Boys singles under 15 years old
Qualification group 6
Volodymyr Nevizhyn (UKR) with Jake Davidson 3-2 (11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 9-11, 11-7)
Richard Feber (CZE) with Davidson 3-1 (11-4, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8)
Qualification group 7
Ma Yeongjun (KOR) vs. Aarav Parihar 3-2 (5-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-3)
Sebastian Hlosek (SVK) with Parihar 3-2 (12-10, 11-5, 7-11, 4-11, 12-10)
Qualification group 15
Cui Zijun (CHN) against Theo Kniep (11-6, 11-3, 11-3, 11-2)
Andrej Brece (SVK) vs Kniepp 3-1 (12-10, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8)
Qualification group 17
Oscar Nikolli from Rastislav Svec (SVK) 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 13-11)
Roger Quesada (ESP) vs Nikolli 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-9)
Qualification group 19
Dimitar Dimitrov vs Martin Ratajsky (CZE) 3-1 (11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6)
Xu Minghao (CHN) vs. Dimitrov 3-0 (11-2, 11-9, 11-7)
Qualification group 20
David Capanda (SRB) with Rishaan Sawant 3-1 (10-12, 11-7, 13-11, 11-4)
Daniel Gschanes (AUT) vs Sawant 3-0 (12-10, 11-9, 11-8)
Singles for boys under 13 years old
Qualification group 2
Dimitar Dimitrov Bt Miguel Liew (SGP) 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-8)
Dimitrov defeated Alex Hladonik (SVK) 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-8)
Dimitrov vs Damian Stalmasek (SVK) 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-6)
Qualification group 3
Rishaan Sawant vs Nathaniel Lim (SGP) 3-2 (11-6, 7-11, 11-13, 11-4, 11-8)
Sawant Bt Simon Kosicky (SVK) 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-3)
Sawant bt Taavi Samaraweera (SRI) 3-0 (12-10, 11-6, 11-9)
Round of 16
Sawant vs Miguel Liew (SGP) 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-8)
Dimitrov vs. Victor Dobato (ESP) 3-0 (11-8, 13-11, 14-12)
Quarterfinals
Sawant vs. Gerard Cher (SGP) 3-2 (11-5, 6-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-9)
Dimitrov bt Soen Bonnet (FRA) 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 15-13, 9-11, 11-5)
Semi-finals
Filip Nagy (SVK) defeated Sawant 3-1 (11-5, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3)
Marcos Gomez (ESP) vs. Dimitrov 3-1 (11-8, 9-11, 11-3, 11-4)
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