A emphatic victory over Estonia was sandwiched by defeats to a higher -ranked Romania and Croatia when England received their mixed team campaign at the European championships under 13 years of age.
England, arranged at No. 18, were signed in group B, where they met in their first match against second seeds Romania.
Dimitar Dimitrov & Amber Lemmon lost a narrow four-game Doubles match to Mihai Iordan & Kariss Serban, and Lemmon later led Serban 2-1 before he lost in five when England was never exceeded 5-0.
England then defeated Estonia 5-0 and only dropped one match over the five individual games. This has set up an important match against Croatia in 11th place to decide second place in the group.
Sinan Surensoy & Lemmon were beaten in four in the opening doubles, and Assil Sarri’s defeat by Sara Rivetti left England with a lot to do.
Dimitrov pulled one back with a fine 3-2 (11-5, 8-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-6) wins Matija Zohil, but the defeat of Lemmon by Karla Ivcic meant that England could not win, Sursooy had a shine on the final scoreline on Ivan on Ivan.
England is now confronted with Portugal and Slovenia in the second group stage of the competition in Kosta, Sweden.
Result
Mixed team
Group b
Romania 5 England 0
Mihai Iordan & Karris Serban 3-1 (11-6, 114, 11-9)
Nadalia Ionascu BT Asili Sarri 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-9)
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Sermon BT BT 3-2 (9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-5)
Jordan BT Dimitrov 3-0 (15-13, 11-5, 11-5)
England 5 Estonia 0
Dimitrov & Lemmon BT Marat Fyodorov & Arina Sokolova 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-7)
Sarri BT Anastassia Boglova 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-9)
Sursoy BT Matvei Sootskov 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-2)
Lemon BT Scolova 3-1 (10-12, 11-6, 11-6, 11-2)
Dimitrov BT Fjodorov 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-4)
Croatia 3 England 2
Ivan Smiljanic & IVC BT Surensoy & Lemmon 3-1 (11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9)
Sara Rivetti BT Sarri 3-0 (15-13, 11-8, 11-5)
Dimitrov BT Matija Zohil 3-2 (11-5, 8-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-6)
IVCIC BT Lemmon 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-4)
Sursoy BT Smiljanic 3-0 (11-8, 14-12, 11-4)
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