Sienna Jetha was the best finisher for England at the Euro Mini Championships in France as she ended up in 13th position.
Jetha (pictured above, photo by Michael Loveder) was one of six English youngsters playing in two age groups at the event, which was being held for the first time since 2019 because of the pandemic.
She battled through three group stages in the Girls’ 2009 category to reach the last 32, where she defeated Diana Koliennokova of Ukraine 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-3).
She was beaten in the last 16 by Alexia Nodin of French region Auvergne-Rhone Alpes, but two victories in her next three matches in the positional play-offs saw her end in 13th.
In the same category, Isabella Turner-Samuels had a good 3-2 (8-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-5) win over Romane Edan (Ile de France) in the first group stage but was unable to advance to the main draw. Her tournament – her first international experience with England – ended in the group stage of the consolation event.
In the same age group, Max Radiven and Abraham Sellado competed in the boys’ section and both won five out of six matches in the first two group stages.
Radiven lost his two matches in the third group stage, but Sellado won his to advance to the final group stage, where he was beaten twice.
Both boys therefore ended up in the consolation event – Sellado went straight into the last 32 and Radivden won one of two further group matches to join him.
However, both went out at that stage, Sellado having to withdraw through injury and Radiven beaten in four by Vadym Soltys of Ukraine.
In the younger (2011) age group, Teagan Khazal and Laura North represented England for the first time.
Khazal won four out of seven matches in the first three group stages, but two defeats in the final group stage saw him go into the consolation event.
There, he worked his way through the earlier rounds to reach the semi-finals, but defeat in that match and in the third play play-off meant he had to settle for fourth.
North’s best performance was a 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-8) over Sara Haglund of Sweden in the first consolation group stage, but she was unable to add to that.
Results
Girls 2009
Stage 1
Group 8
Sienna Jetha bt Maria Mendez (ESP) 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-9)
Jetha bt Louane Bataille (Hauts de France) 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 13-11)
Jetha bt Eva Fontaine (Centre-Val de Loire) 3-2 (5-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8)
Group 12
Tereza Kovarockova (CZE) bt Isabella Turner-Samuels 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-7)
Clemence Tardieu (Paca) bt Turner-Samuels 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-2)
Turner-Samuels bt Romane Edan (Ile de France) 3-2 (8-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-5)
Stage 2
Group 8
Maelys Messe (Bretagne) bt Turner-Samuels 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-5)
Blanka Erdelyi (HUN) bt Turner-Samuels 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-6)
Group 17
Jetha bt Angela Laidinen (EST) 3-1 (11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5)
Jetha bt Margaux Rouet (Centre-Val de Loire) 3-2 (11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 9-11, 11-6)
Stage 3
Group 8
Jetha bt Arwen Charny (Pays de Loire) 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 12-10)
Jetha bt Anastasia Taucci (MDA) 3-1 (12-10, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9)
Round of 32
Jetha bt Diana Koliennokova (UKR) 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-3)
Round of 16
Alexia Nodin (Auvergne-Rhone Alpes) bt Jetha 3-0 (11-2, 11-2, 11-6)
Places 9-16
Mariia Lytvyn (AUT) bt Jetha 3-1 (11-6, 11-4, 3-11, 11-9)
Places 13-16
Jetha bt Lola Douine (Normandie) 3-1 (4-11, 11-9, 11-9, 12-10)
Places 13-14
Jetha bt Renata Shypsha (ESP) 3-1 (11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6)
Consolation
Stage A
Group 5
Valeria Lonski (EST) bt Turner-Samuels 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-6)
Maja Bliumin (LTU) bt Turner-Samuels 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-7)
Petronela Krajcovicova (SVK) bt Turner-Samuels 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-4)
Lilou Etienne (Ile de France) bt Turner-Samuels 3-1 (8-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-5)
Boys 2009
Stage 1
Group 21
Max Radiven bt Lukas Elicer (CZE) 3-1 (11-9, 10-12, 11-3, 11-5)
Radiven bt Antoine Battaglia (Bourgogne Franche-Comte) 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-4)
Radiven bt Lenny Jan (Bretagne) 3-1 (8-11, 11-4, 11-2, 11-6)
Group 22
Abraham Sellado bt Marco Cisarik (SVK) 3-1 (11-3, 11-8, 10-12, 11-5)
Sellado bt Colin Lely (Grand-Est) 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-1)
Sellado bt Martin Moyeux (Bourgogne Franche-Comte) 3-1 (11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 13-11)
Stage 2
Group 11
Sellado bt Timofei Mosneaga (MDA) 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-6)
Phil Schweitzer (GER) bt Sellado 3-1 (12-10, 8-11, 11-3, 12-10)
Sellado bt Aylan Goudjil (Ile de France) 3-1 (10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7)
Group 12
Radiven bt Yali Mor (ISR) 3-1 (11-8, 11-2, 9-11, 11-7)
Vadym Soltys (UKR) bt Radiven 3-2 (11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 5-11, 13-11)
Radiven bt Paul Sarrazin-Leclerc (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-5)
Stage 3
Group 3
Titouan Morel-Gonzales (Centre-Val de Loire) bt Radiven 3-2 (11-9, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6)
Filip Racak (CZE) bt Radiven 3-2 (11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 3-11, 16-14)
Group 5
Sellado bt Milan Pilate (Ile de France) 3-2 (11-7, 6-11, 10-12, 11-3, 11-9)
Sellado bt Giulio Campagna (ITA) 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 12-10)
Stage 4
Group 16
Luke Jalab (GER) bt Sellado 3-2 (7-11, 5-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-8)
Rija Warin (FRA) bt Sellado 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-8)
Consolation
Stage B
Group 7
Lois Cartau (Paca) bt Radiven 3-1 (12-10, 11-6, 10-12, 11-9)
Radiven bt Gabriel Simian (Occitaine) 3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9)
Stage C
Round of 32
Marco Cisarik (SVK) bt Sellado w/o
Vadym Soltys (UKR) bt Radiven 3-1
Girls 2011
Stage 1
Group 24
Kariss Serban (ROU) bt Laura North 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-8)
Seangna Rin (Ile de France) bt North 3-1 (5-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-1)
Stage 2
Group 17
Teresa Carrasco (ESP) bt North 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-1)
Lulie Duchet (Ile de France) bt North 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-4)
Consolation
Stage A
Group 4
North bt Sara Haglund (SWE) 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-8)
Agathe Adolff (Grand-Est) bt North 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-4)
Flavie Jiao (Ile de France) bt North 3-1 (12-10, 11-5, 9-11, 11-4)
Nina Cavaille (Paca) bt North 3-0 (15-13, 13-11, 11-4)
Stage C
Round of 32
Mariia Drobova (UKR) bt North 3-0
Boys 2011
Stage 1
Group 24
Teagan Khazal bt Luka Oinas (FIN) 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-7)
Noah Tessier (Pays de la Loire) bt Khazal 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 15-13)
Stage 2
Group 5
Khazal bt Alexandre Pire (BEL) 3-2 (11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 12-14, 11-7)
Khazal bt Tim Escudier (Paca) 3-2 (11-9, 7-11 11-8, 10-12, 11-8)
Liam Bouchoir (Hauts de France) bt Khazal 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 12-10)
Stage 3
Group 18
Romeo Muller (Grand-Est) bt Khazal 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-5)
Khazal bt Thilyo Martin (Centre-Val de Loire) 3-1 (11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8)
Stage 4
Group 5
Tien Nghia Phong (GER) bt Khazal 3-0 (13-11, 11-8, 11-7)
Pietro Andreoli (ITA) bt Khazal 3-1 (5-11, 11-6, 13-11, 11-3)
Consolation
Stage C
Round of 32
Khazal bt Timeo Le Ray Reisser (Centre-Val de Loire) 3-0
Round of 16
Khazal bt Luka Oinas (FIN) 3-0
Quarter-final
Khazal bt Chen Seung Jin (AUT) 3-0
Semi-final
Andrej Brece (SVK) bt Khazal 3-0
Third place play-off
Marin Jean (Bourgogne Franche-Comte) bt Khazal 3-0