Connor Green gets on the podium with super show at Europe Youth Top 10

October 6, 2025 | Paul Stimpson

Connor Green beat the eventual champion and the second seed on his way to a brilliant bronze medal at the Youth Top 10 in Tours, France.

The competition is one of the strongest on the calendar with the top 10s in the respective European boys’ and girls’ rankings at under-15 and under-19 invited and then playing each other on a round-robin basis to decide the medals.

Green, seeded seventh, won six of his nine matches to end in third place, including an outstanding comeback to defeat gold medallist Nathan Lam of France 4-3 (17-15, 6-11, 10-12, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-7) in the fifth round.

Green had started by sinking the fifth seed, Tom Closset of Belgium, 4-3 (14-16, 11-9, 12-10, 10-12, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5) in the opening round and he also beat second seed Marcel Blaszczyk of Poland 4-2 (9-11, 12-10, 7-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-3) on the opening day.

Connor Green after beating Nathan Lam (ETTU photo)

Green’s only win on day two was that superb performance against third seed Lam, as he was beaten by top seed Daniel Berzosa of Spain and sixth seed Flavio Mourier of France.

But he made sure of the bronze medal by winning all his matches on day three against the players ranked below him – Stepan Brhel of Czechia, Antoine Noirault of France and Rafal Formela of Poland.

Defeat to Green was Lam’s only reverse of the event as he finished ahead of Berzosa.

Abraham Sellado was also representing England and was ranked sixth of the athletes on duty. He won three of his nine matches to end in eighth place.

The undoubted highlight for Sellado was a 4-3 (11-8, 12-10, 12-10, 9-11, 11-13, 6-11, 11-5) win as he held off a comeback from the top seed Gorkem Ocal of Turkey.

Abraham Sellado in action in Tours (ETTU photo)

Sellado missed a match point opportunity in the fifth but kept his cool to claim the decider. Ocal went on to finish second behind runaway champion Francesco Trevisan of Italy, who won all nine of his matches.

Bronze went to Hungary’s Mark Gergely, who was also beaten by Sellado – 4-2 (9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8) in the second round of matches. Sellado’s other win was against 10th seed Lukas Wang of Germany.

The Under-19 Girls’ competition was won by third seed Nina Guo Zheng of France, who won eight matches and finished ahead of compatriot Leana Hochart of France on head-to-head record – beating her 4-3 in the opening round. The Under-15s was won by top seed Koharu Itagaki of Germany, who won all nine matches.

Final standings

Under-19 Boys: 1 Nathan Lam (FRA), 2 Daniel Berzosa (ESP), 3 Connor Green (ENG), 4 Marcel Blaszczyk (POL), 5 Tom Closset (BEL), 6 Antoine Noirault (FRA), 7 Stepan Brhel (CZE), 8 Rafal Formela (POL), 9 Flavio Mourier (FRA), 10 Samuel Arpas (SVK)

Under-15 Boys: 1 Francesco Trevisan (ITA), 2 Gorkem Ocal (TUR), 3 Mark Gergely (HUN), 4 Kenan Kahraman (TUR), 5 Lenard Szabo (HUN), 6 Jan Mrugala (POL), 7 Quentin Sandona (FRA), 8 Abraham Sellado (ENG), 9 Lukas Wang (GER), 10 Jonas Rinderer (GER)

Results

Under-19 Boys
Connor Green bt Tom Closset (BEL) 4-3 (14-16, 11-9, 12-10, 10-12, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5)
Samuel Arpas (SVK) bt Green 4-1 (11-6, 11-3, 14-12, 9-11, 12-10)
Green bt Marcel Blaszczyk (POL) 4-2 (9-11, 12-10, 7-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-3)
Daniel Berzosa (ESP) bt Green 4-0 (11-9, 11-6, 13-11, 11-6)
Green bt Nathan Lam (FRA) 4-3 (17-15, 6-11, 10-12, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-7)
Flavio Mourier (FRA) bt Green 4-2 (9-11, 5-11, 16-14, 11-6, 11-9, 12-10)
Green bt Rafal Formela (POL) 4-1 (5-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-4, 11-4)
Green bt Stepan Brhel (CZE) 4-1 (11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 14-12, 11-9)
Green bt Antoine Noirault (FRA) 4-2 (6-11, 11-5, 11-1, 4-11, 11-8, 11-5)

Under-15 Boys
Jan Mrugala (POL) bt Abraham Sellado 4-2 (12-10, 4-11, 11-5, 11-5, 12-14, 11-8)
Sellado bt Mark Gergely (HUN) 4-2 (9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8)
Francesco Trevisan (ITA) bt Sellado 4-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6)
Sellado bt Gorkem Ocal (TUR) 4-3 (11-8, 12-10, 12-10, 9-11, 11-13, 6-11, 11-5)
Quentin Sandona (FRA) bt Sellado 4-1 (6-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-8, 11-4)
Lenard Szabo (HUN) bt Sellado 4-1 (11-9, 11-9, 14-12, 6-11, 11-1)
Kenan Kahraman (TUR) bt Sellado 4-2 (11-5, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7)
Sellado bt Lukas Wang (GER) 4-1 (13-11, 11-9, 12-10, 3-11, 11-5)
Jonas Rinderer (GER) bt Sellado 4-2 (10-12, 11-3, 11-9, 16-14, 3-11, 14-12)

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