Cindy Xiao secured a seventh-place finish at the Euro Mini Championships in France, while Amber Lemmon finished inside the top 20 and Hannah Saunders narrowly missed out on a similar finish.
The annual tournament in Schiltigheim, saw 10 girls and boys represent England, taking on international players and those from around the French regions. All the players were born in 2012 or 2014 and more than 400 young athletes competed.
Photos by Michael Loveder
Xiao (pictured above) topped her group in three different group stages of the Under-11 Girls, though she did have a sticky moment in the second phase, coming from 2-0 down to beat Kriszta Ungvari of Romania 3-2 (5-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-1).
Xiao then won two knockout round before her run came to an end in the quarter-finals as she lost out to Switzerland’s Emily Wu 3-1 (7-11, 14-12, 11-2, 11-4).
She then lost to Juana Morales of Spain 15-13 in the fifth in the first play-of for positions 5-8, but ended with a victory over Aybige Feride Ustunday of Turkey to seal seventh place.
In the same age group, Bethany Yang made it though to the knockouts, where she was defeated by Morales in the round of 32. She lost her first match in the positional play-offs but then won her last three matches to end in 25th place.
Amber Lemmon
Saunders and Lemmon both went through three group stages to reach the main draw of the Under-13 Girls, where both were defeated in the last 32 – Saunders having been 2-0 up against Mila Niu of Germany.
Both then won their first positional play-off match in the 17th-32nd bracket, and both were then beaten by Emma Trascu of Hauts de France, before ending on winning notes as Lemmon finished in 20th and Saunders 21st.
In the same category, Assil Sarri went out in the first group stage, though she lost two of her three matches in the fifth. She went into the consolation group stage, where she won three out of four matches to qualify for the knockouts, where she got through the first round and then went out in the last 16.
Sinan Surensoy
Rishaan Sawant and Sinan Surensoy looked good in the early stages of the Under-13 Boys, Sawant winning all eight of his matches, and Surensoy six of eight, across the first three group stages.
However, they could not get through the fourth and final group stage and dropped into the consolation knockouts, where both went out in the round of 32.
In the Under-11 Boys, Lusio Wen and Sai Prasanna Kumar fought through three group stages, with Prasanna Kumar particularly impressing with seven wins in eight matches.
However, both exited in the fourth and final group stage and had to settle for a place in the consolation main draw. There, Wen went out in the round of 32 and Prasanna Kumar in the round of 16.
Thomas Ellis went out in the second group stage and dropped into the consolation group stage, where he was unfortunate not to earn a place in the next phase as he won four out of five matches but went out on countback.
Hannah Saunders
Results
Under-13 Girls
Stage 1
Group 16
Kristin Tuve (GER) bt Assil Sarri 3-2 (9-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5)
Nuria Madeira (POR) bt Sarri 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-4)
Lilou Germillion-Bachelet (Ile de France) bt Sarri 3-2 (2-11, 5-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-4)
Group 17
Hannah Saunders bt Lore Goethals (BEL) 3-1 (11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-3)
Saunders bt Ambre Chignaguet (Centre-Val de Loire) 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 16-14, 11-1)
Dana Haspel (GER) bt Saunders 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-9)
Group 21
Amber Lemmon bt Chloe Robin (Occitanie) 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-5)
Lemmon bt Suzana Jisova (CZE) 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-6)
Carmen Gomez (ESO) bt Lemmon 3-1 (11-9, 6-11, 13-11, 14-12)
Stage 2
Group 17
Lisa Zhao (ITTF Hopes – FRA) bt Saunders 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-2)
Saunders by Chloe Robin (Occitanie) 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-5)
Group 21
Ela Yonter (TUR) bt Lemmon 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-7)
Lemmon bt Rose Parmentier-Paillotet (Bourgogne Franche-Comte) 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-6)
Stage 3
Group 6
Yua Okada (JPN) bt Saunders 3-1 (11-6, 11-4, 7-11, 11-8)
Saunders bt Louise Lounas (Ile de France) 3-2 (11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 2-11, 11-7)
Group 12
Lemmon bt Ilona Buhai (UKR) 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-9)
Chloe Huang (Ile de France) bt Lemmon 3-1 (11-4, 14-16, 11-6, 11-9)
Round of 32
Mila Niu (GER) bt Saunders 3-2 (9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-3)
Yuna Inukai (JPN) bt Lemmon 3-1 (11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 11-1)
Positions 17-32
Saunders bt Yana Hnativ (UKR) 3-2 (11-8, 3-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8)
Lemmon bt Carolina Rossi (ITA) 3-1 (7-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-9)
Positions 17-24
Emma Trascu (Hauts de France) bt Saunders 3-1 (12-10, 12-10, 4-11, 11-9)
Lemmon bt Hannah Shlauch (GER) 3-2 (2-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4, 12-10)
Positions 17-20
Emma Trascu (Hauts de France) bt Lemmon 3-1 (11-2, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8)
Positions 19-20
Kinda Mostafa (LUX) bt Lemmon 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-2)
Positions 21-24
Saunders bt Hannah Schlauch (GER) 3-2 (11-8, 12-10, 10-12, 6-11, 14-12)
Positions 21-22
Saunders bt Emma Li (GER) 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 11-4)
Consolation Group 2
Sarri bt Zoe Schutte (NED) 3-2 (7-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5)
Sarri bt Chloe Robin (Occitanie) 3-2 (11-9, 11-13, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7)
Leonie Jacquier (Bourgogne Franche-Comte) bt Sarri 3-1 (11-9, 11-6, 4-11, 11-9)
Sarri bt Gabriela Gulbicka (LTU) 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-9)
Round of 32
Sarri bt Elen Galetkova (CZE) 3-0
Round of 16
Ofek Nahushi (ISR) bt Sarri 3-0
Under-11 Girls
Stage 1
Group 2
Cindy Xiao bt Lea Herpin Ros (Occitanie) 3-1 (11-4, 11-2, 10-12, 11-6)
Xiao bt Aybige Feride Ustundag (TUR) 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-9)
Group 12
Lina Mansri (NED) bt Bethany Yang 3-1 (11-8, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9)
Yang bt Eliska Havlova (CZE) 3-1 (8-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6)
Alienor Lebourgeois (Ile de France) bt Yang 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-7)
Stage 2
Group 23
Xiao bt Camilia Hilal (Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur) 3-1 (11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4)
Xiao bt Kriszta Ungvari (ROU) 3-2 (5-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-1)
Group 24
Bianca Toma (ROU) bt Yang 3-0 (11-4, 11-1, 11-5)
Yang bt Clemence Humbert (Ile de France) 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-9)
Stage 3
Group 2
Xiao bt Izabela Pastina (ROU) 3-0 (11-9, 11-9, 11-9)
Xiao bt Ambre Peyron (Bourgogne Franche-Comte) 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-2)
Group 8
Kaja Tvorogal (LTU) bt Yang 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-2)
Yang bt Alessandra Muller (Grand-Est) 3-1 (12-10, 11-13, 11-9, 11-3)
Round of 32
Xiao bt Polina Stoica (MDA) 3-1 (7-11, 11-6, 15-13, 11-5)
Juana Morales (ESP) bt Yang 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-8)
Round of 16
Xiao bt Bianca Toma (ROU) 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-9)
Quarter-finals
Emily Wu (SUI) bt Xiao 3-1 (7-11, 14-12, 11-2, 11-4)
Positions 5-8
Juana Morales (ESP) bt Xiao 3-2 (4-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 15-13)
Positions 7-8
Xiao bt Aybige Feride Ustunday (TUR) 3-1 (14-12, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7)
Positions 17-32
Elena Frau (Bourgogne Franche-Comte) bt Yang 3-2 (11-8, 7-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-6)
Positions 25-32
Yang bt Amelia Buzzoni (ITA) 3-0 (w/o)
Positions 25-28
Yang bt Martina Golosmanova (BUL) 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-7)
Positions 25-26
Yang bt Luisa Fan (GER) 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-4)
Under-13 Boys
Rishaan Sawant
Stage 1
Group 7
Sinan Surensoy bt Jari Van Gameren (NED) 3-1 (9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6)
Simon Clin (FRA) bt Surensoy 3-1 (9-11, 11-2, 11-8, 11-8)
Surensoy bt Aurelien Bonneau (Centre-Val de Loire) 3-1 (11-8, 11-5, 6-11, 11-8)
Group 28
Rishaan Sawant bt Rodrigo Lourenco (POR) 3-1 (11-4, 6-11, 11-1, 11-7)
Sawant bt Frank Josefsson (SWE) 3-1 (11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 12-10)
Sawant bt Vigo Morales Donnez (Auvergne-Rhone Alpes) 3-0 (11-1, 11-2, 11-2)
Stage 2
Group 5
Sawant bt Matei Nita (ROU) 3-0 (14-12, 11-7, 11-5)
Sawant bt Evan Pourraz (Auvergne-Rhone Alpes) 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-5)
Sawant bt Andrea Barral (Ile de France) 3-0 (11-7, 17-15, 11-8)
Group 11
Ali Seren (TUR) bt Surensoy 3-1 (8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7)
Surensoy bt Jules Pruvot (Centre-Val de Loire) 3-2 (11-8, 7-11, 14-12, 4-11, 11-7)
Surensoy bt Louis Lamine Fenkam (Ile de France) 3-1 (7-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-3)
Stage 3
Group 17
Sawant bt Edouard Gerson (BEL) 3-1 (11-3, 13-11, 10-12, 11-3)
Sawant bt Elouan Salvat (Occitanie) 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-7)
Group 23
Surensoy bt Maxence Jaffrennou (Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur) 3-2 (9-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 18-16)
Surensoy bt Nikolaos Alexidis (GRE) 3-2 (11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 9-11, 11-4)
Stage 4
Group 5
Paul Flemming (GER) bt Sawant 3-2 (11-7, 12-10, 7-11, 7-11, 11-4)
Tommy Mayomba (Ile de France) bt Sawant 3-0 (12-10, 11-4, 11-2)
Group 11
Tommaso Simi (ITA) bt Surensoy 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-5)
Surensoy bt Noah Lebrasseur (Pays de la Loire) 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 14-12, 8-11, 11-7)
Consolation
Round of 32
Frank Josefsson (SWE) bt Sawant 3-0
Ahmet Celik (TUR) bt Surensoy 3-0
Under-11 Boys
Stage 1
Group 3
Arthur Xian Xiao (FRA) bt Thomas Ellis 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-4)
Ellis bt Marceau Gaillard-Bouchet (Auvergn-Rhone Alpes) 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-7)
Group 14
Sai Prasanna Kumar nt Caspar Mayer-Uellner (GER) 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-8)
Prasanna Kumar bt Balthazar Faggin (Centre-Val de Loire) 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-6)
Prasanna Kumar bt Noann Horlaville (Hauts de France) 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-9)
Group 23
Lusio Wen bt William Salomonson (SWE) 3-1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5)
Louis Husson (Normandie) bt Wen 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-4)
Wen bt Gabriel Crocq Riveros (Ile de France) 3-2 (11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5)
Stage 2
Group 9
Romanos-Panagiotis Moustos (GRE) bt Ellis 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-5)
Constant Mercier (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) bt Ellis 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-9)
Tom Offenstein (Provence Aples Cote d’Azur) bt Ellis 3-2 (11-6, 6-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9)
Group 17
Aiden Cepeda Braekmans (BEL) bt Wen 3-0 (11-9, 11-2, 11-5)
Rafael Douaran (Bretagne) bt Wen 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-4)
Wen bt Soumaila Diakite (Centre-Val de Loire) 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-4)
Group 19
Prasanna Kumar bt Adrian Rotaru (MDA) 3-0 (?, 11-3, 11-2)
Prasanna Kumar bt Luis Garcia Vincent (Centre-Val de Loire) 3-1 (11-9, 5-11, 11-3, 11-9)
Prasanna Kumar bt Mael Autran (Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur) 3-0 (11-8, 11-2, 11-3)
Stage 3
Group 4
Wen bt Vojitech Tesar (CZE) 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 11-6)
Noann Horlaville (Hauts de France) bt Wen 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-4)
Group 7
Prasanna Kumar bt Vojtech Kosina (CZE) 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-5)
Louis Giroud (Auvergne-Rhone Alpes) bt Prasanna Kumar 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-7)
Stage 4
Group 1
Mark Voronoi (UKR) bt Wen 3-0 (11-1, 11-3, 13-11)
Felix Oswald (Grand-Est) bt Wen 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 13-11)
Group 6
Aiden Braekmans Cepeda (BEL) bt Prasanna Kumar 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 18-16)
Max Li (Ile de France) bt Prasanna Kumar 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5)
Consolation
Stage A
Group 2
Ellis bt Bosir Yanakiev (BUL) 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-8)
Ellis bt Evan Bouvier (Auvergne-Rhone Alpes) 3-1 (7-11, 14-12, 11-1, 11-8)
Ellis bt Hippolyte Marson (Occitanie) 3-2 (9-11, 11-6, 3-11, 11-2, 11-8)
Ellis bt Henri de Burlet Suter (Grand-Est) 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-3)
Soumaila Diakite (Centre-Val de Loire) bt Ellis 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 12-10)
Round of 32
Evan El Fehri (Pays de la Loire) bt Wen 3-2
Pasanna Kumar bt Julian Luginger (AUT) 3-1
Round of 16
Luca He (GER) bt Prasanna Kumar 3-2
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