30 November 2024
England suffered a heart-breaking 3-2 loss to overlook out on the knockout phases of 2024 European Junior Workforce Championships.
The group ended the match in Ibiza with two wins in Group 6 however a gap defeat to the Netherlands was sufficient to disclaim them high spot and with it a spot within the final eight.
Jia Bin Lee and Lucy Dodd had battled to get the group off to the very best begin in opposition to the Netherlands with a comeback win within the blended doubles earlier than James Tune adopted swimsuit in straight video games within the males’s singles.
Rajvi Parab was then on the fallacious aspect of a decider within the girls’s singles earlier than Lee and Benjamin Horseman misplaced out 22-20 within the second sport of their males’s doubles conflict in opposition to Casper Spaans and Joep Strooper.
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Within the longest match of the tie, Dodd and Lila Dundas compelled a decider in opposition to Sterre Bang and Inger Pothuizen, ultimately shedding by the tighest of margins, 21-12 16-21 21-19.
England then sewed up their win over hosts Spain with a match to spare as Tune and Parab every received their singles in straight video games, earlier than Horseman and Lee secured the victory with a 21-15 21-19 win within the males’s doubles.
Tune loved an ideal document on the Championships as he additionally triumphed over Pascal Cheng of Austria, as England received the ultimate 4 matches to triumph 4-1.
They simply missed out on a spot within the quarter-finals because the Netherlands defeated each Spain and the Netherlands to emerge from the group phases unbeaten earlier than shedding to eventual champions Denmark within the semi-finals.
All the gamers will now compete individually in singles and doubles on the European Junior Championships.
Thanks to the England junior group’s sponsor YONEX for his or her assist.
Picture courtesy of Badminton Spain