6 December, 2024
England’s finest younger shuttlers took the subsequent steps of their improvement at a aggressive 2024 European Junior Championships.
Within the males’s doubles, Benjamin Horseman and Jia Bin Lee continued their high quality kind by reaching the quarter-final stage, successful two matches in straight video games earlier than being edged out in a nail-biting decider by Danish pair Phillip Kryger Boe and Jesper Ostergaard Christensen.
James Track and Dillon Chong additionally tasted victory on two events in the identical occasion earlier than they have been narrowly overwhelmed 18-21 21-18 19-21 by Mikolaj Morawski and Krzysztof Podkowinski of Poland.
Sofie Chong and Lucy Dodd sailed via to the final 16 of the ladies’s doubles occasions following two spectacular straight video games victories earlier than dropping out 13-21 7-21 to eventual runners-up Amanda Aarrebo Petersen and Maria Hojlund Tommerup from Denmark.
Lila Dundas and Matilda Franklin additionally showcased their potential with a superb 21-10 21-18 win within the spherical of 64 earlier than struggling a 19-21 15-21 defeat to Anja Blazina and Ariana Korent of Slovakia.
Within the blended doubles, Horseman and Franklin noticed off Roel Pipeleers and Lieke van Parys of Belgium 21-19 10-21 22-20 within the spherical of 64 earlier than they have been overwhelmed within the spherical of 32, whereas Track and Sofie Chong have been eradicated one stage earlier.
Dillon Chong, Rajvi Parab and Yashica Racharla reached the spherical of 64 stage of the singles event, whereas Oliver Wu went one higher, with a superb 19-21 21-18 21-17 comeback victory over Dutchman Noah Warning earlier than he suffered defeat to Romania’s Luca-Stefan Pandele 19-21 7-21.