Mixed results for England at European Under-13 Championships

England won one and lost two of their opening three team matches at the European Under-13 Championships in Romania.

England opened against Azerbaijan and, after Ryan Goodier & Hannah Saunders were defeated in the doubles, Villet-Lily Marquis and Pablo Ramirez Rioja won singles matches to put England 2-1 ahead. However, Saunders and Dimitar Dimitrov were unable to secure the victory needed to seal the overall result, and England lost 3-2.

They bounced back to beat Estonia by the same scoreline as Saunders, Dimitrov and Marquis all won to give England a 3-1 lead after Ramirez Rioja & Marquis had lost the doubles. Ramirez Rioja was defeated in the final match.

Their final group match against Austria saw Saunders level for England after a doubles defeat for Goodier & Marquis.

The third tie, between Dimitrov and Seung Jin Chen, proved pivotal as Dimitrov was defeated in four close games, 3-1 (12-10, 14-12, 10-12, 11-9). Austria went on to win 4-1 as Marquis and Goodier could not add to England’s score.

The next stage of the team competition sees England face Slovenia, Kosovo and Croatia today. The individual events follow at the conclusion of the team events.

Results

Mixed team
Group G
Azerbaijan 3 England 2
Onur Guluzade & Yaghmur Mammadli bt Ryan Goodier & Hannah Saunders 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-6)
Violet-Lily Marquis bt Banu Baytalli 3-0 (11-4, 13-11, 11-8)
Pablo Ramirez Rioja bt Shakir Gadirov 3-1 (11-8, 11-5, 11-13, 12-10)
Mammadli bt Saunders 3-1 (14-16, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6)
Guluzade bt Dimitar Dimitrov 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-9)

England 3 Estonia 2
Henri Turk & Marii Allev bt Ramirez Rioja & Marquis 3-2 (6-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-2, 11-4)
Saunders bt Diana Andrejeva 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-3)
Dimitrov bt Enrico Kozintsev 3-0 (11-1, 11-5, 11-4)
Marquis bt Allev 3-1 (12-10, 11-13, 11-4, 15-13)
Turk bt Ramirez Rioja 3-0 (11-9, 14-12, 11-8)

Austria 4 England 1
Louis Fegerl & Sophia Pichler bt Goodier & Marquis 3-1 (11-9, 7-11, 11-7 11-9)
Saunders bt Jasmin Chue 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-9)
Seung Jin Chen bt Dimitrov 3-1 (12-10, 14-12, 10-12, 11-9)
Pichler bt Marquis 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-6)
Fegerl bt Goodier 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-5)

Mixed results for England at European Under-13 Championships Table Tennis England.