Jarvis ends Green’s run with ruthless display

Tom Jarvis ended Connor Green’s run at the WTT Feeder Manchester as he defeated his England colleague in three games in the last 32.

Green picked up two big victories yesterday to reach the main draw of a senior WTT event for the first time, on only his second appearance.

He maybe had a right to expect a bit more luck in the draw than to be handed a tie against Jarvis, who beat his teenaged opponent on his way to winning his second national men’s singles title last season.

That match went to six of the scheduled seven games, but this one was shorter and, for Jarvis, sweeter as he never allowed Green to get a foothold and built such a momentum that the last of the three games he needed was won 11-1.

Jarvis was the only England player to make it through to the last 16 during session one of today’s play, as David McBeath, Shayan Siraj and Louis Price made their exits.

McBeath took the first game against Belgian opponent Martin Allegro, but the world No 64 and sixth seed hit back to take the next three by ever-increasing margins.

Price had a tough task against fifth seed and world No 59 Steffen Mengel of Germany and was not able to land enough blows to engineer an opening, going out in three.

Siraj faced Italy’s Matteo Mutti (WR 190), who came through qualifying, and he held his own – taking the third 12-10 but ultimately losing the fourth.

Third seed Alvaro Robles (WR 46) of Spain was the senior seed in action this morning and he had a comfortable 11-7, 11-4, 11-6 win over Adam Szudi of Hungary (WR 261)

Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall enter the fray in the second session, against Niagol Stoyanov (6.10pm, Table 1) and Mihai Bobocica (6.45pm, Table 1) respectively.

In the Women’s Singles, only Mollie Patterson was in action of the English contingent and she pushed France’s Audrey Zarif (WR 71) in three close games to go out with her head held high – on another day, she would have taken at least one game.

Wales’ Anna Hursey will feel disappointed to have narrowly missed out to Hana Matelova of Czech Republic, who at No 77 in the world is 19 places higher than Hursey.

Matelova, who has been higher in the rankings, recovered from 2-1 down to win it 3-2 (11-8, 7-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-9).

Top seed Lily Zhang (USA) made it through in four against Nikoleta Stefanova of Italy, but third seed Xia Lian Ni (WR 41) of Luxembourg went out to Huang Yi-Hua (WR 74) of Chinese Taipei 3-2 (4-11, 11-9, 12-14, 11-8, 11-6).

Mari Baldwin, Tin-Tin Ho, Sophie Earley and Emily Bolton are all in action in the second session. Earley is on Table 1 at 5pm against fourth seed Britt Eerland (WR 42) of Netherlands, while Baldwin is on Table 4 at the same time, against fifth seed Liu Hsing-Yin (WR 59) of Chinese Taipei.

Ho and Bolton are on at 5.35 – Ho on Table 1 against sixth seed Yang Ha Eun (KOR, WR 60) and Bolton against Margaryta Pesotska of Ukraine (WR 86) on Table 4.

Jarvis ends Green’s run with ruthless display Table Tennis England.