Day 3 of the 56th European Youth Championships was a tough day for Team Ireland with some close matches going against them.
Junior Girls – Ashley Givan, Hannah Lynch-Dawson and Emma Ludlow
The Junior Girls had 2 tricky matches today, Emma and Ashley both lost in straight sets to the Austrian 1 & 2, Hannah came up on the wrong side of a tense 5 setter which left Austria with a 3-0 victory. Estonia was next on the cards for the Junior Girls, Ashley and Emma both had tough matches against the Estonian 1& 2 this time both girls took a set of the higher ranked opponents. Hannah had another 5 setter this time she lead 2-1 but KOIT took the last 2 sets to win the match 3-0 for Estonia.
Austria 3 Ireland 0
Melanie LUGINGER (ER:115) beat Emma LUDLOW 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-7)
Ines DIENDORFER (ER:214) beat Ashley GIVAN 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-8)
Valerie TISCHLER (ER:262) beat Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON 3-2 (7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6)
Estonia 3 Ireland 0
Valeria PETROVA (ER:103) beat Ashley GIVAN 3-1 (11-3, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7)
Olesja KETSKO (ER:84) beat Emma LUDLOW 3-1 (11-4, 11-2, 12-14, 11-8)
Liisi KOIT (ER:176) beat Hannah LYNCH-DAWSON 3-2 (7-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4, 11-5)
Click here for Group Standings, the Junior Girls are through to the Play-offs and are playing for 33rd/ 34th tomorrow at 2 o’clock (GMT).
Cadet Boys – Zac Wilson, Alexander Gillen and Owen Cathcart
Alexander had a fantastic 3-2 win over European Number 45 Fredrik MERINGDAL, Alex took the game 14-12 in the fifth set. Zak continued the good start with a straight sets win over Mats HOEL. The doubles was a tough match with things being level all the way, but it was the Norwegian pair that came out on top in the 5th set. Norway turned the tides and MERINGDAL beat Zak 3-1 and HOEL beat Alexander 3-0. Norway managed a comeback to take the match 3-2. Switzerland was next for the boys and this time Zak started and he narrowly lost to Andrin MELLIGER (ER:93) 11-9 in the fifth set. Alexander Gillen had a tough match against European number 98 Dimitri Brunner 12-10 in the fourth. The boys teamed up and pulled it back for a 3-1 win in the doubles. However BRUNNER stepped up and beat Zak 3-0.
Norway 3 Ireland 2
Alexander GILLEN beat Fredrik MERINGDAL (ER:45) 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 14-12)
Zak WILSON beat Mats HOEL (ER:183) 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-5)
MERINGDAL / HOEL beat GILLEN / WILSON 3-2 (11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5)
Fredrik MERINGDAL beat Zak WILSON 3-1 (3-11, 11-2, 12-10, 11-4)
Mats HOEL beat Alexander GILLEN 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-7)
Switzerland 3 Ireland 1
Andrin MELLIGER (ER:93) beat Zak WILSON 3-2 (11-13, 6-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-9)
Dimitri BRUNNER (ER:98) beat Alexander GILLEN 3-1 (9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 12-10)
WILSON / GILLEN beat BRUNNER / SIMONET (ER:185) 3-1 (11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6)
Dimitri BRUNNER beat Zak WILSON 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-6)
Click here for Group Standings; the Cadet boys play Finland in the morning at 8 o’clock (GMT). The Finland team is Jan NYBERG (ER: 36), Veikka FLEMMING (ER: 104) and Mikhail KANTONISTOV (ER: 113).
Cadet Girls – Katie McGlone, Chloe O’Halloran, Rebecca Finn
The Cadet Girls faced tough competition for their 1st round 2 match against fellow Home Nation England. Katie and Chloe had both tough matches losing 3-0 to the English 1 & 2 Denise PAYET and Letitia MCMULLEN but Rebecca and Katie teamed up for the doubles and put up a good fight against the English pair only losing 11-9 in the fifth.
England 3 Ireland 0
Denise PAYET (ER:189) beat Katie MCGLONE 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-6)
Letitia MCMULLAN (ER:128) beat Chloe O’HALLORAN 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-6)
PAYET / MCMULLAN beat MCGLONE / FINN 3-2 (12-10, 14-12, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9)
Click here for the Group Standings; the Cadet Girls play Norway tomorrow at 10 o’clock (GMT) The Norway is Ilka DOVAL (ER:52), Rebekka Carlsen (ER:207) and Ingvild Lunden HELSETH (ER:225).
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