European Youth Top 10   Rares SIPOS of Romania played like a man on mission in three opening rounds of the Junior Boys Event at the European Youth Top 10 in Portugal’s Vila Real. He stared the day with the impressive win over his compatriot and runner up at the Boys Singles Event at the European Youth Championships Cristian PLETEA and continued with the wins over Jules ROLLAND of France and Tiago LI of Portugal.   “I didn’t know what to expect. I just had my mind set because last year I had a terrible tournament despite the fact that I came well prepared. I didn’t know what to hope for and yes it was a great day but there are still six matches ahead and it’s a long way to go. It will be very hard to bring the trophy again to Romania here we have the best players in Europe ” said Rares.   It was difficult to play against teammate.   “I played very good against Cristian and I’m happy that I won and sad for him but only one player can win. I can’t say that I’m going to clinch the title it’s too early and I’m not the only one with just wins and there are too many dangerous players seeking to win here.”   There are two more unbeaten players. Irvin BERTRAND of France overcame his compatriot Jules ROLLAND Tiago LI of Portugal and Laurens DEVOS of Belgium. Matteo MUTTI of Italy beat Tiago LI Laurens DEVOS and Kay STUMPER of Germany.       Junior Boys Event   First round Rares SIPOS Romania – Cristian PLETEA Romania 4:2 (11:5 7:11 11:6 5:11 11:2 11:6) Irvin BERTRAND France – Jules ROLLAND France 4:1 (5:11 11:6 11:5 12:10 11:8) Matteo MUTTI Italy – Tiago LI Portugal 4:0 (11:5 11:7 11:5 11:9) Lev KATSMAN Russia – Laurens DEVOS Belgium 0:4 (10:12 12:14 9:11 10:12) Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK Austria – Kay STUMPER Germany 3:4 (7:11 11:8 11:5 5:11 11:9 9:11 6:11).   Second Round Rares SIPOS – Jules ROLLAND 4:0 (11:6 11:8 11:8 12:10) Irvin BERTRAND – Tiago LI 4:0 (11:7 11:6 11:7 11:7) Matteo MUTTI – Laurens DEVOS 4:0 (11:3 11:2 11:7 12:10) Lev KATSMAN – Kay STUMPER 3:4 (11:2 9:11 11:3 9:11 11:6 10:12 6:11) Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK – Cristian PLETEA 0:4 (3:11 5:11 8:11 10:12)   Third Round Rares SIPOS – Tiago LI 4:0 (11:7 11:6 11:7 12:10) Irvin BERTRAND – Laurens DEVOS 4:2 (11:6 11:8 6:11 11:7 7:11 11:5) Matteo MUTTI – Kay STUMPER 4:1 (4:11 12:10 11:9 11:6 13:11) Lev KATSMAN – Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK 4:2 (11:13 6:11 11:8 11:2 11:4 11:4) Jules ROLLAND- Cristian PLETEA 3:4 (6:11 9:11 12:10 5:11 11:5 11:9 7:11)   More here Links to the results & live scoring. Watch the Europe Youth Top 10 live and for free on the following link   Additional links and information below: – link to the general event website – links to the tables for the special days:  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table1_Saturday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table2_Saturday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table1_Sunday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table2_Sunday    

European Top 10 in Vila Real   In The Cadet Girls Event at the European Top 10 in Vila Real in Portugal after first day of play Elizabet ABRAAMIAN of Russia and Prithika PAVADE of France recorded all three wins. Surprisingly European champion in Cadet Singles Event Elena ZAHARIA of Romania suffered by the hands of Wales’ Anna HURSEY.   Anna was seeded at the position no. 9 but managed to create a huge upset by beating ZAHARIA no. one seed. However at the end of the day it was the only win for Anna who lost against Kornelija RILISKYTE of Lithuania and Elizabet ABRAAMIAN.   “I like Elena ZAHARIA’S style. I just think that I played very well today. The last time we played I lost very close. So today I just tried my best. I don’t have much pressure to be on a certain position on this or any tournament I just want to try my best and see where it will lead me.Hopefully as I get older and stronger I’ll get better. Since I still have three years left on Cadets I hope to be on the top 3 or even on top 1 in this category ” said Anna HURSEY.   Her coach Stephen JENKINS added:   “We follow a match-by-match strategy so that we can focus her on winning her game. Only after a game we talk about the next opponent. It’s not only the ranking that matters a lot of nr.1 on Seniors weren’t on Cadets. Anna is doing very well and of course we hope that she will become nr.1 but the performance is not the main thing the commitment is very important and we’re very happy with hers.”   Elizabet ABRAAMIAN no two seed beat her compatriot Arina SLAUTINA in straight games before she overcame Germany’s Sophia KLEE by same margin. PAVADE overcame Hana ARAPOVIC of Croatia Ines MATOS of Portugal and Radmila TOMINJAK of Serbia.     Cadet Girls Event   First Round Elena ZAHARIA Romania – Ines MATOS Portugal 4:0 (11:9 11:3 11:8 11:8) Elizabet ABRAAMIAN Russia – Arina SLAUTINA Russia 4:0 (11:9 11:3 11:6 11:8) Kornelija RILISKYTE Lithuania – Anna HURSEY Wales 4:3 (11:9 8:11 9:11 13:15 11:9 11:7 11:9) Radmila TOMINJAK Serbia – Sophia KLEE Germany 3:4 (7:11 11:8 10:12 11:7 7:11 11:9 9:11) Prithika PAVADE France – Hana ARAPOVIC Croatia 4:2 (11:8 7:11 11:2 11:9 9:11 11:5)   Second Round Elena ZAHARIA – Arina SLAUTINA 4:0 (11:7 11:7 12:10 11:9) Elizabet ABRAAMIAN – Anna HURSEY 4:2 (10:12 11:5 11:9 8:11 11:1 11:8) Kornelija RILISKYTE – Sophia KLEE 2:4 (10:12 11:9 7:11 11:9 6:11 9:11) Radmila TOMINJAK – Hana ARAPOVIC 1:4 (7:11 10:12 7:11 11:9 6:11) Prithika PAVADE – Ines MATOS 4:1 (11:8 11:8 6:11 11:6 11:5)   Third Round Elena ZAHARIA – Anna HURSEY 0:4 (11:13 11:13 7:11 9:11) Elizabet ABRAAMIAN – Sophia KLEE 4:0 (11:4 11:5 11:6 11:4) Kornelija RILISKYTE – Hana ARAPOVIC 4:1 (7:11 11:8 11:7 11:8 11:5) Radmila TOMINJAK – Prithika PAVADE 0:4 (8:11 7:11 4:11 2:11) Arina SLAUTINA – Ines MATOS 4:2 (7:11 11:3 11:4 11:6 8:11 11:9)   More here Links to the results & live scoring. Watch the Europe Youth Top 10 live and for free on the following link   Additional links and information below: – link to the general event website – links to the tables for the special days:  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table1_Saturday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table2_Saturday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table1_Sunday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table2_Sunday  

Europe Youth Top 10   The Europe Youth Top 10 starts today in Vila Real for the players under-18 and under-15 years. In three days each player will play 9 matches in their quest for the title at the competition that gathers best young competitors from Europe.   The hosts by regulations has right to give wild card to one player in each category. Tiago LI will represent Portugal In Junior category.    “It will be a very difficult competition and it’s an excellent opportunity for Tiago to play at the highest level. He has already played in some though competitions but this will be one of the hardiest. He just arrived from Hong Kong where he has been practicing and he played at the Taiwan Open. Tiago has been preparing for the season and this is important because the players are just beginning and aren’t usually at their best. He has a long career ahead of him and this event is another step on his learning ” explained Hélder MELIM Tiago LI’s coach   In Junior Boys Event will play: Rares SIPOS and Cristian PLETEA of Romania Irvin BERTRAND of France Matteo MUTTI of Italy Lev KATSMAN of Russia Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK of Austria Jules ROLLAND of France Kay STUMPER of Germany Laurens DEVOS of Belgium and Tiago LI.   “I have been practicing in Hong Kong and played the Taiwan Open competition with a high level players where I reached the round of 32. Here I’ll try to win some games although I’m aware of the level of the players. I already played against Mateo MUTTI of Italy Lev KATSMAN of Russia and Laurens DEVOS of Belgium and won against the first two players two and three years ago ” said LI.   Fernando MALHEIRO Portuguese Team Manager and cadet David BESSA’s Coach explained:   “All the Portuguese players are here with wild cards not by ranking which means that all the other players are stronger but we will try to break that supremacy. We showed a good performance at the European Championship when the boys and girls achieved good results. The cadet’s boys team managed to stay in the main division and girls’ team reach the first division. Some of our players achieved recorded against athletes with better ranking so we expect to win some games. Our team is highly motivated and this event is very important to us. These players still have some years in their age groups.”   Cadet Boys: Maciej KUBIK of Poland Myshaal SABHI of France Mike HOLLO of Germany Adrien RASSENFOSSE of Belgium Simon BELIK of Czech Republic Andrea PUPPO of Italy Arnau PONS of Spain Fabio RAKOTOARIMANANA of France Ivor BAN of Croatia and David BESSA of Portugal.   David BESSA stressed it will be more difficult task comparing to European Youth Championships.   “It will be very difficult to play at this level against the best players in Europe. It will be much more difficult than the European Championship because here we will have nine really hard games. However this event gives the opportunity to learn from the best.”   Luís SOUSA Célia SILVA’s coach is aware how difficult it will be.   “This will be a very hard competition for us we area only here because we are only here as the organizing country. We’ll have nine really difficult games against the best European players. Célia SILVA is a rising player and she can fight some of the players. And that’s the main goal try to evolve and became a more complete player.”   In Junior Girls Event will play Sabina SURJAN of Serbia Anna WERGRZYN of Poland Franziska SCHREINER of Germany Andreea DRAGOMAN of Romania her compatriot Tania PLAIAN Lucie GAUTHIER of France Zdena BLASKOVA of Czech Republic Andrea PAVLOVIC of Croatia Tijana JOKIC of Serbia and host nation representative Celia SILVA.    “It is a really good thing to participate in this event for the first time. I am really looking forward to start playing. The strongest opponents are the Russia’s and the Romania’s players and it will be a good competition. I want to keep playing for the Portuguese National Team at international opens ” said Célia SILVA.   Inês MATOS will compete in Cadet Girls Event.   “My main goal in this event is to gain experience try to fight against the best European players and try to win some games. My first match will be against Elena ZAHARIA from Romania the European champion the strongest player in the competition. Be able to play in this competition is a really big thing for me especially because it is organized in Portugal.”   Cadet Girls: Elena ZAHARIA of Romania Elizabet ABRAAMIAN of Russia Kornelija RILISKYTE of Lithuania Radmila TOMINJAK of Serbia Prithika PAVADE of France Hana ARAPOVIC of Croatia Sophia KLEE of Germany Arina SLAUTINA of Russia Anna HURSEY of Wales and Ines MATOS of Portugal.     The tournament is covered live by LAOLA1.tv with daily live streams from two tables from Friday to Sunday .   More on https://www.ettu.org/en/events/europe-youth-top-10/general-information/   Links to the results & live scoring.    http://top10.ettu.site   Watch the Europe Youth Top 10 live and for free on the following link: http://bit.ly/EYT10_LAOLA1tv   Additional links and information below:   – link to the general event website: http://bit.ly/EYT10_LAOLA1tv – links to the tables for the special days:  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table1_Friday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table2_Friday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table1_Saturday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table2_Saturday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table1_Sunday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table2_Sunday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_LAOLA1tv  

Last year’s winner in Junior Boys Category Romania’s Cristian PLETEA is on duty again at the 2018 European Youth Top 10 in Portugal’s Vila Real. This weekend he will fight for fourth overall title at the competition.   PLETEA is no. two seed behind his compatriot Rares SIPOS. On the list are also Irvin BERTRAND of France Matteo MUTTI of Italy Lev KATSMAN of Russia Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK of Austria Jules ROLLAND of France Kay STUMPER of Germany Laurens DEVOS of Belgium and Tiago LI of Portugal.   Currently he is in Germany preparing for new season in Saarbrucken. After success at the European Youth Championships and broze medal at the Team’s Event he had only short break.   “I was on holiday but shortly after Championships I strted to train in Romania. In addition I played at the Bulgaria and Czech Open last month ” said Cristian.   In Romania’s Cluj Napoca PLETEA gained valuable experience.   “I am never fully satisfied unless I am first but European Championships was nice lesson for me and gave me the power to work harder. I learned to treat all pleyers equaly; never rest and to preapare the matches much better.”   In Portugal PLETEA will have difficult task to defend his title.   “I am not under pressure and it is a good thing I feel well prepared and I will enjoy playing my last top 10 in juniors. I won already three titles so I know how hard I have to work to reach the top. “ Elite players are listed once agin. How you see your chances?   “I will have to play nine best of seven matches against best European juniors except MOREGARDH and SGOUROPOULOS…all the matches will be open. “   No. one seed is Rares SIPOS your teammate?   “Rares was always a challenge for me and I hope he will be also in future. However as I said I treat all players equaly and there will be no easy matches. I will just try to make some duels easier to preserve the energy for the final duels. Right now is hard to comment the level of other player’s shape. It will be clear only when we start. So far I expect that BERTRAND REMBERT SIPOS will be my main rivals in the fight for the top position.”   Asked to share most unforgatable moment on his way to three previous titles PLETEA answered:   “First in 2014 in Tours France. I played an incredibile match against BERTRAND 4-3 17-15 after saving 7 match balls for title.”   In Portugal’s Vila Real in Junior Girls Event will play Sabina SURJAN of Serbia Anna WERGRZYN of Poland Franziska SCHREINER of Germany Andreea DRAGOMAN of Romania her compatriot tania PLAIAN Lucie GAUTHIER of France Zdena BLASKOVA of Czech Republic Andrea PAVLOVIC of Croatia Tijana JOKIC of Serbia and host nation representative celia SILVA.   Cadet Boys: Maciej KUBIK of Poland Myshaal SABHI of France Mike HOLLO of Germany Adrien RASSENFOSSE of Belgium Simon BELIK of Czech Republic Andrea PUPPO of Italy Arnau PONS of Spain Fabio RAKOTOARIMANANA of France Ivor BAN of Croatia and David BESSA of Portugal.   Cadet Girls: Elena ZAHARIA of Romania Elizabet ABRAAMIAN of Russia Kornelija RILISKYTE of Lithuania Radmila TOMINJAK of Serbia Prithika PAVADE of France Hana ARAPOVIC of Croatia Sophia KLEE of Germany Arina SLAUTINA of Russia Anna HURSEY of Walles and Ines MATOS of Portugal.   More on https://www.ettu.org/en/events/europe-youth-top-10/general-information/ Links to the results & live scoring.   http://top10.ettu.site   Watch the Europe Youth Top 10 live and for free on the following link: http://bit.ly/EYT10_LAOLA1tv   Additional links and information below:   – link to the general event website: http://bit.ly/EYT10_LAOLA1tv – links to the tables for the special days:  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table1_Friday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table2_Friday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table1_Saturday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table2_Saturday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table1_Sunday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table2_Sunday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_LAOLA1tv

The Europe Top 10 will gather top players in Vila Real from under-18 and under-15 categories this weekend.   The tournament will be covered live by LAOLA1.tv with daily live streams from two tables from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th September.   In Junior Boys Event will play: Rares SIPOS and Cristian PLETEA of Romania Irvin BERTRAND of France Matteo MUTTI of Italy Lev KATSMAN of Russia Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK of Austria Jules ROLLAND of France Kay STUMPER of Germany Laurens DEVOS of Belgium and Tiago LI of Portugal.   In Junior Girls Event will play Sabina SURJAN of Serbia Anna WERGRZYN of Poland Franziska SCHREINER of Germany Andreea DRAGOMAN of Romania her compatriot tania PLAIAN Lucie GAUTHIER of France Zdena BLASKOVA of Czech Republic Andrea PAVLOVIC of Croatia Tijana JOKIC of Serbia and host nation representative celia SILVA.   Cadet Boys: Maciej KUBIK of Poland Myshaal SABHI of France Mike HOLLO of Germany Adrien RASSENFOSSE of Belgium Simon BELIK of Czech Republic Andrea PUPPO of Italy Arnau PONS of Spain Fabio RAKOTOARIMANANA of France Ivor BAN of Croatia and David BESSA of Portugal.   Cadet Girls: Elena ZAHARIA of Romania Elizabet ABRAAMIAN of Russia Kornelija RILISKYTE of Lithuania Radmila TOMINJAK of Serbia Prithika PAVADE of France Hana ARAPOVIC of Croatia Sophia KLEE of Germany Arina SLAUTINA of Russia Anna HURSEY of Walles and Ines MATOS of Portugal.   Watch the Europe Youth Top 10 live and for free on the following link: http://bit.ly/EYT10_LAOLA1tv   Additional links and information below: – link to the general event website: http://bit.ly/EYT10_LAOLA1tv – links to the tables for the special days:  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table1_Friday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table2_Friday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table1_Saturday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table2_Saturday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table1_Sunday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_Table2_Sunday  http://bit.ly/EYT10_LAOLA1tv  

2018 European Youth Top 10     At the fothcoming 2018 European Youth Top 10 Serbia’s Sabina SURJAN will play as top seed in the Junior Gorls Singles Event. Portugal’s Vila Real will host 40 elite players this weekend in boys and girls junior and cadet category.   Sabina tops the list which includes the names of Anna WERGRZYN of Poland Franziska SCHREINER of Germany Andreea DRAGOMAN of Romania her compatriot tania PLAIAN Lucie GAUTHIER of France Zdena BLASKOVA of Czech Republic Andrea PAVLOVIC of Croatia Tijana JOKIC of Serbia and host nation representative celia SILVA.   “Against all girls I recorded wins and defeats in my career. It will be very close fight in each match in Portugal. I do not feel much pressure regarding my seeding position but right now I just hope I can reach one of top four positions ” stated Sabina SURJAN.   Sabina had great season so far. She won the medal in doubles at the European Youth Championships and previously qualified for the Youth Olympic Games this October.   “I feel like I exploded after those qualifications. It gave me great boost of self confidence energy and will to play. I just want to play more and more ” said SURJAN.   And her wish was granted. This summer she was a part of the ITTF training camp for the YOG players but before Buenos Aires she will play in Portugal at Top 10 and at the ITTF European Individual Championships in Alicante as a member of the Serbian senior team.   “I feel little unease because it will be my first European individual senior Championships but I know I have nothing to lose. It is much greater pressure to play against juniors when I have to justify my status.”   In Junior Boys Event will play: Rares SIPOS and Cristian PLETEA of Romania Irvin BERTRAND of France Matteo MUTTI of Italy Lev KATSMAN of Russia Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK of Austria Jules ROLLAND of France Kay STUMPER of Germany Laurens DEVOS of Belgium and Tiago LI of Portugal.   Cadet Boys: Maciej KUBIK of Poland Myshaal SABHI of France Mike HOLLO of Germany Adrien RASSENFOSSE of Belgium Simon BELIK of Czech Republic Andrea PUPPO of Italy Arnau PONS of Spain Fabio RAKOTOARIMANANA of France Ivor BAN of Croatia and David BESSA of Portugal.   Cadet Girls: Elena ZAHARIA of Romania Elizabet ABRAAMIAN of Russia Kornelija RILISKYTE of Lithuania Radmila TOMINJAK of Serbia Prithika PAVADE of France Hana ARAPOVIC of Croatia Sophia KLEE of Germany Arina SLAUTINA of Russia Anna HURSEY of Walles and Ines MATOS of Portugal.   More here Links to the results & live scoring. https://www.ettu.org/en/n/news/2018/september/cristian-pletea-seaks-for-fourth-title-at-the-european-youth-top-10/   http://top10.ettu.site