Great day for Charlotte BARDSLEY

European Youth Championships in Ostrava

 

In the Junior Boys Event at the European Youth Championships in Ostrava Lev KATSMAN of Russia successfully commenced his journey in Singles. Top seed overcame Steven GEORGES of Luxembourg in Round two and beat Alex NAUMI of Finland to reach the Round of 16. Whilst top seeds in Boys Event prevailed in Girls Singles no. one seed Romania’s Tania PLAIAN and no. three seed Kristina KAZANTCEVA of Russia faced early exit.

 

Top seed in Junior Girls Singles Event overcame Mollie PATTERSON of England in six games in the second Round but in the next round she suffered by the hands of Hungary’s Fanni HARASZTOVICH in seven games.

 

“I was 3-1 down and I had nothing to lose. I started to attack more; I tried to control the game and to be active. It brought me result ” said HARASZTOVICH.

 

Charlotte BARDSLEY of England showed no “respect” for ranking order. Seeded at the position no. 46 BARDSLEY overcame seed no. three Kristina KAZANTCEVA of Russia in five games. In the Round of 32 she overcame Kornelija RILISKYTE of Lithuania.

 

“I was very relaxed against KAZANTSOVA. I played without the pressure. Basically I tried not to complicate I kept the game simple and tried to avoid mistakes ” sais BARDSLEY. “Against RILISKYTE I was under bigger pressure. I already lost to her in the Team’s Event in straight games. It was not pleasant experience but I was prepared for her style of play it was easier to set the tactics. As the Championships progresses I play better and better. In some moments I felt very good ” said BARDSLEY.

 

Nop. Two seed in Junior Boys Event Samuel KULCZYCKI of Poland beat Tal TILKIN of Israel before he overcame Nikita MOSHKOV of Russia. Vincent PICARD seed no. three also needed only four games to beat Jonatan MCDONALD of Sweden but in the next round he was forced to go full distance against Jan ZANDECKI.

 

In Round of 64 Maksim GREBNEV of Russia overcame Leon SANTEK of Croatia and I next one he beat Elias HARDMEIER of Switzerland who previously overcame Daniel RINDERER of Germany.

 

Iasonas KORDOUTIS of Greece seeded at position 158 overcame no. 50 seed Nicolas DEGROS in seven thrilling games but in Round of 32 he suffered by the hands of Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK of Austria in straight games.

 

Adam KLAJBER of Slovakia put Maciej KUBIK of Poland under severe pressure and forced him to go full distance. Equally hard match KUBIK had to play in Round of 32 against Belgium’s Adrien RASSENFOSSE.

 

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