In the Under 15 Mixed Doubles event at the ORLEN European Youth Championships Dario SALCEDO and Renata SHYPSHA of Spain caused a major upset. In the Round of 64 they halted the progress of Portugal’s Tiago ABIODUN who won the gold medal in the Singles event two days ago and Maria BERZOSA of Spain. The Portuguese/Spanish combination was seeded in the second position in the event.
The match went the full distance with the scores -6 10 -9 9 9 before the Spanish players who are still in the Under 13 category sealed the victory.
“This is our first time at the European Championships and our first time playing together and we are so happy with this result. It was the best match of our lives ” said SALCEDO.
The winners proved that they are mature enough to handle close duels with four out of five games resolved by a narrow margin.
“It was very difficult. Tiago ABIODUN has a very strong forehand ” explained SALCEDO.
Renata SHYPSHA added “Maria BERZOSA never misses the ball.”
In the Round of 32 they will meet Italy’s Francesco TREVISAN and Francesca SEU. The Italians prevailed against Tom WIENKE and Juli ZYNA of Germany.
Top-seeded pairings Julian RZIHAUSCHEK of Austria and Josephina NEUMANN of Germany overcame Sigge HEDBLAD and Angelinia BEBAWY of Sweden on their way to the Round of 32 (-11 4 10 7). In the next round they will face Kacper PERKOWSKI and Matylda HADRYS of Poland.
In the Round of 64 for the top-seeded pairings in the Under 19 Mixed Doubles event Eduard IONESCU and Ioana SINGEORZAN newly crowned champions in both the Boys’ and Girls’ Team events successfully concluded the match against David BJORKRYD and Naomin BAASAN of Sweden (2 4 7).
However it was the opposite scenario for the No. 10 seeds. Croatia’s Leo VEKIC and Bruna BOROVEC overcame Simon BELIK and Vendula SICHANOVA of Czechia (-16 10 7 7) in a very close clash.
The No. 15 seeds Slovakia’s Samuel ARPAS and Adriana ILLASOVA suffered at the hands of Diego LILLO and Ainhoa CRISTOBAL of Spain (5 3 3). The No. 17 seeds Lleyton ULLMANN and Eireen KALAITZIDOU of Germany were also halted by Gabrielius CAMURA of Netherlands and Dorina HUDAK of Croatia in an upset. Adam CSERY and Emma SZOSZNYAK of Hungary beat Czechia’s Ondrej KVENTON and Tereza BARTOVA (8 5 -9 11).
Rafel KONG of Portugal and Oana STRUNA from Romania overcame Slovakia’s Samuel PALUSEK and Ema CINCUROVA (5 -7 6 10).
