Medals are guaranteed for Kas VAN OOST of the Netherlands and Milosz REDZIMSKI of Poland in the Under 19 Boys Singles event at the ORLEN European Youth Championships. They will face each other in the semifinals making it the semifinal with the lowest-seeded players in the penultimate stage ever.
Kas VAN OOST’s achievement marks the first time since 2013 that a Dutch player has won a medal in the singles event at the ORLEN European Youth Championships. The Dutch team had previously collected two medals in the Doubles event. The last Dutch player to win a singles medal was Britt EERLAND in 2011. Before that the last boys singles medalist from the Netherlands was Jorg DE COCK in 1996.
VAN OOST seeded at position no. 50 defeated second seed Hugo DESCHAMPS of France in the Round of 16 (7 6 6 8) and then secured his place in the semifinal with a victory against Darius MOVILEANU of Romania (-7 6 4 7 -7 -1 9). Meanwhile Milosz REDZIMSKI overcame Iulian CHIRITA of Romania in the quarterfinals (-10 -6 15 9 5 -10 8) previously eliminating Simon BELIK of the Czech Republic (6 4 5 8).
In the other semifinal top seed Eduard IONESCU of Romania will face his teammate Teodor ISTRATE. IONESCU defeated Lleyton ULLMANN of Germany (9 7 5 7) to secure his spot in the semis while ISTRATE beat Michal GAWLAS of Poland (-5 4 8 -8 1 6).
In the Under 19 Girls Singles Event semifinals Elena ZAHARIA of Romania will face her compatriot Bianca MEI ROSU and Ioana SINGEORZAN of Romania will play against Anna HURSEY of Wales.
ZAHARIA defeated Zuzanna WIELGOS of Poland (4 3 10 -3 -5 4) in the quarterfinals while MEI ROSU prevailed against Mia GRIESEL of Germany in a hard-fought match (-6 8 -7 3 4 9). Earlier Mia GRIESEL beat the no. 4 seed Nicole ARLIA (8 12 4 -6 5) while SINGEORZAN defeated Hana ARAPOVIC of Croatia (5 -9 9 8). HURSEY continued her impressive run against Anna BRZYSKA of Poland (9 8 7 -8 3 8).
In the Under 15 Boys Singles semifinals Sandro CAVAILLE of France will meet Patryk ZYWORONEK of Poland and Petr HODINA of Austria will play against Tiago ABIODUN of Portugal.
ZYWORONEK had a thrilling match against Ralph PATTISON of England which ended after seven games (-8 -4 9 6 -7 6 7). In the Round of 16 PATTISON beat no. 3 seed Botond VARGA of Hungary (9 -7 10 9 8).
In the Under 15 Girls Singles Event quarterfinals Maria BERZOSA of Spain secured a spot on the medal podium by overcoming Marziyya NURMATOVA of Azerbaijan (2 9 2 -8 14). She will face Hanka KODETOVA of Czechia who caused upsets by defeating two players seeded at position 4 Nora DOHOCZKI of Hungary in the Round of 16 and Koharu ITAGAKI of Germany in the quarterfinals (-8 9 -10 -9 4 4 9).
In the other semifinal Nina GUO ZHENG of France defeated Julia LEAL of Portugal (7 4 -9 4 4) and Leana HOCHART also of France and seeded at position no. 8 prevailed against no. 2 seed Josephina NEUMANN of Germany (9 -10 7 8 -9 3).
