Two Polish Players Book Their Semi-Final Places

The penultimate stage of the Under 15 Boys Singles event at the European Youth Championships in Malmö will feature an all-Polish duel between top seed Patryk ZYWORONEK and Aleks PAKULA. In the other semi-final match Sandro CAVAILLE of France will play against Romania’s Robert ISTRATE.

PAKULA seeded ninth beat third seed Danilo FASO from Italy (9 -10 -5 7 6 7).

“I hoped before the tournament that I would get a medal but FASO is a very difficult opponent to beat. I am a little bit shocked but very happy about this win ” admitted PAKULA.

ZYWORONEK halted the progress of England’s Abraham SELLADO who is ranked 24th winning in four games (9 2 6 -11 11).

In the lower half of the draw there were no upsets. Fourth seed CAVAILLE overcame sixth seed Francesco TREVISAN of Italy (-8 7 7 4 -3 -11 8). Sandro was on the verge of defeat after a safe 3-1 lead. TREVISAN leveled but failed to finish the job.

“I was very nervous when I started losing in the fifth game. In the last game I found the right way to play and I’m very happy to play in the semifinal tomorrow. In the semifinal I have to try to be calmer and not get angry when it goes against me. Today I got both a yellow and red card and I can’t afford that in my next match ” said CAVAILLE.

Second seed ISTRATE prevailed against fifth seed Samuel MICHNA of Poland (4 6 -10 4 6).

Abraham SELLADO had a nice run today. After overcoming Matt CLOSSET of Belgium in the round of 32 (-9 7 -9 11 4 4) he reached the quarters with a win over Dario SALCEDO of Spain (7 -9 8 10 11).

In the Round of 32 Türkiye’s Kenan KAHRAMAN seeded 19th overcame seventh seed Jan SKALDA of Czechia in six games (-9 5 5 8 -7 9).

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