Varvara TOLMACHEVA of Russia and France’s Albane ROCHUT emerged from the opening day of the Under 15 Girls event at the Europe Youth Top 10 in Antibes with perfect records, both winning all three of their matches.
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TOLMACHEVA opened her campaign with a 4-2 win over compatriot Amina ILIMBETOVA before recording a convincing 4-0 victory against Czechia’s Adela BRHELOVA. Her toughest challenge came in the third round against Poland’s Aleksandra NAWROCKA.
NAWROCKA led 3-1, but TOLMACHEVA responded by taking the next two games to force a decider. The seventh game also went beyond 11 points before TOLMACHEVA eventually prevailed 14-12 to complete the comeback and maintain her unbeaten start.
Home favourite ROCHUT was equally successful. The French player began with a straight-games victory over Austria’s Sophia PICHLER before being pushed all the way by Germany’s Amelie JIA in Round 2. ROCHUT eventually secured a 4-3 win and followed it with a 4-2 success against Poland’s Lucja KOBOSZ.
Behind the two unbeaten leaders, the competition remains tightly contested.
ILIMBETOVA recovered from her opening defeat to TOLMACHEVA by edging NAWROCKA 4-3 and then beating Switzerland’s Enya HU 4-1. JIA also finished the day with two victories, having overcome HU 4-3 in the opening round and bounced back from her narrow defeat to ROCHUT with a 4-0 win against Slovakia’s Barbora GUASSARDO.
GUASSARDO also recorded two wins on the opening day. She survived a seven-game contest against BRHELOVA in Round 1 and beat PICHLER 4-1 before losing to JIA in the evening session.
NAWROCKA, HU and BRHELOVA each collected one victory from their opening three matches, while KOBOSZ and PICHLER will be looking for their first wins when play resumes.
U15 Girls – Results
Round 1
- Amina ILIMBETOVA (RUS) – Varvara TOLMACHEVA (RUS) 2-4 (-9, 7, -9, -7, 9, -8)
- Aleksandra NAWROCKA (POL) – Lucja KOBOSZ (POL) 4-3 (-9, 4, 13, -10, -6, 7, 5)
- Enya HU (SUI) – Amelie JIA (GER) 3-4 (-4, 7, -8, 6, 9, -4, -7)
- Albane ROCHUT (FRA) – Sophia PICHLER (AUT) 4-0 (6, 5, 6, 7)
- Barbora GUASSARDO (SVK) – Adela BRHELOVA (CZE) 4-3 (-3, 9, -6, 10, -8, 10, 8)
Round 2
- Varvara TOLMACHEVA (RUS) – Adela BRHELOVA (CZE) 4-0 (7, 4, 8, 11)
- Sophia PICHLER (AUT) – Barbora GUASSARDO (SVK) 1-4 (-11, -9, -7, 4, -8)
- Amelie JIA (GER) – Albane ROCHUT (FRA) 3-4 (-8, 9, 6, -10, 5, -9, -5)
- Lucja KOBOSZ (POL) – Enya HU (SUI) 2-4 (3, -13, -5, -6, 8, -3)
- Amina ILIMBETOVA (RUS) – Aleksandra NAWROCKA (POL) 4-3 (8, 10, -9, -9, -10, 8, 8)
Round 3
- Aleksandra NAWROCKA (POL) – Varvara TOLMACHEVA (RUS) 3-4 (9, -3, 8, 7, -2, -3, -12)
- Enya HU (SUI) – Amina ILIMBETOVA (RUS) 1-4 (-4, 8, -7, -6, -7)
- Albane ROCHUT (FRA) – Lucja KOBOSZ (POL) 4-2 (10, 3, -9, -8, 7, 3)
- Barbora GUASSARDO (SVK) – Amelie JIA (GER) 0-4 (-10, -6, -7, -10)
- Adela BRHELOVA (CZE) – Sophia PICHLER (AUT) 4-0 (8, 6, 7, 9)
Schedule
Round 4, 10:00
- Varvara TOLMACHEVA (Russia) – Sophia PICHLER (Austria)
- Amelie JIA (Germany) – Adela BRHELOVA (Czechia)
- Lucja KOBOSZ (Poland) – Barbora GUASSARDO (Slovakia)
- Amina ILIMBETOVA (Russia) – Albane ROCHUT (France)
- Aleksandra NAWROCKA (Poland) – Enya HU (Switzerland)
Round 5, 14:00
- Enya HU (Switzerland) – Varvara TOLMACHEVA (Russia)
- Albane ROCHUT (France) – Aleksandra NAWROCKA (Poland)
- Barbora GUASSARDO (Slovakia) – Amina ILIMBETOVA (Russia)
- Adela BRHELOVA (Czechia) – Lucja KOBOSZ (Poland)
- Sophia PICHLER (Austria) – Amelie JIA (Germany)
Round 6, 17:20
- Varvara TOLMACHEVA (Russia) – Amelie JIA (Germany)
- Lucja KOBOSZ (Poland) – Sophia PICHLER (Austria)
- Amina ILIMBETOVA (Russia) – Adela BRHELOVA (Czechia)
- Aleksandra NAWROCKA (Poland) – Barbora GUASSARDO (Slovakia)
- Enya HU (Switzerland) – Albane ROCHUT (France)
Round 7, 10:00
- Albane ROCHUT (France) – Varvara TOLMACHEVA (Russia)
- Barbora GUASSARDO (Slovakia) – Enya HU (Switzerland)
- Adela BRHELOVA (Czechia) – Aleksandra NAWROCKA (Poland)
- Sophia PICHLER (Austria) – Amina ILIMBETOVA (Russia)
- Amelie JIA (Germany) – Lucja KOBOSZ (Poland)
Round 8, 14:00
- Varvara TOLMACHEVA (Russia) – Lucja KOBOSZ (Poland)
- Amina ILIMBETOVA (Russia) – Amelie JIA (Germany)
- Aleksandra NAWROCKA (Poland) – Sophia PICHLER (Austria)
- Enya HU (Switzerland) – Adela BRHELOVA (Czechia)
- Albane ROCHUT (France) – Barbora GUASSARDO (Slovakia)
Round 9, 17:20
- Barbora GUASSARDO (Slovakia) – Varvara TOLMACHEVA (Russia)
- Adela BRHELOVA (Czechia) – Albane ROCHUT (France)
- Sophia PICHLER (Austria) – Enya HU (Switzerland)
- Amelie JIA (Germany) – Aleksandra NAWROCKA (Poland)
- Lucja KOBOSZ (Poland) – Amina ILIMBETOVA (Russia)
