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Felix Thomis & Mari Baldwin
Erin Green & Connor Green
The Junior Girls’ Doubles was another triumph for the Green family as Anna and Erin beat off the challenge
from Key and Jetha in the final 12, -8, 6, 8. Key and Jetha had disposed of top seeds Baldwin and Lauren
Loosemore in their semi-final 8, -9, -8, 6, 8. Anaya Patel and Millie Rogove were the losers in the other semifinal
to the Green combination -8, 8, 9, -9, 8.
Erin Green & Anna Green
Ben Piggott & Tom Rayner and Joshua Bruce & Connor Green
Photo by Chris Rayner
The Junior Boys’ Doubles saw another series of five game matches as top seeds Connor Green and Joshua
Bruce got the win over second seeds Piggott and Rayner in the final -5, 3, 7, -7, 9. Green and Bruce had a close
match in their semi against Naphong Boonyaprapa and Rhys Davies 9, -10, -11, 9, 8 though Piggott and Rayner
had a slightly easier time in their semi against Thomis and Jakub Piwowar 9, 9, -10, 6.
Top seed Connor Green secured another gold medal in the Junior Boys’ Singles and had a fairly comfortable
event only dropping one game on his way to victory. He first beat his doubles partner Bruce in the first knockout
round 4, 6, 6. Olly Cornish was up next and this was a 9, -9, 9, 6 win. Onto the semi-final against Rhys
Davies with the score 7, 6, 8 and the final against Louis Price also lasted three games 7, 7, 5.
With all the money and training invested in Green from the GB programme it is good to see the dividends.
Price, seeded sixth had got the better of second seed Piggott in the quarter-finals -5, -9, 7, 9, 8 and Pattison in
the semis 6, 6, 8. A good result for top cadet Pattison to reach this stage. Unseeded Rhys Davies also did well
in this event: having come runner-up to Pattison in his group, he went on to beat Joseph Hunter and Jakub
Piwowar in the knock-outs to earn a bronze medal.
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