Alexis Lebrun, the under 19 boys’ singles winner (Photo courtesy of Tunisia TTF)
Staged in Tunis from Wednesday 2nd to Sunday 5th February the first WTT Youth Star Contender tournament of the year witnessed a situation where honours were very much shared.
In the under 19 age group Alexis Lebrun won the boys’ singles, the girls’ singles was secured by Romania’s Nicole Arlia.
Meanwhile in the under 15 events; Slovakia’s Samuel Arpas and Russia’s Anastasiia Ivanova emerged the respective winners.
Under 19 Boys’ Singles
SF: Adrien Rassenfosse (BEL) v Maciej Kubik (POL) -5,10,8,-7,8
SF: Alexis Lebrun (FRA) v Andrei Teodor Istrate (ROU) 4,6,4
F: Alexis Lebrun (FRA) v Adrien Rassenfosse (BEL) 7,9,9
Under 19 Girls’ Singles
SF: Elena Zaharia (ROU) v Suhana Saini (IND) -9,9,10,11
SF: Nicole Arlia (ITA) v Charlotte Lutz (FRA) 4,-8,-3,6,6
F: Elena Zaharia (ROU) v Nicole Arlia (ITA) -8,6,5,3
Under 19 Boys’ Doubles
SF: Louis Laffineur/Adrien Rassenfosse (BEL) v Andrei Teodor Istrate/Tom Schweiger (ROU/GER) -10,13,-12,8,10
SF: Khalid Alshareif/Alex Kourachi (FRA/KSA) v Ondrej Kveron/Aam Stalzer (KSA/FRA) 7,6,11
F: Louis Laffineur/Adrien Rassenfosse (BEL) v Khalid Alshareif/Alex Kourachi (FRA/KSA) -10,-8,8,11,6
Under 19 Girls’ Doubles
SF: Bianca Mei Rosu/Elena Zaharia (ROU) v Nicole Arlia/Malamentina Papadimintrou (ITA/GRE) 8,7,2
SF: Liubov Tentser/Veronika Voronina (RUS) v Hana Arapovic/Veronika Matiunina (CRO/UKR)
F: Liubov Tentser/Veronika Voronina (RUS) v Bianca Mei Rosu/Elena Zaharia (ROU) 7,6,6
Under 15 Boys’ Singles
SF: Alan Kurmangaliyev (KAZ) v Jindrich Moravek (CZE) -6,3,8,6
SF: Samuel Arpas (SVK) v Flavian Coton (FRA) 8,-9,8,10
F: Samuel Arpas (SVK) v Alan Kurmangaliyev (KAZ) 9,-7,10,9
Under 15 Girls’ Singles
SF: Bianca Mei Rosu (ROU) v Gaetene Bred (FRA) 8,10,-8,-3,5
SF: Anastasiia Ivanova (RUS) v Sophie Barcsai (HUN) 4,4,8
F: Anastasiia Ivanova (RUS) v Bianca Mei Rosu (ROU) 6,4,5
Under 15 Boys’ Doubles
SF: Tiago Abiodun/Flavien Coton (POR/FRA) v Youssef Aidli/Alan Kurmangaliev (TUN/POR)
SF: Khai Noah Lam/Serafim Orlov (NOR/RUS) v Adam Cseri/Balasz Lei (HUN) 9,8,5
F: Tiago Abiodun/Flavien Coton (POR/FRA) v Khai Noah Lam/Serafim Orlov (NOR/RUS) 15,-11,9,5
Under 15 Girls’ Doubles
SF: Gaetene Bled/Leana Hochart (FRA) v Anastasiia Ivanova/Zleta Terekhova (RUS) -3,5,8,-14,4
SF: Maria Santa Comba/Maria Berzosa Casas (POR/ESP) v Kristina Kukulkina/Josephine Neumann (RUS/GER) 6,16,3
F: Maria Santa Comba/Maria Berzosa Casas (POR/ESP) v Gaetene Bled/Leana Hochart (FRA) -8,13,9,-8,6