Suhana Saini, a player in form (Photo: World Table Tennis)
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India’s Suhana Saini was very much the player to attract the attention at the WTT Youth Contender Tunis tournament staged from Monday 21st to Sunday 27th March; she won both the under 17 and under 19 girls’ singles.
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Under 19 Boys’ Singles
SF: Milhane Jellouli (FRA) v Payas Jain (IND) -10,10,7,10
SF: Mauro Scharrer (SUI) v Célian Besnier (FRA) -8,6,-10,5,9
F: Milhane Jellouli (FRA) v Mauro Scharrer (SUI) 7,5,8
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Under 19 Girls’ Singles
SF: Suhana Saini (IND) v Sara Tokic (SLO) 5,8,8
SF: Markhabo Magdieva (UZB) v Risha Mirchandani (IND) 7,-8,-7,9,8
F: Suhana Saini (IND) v Markhabo Magdieva (UZB) -6,-8,13,13,8
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Under 17 Boys’ Singles
SF: Célian Besnier (FRA) v Flavio Mourier (FRA) -7,5,7,5
SF: Milhane Jellouli (FRA) v Connor Green (ENG) 2,-7,6,8
F: Célian Besnier (FRA) v Milhane Jellouli (FRA) 9,9,-10,-9,11
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Under 17 Girls’ Singles
SF: Suhana Saini (IND) v Maram Zoghlami (TUN) 6,12,-9,4
SF: Jennifer Varghese (IND) v Risha Mirchandani (IND) -8,9,-3,4,8
F: Suhana Saini (IND) v Jennifer Varghese (IND) 8,6,4
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Under 15 Boys’ Singles
SF: Jakub Piwowar (ENG) v Peter Hodina (AUT) 6,4,7
SF: Flavio Mourier (FRA) v Yassin Gaber (EGY) 5,8,5
F: Flavio Mourier (FRA) v Jakub Piwowar (ENG) 6,8,15
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Under 15 Girls’ Singles
SF: Jennifer Varghese (IND) v Nina Guo Zheng (FRA) -9,5,14,8
SF: Lilou Massart (BEL) v Hend Zaza (SYR) -9,-8,7,4,8
F: Jennifer Varghese (IND) v Lilou Massart (BEL) 8,-10,11,4
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Under 13 Boys’ Singles
SF: Kacper Piwowar (ENG) v Bara Mechergui (TUN) 7,9,3
SF: Youssef Aidli (TUN) v Ali Alhawai (UAE) 6,6,10
F: Kacper Piwowar (ENG) v Youssef Aidli (TUN) 6,11,-7,-6,4
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Under 13 Girls’ Singles
SF: Asel Erkebaeva (UZB) v Ela Saidi (TUN) 2,8,2
SF: Hend Zaza (SYR) v Arujan Kamalova (UZB) 9,4,11
F: Asel Erkebaeva (UZB) v Hend Zaza (SYR) -5,7,-12,7,8
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Under 11 Boys’ Singles
SF: Alexander Malov (UAE) v Ahmed Saidi (TUN) 8,-8,5,-8,5
SF: Yousef Alhawai (UAE) v Theodore Kniep (ENG) 16,6,-6,12
F: Alexander Malov v Yousef Alhawai (UAE) 10,7,8
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Under 11 Girls’ Singles
Group: 1. Ela Saidi (TUN) 2. Elee Abassi (TUN) 3. Amani Tazerouti (ALG) 4. Yomna Rjiba (TUN)