Marquis and Dimitrov doubles at Mark Bates Ltd Nationals

Violet-Lily Marquis and Dimitar Dimitrov became double national singles champions on day two of the Mark Bates Ltd U10-13 National Championships.

They won their respective Under-12 titles, in addition to their victories yesterday in the Under-13 and Under-11 age groups respectively.

Saisuriya Prasanna Kumar won the Under-10 Boys Singles and Cindy Xiao was the corresponding champion in the round-robin Girls Singles.

In the Under-12 doubles, Hannah Saunders & Amber Lemmon came out on top in the girls category and Sinan Surensoy & Zaid Aldilimi won the boys category.

Photos by Michael Loveder

Singles for girls under 12 years old

Violet-Lily Marquis became a two-time national champion as she added the Under-12 title to the Under-13 title she won yesterday.

The second seed defeated top seed Hannah Saunders 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-9) in the final.

In the semi-final, Amber Lemmon, the Under 11 champion, was defeated 11-5, 11-1, 11-7 by Marquis, the Under 13 champion. Saunders defeated Assil Sarri 11-8, 11-7, 11-6 .

All quarter-finals were also decided in threes. Saunders defeated Serene Rahmani Walentynska 11-7, 11-3, 11-6 and Sarri defeated Grace Liu 11-9, 11-7, 11-5).

In the bottom half it was 3, 6, 8 for Lemmon over Ruby Gandi Bamidele and 5, 7, 9 for Marquis against her doubles partner, Maisha Patel.

Group stage

Assil Sarri defeated higher-ranked Maisha Patel as the top two swapped places Group 4.

The match between the two ended 3-1 (12-14, 11-9, 11-5, 11-8) for Sarri, who had to intervene earlier to beat Kiana Lam Nga Yeung 3-2 (9-11, 11) defeat. -1, 11-4, 10-12, 11-4).

There were a few more great matches. Yeung was on the wrong end of another 3-2 scoreline as Nyasha Roberts won 3-2 (11-7, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3), while Samantha Jameson won with 3-2 (9-11, 13-11, 14-12, 8-11, 11-8) by Ayah Ahmed Amin.

The under 13 and under 11 champions went through with ease. U13 gold medalist Violet-Lily Marquis, seeded second in this age group, won Group 2 easily enough, although she did drop the first game to Grace Liu, who also reached the knockouts as second in the group.

Naomi Adeji and Amelia Rothwell played a thrilling five-game match, which Adeji won 3-2 (9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9).

Lemmon won Group 3 without dropping a match, and in qualifying for the knockouts she was joined by half of the U13 Girls Doubles champion pair, Serene Rahmani-Walentynska.

Top seed Hannah Saunders won all four matches 3-0 to top Group 1and Ruby Gandi Bamidele was the other player to go through.

Singles for boys under 12 years old

Under-11 champion Dimitar Dimitrov saw a 2-0 lead evaporate as Sinan Surensoy tried to deny him a double title win.

But the top seed held his nerve against the second seed and won the decider 13-11 as both boys missed a match point. The final score was 3-2 (11-3, 11-7, 9-11, 6-11, 13-11) in favor of Dimitrov.

The two finalists had contrasting passages through the semi-finals. Surensoys recorded a 3-0 (5, 6, 5) win over third seed Zihan Lin, while Dimitrov had to come from 2-1 down to beat fourth seed Zaid Aldilimi 3-2 (11-6, 8-11, 8-). defeat. 11, 11-6, 11-7).

The top two seeds advanced through the quarterfinals in three Dimitrov against Arjun Anchan (3, 5, 4) and Surensoy against Li Hao Chen 14-12, 13-11, 11-5.

Aldilimi bounced back from losing the first match against seventh seed Rishaan Sawant to come back and win 3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4).

And it was four games between two Archway Peterborough clubmates as Zihan Lin defeated sixth seed Lewis Wu 12-10, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8.

Wu squeaked through 12-10 in the fifth on his second match points in the last 16 against Malek Shamakh. In the only other match at that stage that went beyond three, Sawant defeated Malek's brother Taha 3-1 (11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5).

Group stage

Suni Desai climbed from fifth to second place Group 2qualified behind second seed Sinan Surensoy and there was quite a story behind it.

He started with an incredible 3-2 (11-8, 7-11, 9-11, 23-21, 11-9) victory over Anirudh Anchan, which drew a big crowd in the fourth match.

Anchan was also unlucky to lose 3-2 (7-11, 6-11, 14-12, 11-7, 15-13) to Harry Hodgson, but he did come out on the right side of a 3-2 -score against Samvit Balaji, the second place player, the score was 11-9, 10-12, 13-11, 9-11, 11-6.

Meanwhile, Desai defeated Hodgson in another 3-2 match (11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 10-12, 11-4), which decided who qualified the two who finished level, so it was head-to-head -head record causing Desai to steer through. Surensoy was not bothered by this, as he won without dropping a match.

In Group 1, U11 champion Dimitar Dimitrov won at a canter without dropping a game. Third-ranked Ronan Lamont-Tierney defeated second-ranked Christopher Darby 3-0 to join Dimitrov in qualifying, even though he lost 3-2 (9-11, 7-11, 14-12, 11 -3, 11-9) by Lucas Speight. That win over Darby saw Lamont-Tierney progress.

A count back was needed Group 5, where the top three all beat each other. Top-ranked Li Hao Chen was defeated by Nikolas Karavas, who won 3-2 (13-11, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6).

Karavas had previously lost to Arjun Anchan in four (11-9, 11-9, 12-14, 11-7), and Chen then defeated Anchan 3-1 (11-9, 6-11, 11-4, 11 – 9).

The calculations came out in favor of Chen and Anchan, who were the top-ranked duo, leaving No. 3 Karavas as the unlucky player to miss the field.

Under-13 bronze medalist Lewis Wu won Group 6, which was reduced by two shots. Second place went to second-placed Mikul Patel, who needed five to beat Joshua Freeman 3-2 (9-11, 13-11, 11-9, 3-11, 11-5).

Third seed Zihan Lin dropped just one match in the top-down Group 3, to Taha Shamakh, number two, while the top two players advanced in order.

Henry Flatman took a good win against Darsh Gopal in the same group, winning the score 3-2 (11-9, 4-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-3).

Group 7 advanced to seeding as Rishaan Sawant topped the leaderboard, ahead of Malek Shamakh. The meeting between the two said Sawant won 3-1 (11-5, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7).

Group 4 also saw the top two progress, Zaid Aldilimi ahead of Mustafa Ibrahim and win the game between them in four. Also in the group, Levi Li-Telford and Harrison Warner split a five-match draw back and forth, winning 3-2 (11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7). Li-Telford.

Singles for girls under 10 years old

Cindy Xiao won the gold without dropping a game in the seven-player round-robin group.

She finished ahead of Bethany Yang in silver and Sakinah Damji in bronze.

It was a player outside the top three that Xiao had her best match as Isabella Xu pushed her to 11-8, 11-3, 11-5.

Xu finished in fourth place when she was defeated 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-8) by Yang and 3-1 (6-11, 11-6, 12-10, 12-10 ) by Damji.

The match between the silver and bronze medalists ended 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-8) for Yang.

Boys singles under 10 years old

Saisuriya Prasanna Kumar won the title with a 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-8) win over Daniel Pavia in the final.

Kumar had battled to beat Jayden Chen in the semi-finals and eventually won in a see-saw match 3-2 (11-5, 9-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-8).

The other bronze medalist was Lev Sahmurov, who was defeated 3-1 (11-6, 2-11, 11-8, 11-2) by Pavia.

Kumars was the only quarterfinal to be decided in three matches when he defeated Oliver Glowacki 11-5, 11-4, 11-4.

Chen defeated Thomas Ellis 3-1 (11-7, 11-4, 6-11, 11-7), Sahmurov defeated Yusuf Jamaluddin 3-1 (11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6 ) and it was four and Pavia ended Lusio Wen's hopes 12-10, 7-11, 11-9, 11-5.

Highlights of the group

Saisuriya Prasanna Kumar won Group 1 without dropping a match and was joined in the knockouts by Yusuf Jamaluddin, who won three matches in a group with only five players due to a withdrawal.

Lusio Wen won Group 2 thanks to a 3-0 (6, 5, 9) win over Jayden Chen as both advanced to the quarterfinals. In the same group there was a nice 3-2 (12-10, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-4) victory for Pranav Panchamukhi over Benjamin Whitby-Smith, but Whitby-Smith in turn defeated Chen 3-2 (11-9, 11-8, 12-14, 3-11, 11-8).

In Group 3, Lev Sahmurov defeated Oliver Glowacki in four matches and qualified in first place, ahead of Glowacki. Thomas Nguyen had a good 3-2 (11-8, 11-13, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7) success against Oliver Willis.

Thomas Ellis and Daniel Pavia were the top two Group 4, where three matches went the distance, including Dominik Niedzielak's remarkable 3-2 (7-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-4, 20-18) victory over Oscar Jones.

Luis Archard defeated Jones 3-2 (12-14, 4-11, 11-4, 11-3, 11-9), while Niedzielak won another in a decider against Ruolun Li, the score was 3-2 ( 6-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-3, 11-9) in that one.

Boys doubles under 12 years

It was a thrilling three-set final as top seeds Sinan Surensoy and Zaid Aldilimi won the title.

They defeated second seeds Zihan Lin and Lewis Wu 3-0 (11-9, 14-12, 11-9) to become national champions.

Lin & Wu had come through an Archway Peterborough semi-final against Li Hao Chen and Jayden Chen. It largely depended on the second, in which the winning pair won 18-16 while winning 3-1 (11-7, 18-16, 10-12, 11-6). They came from 8-0 down in the second half. third, but could only force victory in the next match.

Surensoy & Aldilimi advanced with a 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-8) victory over the Shamakh brothers, Taha & Malek.

In the only quarter-final that went to four, the Shamakhs defeated Saisuriya Prasanna Kumar and Zacharia Sarri 3-1 (12-10, 3-11, 11-6, 11-7).

Surensoy & Aldilimi defeated the Arjun & Anirudh Anchan 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-8), and it was 3-0 (3, 6, 0) for Lin & Wu over Jake Duddy & Mikul Patel . Chen & Chen were given a walkover due to illness.

In the first round, the Anchan twins survived a fine comeback to beat Luke Speight and Daniel Chai 3-2 (12-10, 11-6, 5-11, 10-12, 11-9). All other matches in that phase were decided in threes.

Girls' doubles under 12 years

The top seeds prevailed against the second seeds as Hannah Saunders and Amber Lemmon defeated Violet-Lily Marquis and Maisha Patel.

It was three straight matches as the Archway Peterborough duo took the title with a score of 11-4, 11-7, 11-5.

The two semi-finals could not have been much more contrasting. Saunders & Lemmon dispatched Amelia Rothwell & Isabelle Bradley 3-0 (11-2, 11-1, 11-5), while Patel & Marquis were taken to five before defeating Serene Rahmani-Walentynska & Assil Sarri 3-2 (7 -11) defeated. , 12-10, 77-1, 11-7, 11-7).

In the quarter-finals, Patel & Marquis were beaten back by Rozlyn Payne & Phoebe O'Brien before winning 3-1 (11-5, 10-12, 11-5, 11-6).

It was four sets as Rothwell & Bradly defeated Cindy Xiao & Isabella Xu 6-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8, while Rahmani-Walentynska & Sarri Aeyva defeated Fayaz & Rabani Ahluwalia 3-0 (5, 1, 6).