Results
Ioan Velichkov and Stefan Dimitrov recorded their second victories against Alexandru IORDAN /3:0/ and Mihai NAGGY respectively. In doing so, they also became the first to win their groups with a full asset of points and continue in the main draw. Apart from them, Simeon Stoichkov and Daniel Dimitrov found a place in the direct eliminations.
For girls under 17, Sidelia Mutlu managed to win two victories over representatives from Greece with 3:0 and Turkey with 3:2. She has only one match left, the victory of which will guarantee her the first place in the group. Miroslav Schmidt and Viktor Dimitrov also won their second bouts 3-0 each, but they have more battles to go before the leaders of their groups are clear.
A first win for last year’s champion Beloslava Balkanska, who made a comeback after trailing 0:2 and beat the Romanian Ioana IONESCU 3:2 in the under-13 age category.
At the same age, Ioana Kirilova won 3:2 over Shakhina MIRKODIROVA from Kazakhstan.
The first 5 victories for the Bulgarian competitors from the morning session are already a fact.
In the under-17 boys, congratulations go to Ioan Velichkov, who beat Hamad ALHASHEMI, the representative of the United Arab Emirates, 3:0.
In the same age group, Stefan Dimitrov prevailed 3:0 over Luke BONELO from Malta.
Miroslav Schmidt (3:0 against David MANESCU), Victor Dimitrov (3:0 against Vladimir FILIMON from Romania) and Trayan Georgiev (3:2 against Serban RADULESCU from Romania) outplayed their opponents in the 13-year-old group.
Sidelja Mutlu, who won first place in her group, continues her way forward in the 17-year-old girls, and her opponent in the main circuit will be the Turkish D. SENDOGAN. In the same age category, but among the boys, Simeon Stoichkov won his first match in the main scheme, and at 19.00 he will meet D. FLORO from Slovakia. Ioan Velichkov goes up against the representative of Singapore J. ZHOU, and Stefan Dimitrov meets L. OPREA from Romania. Wins in these games will secure our boys a place in the top 16 in the Under 17s. For boys under 13, Viktor Dimitrov recorded 4 wins and won his group, and Miroslav Schmidt allowed only one loss and with three wins took second place. Lachezar Hristov also became the runner-up in his group, who also recorded 3 victories. The draw for the main draw is coming up, which will decide the opponents our contestants will have to fight to advance. In the younger girls up to 13 years old, Polina Encheva and Beloslava Balkanska won all three of their matches, securing first place in their groups.Gallery
The first competition day of WTT Youth Contender Panagyurishte Presented by Asarel was filled with a lot of emotion, enthusiasm and dozens of contested bouts. Tomorrow we will keep our fingers crossed for Victor Dimitrov, who placed among the top 8 in the 13-year-old category, beating M. IORDAN from Romania 3:1. Tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. he goes to the quarter-finals against Stefan Bonchev – Ireland. In the same age category, Mirosrav Schmidt was unable to overcome the Irishman P. SHERIDAN and, despite his good game, lost 2:3 games. Beloslava Balkanska and Polina Encheva will need your support tomorrow at 4:00 p.m., who will fight for their place in the semi-finals in the under-13 age group. Unfortunately, Ioan Velichkov was unable to fight for entry into the first eight in the majors. After an extremely contested match, our boy lost to the Englishman R. PATTISON with 2:3. Sidelia Mutlu’s battle for the quarterfinals also ended unsuccessfully, after losing 0:3 to J. LEAL – Portugal. Tomorrow we start with the mixed doubles discipline up to 15 and 19 years old, where the Bulgarian tandems will fight to show their best!