No world glory for Skegness star as Brazil halt England

Jarvis had helped his side into the last 16 but, after England battled back from 2-0 down to level at 2-2, it was Brazil who reached the quarter-finals with a 3-2 success.

The competition marked 100 years since the very first World Championships were staged in London and Jarvis went into the competition as England's No.1.

But in the last 16 battle he was first up against Brazilian superstar and world No.5 Hugo Calderano.

Having traded points early in the first game, it was the Brazilian who made the decisive break to take it 11-6 and establish the early lead.

It was a similar story in the second game as Jarvis had Calerano pulling out some high-class defensive play, but the Brazilian had enough in his locker to hang on where he needed to and to attack where he could to establish the 2-0 lead thanks to an 11-8 win.

Not wanting to be outdone at a home championships, Jarvis showed his resolve and technical ability in the third game as he forged a 9-5 lead.

Calderano dragged it back to 9-9 before each traded points: 10-10, 11-11 before the Brazilian showed why he is so highly ranked as he took the third game 13-11 to take the opening match.

Connor Green then lost to Guilherme Teodoro before Walker beat Leonardo Iizuka.

Back to the table came Jarvis, this time to face Teodoro.

The Englishman swept his opponent aside in the opener 11-5, Jarvis’ power, precision and general play proving too much for the Brazilian in what was a very quick opening game.

In the second game, Teodoro showed the class that had earlier seen him victorious over Connor Green, the Brazilian going for his shots and finding them as he flew through to take the game 6-11.

Jarvis got off to a quick start in the third game to open up an early 4-1 lead.

Teodoro pulled himself closer, however Jarvis was able to give himself the advantage again at 8-4. 8-5, 9-5, 10-5, 10-6, and game to Jarvis (11-6) to give England a 2-1 lead.

The closest of the games so far, the fourth saw a lot of back-and-forth as one point at a time the players met each other stride-for-stride.

A stunning rally at 7-7 brought the crowd into streams of applause, yet the Brazilian bench were to their feet next as the tight match went to 8-8. 9-8, then 10-8 to Jarvis brought about a match point which Teodoro defended with all his might to make it 10-9 then 10-10.

At 11-10, match point number three was converted by Jarvis to see England bring it back to 2-2 and head into a decider.

However, Calderano took the decider 3-0 against Green to set up a quarter-final with France.

England had failed to win in their Stags 1A games, which decided the last 32 seedings, losing to China, Sweden and Korea Republic.

But the home country, who last reached the quarter-finals in 2018, produced a victory in the last 32 Stage 2 knockout round as they beat Moldova 3-1.

Jarvis was a man on a mission as he led the England team out the tunnel and stormed to a commanding victory over Andrei Putuntica 3-0.

Green then beat Denis Terna to set up a battle between the countries' No.1s.

Jarvis took on Vladislav Ursu, who struck first as his whipping, left handed backhand seemed to dominate.

But Jarvis really went to work after a much needed word with the team and levelled the game.

The Leopard then raced ahead, holding three game points in the third, and held his nerve to take it 12-10, a vital moment in the match.

At 8-3 down in the fourth it looked set that we would enter a decider.

But Jarvis mounted a huge comeback which saw him take the victory 11-9 in the fourth, giving England their victory.