Quarter-final woe for Tom

Table tennis ace Tom Jarvis saw his run at the Hungarian Youth Open ended in the quarter-finals.
Tom Jarvis.Tom Jarvis.
Tom Jarvis.

The former Skegness Grammar pupil, was seeded 16th and went straight into the last 64 of the junior boys’ singles.

He beat opponents Pavel Daunarovich of Belarus 4-1, Aleksa Gacev of Serbia 4-1 and Russia’s Lev Katsman 4-0 to reach the last eight.

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But he ran into an in-form opponent in 21st seed Jules Rolland of France, who had already beaten the top seed, and was eliminated 4-1 (11-7, 11-2, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8).

Jarvis, 16, partnered Luke Savill in the doubles and the pair were seeded 14th.

They lived up to billing, reaching the last 16, where they were beaten 3-1 (11-3, 11-13, 11-4, 12-10) by third seeds Alexandru Manole & Rares Sipos of Romania.

In the team event, alongside Savill and Josh Bennett, Jarvis helped England to beat Austria 3-0, but a 3-2 defeat by Belgium in their second group match meant they were eliminated.

Jarvis was Team GB reserve at Rio 2016.

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