In the opening round, Guillaume Alcayde beat Croatia’s Lovro Zovko (11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-1, 8-11, 9-11, 11-1), Iker Gonzalez accounted for England’s Ethan Walsh (11-9, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9).

Likewise, Huang Yan-Cheng overcame the Czech Republic’s Radim Bako (11-6, 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 7-11, 11-7), Dominic Jonack ended the hopes of Austria’s Fabian Fritz (11-8, 11-9, 11-9, 12-10). Meanwhile for Vladislav Makarov, he experienced the easiest journey of all; he received a direct entry to the second round.

Surprise names to progress to round two; there were surprise names to fall in round one. Spain’s Marc Gutierrez, the no.9 seed, was beaten by Frenchman Jukes Cavaille (11-5, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6), Hungary’s Oliver Both, the no.10 seed, lost to Russia’s Nikita Moshkov (10-12, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5).

Similarly, Portugal’s Samuel da Silva and Goncalo Gomez experienced unexpected defeats. Samuel da Silva, the no.13 seed, suffered at the hands of the Czech Republic’s Radek Skala (10-12, 11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9), asdid Goncalo Gomez, the no.14 seed, when facing Peru’s Carlos Fernandez (11-8, 13-11, 11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9). Defeat for four seeds and there was defeat for one more; Canada’s Terence Yeung, the no.15 seed, was beaten by Russia’s Sergey Ryzhov (11-7, 12-14, 17-15, 11-9, 11-9).

Upsets in the junior boys’ singles event; in the junior boys’ doubles there were even greater surprises.
Germany’s Hannes Hoermann and Kay Stumper, the no.2 seeds, experienced a third round exit. They were beaten by the French pairing formed by Jules Cavaille and Denis Dorescu (11-9, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7). A third round departure for Hannes Hoermann and Kay Stumper; for Spain’s Marc Gutierrez and Alberto Lillo, the no.4 seeds, it was farewell one round earlier. They lost Germany’s Dominik Jonack and Tom Mykietyn (11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8), who then promptly suffered against the French pairing of Alex Lebrun and Fabio Rakotoarimana (8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9).

Problems, not for the combination of Brazil’s Guilherme Teodoro and Moldova’s Vladislav Ursu, the top seeds, nor for Hungary’s Csaba Andras and Oliver Both, the no.3 seeds; both pairs reserved quarter-final places.

The junior boys’ singles and junior boys’ doubles events conclude on Thursday 2nd May.