Maidstone’s Luke Savill produced some impressive wins as he represented England at the Hungarian Youth Open.

Former Oakwood Park student Savill, now based in Sweden, won his first group match in the junior boys’ singles 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-7) over Jacobo Vahnish of Panama.

But a 3-2 defeat against Cedric Tschanz of Switzerland, despite fighting back from 2-0 down, meant he needed to win his final match against Norway’s Mikkel Gudmundsen.

Again, 17-year-old Savill found himself 2-0 down but this time overturned the deficit to win 3-2 (5-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-3) to go through to the knockout stage.

However, he was eliminated in the first round by Alex Naumi of Finland in another close match, his opponent winning it 4-3 (5-11, 6-11, 11-7, 12-10, 10-12, 11-5, 11-3).

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

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