Lum Wins Gold, Luu Claims bronze in Italy

Published Tue 26 Oct 2021

Rising Australian stars Nicholas Lum and Finn Luu have announced their return to international competition with a bang. Competing at the World Table Tennis Youth Contender event in Lignano, Italy, the duo looked at home on the first leg of their European Tour with Lum winning gold and Luu claiming bronze in the Under 17 Boys Singles.

On his way to victory, Lum won seven consecutive matches including defeating players from Croatia, Italy, England, Czech Republic, Austria and Nigeria. The win marked Lum’s first tournament victory at World Table Tennis Youth level, having previously won multiple silver and bronze medals in recent years.

Luu also recorded five strong victories before narrowly losing in five games the semi final.

A summary of the results are:

	UNDER 17 BOYS SINGLES	UNDER 17 BOYS SINGLES
	NICHOLAS LUM	FINN LUU
Qualification	Defeated Borna Zohil (Croatia) 3-0	Defeated Stephan Wyss (Austria) 3-0
Qualification	Defeated Antonio Giordano (Italy) 3-1	Defeated Giacomo Allegranza (Italy) 3-1
Round of 64	Bye	Bye
Round of 32	Defeated Ivan Hencl (Croatia) 3-0	Defeated Rino Vidan (Croatia) 3-2
Round of 16	Defeated Benjamin Piggott (England) 3-0	Defeated William Bergenblock (Sweden) 3-1
Quarter Final	Defeated Vit Kadlec (Czech Republic) 3-0	Defeated Antonia Giordano (Italy) 3-1
Semi Final	Defeated Zhenlong Liu (Austria) 3-0	Lost to Taiwo Mati (Nigeria) 3-2
Final	Defeated Taiwo Mati (Nigeria) 3-2

Lum and Luu will be back on the table today in the Main Draw of the Under 19 Boys Singles. Yangzi Liu will also hit the court in the coming days in the Under 19 Girls Singles.

Full results can be viewed on the ITTF website by clicking here.

Lum Wins Gold, Luu Claims bronze in Italy

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