Eastbourne's Josh Bennett shines on England duty
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The Eastbourne youngster lost his first group match to France’s Bilal Hamache 3-1 (11-8, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6) but bounced back to defeat Alexander Aponte of the USA 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-2) and Austria’s Christian Friedrich 3-2(10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6) to reach the knockout stage.
His run continued as he beat Abdelrahman Rahmou of Egypt 4-1 (8-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-9, 11-6) in the first round, but third seed and eventual gold medallist Koyo Kanamitsu of Japan ended his interest in the last 64 with a 4-1 (11-8, 14-12, 7-11, 11-3, 11-5) victory.
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Hide AdIn the doubles, 17-year-old Bennett partnered Aponte and the pair defeated David Dimas Chock & Arioc Gomez of Panama 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 14-12) in the first round before falling in the last 64 to Rimas Lesiv & Medardas Stankevicius of Lithuania, the score 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-7).
In the team event, alongside Tom Jarvis and Luke Savill, Bennett won his match to help England beat Austria 3-0, but a 3-2 defeat by Belgium in their second group match meant they were eliminated.
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