The RVBA players were this week at a strong Norwegian Challenger event in Oslo.

 

In the ladies singles 15 year old Sarah Thomas faced the 3^rd seed from Denmark, Camilla Sorensen in the main draw. The Danish player was far to experienced and came out the eventual winner in 23 minutes 21-8, 21-9.

Rachel Thomas was up against Finland’s Noora Virta in the 1^st round of the main draw. In the slow hall the Finnish player was too strong and controlled the game winning 21-9, 21-13.

 

In the ladies doubles the Thomas sister pairing faced another tough draw up against the top seeds Lennartson and Wengberg from Sweden in the last 16 of the competition. The Swedes came out on top 21-9, 21-7.

 

In the mixed doubles the combination of Richard Vaughan and Sarah Thomas fresh on the back of the quarter final of the Hungarian Open a few weeks had a difficult  draw against one of the tournament favourites Henriksen and Anderson from Denmark. Britta Anderson was a former top 10 mixed player. The Welsh pairing closed off a close first game 21-18, but could not stop the Danish pairing from taking control, winning 12-21, 12-21.

 

Vaughan commented “It was a difficult day and hopefully everyone will learn something from it. We did not have great draws, but you have to make the most of it, and we could have made all the matches a lot closer. If we could have won the mixed we could have won the tournament as they are possibly the best pair here. ”