12th July, Incheon: Paul Purps of Germany will face Carl Eklund of Sweden in the Boy's Singles final of the 2024 INF World Youth Championships while Stella Lokfors of Finland will meet Arianne Tay of Singapore in the Girl's final scheduled for July 18.

Topseed, Bae Junghun of Korea, won his the first semi-final match, 257-248 against fourth-seed, Carl Eklund of Sweden. But the Swede responded with a win over the Korean, 278-247 in the second match forcing a third decider. Whilst Eklund could not repeat the form he showed in the second mat, Bae was having a hard time with the changing condition of the lanes.

Eklund, who won the Singles gold medal at the 2022 World Youth in Sweden, eventually sealed his place in the final with 215-186. In the other semi-final match between second-seed, Paul Purps of Germany and Ben Pettit of New Zealand, the German cruised to an easy victory with a 2-0 (229-159, 231-152) to set up the finale with the Swede.

Bae and Pettit settled with a bronze medal each. Eklund had won the one-game tie-breaker in yesterday's Matchplay Rounds, 246-212 after tying in second with Japan's Daiya Saito on 15 points. Eklund advanced to join the New Zealander as the top two winners of Group B.

Meanwhile in the Girl's division, topseed, Yumi Yuzuriha Seragaki of Peru was ousted by fourth-seed, Arianne Tay of Singapore, 0-2 (221-228, 222-242) to settle for the bronze medal. Tay had to work hard to earn her spot in today's semi-finals.

The Singaporean had tied second spot in Group B of the Matchplay Rounds with Kiri Watanabe of Japan on 12 points a piece. Tay beat the Japanese, 268-192 to advance to the medal rounds. Stella Lokfors of Finland needed the third deciding match to advance to the final.

Lokfors edged third-seed Annalise O'Bryant of USA, 205-202 in the first match but lost the second, 198-202. In the closely fought decider, the Finn prevailed with a 254-241 victory and will face Tay in the final, scheduled to be contested on July 18.

Competition will resume with the Doubles qualifying round over 10 games, played in Bakers' Format. The girls are divided into two squads and the boys in three squads. The Girl's Squad 1 will be held i the afternoon and the Boy's Squad 1 in the evening.