Zhang loses out, Yuan wins French domestic
The talk of women’s table tennis these days, USA’s Lily Zhang was unable to continue her good form as she lost out to Gu Yuting of China in straight games (18-16, 11-7, 11-4, 11-6).
Over at table 14, Yuan Jia Nan came out on top against her French compatriot Stephanie Loeuillette, needing just the four games and 30 minutes to secure victory (11-5, 11-9, 15-13, 11-7).
Takahashi involved in thriller
Brazil’s Bruna Takahashi went toe-to-toe with Chile’s Paulina Vega as the two athletes were involved in a seven-game thriller that Takahashi won 4-3 (12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6, 4-11, 11-13, 11-6).
It was a simpler tie for Saki Shibata of Japan who cleared the house against Russia’s Olga Vorobeva, winning 4-1 (11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4) in under 33 minutes.
Who’s got whom at the mixed doubles?
Solja-Franziska start with slight hiccup
German duo Petrissa Solja and Patrick Franziska needed an extra game to see off Polish pair Marek Badowski and Natalia Bajor in their qualification match here in Linz (11-5, 7-11, 11-3, 11-2).
Over at table 3, China’s Lin Gaoyuan and Zhu Yuling won in straight games against Chinese Taipei’s Chen Chien-An and Chen Szu-Yu (11-5, 11-5, 11-3), with three out of the four athletes just coming back from the ITTF Team World Cup.
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