Table Tennis
Preparations complete, competition starts in earnest
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Saturday, 26 October 2019 06:47
A two day team event commences proceedings; Asia and Europe fielding players, who despite their young years, are well versed in the rigours of international play. Sora Matsushima leads Asia Japan’s Sora Matsushima leads Asia in the boys’ team event; the winner of the cadet boys’ singles title on the ITTF World Junior Circuit earlier this year in Hong Kong…
Argentina, Brazil and Puerto Rico on course
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Friday, 25 October 2019 19:08
Brazil, the top seeds in the men’s team event brought the day to and end; a 3-0 win being result against Peru. Vitor Ishiy and Gustavo Tsuboi beat Jhon Lou and Felipe Duffoo (11-8, 11-8, 11-8), Hugo Calderano accounted for Rodrigo Hidalgo (11-4, 11-2, 11-6), before Gustavo Tsuboi defeated Felipe Duffoo (11-2, 10-12, 11-8, 11-4) to end matters. Recovery from…
Three out of four for Chinese Taipei, India prevents full house
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Friday, 25 October 2019 16:05
Kavya Sree Baskar and Nilishma Sarkar raised the standard for India; a close 3-2 semi-final success against colleagues Suhana Saini and Taneesha Kotecha was followed by a 3-1 win in opposition to Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Pu-Syuan and Liang Yuan-Ting. In the penultimate round the player to shine was Suhana Saini, she beat both Nilishma Sarkar and (5-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-2)…
Looking ahead, Jessica Yamada seizing opportunities
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Friday, 25 October 2019 14:33
The Brazilians responded the quicker, a 3-0 win was the order of the day for Caroline Kumahara, Bruna Takahashi and Jessica Yamada in opposition to Daniela Ortega, Valentina Rios and Paulina Vega. It was a contest in which a good start was essential, the good start was given Caroline Kumahara and Jessica Yamada. They recorded a four games win in…
Top rated men unbeaten, different story for women
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Friday, 25 October 2019 08:27
In class 6, in her opening match and arguably the closest encounter of the day, Najlah Imad Lafta Al-Dayyeni accounted for Great Britain’s Felicity Picard, the top seed (4-11, 11-7, 9-11, 19-17, 12-10), prior to securing first place in the group courtesy of success against Macao’s Lam Oi Man (11-7, 12-10, 11-4). Disappointment for Felicity Picard but in her first…
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