India run in the singles category came to an end at the Singapore Smash 2023 after the country leading table tennis player in the women category Manika Ba
Located in the foothills of the Andes, noted for growing coffee, Pereira is the home for the forthcoming seven day South American Championships. Play commences with the men’s team and women’s team events on Thursday 21st July, in each discipline Brazil being the top seeds. For the men Eric Jouti lines up alongside Carlos Ishida, […]
by Simon Daish Success and a dream come true for Ecuador’s Alberto Miño, the fourth seed made sure of his ticket in dramatic fashion. A tense affair which went right down to the wire, Miño made an encouraging start to the match with a dominant display in game one, but before long it was his […]
International Table Tennis Federation 16 Apr 2021
Present at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Andy Pereira has failed to obtain one of the prize tickets for Tokyo 2020 on offer at the 2021 Latin American Singles and Mixed Doubles Qualification tournament in Rosario, Argentina after coming to terms with elimination at the Round of 16 hurdle on Thursday 15th April.
Round of 16 exit for Andy Pereira (Photo: Juan Carlos Guzman)
by Simon Daish
Cuba’s Andy Pereira, no.11 seed, couldn’t build upon his early advantage in his meeting with no.5 seed Gaston Alto, as the Argentine hit back with four consecutive game wins to strike victory (10-12, 11-7, 12-10, 11-4, 11-9). Alto now turns his attention to another player who graced the Olympic stage in 2016 with Mexico’s Marcos Madrid prevailing in his match with Chile’s Gustavo Gomez (11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 11-2, 5-11, 11-6).
International Table Tennis Federation 16 Apr 2021
Offered a second opportunity to qualify for Tokyo 2020 with participation in the men’s singles second knock-out stage, Paraguay’s Marcelo Aguirre has fallen short again at the 2021 Latin American Singles and Mixed Doubles Qualification tournament in Rosario, Argentina following his quarter-final defeat at the hands of Dominican Republic’s Wu Jiaji on Friday 16th April.
Questions to ponder over for Marcelo Aguirre (Photo courtesy of organising committee)
by Simon Daish
Competing on the Olympic stage in Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro, the prospect of Marcelo Aguirre failing to leave Rosario with a ticket to Tokyo seemed unthinkable, but that is exactly what has happened. Wu Jiaji deserves tremendous credit for his efforts and was simply too hot to handle for Aguirre, with the second seed registering a perfect 4-0 win against one of the continent’s finest players (12-10, 11-7, 11-6, 17-15).