International Table Tennis Federation 15 Mar 2021
Seeded 30th for the men’s singles event at the World Singles Qualification Tournament, Czech Republic’s Lubomir Jancarik is through to the knockout 1 final in Doha following a remarkable 4-2 win over the no.1 seed from Great Britain, Liam Pitchford (11-6, 2-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-7, 12-10) on Monday 15th March.
Jancarik and Pitchford pictured in action (Photo: Rémy Gros)
by Simon Daish
Jancarik, who lodged an impressive comeback from two games down to beat Spain’s Alvaro Robles in the previous round, needed no such luck in his semi-final meeting with Pitchford. Never behind on games, the Czech showed great character from start to finish and now has his sights set firmly on Tokyo.
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