Qualifying for the main draw of the first-ever World Table Tennis
(WTT) Grand Smash was completed at the OCBC Arena in Singapore today
ahead of the round-of-64 matches starting on Friday.
Qualifying for the main draw of the first-ever World Table Tennis
(WTT) Grand Smash was completed at the OCBC Arena in Singapore today
ahead of the round-of-64 matches starting on Friday.
by Ian Marshall The no.23 seed, Haruna Ojio accounted for Romania’s Elena Zaharia (11-2, 11-1, 11-9, 11-8), later in the day, in a similar manner, Miyuu Kihara, the no.17 seed, overcame Camille Lutz of France, the no.3 seed (11-7, 11-2, 11-6, 11-2). Surprise results but not when the pedigree of the Japanese teenagers is considered. […]
by Ian Marshall Victory by the 3-0 margin was the order of the day at both the semi-final and final stages in the boys’ event. Xiang Peng, who had won the boys’ singles title at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Korat, Thailand, led by example. Against Japan, in the penultimate round, he overcame Hiroto […]