by Simon Daish A leading figure in the Under-17 race, Remi Chambet-Weil accomplished his first of many goals in Lignano, with the Dutch player successfully topping his group. Opening his account with a four-game victory over Austria’s Mark Juhasz (8-11, 11-3, 11-2, 11-7), Chambet-Weil followed up by beating Spain’s Hugo Urquizar (11-9, 11-8, 11-7) to […]
International Table Tennis Federation 13 May 2021
May 12: Puerto Rico’s Angel Naranjo got his campaign at the WTT Youth Contender Vila Real off to a flying start by winning all his matches on the opening day to reach the quarter-final of the U17 Boys’ Singles at the inaugural WTT Youth Series event in Portugal.
Angel Naranjo off to flying start in Vila Real
by Calvin Koh
Ranked 41
st on the ITTF Table Tennis Youth Ranking, Naranjo defeated Israel’s Uri Almor in straight games 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-8) before fighting back from two games down to beat Croatia’s Leon Benko 3-2 (9-11,7-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-2) in the qualifying rounds.