International Table Tennis Federation 21 Apr 2021
Agony, anguish, angst, no player suffered more at the World Singles Qualification Tournament staged just over one month ago in Doha than Spain s Maria Xiao.
Twice she fell just one step short of booking a women’s singles place in Tokyo. Now competing in Guimarães at the five day European Olympic Singles Qualification tournament, play commencing on Wednesday 21st April, can the 26-year-old go one step further?
Not the best of fortunes for Maria Xiao in Doha
by Ian Marshall
In Doha, she was beaten at the final hurdle by Monaco’s Yang Xiaoxin in one of the closest matches in the tournament (14-12, 8-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-3, 9-11, 12-10). Later, when the runners up met, less dramatically, in the decisive Tokyo deciding contest, she lost to Thailand’s Suthasini Sawettabut (13-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8).
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