LI Fen and Matilda EKHOLM the host nationโs leading ladies emerged successful in their opening round Womenโs Singles encounters at the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Swedish Open. They reached the Round of 16 in front of delighted crowd in Eriksdalshall
LI Fen and Matilda EKHOLM the host nationโs leading ladies emerged successful in their opening round Womenโs Singles encounters at the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Swedish Open. They reached the Round of 16 in front of delighted crowd in Eriksdalshallen stadium in Stockholm LI Fen crowned European champion six weeks ago in Austriaโs Werner SCHLAGER Academy upset the pecking order by beating Japanโs Sayaka HIRANO the no.4 seed in six games. Matilda EKHOLM had to suffer against the elegant Serbian defender Ana-Maria ERDELJI but eventually prevailed in seven games.
EKHOLM will now meet Chinaโs CHEN Meng the no.1 seed. She beat the Czech Republicโs Hana MATELOVA; LI Jiao of the Netherlands the no.2 seed overcame Laura PFEFER of France whilst Turkeyโs HU Melek the no.5 seed accounted for Hungaryโs Mercedes NAGYVARADI. WU Jiaduo of Germany defeated Russiaโs Maria DOLGIKH.
In menโs Singles Event home crowd will have their favorites tomorrow as well. Jens LUNDQVIST overcame Polandโs Jakub KOSOWSKI WHILST Par GERELL beat Jeremy PETIOT of France. Medal winner from the recent European Championships Panagiotis GIONIS of Greece overcame VANG Bora of Turkey but Turkey will have their representative tomorrow. LI Ahmet overcame Frane KOJIC of Croatia.
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