The main draw of the Menโs Singles event at the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Polish Open in Spala started with lot of upsets. The Czech Republicโs Tomas KONCENY beat Portugalโs Tiago APOLONIA the no.15 seed Englandโs Liam PITCHFORD ousted Iranโs Nosh
The main draw of the Menโs Singles event at the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Polish Open in Spala started with lot of upsets. The Czech Republicโs Tomas KONCENY beat Portugalโs Tiago APOLONIA the no.15 seed Englandโs Liam PITCHFORD ousted Iranโs Noshad ALAMIYAN the no.23 seed whilst Singaporeโs Yang Zi defeated Spainโs Carlos MACHADO the no.27 seed.
The list goes on with Simon GAUZY of France and Germanyโs Ruwen FILUS; both recorded most emphatic victories against seeded opposition. Simon GAUZY beat Koreaโs JUNG Youngsik the no.21 seed on duty at the recent LIEBHERR Menโs World Cup (11:4 11:6 11:5 11:4); Ruwen FILUS overcame Canadaโs Eugene WANG the no.28 seed and winner earlier this year of the Menโs Singles title at the GAC Group 2013 United States Open in Las Vegas. In a similar manner to Simon Gauzy he won in four straight games.
However next round proved to be final for Konecny who suffered by the hands of YANG Zi. GAUZY and FILUS remained at the same winning path. Simon beat KIM Mineseok of Korea and Ruwen overcame XHAI Chao of China on their way to the Round of 16. Bastian STEGER of Germany and Andrej GACINA of Croatia also reached Round of 16.
Elizabeta SAMARA and Camellia POSTOACA of Romania LI Jiao of Netherlands and Georgina POTA of Hungary will play tomorrow for the place in the quarterfinal of the Womenโs Singles Event.
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