Romaniaโs Adina DIACONU emerged successful in the vital determining Girlsโ Singles contests at the ITTF 2014 Youth Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In the quarterfinal of the main draw of the Junior Girls Singles Even,
Romaniaโs Adina DIACONU emerged successful in the vital determining Girlsโ Singles contests at the ITTF 2014 Youth Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In the quarterfinal of the main draw of the Junior Girls Singles Event, Romaniaโs player beat Polandโs Natalia BAJOR to secure the place in China. Hungaryโs Adam SZUDI and Germanyโs Kilian ORT beat the odds and alongside David REITSPIES booked semi final place in Junior Boys Singles Event. Thus, subject to National Olympic Committee approval, the quartet has booked places in the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
In Girls Event DOO Hoi Kem, the no.1 seed, beat Thailandโs Tamolwan KHETKHUAN, the no.5 seed to become the first player to reserve her passage to Nanjing. She was followed by CHIU Ssu-Hua who accounted for Great Britainโs Charlotte CAREY, before Adina DIACONU performed the great escape to beat Polandโs Natalia BAJOR and Miyu KATO brought the morning to a conclusion by defeating Canadaโs Anqi LUO.
Adam SZUDI, the no.7 seed, beat Brazilโs Hugo CALDERANO, the no.1 seed, before Kilian ORT, the no.6 seed, accounted for Hong Kongโs HUNG Ka Tak, the no.5 seed. The Czech Republicโs David REITSPIES, the no.4 seed, accounted for the host nationโs Diogo CHEN, the no.8 seed, before Chinese Taipeiโs YANG Heng-Wei brought the afternoon session of play to a conclusion with a dramatic win over Koreaโs KIM Minhyeok.
An afternoon of upsets had finished with yet another surprise and in the most dramatic fashion; a contest full a high class rallies and for all four successful players, as with the Girlsโ Singles event, a very special guest was present to award the certificates.
Accompanied by Pedro MOURA, the President of the Portuguese Table Tennis Federation, Rosa MOTA, the gold medallist in the Womenโs Marathon at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games was on duty to make the presentations; a special moment for all, one to be remembered.
