At the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Spanish Open (Major) in Almeria Englandโs Paul DRINKHALL the no.22 seed reached the penultimate stage of the ITTF World Tour Menโs Singles for the first time in his career. In the quarterfinal also first ever at I
At the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Spanish Open (Major) in Almeria Englandโs Paul DRINKHALL the no.22 seed reached the penultimate stage of the ITTF World Tour Menโs Singles for the first time in his career.
In the quarterfinal also first ever at ITTF Tour for him he beat Czech Republicโs Dmitrij PROKOPCOV the no.8 seed. Earlier in the day beat Italyโs Niagol STOYANOV the no.30 seed.Mihai BOBOCICA of Italy also reached quarterfinal but WONG Chun Ting halted his progress after seven games thriller.
In the quarterfinal of the Womenโs Singles Event Swedenโs Li Fen the reigning European champion; the no.4 seed she ended the progress of Germanyโs Kristin SILBEREISEN the no.8 seed. Sabine WINTER of Germany the no. 24 seed beat Misako WAKAMIYA of Japan seed no. 14 to reach penultimate stage. In Round of 16 WAKAMIYA beat no. one seed LIU JIa of Austria.