Brazilian table tennis player Hugo Calderano debuted with victory in the main draw of Smash Europe, in Malmo, Sweden, and advanced in the tournament, one of the most important on the world circuit and which distributes two thousand points in the rankings.
Calderano outperforms host at Europe Smash debut in Sweden
Brazilian table tennis player Hugo Calderano debuted with victory in the main draw of Smash Europe, in Malmo, Sweden, and advanced in the tournament, one of the most important on the world circuit and which distributes two thousand points...
Calderano should return to the singles competition on Thursday (13), at a time not yet defined. The next opponent will be Japanese Maharu Yoshimura, number 51 in the world.
- The competition is broadcast live on the World Table Tennis (WTT) YouTube channel.
- Before that, the Brazilian debuts in the mixed doubles alongside Bruna Takahashi this Wednesday (12), at 1pm, Brasília time.
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This Tuesday (11), the Rio native, number 8 in the world, confirmed his favoritism and defeated the Swede William Bergenblock, 372nd in the rankings, by 3 sets to 0, in just 19 minutes. The splits were 11/1, 11/7 and 11/6.
Calderano should return to the singles competition on Thursday (13), at a time not yet defined. The next opponent will be Japanese Maharu Yoshimura, number 51 in the world. The competition is broadcast live on the World Table Tennis (WTT) YouTube channel.
Before that, the Brazilian debuts in the mixed doubles alongside Bruna Takahashi this Wednesday (12), at 1pm, Brasília time. Second in the world rankings, the Brazilians, known by fans as "Calderashi", will face the Chileans Gustavo Gomez and Daniela Ortega, 34th placed. This year, Calderano and Bruna won the WTT Singapore Smash title.
Also this Tuesday, Guilherme Teodoro and Leonardo Iizuka advanced to the second round of the men's doubles by defeating the Taiwanese Kuo Guan-Hong and Feng Yi-Hsin by 3 sets to 1, with scores of 13/11, 7/11, 11/9 and 11/8.
The Brazilians' next challenge will be against Wong Chun Ting and Chan Baldwin, current runners-up in the rankings. The match is scheduled for 9:20 am this Wednesday.
Guilherme Teodoro and Chilean Paulina Vega were eliminated in the mixed doubles debut. They lost to Americans Jishan Liang and Sally Moyland by 3 sets to 0, with scores of 11/9, 11/7 and 11/0.
On Monday (10), Bruna Takahashi, number 23 in the world rankings, was eliminated in the first round of the women's singles group. The Brazilian lost to German Sabine Winter by 3 sets to 2, with scores of 11/6, 9/11, 10/12, 11/7 and 5/11.
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