In the men’s singles, Giannis Sgouropoulos is called to face the Korean Li Sangsu, No. 20 of the current world ranking and holder of the bronze medal in the competition at the 2017 World Championship.
In the women’s singles, Katerina Toliou was drawn with Puerto Rican Adriana Diaz, No. 17 in the world and third this year in the Tunisian Contender tournament.
The Greek delegation arrived in the American metropolis after a long and arduous journey and on Monday morning trained for the first time at the “George R. Brown Convention Center”, which will host the historic first world championship of the sport on the American continent.
Our two champions participate in the top event, through the international ranking list, they compete only in the simple and in the technical guidance they have the men’s federal coach, Costas Vatsaklis.
At 03:20 in the early hours of Wednesday for Greece the match of Sgouropoulos was set, at 21:00 on Tuesday the beginning of Toliou.
If Sgouropoulos excludes Li Sangsu (No. 16 in the single seeding), then in the second round he will meet the winner of the match Rares Sipos (Romania) -Martin Alegro (Belgium).
If Toliou eliminates Diaz (No. 14 on the board), the champion of the singles in the Pan American Championship (2021) and the Pan American Cup (2020), then in the second round she will face either the Algerian Katia Kesaki or the Slovak Tatiana Kukulkova.
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