Katerina Toliu may be directly in the second qualifying round of the women’s singles at the tournament in Dusseldorf based on her position in the world ranking, but when she immediately “falls” into an obstacle from China, the conditions cannot be considered good. Our champion faced the young Fan Suhan, who has great potential against the defense and experienced defeat and elimination with 3-0 sets.
Now, she will turn her attention to the second consecutive Dusseldorf Feeder, which will take place 21-24/02.
Having a “bye” in the first round of the qualifying table, the four-time Greek women’s singles champion was waiting for the winner of Fan Suhan’s morning matchup with Vog Xin Rou from Singapore. The Chinese proved to be very strong there as well and prevailed with a 3-0 set. At noon, Toliou came to the table with the initial aim of being as pressing as possible, but she only managed to do so until just before mid-set.
The first set went to 4-4, the second to 3-3 and he led 6-5 in the third with a reversal, in fact, from 0-4. The 19-year-old Fan, however, quickly found solutions with a variety of attacks and a quality serve to take the final 3-0 set (5-11, 4-11, 7-11). Toliou does not participate in the doubles events, therefore her presence at the WTT Feeder Dusseldorf I was completed on the first day.
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