In the third round of the World Table Tennis Feeder table tennis Turkey, Katerina Toliu was beaten 3-1 late on Thursday afternoon by Chinese-born Wang Yuan, who plays for Germany and is number 10 in the favorites tournament.
From the position of the outsider, Toliou “chased” entry into the quarterfinals as much as it could, but especially after the 1-1 in the sets, the opponent proved to be very capable against the defense.
In Antalya, our champion had the opportunity for strong tests and gets a high grade, as she showed a very remarkable competitive face and scored two victories against gymnasts with a better position in the world ranking. With her placement in positions 9-16, she will also have a ranking benefit, which is also in the demands of the pre-Olympic preparation.
Toliou (number 192 in the current ranking list) took on her most difficult task in the round of “16” in the Turkish WTT Feeder. Van Jan (No. 81 in the world) had previously reached the quarter-finals of a prize-winning Open at this level twice, namely in Dusseldorf this year and in 2022.
Playing with a good serve from the backhand and close to the table he mainly tried to take control of the point with pins. Toliou was not easy to control with the defenses and find a good rhythm. She managed to equalize with a very good performance in the second set, but with bursts afterwards, the German right-handed attacker took the third set by a wide margin and in the fourth she took a 5-1 lead and capitalized on it (4-11, 11-7, 1- 11, 6-11).
In the first rounds of the singles, Van had knocked out India’s Sutirtha Mukherjee 3-2 sets and Croatia’s Mateja Jaeger 3-0 sets.
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