Following the first in the third qualifying group and the entrance to the main board, Malamates Papadimitriou “chased” on Wednesday with all her might the opportunity to proceed with Turkey’s World Table Tennis Feeder and lost in the details.
She stopped her in the five sets and extension, also young Vong Hoi Tong from Hong Kong, but with her high performance and the development of the race made it clear that she was worth qualifying for her opponent.
And irrespective of the exclusion, Papadimitriou can keep the wonderful appearance in the tournament, after all, it was the best this year in the five feeders in which she has participated.
The first Greek woman in the world rankings (number 375 today) had begun her effort on Monday and qualified for knockouts thanks to the victories against Slovenian Anna Tofad and Puerto Rican Fabiola Diaz.
After the new draw, Papadimitriou was at the bottom of the board and on Wednesday was confronted with Vong Hoi Tong, who was number 30 in Seeding (205 in the world rankings of the current week) and directly at the main stadium. Their meeting on “Nevsehir Hac? Bektas Veli University Sport Center Cappadocia »was the first, but there was no surprise for either of the two athletes. With fluctuations and spectacle the race went to five sets and was simply judged on the ball above.
From the beginning the match was ambiguous. With the score at 8-8, Asianissa took advantage of her first set and a good welcome.
Our champion responded to the extension of the second set. He even lost 10-8 with the service in Vong and with extremely forehand he overturned. He also got the lead this time with three consecutive points after 9-8.
The fourth set was also perfectly balanced, just 7-7 was the Hong Kong athlete who won the continuous points with quality attack and control.
Everything was judged in the fifth set and, after the athletes went to point, Papadimitriou acquired the first reason. Boll match at 10-9, match against 11-10 with its own serves. He did not take advantage of them, after 11-10 he had lost three attacks (two with the forehand and one with the backhand) and finally the match with a 3-2 set (8-11, 12-10, 11-9, 7- 11, 11-13).
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