Puerto Rican table tennis team (m) loses in World Cup

Chengdu, China, Oct 1 (Latin Press) The Puerto Rican men’s table tennis squad today suffered its second setback at the Chengdu 2022 World Team Championship, losing 0-3 to China in group one.

In the first game of the match, Puerto Rican Brian Afandor lost 0-3 to Fan Zhendong with partials of 2-11, 4-11 and 7-11, and then Daniel Gonzlez fell to Ma Long also in three sets 6-11, 2-11 and 6-11.

To close the performance of the Caribbean this Saturday with the Collapse of angel Naranjo against Wang Chuqin by 1-3 and scores of 1-11, 7-11, 11-8 and 4-11.

In the other game in the zone, Slovenia led Thailand 3-0 and got its second victory after debuting on Friday with a 3-1 success against Puerto Rico.

For its part, in the Women’s competition, the Brazilian Squad lost 1-3 to Italy in key three, their first setback in the competition.

In the initial commitment, the Brazilian Laura Watanabe succumbed 0-3 against Giorgia Piccolin 8-11, 8-11 and 5-11, and later Bruna Takahashi leveled the Duel to one by beating Nicole Arlia in four sets and partials of 11-5 , 11-7, 8-11 and 11-4.

However, the Sisters Giulia and Bruna Takahashi fell in the remaining matches for the South American squad.

Giulia lost to Debora Vivarelli 1-3 with scores of 8-11, 6-11, 12-10 and 6-11, and Bruna against Piccolin also in four sets with scores of 5-11, 9-11, 11-8 and 9-11.

In this same section, France beat South Africa 3-0, defeated 3-0 by Brazil on Friday.
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