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International Table Tennis Federation 15 Apr 2021 A man in a hurry, Dominican Republic’s Emil Santos needed less than 20 minutes to seal his place in the Round of 16 of the second knock-out tournament in Rosario, Argentina, sending a massage of intent to the rest of the field at the 2021 Latin American Singles and Mixed Doubles Qualification on Thursday 15th April. Emil Santos at the double! (Photo courtesy of organising committee) by Simon Daish Taking on Guatemala’s Allan Gutierrez, no.10 seed Emil Santos completed the task at hand with little to no trouble with all four ga...

International Table Tennis Federation 13 Apr 2021 Colombia’s Paula Medina was amongst the list of victors in the closing session of day one at the 2021 Latin American Singles and Mixed Doubles Qualification in Rosario, Argentina, securing her spot in the last 16 of the women’s singles draw on the evening of Tuesday 13th April. Paula Medina negotiates opening round challenge (Photo courtesy of organising committee) by Simon Daish The no.9 seed travelled to Rosario as a major player in the qualification race and is anticipated to take the challenge to the category favourites, ho...

By Simon Daish The Paraguayan, who is aiming to qualify for a fourth consecutive Olympic Games, was second best throughout his match with Cuba’s Jorge Campos: dictating the pace and direction right from offset, no.13 seed Campos held all the answers no matter what was thrown his way in a surprisingly one-way affair (11-8, 11-5, […]

International Table Tennis Federation 13 Apr 2021 A highly sought-after prize on offer, those dreaming of representing the Latin American continent on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games stage took to the Salón Metropolitano in Rosario, Argentina on Tuesday 13th April to mark the start of the 2021 Latin American Singles and Mixed Doubles Qualification. The first item on the agenda, deciding which players would join the top eight seeded entries in the Round of 16 in the men’s singles event. Gustavo Gomez makes statement of intent by Simon Daish Favourite to progress, Chile’s Gustavo...

International Table Tennis Federation 17 Mar 2021 The final two tickets on offer at the Tokyo 2020 World Singles Qualification Tournament in Doha have been awarded to Thailand’s Suthasini Sawettabut and Russia’s Kirill Skachkov after they prevailed in the second stage finals on Wednesday 17th March. Congratulations to Suthasini Sawettabut (pictured) and Kirill Skachkov on securing their Tokyo 2020 qualification (Photo: Rémy Gros) by Simon Daish Evenly matched in the opening stages of the women’s singles final, no.3 seed Suthasini Sawettabut and Spain’s Maria Xiao, seeded ...