The action was fast and furious in the first day of play at the Nakheel Table Tennis Asian Cup as players in the Groups 1, 2 and 3 aimed for a top two finish to guarantee a quarter finals place.
As expected China’s Xu Xin won Group 1 ahead of Chiang Hung-Chieh, with Jun Miztani of Japan the no.4 seed, overcoming Singapore’s Gao Ning (11-7, 11-4, 11-5) to top Group 3 ahead of Gao.
In the vital contest to determine first place in the Intercontinental Group, India’s Soumyajit Ghosh beat Iran’s Nima Alamian in five games.
Top spot for Soumyajit Ghosh means that he progresses to the challenge round, where he will meet third place getters in each group, Jung Youngsik, Wong Chun Ting, and Chuang Chih-Yuan to decide who will contest the quarter finals.
In the women’s singles China’s Liu Shiwen, the top seed, beat Korea’s Lee Zion, (11-5, 11-7, 11-4) to secure first place in Group 1, ahead of Miu Hirano who accounted for Hong Kong’s Tie Yana (11-5, 11-7, 11-4). Tie Yana finished in third position.
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