Olympic Qualification, Prelimanaries Day 1

8th May
by James Cornford
The listing was posted by English Table Tennis Association

Day 1s matches.

Paul Drinhall:
Paul Drinkhall bt. Eugeniu Milchin (MDA) 11-13, 11-3, 11-3, 11-5, 11-8
Aleksandr Didukh (UKR) bt. Paul Drinkhall 11-9, 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 8-11, 11-2

After winning his first match 4-1, Paul went on to face Didukh from Ukraine who had already defeated Shane Overmeyer of Russia 4-3. The other match of the afternoon saw a Walk Out by Shane Overmeyer when he faced Eugeniu Milchin.

Adam Robertson:
Adam Robertson bt. Roko Tosic (HRV)  11-9, 7-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7

Coming of the back of a win (4-1) and ranked 90 positions higher, Adam Robertson had a tough battle coming against Roko Tosic, which he eventually won 4-3.

They all have one more match to play tomorrow (Friday) to decide their placing within their group.

Joanna Parker:
Sara Ramirez (ESP) bt. Joanna Parker 11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7

Kelly Sibley:
Tetyana Sorochinskaya (UKR) bt. Kelly Sibley 5-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-13, 11-5, 11-5