Olympic Qualification Day 2

9th May
by James Cornford
The listing was posted by English Table Tennis Association

All four members of the BTTF squad have one more match to play in the preliminary groups and with the top two players progressing to the next round they must all win.

The men have secured their positions in the next rounds with Adam Robertson topping his group and going straight into round 3, with Paul coming second in his and going through to round 2.

Paul Drinkhall:
Paul Drinkhall bt. Shane Overmeyer (RSA) 11-5, 11-6, 11-4, 8-11, 11-4

Adam Robertson:
Adam Robertson bt. Jose Miguel Ramirez (GUA) 9-11, 14-12, 5-11, 3-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6

Both women have also made it through to round 2 thanks to coming second in their respective groups.

Joanna Parker:
Today Joanna played Chris Xu, both of whom played and lost to Sara Ramirez, whoever wins will take second place and qualify for the next round.
Joanna Parker bt. Chris Xu (ESP) 11-5, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5

Kelly Sibley:
As in Joanna's group, there had only been one winner, so Kelly against Malin Pettersson was for second place.
Kelly Sibley bt. Malin Pattersson (SWE) 6-11, 2-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-6, 11-2
 

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