The Brazilian participation in the WTT Youth Contender in Metz, France, ended without podiums this Sunday (28). In the U19 tournament, Hamilton Yamane and Kim Iwasaki were in the first elimination round, in the round of 16. Coincidentally, the two national table tennis players suffered 3 sets to 0 defeats against their opponents.
Hamilton Yamane, 176th in the rankings, faced Belgian Xavier Wats, 111th, in the round of 32. However, the Brazilian had little chance to advance, as in the decisive moments of each set his opponent gained a considerable margin. So, the score was 11/7, 11/8 and 11/6 for the Belgian.
At the same time and in the same phase, Kim Iwasaki, number 75 in the youth ranking, faced the Italian Giacomo Allegranza. number 93. If Yamane tried to beat a higher-ranked table tennis player, Iwasaki tried to win against a lower-ranked opponent. However, the result was the same as his compatriot.
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Therefore, Iwasaki was also not close to winning a single set and the Italian applied 11/8, 11/7 and 11/3. Then, the Brazilians’ executioners had no continuity, as both were eliminated in the round of 32. Both Yamane and Iwasaki qualified as runners-up in their respective groups. Previously, Davi Fujii and Guilherme Diniz had failed in the group stage.
Source: Terra
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