Brazil guarantees unprecedented third in doubles, Calderano advances in Tunisia
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Despite losing in the semifinals today (4), Brazilians Vitor Ishiy and Bruna Takahashi achieved the country's unprecedented third place in mixed doubles at the WTT in Tunisia on the World Tour. The day was also good for Rio's Hugo Calderano, who advanced to the quarterfinals with his second consecutive individual victory. The Brazilian number 6 in the world will compete again with the Taiwanese Liao Chengting (102nd) at 9:35 am (Brasília time). The competition will be broadcast live on the Word Table Tennis (WTT) YouTube channel.
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The duo Vitol and Bruna finished third in Tunisia on Thursday with one victory and one defeat. In the quarterfinals, the Brazilians eliminated South Koreans Naying Kim and Daeseong Cho 3-0 (11/0, 11/8 and 11/4). They were then defeated in the semi-finals by brothers Tomokazu and Miwa Harimoto (Japan), who won 3-1 (5/11, 11/4, 11/5 and 11/6).
Brazilian advances to the quarterfinals of the #WTTContender for China
In the next stage, he will face Liao Zhengting, from Chinese Taipei, at 9:35 am this Friday.
In a personal controversy, Calderano took just 19 minutes to seal his second victory in Tunisia. He defeated Chinese Liu Dingshuo (47th) 3-0 (2/11, 4/11 and 7/11). This Friday (5), he faces Liao Chengting in the quarterfinals. Looking back at the game between the two, the Brazilian beat them both.