The Portuguese women’s table tennis team qualified for the World Team Cup quarterfinals today, beating Luxembourg 3-1, facing host China in the next round.
After having already made history with an unprecedented classification for the round of 16, in Chengdu, the Portuguese team secured its presence in the ‘fourths’, in which it will face the favorite China, which is among the top three in the ranking world. and who won 21 world titles.
Fu Yu, 17th in the world hierarchy, gave Portugal the first point, with a victory over number one from Luxembourg, Ni Xia Lian (41st), by 3-1 (15-13, 7-11, 11-3 and 11-4). ).
The other Portuguese Olympian, Jieni Shao (53rd in the world), also won the second match of the tie, beating Sarah de Nutte, 68th, also 3-1, with partials of 11-3, 11-5, 7 -11 and 11-6.
In the meeting between the two lowest-ranked athletes from the two countries, the Luxembourgian Tessy Gonderinger, 298th in the world, beat the Portuguese Inês Matos, 287th, 3-2 (9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 8-11 and 11-7).
Jieni Shao would end up securing the Portuguese qualification, with a 3-2 victory over Ni Xia Lian (11-9, 8-11, 12-14, 3-11 and 6-11).
Also present in the round of 16, the men’s team plays on Thursday against Slovenia.
Source: Observadora
