This Saturday (26) there is a double round, defining who will be in Sunday’s big decision (27); The athlete will come as a favorite in the absence of weight names of the world circuit
It continues to shine in the WTT Contender of Table Tennis in. The main name of the country in the modality and third of the world ranking was guaranteed in the quarterfinals of the simple tournament by overcoming Portuguese Tiago Apolonia 3-1 on Friday (25), 10-12, 11-6, 11-6 and 11-9. It will still make the Mixed final with Bruna Takahashi.
This Saturday (26) there is a double round, defining who will be in Sunday’s big decision (27). And Calderano will come as a favorite in the absence of weight names of the world circuit. It will have to be more concentrated, however. At the beginning of the game with Apolonia, he made many mistakes and ended up being four points disadvantage. He even sketched a reaction to seek a 10-1 10, but lost the first set 12-10. The setback accessed the Brazilian devastating mode.
Annoyed by disadvantage, Calderano returned more aggressive and fitting several impressive blows, turned with double 11/6. Even more than the actions in the fourth set, the Portuguese could not stop the favorite’s growth and ended up losing 11-9.
Prior to the round of 16 simple, Calderano and his girlfriend, Bruna Takahashi, secured the 3-1 triumph of mixed pairs.
In search of the first title of the partnership in a WTT Contender, Calderao and Takahashi will have another Indian partnership ahead. This Saturday, they face Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Nátaly Tenório
