The 2016 ITTF World Tour Polish Open (Major) Warsaw
World`s no. 235 the 23-year-old Stephanie LOEUILLETTE from France created one of biggest upsets in the opening day of the 2016 ITTF World Tour Polish Open (Major) in Warsaw. She beat no. 71 Viktoria PAVLOVICH (Byelorussia) former individual European champion from 2010 (Ostrava) and 2012 (Herning) – 4:3 (11:3 5:11 10:12 11:9 7:11 11:7 11:6). LOEUILLETTE secured top spot in the Group 3 as she overcame MAK Tze Wing from Hong Kong 4:0 (11:5 11:6 12:10 11:7)
Players who have 1-0 score after the first day in the group stage of Women`s Singles Event are: Kristin SILBEREISEN (Group 2) Carole GRUNDISCH (Group 5) Hana MATELOVA (Group 6) Yana NOSKOVA (Group 8) Eva ODOROVA (Group 9) Irina CIOBANU (Group 10) Yulia PROKHOROVA Kinga STEFANSKA (Group 11) Ruta PASKAUSKIENE Andrea TODOROVIC (Group 12) Renata STRBIKOVA (Group 13) Camelia POSTOACA Antonina SAVELYEVA (Group 14) Galia DVORAK Marie MIGOT (Group 15) Elena TROSHNEVA (Group 16) Petra LOVAS Alex GALIC (Group 17) Klaudia KUSINSKA (Group 19) Maria XIAO Natalia BAJOR (Group 19) Olga BARANOVA (Group 20) Alexandra PRIVALOVA (Group 21) Sarah DE NUTTE Rachel MORET (Group 22) Szandra PERGEL Pauline CHASSELIN (Group 23) Nadine BOLLMEIER (Group 24) MA Wenting (Group 26).
Regarding the Men`s competition host Marek BADOWSKI won both his encounters in the Group 21 against Samuel WALKER (England) 4:3 (8:11 11:6 11:6 13:11 7:11 7:11 12:10) and Florent LAMBIET (Belgium) 4:1 (11:9 7:11 11:8 11:5 11:8).WALKER is the actual runner-up of the 2016 England National Championship and a member of England`s national team which won bronze medal at the 2016 World Team Championships in Malaysia.
Men`s Qualifications consists 40 groups with three or four players. This stage will be concluded tomorrow.
