Bulgaria Open: FREITAS sets up semis against HARIMOTO

August 17, 2019
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2019 ITTF World Tour Asarel Bulgaria Open

Portugal’s qualifier Marcos FREITAS extended his winning run at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Asarel Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte as he beat no.15 seed CHUANG Chih-Yuan 4:3 (3:11 11:2 11:3 11:13 4:11 11:5 11:9) to set up the semi-final clash against no. 1 seed Tomokazu HARIMOTO of Japan. It was six consecutive victory of FREITAS in last five days.

Champion two years ago German star Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (no. 2 seed) lost to 22-year-old ZHAO Zihao after six games. China’s player occupies 110th place on the actual ITTF World Ranking List.

Nigeria’s Quadri ARUNA recorded third consecutive win in seven sets prevailing against former Asian champion Jun MIZUTANI. He will face ZHAO in the semi-finals.

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