Three Europeans in main draw at Daejon

August 2, 2013
12:00 am
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Sweden’s Elias RANEFUR, Linda BERGSTROM and Hannes IWARSSON will play in main draw of 2013 Korea Junior & Cadet Open – ITTF Premium Junior Circuit at Daejon. Other European participants finished their participations in group stage. RANEFUR had 2-1 sco,

RANEFUR had 2-1 score in Junior Boys` Group 2, beating Luan OLIVIERA (Brazil) and AN Junhee (Korea) and lost from LIAO Chen-Ting (Chinese Taipei). In decisive match he showed excellent performance, turning the game against Brazilian – 3:2 (11:8, 10:12, 11:13, 11:4, 11:3). He plays tomorrow, in opening round of main draw, against host, no. 3 seed KIM Minhyeok.

Linda BERGSTROM scored two wins in Junior Girls` Group 6. She beat BAE Hyuenjeong (Korea), Angela GUAN (USA) and starts in main draw against Korean LEE Yujin.

After 1-1 score in group stage Hannes IWARSON is preparing for game against host PARK Junho.

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