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Jamaicans lose on opening day of World Table Tennis Championship

by May 30th, 2017

Jamaicans  Simon  Tomlinson  and  Kane  Watson  failed  to  score  a  victory  on  yesterday’s  opening  game  to close  the  day  at  the  bottom  of  their  groups  at  the  2017 World  Table  Tennis  Championships  in  Dusseldorf Germany.

Both  are  in  action  in the  preliminary  round  of  the  competition seeking  to  advance  to  the  main draw  of  the  nine  day  tournament.

Tomlinson  lost  4-love  to  group leader Alejandro Toranzos  of Paraguay……….going  down 11-6, 11-8, 11-5, 11-5  in  his  opening  game.

he  then  suffered  a  4-2 defeat   in his  second  game  to   Saheed Idowu of  Congo Brazzaville  11-9, 10-12, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7 and  will  face-off  with  Mohamed Hamie of  Lebanon in his final group 58  encounter  today.

The  second  Jamaican  at  the  championships  Kane  Watson  also  ended  winless  yesterday  and  sits  at  the  bottom  of  group 64.

Watson was beaten 4-love by Lionel Webber of Switzerland ………11-8, 11-6, 11-3, 11-3.

He   also suffered a 4-2 loss to Luka Fucec of Croatia  11-4, 11-4, 11-8, 5-11, 7-11, 11-7.

Watson  will  make  his  final  bid  for  a  place  in the  main draw  today  when  he  tackle  Michael Tauber of Israel.

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