Mizutani/Ito in form, Pistej/Balazova less so
Japanese duo Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito were in spectacular form as they blew their Romanian opponents away in a 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-6) win over Ovidiu Ionescu and Bernadette Szocs in just over 16 minutes.
Meanwhile, Slovakians Lubomir Pistej and Barbora Balazova were unable to push the other Korea Republic pair of Cho Daeseong and Shin Yubin, who were in tandem for a swift 15-minute win and progression to the quarter-finals (11-9, 11-5, 11-6).
Koreans progress, Belarusians stun
Korea Republic’s Lee Sangsu and Jeon Jihee were immaculate in their win against Germany’s Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Solja, needing the three games to sort out the win (11-3, 13-11, 11-6).
Over at table 4, Belarus’ Aliaksandr Khanin and Daria Trigolos have stunned Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Ching in straight games (11-6, 11-6, 11-7). There was little more than gasps coming from the crowd in Linz as this match went down, with the highly favored Lin and Cheng unable to get going at all. This marks a huge win for the dark horses from Belarus in table tennis, who were simply fantastic at the table.
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