The day started with Paul Drinkhall handling Hungarian Adam Szudi. After an outstanding efficiency in Stage 1, Drinkhall was unable to reproduce type, as he was knocked out in the Round of 32, after losing 4-0.

Anna Hursey started her knockout project versus Hungarian opposition too, as she handled Dora Madarasz. After the very first 2 video games were shared, it was Hursey who pushed down to declare the very important video games to take the match 4-1. Hursey then handled Slovenia’s Sara Tokic in the Round of 16, and she made easy work of the 29th seed, powering onto a 4-0 triumph to seal an area in the quarter finals.

It remained in this phase that Anna was truly tested as she dealt with Tatiana Kukulkova. Finding herself 3-0 down and on the edge removal from Stage 2, Hursey clawed back her method back into the match, one point at a time, to ultimately level the match at 3-3. After an exhilarating encounter, it was the Brit who advanced taking the last video game 11-9, and the match 4-3 to make it to the semi-finals, and eventually, one match far from the Olympics.

Tin-Tin Ho began her knockout project having actually been provided a bye into the Round of 16, where she dealt with Luxembourg’s Sarah De Nutte. It was a cagey opening video game, which Tin-Tin handled to browse, winding up with a 14-12 outcome. The staying sets were a lot more regular, as she wound up with a 4-0 triumph, to sign up with Anna Hursey in the last 8. In her match, she dealt with Dutch opposition in Britt Eerland. Despite a strong start, leading 3-1 at one phase, Eerland got herself back into the match, taking the staying video games and eventually sealing the area in the semis.

For all professional athletes who stopped working to advance through from Stage 2, there is another chance to receive Paris in Stage 3. The format is precisely the like Stage 2 because it will be straight knockout, however your position in the Round of 32 is figured out by how far you advanced in Stage 2. The just distinction, is that the 2 losing semi-finalists from Stage 3 will take on in a winner takes all ‘final’ for a ticket to complete at the Olympics.

The Stage 2 losing semi-finalists will be attracted positions 1 and 32, the Stage 2 losing quarter-finalists will be attracted positions 9, 16, 17, and 24 (consisting of Tin-Tin Ho), the Stage 2 losing Round of 16 professional athletes will be drawn into positions 5, 8, 12, 13, 20, 21, 25 and 28, while the Stage 2 losing professional athletes from the Round of 32 (consisting of Paul Drinkhall) will be drawn into positions 2, 7, 10, 15, 18, 23, 26 and 31.

Results from Stage 2 – 17th May

Round of 32
Adam Szudi (HUN) bt Paul Drinkhall 4-0 (14-12, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4)
Anna Hursey bt Dora Madarasz (HUN) 4-1 (11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7)

Round of 16
Anna Hursey bt Sara Tokic (SLO) 4-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8)
Tin-Tin Ho bt Sarah De Nutte (LUX) 4-0 (14-12, 11-8, 11-4, 11-4)

Quarter Finals
Anna Hursey bt Tatiana Kukulkova (SVK) 4-3 (3-11, 13-15, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9)
Britt Eerland (NED) bt Tin-Tin Ho 4-3 (7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 13-15, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9)

Fixtures set up for Saturday 18th May

A. Hursey vs G. Pota (HUN) – 9:20 – Table 1

More matches might be set up on Saturday afternoon. For a complete take a look at the schedule and draws, check out here.