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Review Day Two: Jubilant scenes, host nation reaches last four
Source: | Author:Simon Daish | Published time: 2018-02-24 | 852 Views | Share:

There was drama right from the start of England’s tie with Brazil as Sam Walker and Paul Drinkhall fought back from two games down to inflict a five games defeat upon Eric Jouti and Gustavo Tsuboi (5-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-5) before Liam Pitchford set the Copperbox alight with a tremendous result against Hugo Calderano (11-4, 11-6, 11-6).

The Brazilian team managed to narrow the gap to the hosts through Gustavo Tsuboi; trailling by a two games to nil deficit Tsuboi responded well to defeat Paul Drinkhall (8-11, 6-11, 14-12, 11-4, 11-6) but come the conclusion of the match it was Team England celebrating as Liam Pitchford stepped up to beat Eric Jouti across four games (6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9) to bring the tie to a close.

“I’m really lost for words, I don’t know what to say. I’m over the moon. I’ve been working recently with psychologists and one-to-one with coaches, working on small things in my game that I need in order to make the step up. It’s been up and down but now I feel I’m flourishing. I can’t really explain it; I’m just playing well and enjoying the moment…” Liam Pitchford [England]

Korea Republic endured a difficult quarter-finals match with opponents France pushing the no.5 seeds right down to the wire. Despite a doubles win for Korea Republic and a narrow victory for Jeoung Youngsik standout performances against Lee Sangsu from Quentin Robinot (11-2, 12-10, 11-9) and Emmanuel Lebesson (9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 4-11, 11-6) kept the tie alive for the French.

However, Jeong Sangeun made sure of Korea Republic’s spot in the last four with a fine display against Robinot (11-7, 11-6, 11-2).

European champions Germany have exited the Men’s Team competition following a comfortable 3-0 loss against China and the other team which has bid farewell is Hong Kong with Japan claiming a narrow 3-2 success against the fourth seeded team.