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National table tennis duo, Chloe Fraser and Gabriel John, are currently in action at the World Table Tennis Contender Series in Caracas.

The pair is aiming to earn valuable ranking points as they gear up for future competitions.

The tournament has attracted over 140 athletes, competing across six age groups.
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00:00local table tennis players chloe fraser and gabriel jana on a mission to win they are currently
00:06competing at the youth contender table tennis tournament in caracas before fraser left she
00:11spoke about her expectations well my expectations would be podium i think that i can podium in this
00:19tournament whether i'd be first second or third the top four seeds are very strong i would be the
00:26fourth seed and i believe that on any given day anyone can beat anybody coach of the team curtis
00:32humphries has high expectations for john as well john has he just came back from china
00:39and his preparation has been excellent as well i haven't seen him play just yet but i um i contact
00:46with the mom and he's doing well and i'm hoping that when we do meet up that we could do great
00:52things as well fraser is going into the tournament fresh off of stunning two-time cuban olympian
00:58daniela fonseca on the way to joint bronze in the women's singles on the final day of the caribbean
01:04regional table tennis championships this has to be um one of my best senior tournament experiences
01:12because i won my first ever senior medal in singles i have i have two medals in senior teams but this is
01:20my first ever medal in singles so it was the most special fraser is hoping to be stronger mentally she
01:26is ranked 300th in the world at the senior level and is hoping to increase her rankings by climbing up
01:32the rounds she will not be taking her opponents for granted she reflected on the surprise of victory
01:39this tournament i beat a two-time olympian as well as some highly ranked table tennis players in the
01:45spanish-speaking caribbean and even the english-speaking caribbean i beat number 50 in the
01:50world in under 19 so yeah it was a tricky battle until the end my mind was more free and i was more
01:58confident because i had beaten number 50 the day before so i was more relaxed and i told myself listen
02:04she's a two-time olympian nobody expecting you to win so just go out there and play free play the tennis
02:10that you know how to play and you know hope for the best one point away from victory what was going
02:15through your mind honestly um i was up ten eight and then she came ten nine and she did that in the
02:23previous set and she ended up winning the set so i took a time out and i was telling myself you know
02:29what just play free clear your mind and go out and play this point whatever happens happens because god
02:34didn't bring it this far to leave you he didn't give you these three games to just leave you hanging there
02:40so i just went and i made one of the worst receives in my life and she happened to hit the ball off the
02:46table and i just knew that that was god because in no way you just hit that ball off the table it was
02:52a perfect ball fraser says she was delighted with the win and described the competition as rough as she
02:57said tiredness prevented her from perhaps going all the way she has now set her sights on the junior
03:03pan-american championships with the hope of one day competing at the youth olympics sergio defoe tv6 sport
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