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  • 5 months ago
T&T's Table Tennis players had mixed results in their opening matches of the Youth Contender Table Tennis tournament in Caracas. Gabriel John suffered a straight sets defeat while Chloe Fraser had the battle of her life in a five set thriller. Fraser eventually advancing to the semi-final which is currently on going.
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00:00First Match of the World Table Tennis Youth Contender Series
00:04India's Mayeni Sedanshu taking on TNT's Gabriel John
00:08John was tied at 5-all but he struggled to get into his game
00:12He lost the first set 11-6 but he kept improving and found himself in positions to win the
00:17set but to build on that lead proved difficult and his frustrations mounted
00:23Second set goes against him 11-8
00:26His best rally yet in the match though
00:28A sore start at the competition 13-11 in the final set as Sedanshu takes it in 3 sets
00:40Up came Chloe Ping Pong Slayer Fraser
00:43Her confidence was high against Indian opponent Prisha Gowell
00:46She wrestled back control of the first set 17-15
01:03She wrestled back control of the first set 17-15
01:10But this was far from over
01:16Fraser had to battle for every point but eventually won the second set by a knife's edge 12-10
01:27The pressure and the tiredness got to Fraser in Set 3 as Gowell never gave up
01:33Fraser turns to coach Curtis Humphries for answers but it's a puzzle only she could solve
01:46Fraser turns to coach Curtis Humphries for answers but it's a puzzle only she could solve
01:58She would eventually go on to lose in the third set 13-11
02:00Fraser got more complacent and lost focus and was punished for a lapse in concentration
02:17Shoulders dropped as Fraser went on to lose in the fourth set 11-5 and Gowell levels the match
02:28One more deciding set to determine the match
02:44Fraser needed to pull herself together quickly
02:47Pressure was bringing the pressure
02:49She was up 4-0
02:51And that's the shot that brought the Slayer back
03:15Fraser broke her opponent, overcame her mid-game adversity
03:19And eventually won the set 12-10
03:22In a character building opening match
03:24Which she won 3-2
03:26Sergio Dufour, TP6 Sport
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