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Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza loses to an Austrian player in the Tokyo Olympics

2021-07-24T07:04:49.937Z


Tokyo, SANA- Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza lost to Austrian player Liu Jia today by four. Tokyo-Sana Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza lost to Austrian player Liu Jia today, by four games without a response, in the Olympic Games currently being held in the Japanese capital, Tokyo. The four sets were in favor of the Austrian player 11-4, 11-9, 11-3, 11-5. Yamen Dandel, Zaza's coach, said in a statement that despite the loss, our player did what she had to do against a veteran play


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Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza lost to Austrian player Liu Jia today, by four games without a response, in the Olympic Games currently being held in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.

The four sets were in favor of the Austrian player 11-4, 11-9, 11-3, 11-5.

Yamen Dandel, Zaza's coach, said in a statement that despite the loss, our player did what she had to do against a veteran player ranked 108th in the world. The huge sporting event with the participation of the world's champions gave it a good opportunity to engage and gain more experience.

The 12-year-old Zaza is the youngest player in the Olympics and is participating for the first time. She was drawn in the first round, along with the 39-year-old veteran Austrian Liu Jia, who had previously participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 2004 Olympics in Athens and Beijing 2008 and reached the third round of the singles competition In each of them, she qualified for the fourth time in the 2012 London Olympics.

The system of table tennis in the Olympics depends on the knockout, where 70 players participate in the singles competitions, knowing that the first 26 players ranked in the world will not play in the first round, while 44 matches will be played, of which 22 players qualify for the second round.

Source: sena

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