Jörgen Persson is in the quarter-final. The 42 year old Swede saved
two match points against world number five Vladimir Samsonov. In the
quarter-final he will face Zoran Primorac from Croatia. The latter
eliminated Yang Zi from Singapore.
Therewith it’s already
clear that one of the European "oldies" (Persson or Primorac) will be
in the semi-final of the Olympic Men’s Singles event.
Ko Lai Chak Irresistible
He
won the silver medal in the Men’s Doubles in Athens and is again in the
quarter-finals of the Singles event. Ko Lai Chak from Hong Kong China
is only number three in his country and 32 in the world.
Today
he overcame first Korea’s Ryu Seung Min and in the evening session
Germany’s Dimitrij Ovtcharov. In his quarter-final Ko will face world
number one Wang Hao. Two penholder players in top form, a titbit for
spectators in Beijing.
Source: www.ittf.com
