Austria’s table tennis is only represented in women’s doubles at the World Championships in Durban. Sofia Polcanova and Romania’s Bernadette Szöcz defeated Germany’s Shan Xiaona and Nina Mittelham 3-0 (8, 11, 6) in the round of 16 on Tuesday evening. In the quarterfinals on Thursday, Polcanova/Szöcz will meet the South Koreans Shin Yubin and Jeon Jihee.
All other red-white-red athletes have already been eliminated. After Amelie Solja lost the top seeded Chinese Sun Yingsha 0:4 (-4, -7, -3, -5) in singles on Monday, her compatriot Lin Gaoyuan (No. 8) won against Daniel Habesohn 4:0 on Tuesday ( 3, 7, 6, 4).
After that, Polcanova/Robert Gardos did not win a set in the mixed round of 16 with 0:3 (-7, -6, -7) against the Chinese Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin (1), as did Gardos alongside Daniel Habesohn at 0:3 (-8, -8, -5) in men’s doubles against favorites South Korea’s Jang Woo Jin/Lim Jonghoon.