MADRID, 9 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Eduardo Cuesta from Madrid secured this Wednesday the first individual medal for the Spanish delegation present at the Paralympic Table Tennis World Championships that are being held in Granada until next Saturday, in a day that saw the eliminations of Jordi Morales and Álvaro Valera .
Cuesta, from class 11 and seventh in the world ranking, got into the semifinals and is already guaranteed the bronze medal after adding two victories. First, in the round of 16, he clearly got rid of the Pole Marek Chybinski 3-0 (11-7, 11-1, 11-8), and then overcame a tough quarterfinal match against the Frenchman Lucas Creange, three in the world and bronze. at Tokyo 2020.
The Spaniard earned the right to fight for the final by carrying out a tough match of more than 37 minutes and which was decided in his favor after five games 4-11, 12-10, 5-11, 15-13 and 11 -7, saving a match point. This Thursday the South Korean Kim Gi Tae will be measured in the semifinals.
In addition, Iker Sastre, silver in doubles along with Miguel Ángel Toledo, will try to secure another medal this Thursday when he faces one of his executioners in the final, the South Korean Soo Yong Cha, in the quarterfinals.
The Basque eliminated the Serbian Goran Perlic with great effort 3-2 (11-7, 8-11, 13-15, 11-6 and 11-3), while his teammate Migurl Ángel Toledo fell to the Czech Jiri Chusanek by 3-1 (13-11, 11-7, 5-11 and 13-11).
On the other hand, the day was marked by the elimination of two of the best assets such as the Catalan Jordi Morales and the Sevillian Álvaro Valera, who could not take revenge against their respective executioners last year at the Games.
Morales could not take the defense of his class 7 title any further when he fell to the Polish Maksym Chudzicki, against whom he wasted two match points after coming back from the first two lost games and losing 3-2 (11-6, 13 -11, 9-11, 3-11 and 12-10).
For his part, Álvaro Valera, number two in the ranking of class 6 and current runner-up in the world, could not beat the Chilean Cristian Dettoni, who defeated him 3-1 (11-8, 11-5, 8-11 and 11 -7).
In addition, in class 9, the Aragonese Jorge Cardona was on the verge of the medal after losing in an intense duel against the British Joshua Stacey by 3-2 (6-11, 12-10, 14-16, 11-9 , 11-9). In the same class, the young Ander Cepas could not beat the great favorite and number one, the Belgian Laurens Devos, who defeated him 3-0 (15-13, 11-4, 11-9).
In class 3, Miguel Rodríguez played the last match of his sporting career, with a defeat against the German Thomas Bruechle by 3-0 (11-2, 11-8, 12-10), and Iker González was also unable to beat the also German Thomas Schmidberger (11-7, 11-7, 11-4). In class 4, Francisco Javier López lost to the Turkish Nessim Turan 3-1 (9-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-5).
