WEST MONROE, La. – The second day of the U.S. Olympic Table Tennis Trials in West Monroe, La., was full of surprises. The top 16 men and women competed in his four round robin groups, with the top two from each group advancing to the final eight in the third stage.
On the women's side, Hannah Song (2167) was the dark horse of the event.ranked Hanna, who was seeded 15 out of 16 in fourth place in her group, advanced to the top eight with wins over Jessica Reyes Lai (2370 wins) and Emily Tan (2343 wins).
In the same group, Jessica Reyes Lai defeated Sally Moylan (2541) 4-2 to improve her chances of promotion. Ultimately, after a marathon fifth game in which Sally won her 22-20, Sally was able to defeat Hannah with her 4-1, ensuring that both Sally and Hannah would advance to Stage 3. became. In another group, Tiffany Ke (2382) defeated 4th seed Rachel Sun (2510) 4-1 to advance to Stage 3 in first place in the group.
- Amy Wang
- Angela Guan
- Angie Tan
- hannah song
- Rachel Sun
- Sally Moyland
- sarah jali
For the boys, the top eight seeds all advanced to the final eight. Top-seeded Kanak Jha returned to the U.S. tournament for the first time in 15 months and finished top in his round-robin group, dropping just one game all day.
- Liangji Mountain
- Kai Chan
- kanak ja
- Nandan Naresh
- Nikhil Kumar
- Sid Naresh
- Ved Sheth
- Shang Jin Chang
The final eight players will play in two knockout brackets on Saturday and Sunday. The highest combined finish between the two will earn him a direct ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics on the women's side or a chance to aim for Olympic qualification on the men's side.
