The Spanish player Álvaro Robles starred in the performance highlight of the fourth day of competition at the World Championships, with an impressive victory in the second round of the individual male. He faced the Nigerian player Quadri Aruna, ranked in the Top12 of the World Cup. Robles overcame a difficult start to seal a spectacular comeback and win 4-3, with partial scores of 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-9, 3-11, and 11-8 .
Robles confessed after the game that “I was nervous at first, he played very well and I couldn’t set my pace. Luckily I was able to win the third game and return to the match better than at the beginning and very focused”. “Aruna is a great champion and this is one of the most important victories of my career. It only remains to continue ”, concluded the man from Huelva.
In the women’s singles, Spain’s María Xiao was unable to overcome Wang Yidi, the tournament’s fourth seed. Xiao lost to the Chinese player 0-4, with scores of 5-11, 3-11, and 4-11. In the mixed doubles competition, the Spanish couple made up of Robles and Xiao said goodbye to the tournament after losing 1-3 against Lin and Chen from Chinese Taipeiwith partials of 3-11, 6-11, 11-6, and 10-12.
Schedule for Wednesday May 24
The action continues tomorrow. In the third round of the men’s singles, Álvaro Robles will face Mihai Bobocica from Italy at 20:30 on table 3. In addition, in the round of 16 of the men’s doubles, the Robles/Ionescu pair will play Lee/Cho from South Korea at 11:00 on table 3.