New Zealanders dominate the international tournament

The Tahitian table tennis teams, which will participate in the Pacific Games in November in the Solomon Islands, completed two international meets with Oceania, which were held from September 4 to 9 in Australia, and the Tahitian International Championships held. place this weekend. The results are very promising considering the Games, with Tahiti taking the men’s and women’s Oceania bronze medals behind Australia and New Zealand and taking the Pacific Cup gold medals in 2018 by prevailing at all tables in front of the players who would qualify. Their opposition in Honiara.

The international tournament in Tahiti confirmed the good behavior of the selected Tahitians who competed with the New Zealanders, who made the trip to Tahiti with four men and two women playing at the highest level of New Zealand table tennis and who met the Tahitians in Australia. Unfortunately, Eli Ho was unable to take part in the tournament as he was ill when he arrived at the Fenua, but the Tahitians also had to do without the services of Ossian Bellerose, the local No. 1, who has been the victim of hamstring tendinitis since Oceania.

Despite these two withdrawals, the tournament remained at an excellent level for men and women. The tournament took place late on Sunday afternoon with the men’s singles final featuring Alize Bellerose and Roger Wang. The local table tennis coach showed that he maintained good results despite his decline from the competition. He ended up losing but maintained the suspense until the end and pushed Roger Wang to play seven turns.