The Puerto Rican tenimeter Adriana Díaz Wednesday advanced to the round of the best 16 of the World Cup of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTFfor its acronym in English) at the end of two sides the game against the German Annett Kaufmann, at the Galaxy Arena in the city of Macao, in China.
In the key of the 16, the Puerto Rican will face the Japanese and ninth in the globe on Thursday at 1:15 am, Mima it.
Díaz, who occupies the 17th position in the world ranking, said the first and third set, while the German took over the second and the fourth. The partials were 11-5, 4-11, 11-6 and 10-12.
During the first phase of the individual tournament, which grouped 48 players in each branch divided into 16 groups of three players each, the matches culminated in four chapters, regardless of the result. The Cup started on Monday and will end on Sunday.
Díaz, who defeated French Prithika Pavade in her first clash of group 15 of the female branch, advanced to the next stage for her favored global record of five sets won and three lost in the first round.
Pavade, on the other hand, ended with a 3-5 record. Meanwhile, Kaufmann concluded with a 4-4 mark. Both were out of the tournament.
As for the points, Adriana added 79 points in his favor and 68 against, Pavade follows with 70-80 and Kaufmann with 71-72.
