Adriana Díaz He plays this Tuesday in Frankfurt, Germany, in the World Table Tennis (WTT) calendar, and secure his classification to the top event of the year, the WTT Finals in Japan at the end of this month.
To the WTT Finals, which is played since November 20, the best 16 classified in the world are registered. Díaz occupies today the 15th position of the women's world ladder.
But on the border of the best 16 classified, the tournament in Germany that starts this Tuesday is important in Diaz's options to classify the WTT Finals, said his father and coach, Bladimir Díaz.
“To this day it is inside. I see a lot of possibility. But there are a players like the Romanian (Bernadette Szocs) That, if they have a good tournament in Germany, they can move us from the ranking, ”explained the coach.
In addition to the Romanian Szocs, the coach made reference to the Korean Jeon jihee. The Romanian occupies 115 points from Puerto Rican. Jihee is the seventh tenth, 145 goals from Díaz.
If not to classify the WTT Finals, the tournament in Germany would be the last one for Díaz in the WTT season.
The Utuadine plays Tuesday against India Sreaja Akula. The game is corresponding to the round of 32 players.
Szocs advanced on Tuesday at the German event to the round of the best 16 players. Jihee plays Monday in the 32nd round.
Coach Díaz calculated that his player would secure the pass to the WTT Finals in Germany to win two rounds. These victories would add enough points to keep at least 15 in the world ranking.
“It is not easy because in that tournament anyone can win. But with winning two rounds you must classify at the end,” said Bladimir.
A second round in Germany would be against the Korean Yubin Shinwho on Monday advanced to that stage with a victory over Manika Batra, from India.
Díaz has a 2-1 brand for life Ante Arrowsaccording to the WTT database. He won 3-2 this month in France, in round of 32 players. Before Shin, meanwhile, Puerto Rican has a 3-1 mark. He beat him 3-0 the last time he faced him, being that in Korea in February of this year as part of the WTT team.
