Mesatenist Hugo Calderano disputes this Sunday (3), from 18h, the decision of WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu against German Benedikt Duda (12th). The tournament is the Brazilian stage of the World Table Tennis Circuit. The Brazilian got the best in the only confrontation between them at international events: 3 sets at 0 in the second round of the WTT Star Contender Doha 2022.
The classification for the title fight also occurred this Sunday (3). The 29-year-old carioca defeated South Korean Oh Junsung (20th) by 3 sets at 0 (11/5, 11/4 and 11/5).
“It was my best game in the competition so far. I managed to dominate the start to start to start, from the loot and reception, being very aggressive in the first balls. He is a very dangerous player, likes the ball exchanges, but did not let him feel comfortable in the match,” he said after the game.
German Duda goes through the best phase of his career. From 2024 to here, he defeated some of the best athletes on the circuit, such as the Chinese Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan and French Felix Lebrun. He was also runner-up last year and won two stages of the WTT Contender series.
This will be Hugo’s consecutive final final at international events – in the previous four, he raised three cups. In April, he won the World Cup. The following month, he was runner-up worldwide. Then he got the WTT Star Contender Ljubljana titles in Slovenia in June and the WTT Contender Buenos Aires in Argentina a week ago.
The Star Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu delivers 600 points to the champion and distributes US $ 300,000 (R $ 1.6 million) in awards.
