Marcos Freitas

Marcos Freitas the only Portuguese player disputing the Kuwait Open ITTF Pro Tour, World Ranking number 89 sponsored by TIBHAR, who plays for the Germans at TTC Jülich, was eliminated today’s at the men’s singles competition in the Kuwait Open, an event that ends on 27 February. The player lost to the experienced player from China, the Qatar men’s singles silver Zhang Jike, ranked number 12 of the World. The Portuguese started well the match and has followed closely the high level of play imposed by the powerful opponent and drew by 1:1, but despite the best efforts and the excellent performance Marcos lost the final two sets in the differences, these sets would be crucial to ensure confidence and advantage over the opponent. The athlete lost in a in a gruelling five games encounter with the margins of: 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-4. With this result the Portuguese leaves the men’s singles competition.