The Huelva Álvaro Robles overcame the first round of the table tennis World Championships on Tuesday, which are played in Houston (United States), when they beat Italian Mihai Bobocica 4-3. Robles will play in the second round against the winner of the match between Lei Kou of Ukraine and Liam Pitchford of England.
Sofia-Xuan Zhang did not suffer the same fate, who was eliminated from the individual tournament when she lost to American Yue Wu 4-1. Galia Dvorak will make their debut tonight, against Belarusian Daria Trigolos, and Maria Xiao, against Hong Kong-born Zhu Chengzhu. In mixed doubles, Álvaro Robles and María Xiao play against the Mexicans Marcos Madrid and Yadira Silva.
