Local table tennis star, Chelsea Edghill, kicked off her women’s singles campaign in fine style yesterday, dominating her two opponents to progress to the next round of these XX11 Commonwealth Games currently underway here in Birmingham, England.
Playing in front of a packed audience at the National Exhibition Centre, Hall 3, Edghill, dispatched Tammi Agari of Papua New Guinea, winning 11-2, 11-4, 11-5, and 11-5.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympian then showed her class once again when she was even more dominant against Fiji’s Touea Titana, turning back her challenges in a rout, 11-2, 11-1, 11-2, and 11-0.
Edghill will now turn her attention to the women’s singles round of 32 along with the women’s and mixed doubles today.
Her teammates, Shemar Britton, Priscilla Greaves, Jonathan Van Lange, Natalie Cummings, and Christopher Franklin were also in action yesterday with mixed results.
Greaves lost her first matchup against Cristy Bristol of the Seychelles 2-4, but rebounded with a 4-0 win against Sophie Earley of North Ireland. Britton also recorded a win and a loss as did Natalie Cummings. Franklin had two wins and one loss while Van Lange lost both of his men’s singles matches yesterday.
