On the list of today's features are; Stefan Fegerl, Sansoli, Juin, Koki Niwa, Xin Xu, Andre Kagina, Ting Xin, Dimitrij Ovtchqrov, Chih-Yuan Chuang, Youngsik Jung, Zhendong Fan and Kuwait's Salem Al-Hassan. In the women's individual matches World No 1 Shiwen Liu, Hyowon Sco, Jihee Jeon, Jiago Li, Kasumi Ishikawa, I-Ching Cheng, Ai Fukuhara, Yuling Zhu, Petrissa Solja, Yana Tie and Tianwei Feng will compete.
Meanwhile, Kuwait National Team Coach Dakhil Al-Habsi said the aim is to raise the level of players, adding that the performance of players Marzouq Al-Rashidi and Abdallah Al-Bahrani is good compared so far. Al-Habsi said the competition is one of the strongest technically. He wished that Kuwait player Salem Al-Hassan makes it to round 16 - and be closer to a good result.
Salwa Cup kicked off on Wednesday under the patronage of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber - with the U21 category for both men and women. Kuwait's Marzouq Al-Rashidi lost to Hong Kong's Siu Hang Lam 3-1, to become the first Kuwaiti player to play in the tournament, while another Kuwaiti player Abdallah Al-Bahrani lost to Thailand's Padasak Tonviriyavechakul 3-0.
In the women's U21 competition's results; Kuwait's Shahad Al-Enezi lost to Japan's Saki Chipata 3-0, while Thai's Paranan defeated Lebanon's Malak Khouri. In the men's category; Chao Hong Son defeated Saudi Arabia's Abdelaziz Bushalahi 3-0, while Egypt's Shadi Majdi defeated Japan's Tionin Riozaki 3-2. Jordan's Khalid Khudair lost to Thailand's Yi Yanso while Lebanon's Mohammad Hami lost to Kazakh player Kiril Jersiminko 0-3.
By Abdellatiff Sharaa