The Luxembourg table tennis duo beat the Serbian doubles Lupulesku/Vignjevic 3:1 to make it through to the quarter-finals.

On Wednesday afternoon at 5.15pm, Ni Xia Lian and Sarah De Nutte will face the Swedes Källberg/Bergström. If they emerge victorious, the Luxembourg team will almost certainly come home with a medal.

In the women’s singles, Ni Xia Lian beat Bulgaria’s Polina Trifonova 4:1 in the 1/32 finals. Luxembourg’s Tessy Gonderinger also featured, losing 1:4 to Italy’s Giorgia Piccolin. Sarah de Nutte will play England’s Ho Tin-tin on Wednesday afternoon for her chance to progress to the next stage.