England No 1 Tin-Tin Ho continued her good form as she made a winning start to the WTT Feeder Cappadocia in Turkey.

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Ho, who has risen 44 places to No 179 in the world rankings this week on the back of her good performance in reaching the quarter-finals of the WTT Feeder Doha, faced Merve Demir of the host nation in the round of 32.

She was only behind to the first point of the match and pulled clear from 4-4 to win the first 11-5. The second was event up to 8-8, with Ho never behind, and she won three in a row to seal it 11-8.

Demir had a go in the third and led 4-1, but Ho worked back to lead 7-6 and then won four in a row from 7-7 to complete victory.

She next plays seventh seed Elena Zaharia (WR 130) of Romania.

Walker (WR 225) has been handed a tie against independent athlete Vladislav Makarov, currently unranked, in the Round of 32. The match is scheduled at 3.50pm UK time on Table 3.

Ho is also in the Mixed Doubles alongside Li Hon Ming of Hong Kong. They received a bye in the first round and will face Clement Laine of Portugal & Italy’s Gaia Monfardini in the quarter-finals.

Results and draws

Men’s Singles
Round of 32
Sam Walker v Vladislav Makarov (AIN)

Women’s Singles
Round of 32
Tin-Tin Ho bt Merve Demir (TUR) 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-7)

Round of 16
Ho v Elena Zaharia (ROU)

Mixed Doubles
Quarter-finals
Li Hon Ming (HKG) & Tin-Tin Ho v Clement Laine (POR) & Gaia Monfardini (ITA)