ANDREA Holt, the England table tennis player, took her first step towards Olympic qualification with an impressive performance against Tatiana Stofblat from Israel.

Andrea played her usual game of a solid defence mixed with some penetrating attacking strokes to win in three straight games 21-11, 21-13, 21-19.

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