Allan eliminates Apolonia! (2011 Rotterdam)
It’s a day for thrillers here in Rotterdam it seems, as Denmark’s legendary Allan Bentsen just wowed the people here in the arena with a big upset against Tiago Apolonia.
The 42-year-old Dane, member of Austria’s European Championships winning team in 2005, took on Portuguese rising star Apolonia, the 31st seed and showed no features of being out of form. Instead, he recorded a 4-3 (11-8, 3-11, 4-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8) win, on a day when another unseeded veteran like Robert Svensson – at 36 – also defeated another younger and 28th seed, Kenta Matsudaira 4-3 (8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7)!
Jang ousts 22nd seed Suss! (2011 Rotterdam)
What an opening act we have here at the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam! Jang Song Man has shocked the crowd by seeing off Christian Suss, seeded 22nd, in a thrilling fashion.
Winning 4-3 (11-7, 12-14, 8-11, 11-6, 11-3, 7-11, 11-3), Jang turned the match on it’s head early on as the DPR Korea international did not let Suss sit on his initial lead. Instead, Jang pushed the German back at every opportunity, which eventually paid off!
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