Table Tennis
Fascination of table tennis, women’s last four proves point
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Friday, 07 February 2020 16:10
Zeng Jian, the no.10 seed, caused a major third round upset. She beat Sakura Mori, the no.7 seed and winner on the 2017 ITTF World Tour in India (8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5), before at the quarter-final stage ousting Romania’s Irina Ciobanu, the no.11 seed (11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5). The close to the table shake hands grip counter attacking…
Shan Xiaona shines, German hopes very much alive
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Friday, 07 February 2020 16:23
The no.22 seed, Steffen Mengel accounted for Italy’s Leonardo Mutti, the no.32 seed (11-9, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6) and Portugal’s João Geraldo, the no.16 seed, to reserve his place in the penultimate round. Similarly, Benedikt Duda progressed without the need for a deciding seventh game. The top seed, in the third round he beat colleague Cedric Meissner (11-6, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5,…
Horacio Cifuentes on fire, electric performance
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Friday, 07 February 2020 18:46
One year earlier Nikhil Kumar had been one of the stars of the tournament, only 16 years old at the time, expected to disappear from proceedings in the group stage, he reached the quarter-finals. Equally last year on the ITTF World Junior Circuit he had excelled, very much a name to note, a young man most capable of upsetting the…
Status justified top eight reach quarter-finals
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Friday, 07 February 2020 19:34
by Ian Marshall, Editor Occupying the no.6 seeded position in the women’s event, she eventually overcame Chile’s Daniela Ortega, the no.9 seed (11-8, 9-11, 13-15, 11-7, 7-11, 11-3, 11-9) thus brought a trilogy of success for the host nation to a positive conclusion. Earlier in the evening, younger sister, Adriana Diaz, the top seed and defending champion had beaten Brazil’s…
Defending champions needing to set the record straight
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Friday, 07 February 2020 14:04
Dimitrij Ovtcharov, the no.2 seed, faces Croatia’s Tomislav Pucar, the no.11 seed, the player against whom he suffered in the third round at the Liebherr 2019 World Championships in Budapest. He is in the same quarter of the draw as Portugal’s Marcos Freitas, the no.7 seed and the winner in 2014 in Lausanne on the last occasion the tournament was…
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