Table Tennis
Opening success for leading teams but narrow margins result in surprise outcomes
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Wednesday, 22 January 2020 15:39
Singapore, the no.3 seeds, emerged the only leading team to surrender a single game; they recorded a 3-1 win against Luxembourg, the no.20 seeds. Otherwise, it was victory without a blip. Korea Republic, the no.4 seeds, overcame Lithuania, the no.30 seeds and now meet DPR Korea, the no.10 seeds, in the round that determines a place in Tokyo. In their…
2020 ITTF World Team Qualification Tournament: Day Two
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Thursday, 23 January 2020 02:00
Tomislav Pucar comes good Suffering defeat earlier in the tie Tomislav Pucar has come good at the second attempt, claiming a straight games win against Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos (12-10, 11-8, 11-6) to seal a 3-1 win for Team Croatia. Elsewhere, Romania and Slovakia continue to go at it hard, level at 2-2 with the match going down to a decider and…
First qualifiers known, Singapore books place
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Thursday, 23 January 2020 06:06
In the fifth and deciding match, both feeling the tension, their faces, their reactions, their mannerisms relating the story; the decision went in favour of Feng Tianwei in four games (11-8, 13-15, 11-5, 11-5). Success for Feng Tianwei, came after Lin Ye and Yu Mengyu has experienced doubles defeat against Li Jiao and Li Jie (11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6),…
Special act, Jakub Dyjas guides Poland to win against Nigeria
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Thursday, 23 January 2020 06:26
A real upset according to status, Poland occupied the no.23 seed position, Nigeria, the no.14 seeds. The day started with Samuel Kulczycki and Marek Badowski beating veteran Segun Toriola and partner Olajide Omotayo 3-1 (11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-2) to win the doubles and give Poland an early lead. Next came Jakub Dyjas versus Quadri Aruna. Quality player World no. 71…
DPR Korea books Tokyo 2020 ticket with famous win over neighbours
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Thursday, 23 January 2020 10:20
Heading into the highly anticipated contest DPR Korea on paper had the odds stacked against them. Seeded six positions above their neighbours, Korea Republic took home bronze at London 2012 and finished one position lower at Rio 2016 – the opposition also held an impressive record of having qualified for the women’s team event at all previous iterations without fault.…
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