Table Tennis
Progress for top seeds but noteworthy names stumble
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Wednesday, 19 February 2020 19:10
Pride of place went to Germany’s Vincent Senbeil, in the second round of the junior boys’ singles event, he ousted the host nation’s Martin Friis, the no.2 seed (6-11, 7-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7). Defeat for one leading name, in the same round three further notable names fell by the wayside. Ukraine’s Andrii Grebeniuk, the no.6 seed followed by…
Destination Wladyslawowo, champions return
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Wednesday, 19 February 2020 20:19
In the men’s singles events, Belgium’s Marc Ledoux, Poland’s Patrick Chojnowski and Hungary’s Peter Palos all compete. Patrick Chojnowski is the top seed in class 10, as is Peter Palos in class 11; for Marc Ledoux, arguably he faces a much more testing challenge, he is the no.3 seed in class 8, behind Frenchman Thomas Bouvais and Sweden’s Linus Karlsson.…
Japanese teenagers top seeds at 2020 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open
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Wednesday, 19 February 2020 21:41
Harimoto hoping to kickstart year in Hungary World no.5 Tomokazu Harimoto appears in the same half of the draw as Germany’s world no.10 Dimitrij Ovtcharov, the no.3 seed. At the first ITTF World Tour event of the year, the German Open in Magdeburg, the pair experienced contrasting fortunes. Surprisingly, Harimoto was beaten in the opening round by Chinese Taipei’s 38…
Key moments from Budapest: qualification day one
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Tuesday, 18 February 2020 14:28
French stars defy the odds Two of the day’s outstanding displays came courtesy of players hailing from French shores as Bastian Rembert and Mehdi Bouloussa put on a good show in the race for men’s singles qualification. Rembert opened his account with a 4-2 win over local player Oliver Both (11-7, 8-11, 12-10, 4-11, 11-5, 11-5) but it was his…
ITTF steps up support for China amidst Coronavirus
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Tuesday, 18 February 2020 18:41
Upon receiving a call for support from the Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA), the ITTF acted swiftly in sourcing medical face masks to help the people of Wuhan combat the Coronavirus. As of today, 600,000 masks have been sourced and purchased overseas by the CTTA and will be donated to Wuhan and surrounding cities where the fight against the Coronavirus…
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