Table Tennis
Qualifiers progress in numbers, surprise names shoulder hopes
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Friday, 14 February 2020 18:56
Yarsolav Zhmudenko and Yevhen Pryshchepa excelled in the men’s singles event for Ukraine; Feng Yi-Hsin kept the hopes of Chinese Taipei alive, as did Andreas Levenko for Austria and Mihai Bobocica with respect to Italy. Very much pride of place went to Mihai Bobocica, he recovered from a three games to one deficit to record a shock seven games win…
2020 ITTF Challenge Plus Portugal Open: Day One
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Friday, 14 February 2020 01:30
Monteiro sees off Takahashi Romania’s Daniela Dodean Monteiro was in a sparkling touch today as she took care of Bruna Takahashi in stunning form, seeing off the Brazilian 4-2 (6-11, 11-4, 11-4, 10-12, 11-4, 11-4). Monteiro’s compatriot Arina Singeorzan was sadly not as fortunate on the day, as she found herself losing out to Netherlands’ Britt Eerland 4-1 (11-7, 11-5,…
Disappointments in Granada, success in Lisbon, dynasty in safe hands
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Thursday, 13 February 2020 13:55
Both secured main draw places in the women’s singles event, they reached the quarter-finals of the under 21 women’s singles, together they advanced safely through the women’s doubles preliminary rounds. Pride of place went to 19 year old Andreea Dragoman; listed at no.277 on the women’s world rankings, she ousted Pauline Chasselin of France named at 155 in the global…
In the concluding preliminary round, Diogo Carvalho beat Austria’s David Serdaroglu (11-7, 3-11, 15-13, 10-12, 13-11, 11-3), a win as was to be anticipated. Presently, Diogo Carvalho is named at no.203 on the men’s world rankings, David Serdaroglu at no.236. Conversely, the success recorded by Diogo Chen was an upset; listed at no.291 in the global reckoning, he ended the…
Qualification complete, England and Romania provide biggest surprise names
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Thursday, 13 February 2020 17:14
Listed at no.853 on the current men’s world rankings, David McBeath accounted for Argentina’s Santiago Lorenzo, named over 500 places higher at no.324. Similarly Arina Singeorzan ousted a player almost 300 places higher. She beat Kazakhstan’s Zauresh Akasheva (11-6, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7); currently, Arina Singeorzan stands at no.471 on the women’s world rankings, Zauresh Akasheva at no.181. Notably Arina…
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