Table Tennis
Impressive on home soil, Maria Garonne excels on foreign shores
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Table Tennis
Friday, 13 December 2019 07:31
Competing in women’s singles class 2-4, she accounted for Sweden’s Anna-Carin Ahlquist, the top seed (11-9, 15-13, 7-11, 11-9), gold medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games and bronze medallist four years later in Rio de Janeiro. Notably Maria Garrone is a class 2 athlete and thus has a greater impairment than Anna-Carin Ahlquist who is class 3. Defeat for…
Zhengzhou Review: Xu Xin escapes, heartbreak for defending champion
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Friday, 13 December 2019 10:52
The top seed, in the deciding seventh game of his men’s singles quarter-final contest against Japan’s 16 year old Tomokazu Harimoto, the no.5 seed and defending champion, Xu Xin trailed 5-1 at the change of ends; then 10-8, before saving both match points. On his second opportunity he secured victory (11-6, 13-15, 11-5, 3-11, 9-11, 13-11, 13-11). A dramatic win,…
Frank Mücke: #BehindTheTable
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Friday, 13 December 2019 07:31
Competing in the over 50 years category, Frank has reached the podium several times and maintains the same drive, no matter where he’s performing. Part of a growing veteran community worldwide, his athleticism is one which is not going to wane. KN: As a veteran athlete, we understand it must take much more than just the physical demands of the…
All smiles, World junior champions beat World champions to reach final
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Table Tennis
Friday, 13 December 2019 06:16
by Ian Marshall, Editor Miyuu Kihara, 15 years old and Miyu Nagasaki, 17 years of age, are a delight to watch, sport is to be enjoyed, they enjoy ever second when bat in hand; they are breath of fresh air. In Zhengzhou, they finished the year at the top of the ITTF World Tour standings, they finished the year in…
Day Two: Agricultural Bank of China 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
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Thursday, 12 December 2019 18:00
Top seeds in trouble! Well who saw this coming? Chen Meng is down 1-3 to Qian Tianyi and the 16th seed is the one looking like sealing the deal here! Her off the net shots have dominated the world no.1, who really needs to pull herself together to have any chance of progressing! For the top seed it is a…
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Thursday, 12 December 2019 09:44
Hugo Calderano, the fans’ favourite
Thursday, 12 December 2019 11:00
Zhengzhou review: Olympic champion falls, Olympic places reserved
Thursday, 12 December 2019 06:42
Lin Yun-Ju again excels, the unexpected now the expected
Thursday, 12 December 2019 01:37
Voss and War Horse partner with 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 21:00
Day One: Agricultural Bank of China 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:00
San José, latest stop on road to Tokyo
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 08:40
Ma Long and Liu Shiwen lead prestigious line of winners at Agricultural Bank of China 2019 ITTF Star Awards.
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 04:23
Ma Long wins Male Star Award!
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 03:10
Lily Zhang: 2019 Breakthrough Star!
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 03:24
Thomas Schmidberger and Giada Rossi: 2019 Male and Female Para Stars!
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 03:40
Bladimir Diaz: 2019 Star Coach!
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 03:52
Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong win Star Point of the Year!
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 04:10
Liu Shiwen is crowned Female Star of the Year!
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 00:00
ITTF Star Awards: Live Event!
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 01:08
Press Release: Who will end the year in style?
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 18:30
Agricultural Bank of China 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals: Main Draw
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 13:20
Can stars of tomorrow Cho Daeseong and Shin Yubin become stars of today in Zhengzhou?
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 08:14
Table Tennis Review to be implemented at 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Monday, 09 December 2019 09:01
Grand Finals: a pen-holder the ideal partner?
Sunday, 08 December 2019 19:52