Table Tennis
Continental success, now it’s time to light up Tokyo
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Saturday, 26 October 2019 18:56
Here’s a look at the six nations whose continental success landed them a passage to the men’s team draw in Tokyo. Germany Leading the way for Europe at the 2019 ITTF Team World Cup is Germany. Silver medallists at the Liebherr 2018 World Team Championships, Germany secured their place at the World Cup with an astonishing eighth men’s team title…
Can Argentina upset the odds; then stalwart can bid farewell on world’s biggest stage
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Saturday, 26 October 2019 19:06
However, it will have to be victory against the odds; the Brazilians are the clear favourites. The man in question is Argentina’s 41 year old Pablo Tabachnik, a lawyer by profession who competed in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and then followed suit in 2004 in Athens and then 2008 in Beijing. A return to the Olympic arena two decades…
Scene set, for Brazil, Argentina and Puerto Rico await
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Saturday, 26 October 2019 19:29
Unbeaten records were maintained but for Puerto Rico, the top seeds in the women’s event, who as the previous day, started the action, there were anxious moments. Adriana Diaz, Melanie Diaz and Daniely Rios found the no.3 seeds, the Chilean outfit comprising Daniela Ortega, Valentina Rios and Paulina Vega in determined mood. A 3-2 victory margin was the end result…
Hope springs eternal, newest generation shines in Wladyslawowo
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Saturday, 26 October 2019 16:44
It was the girls who caused the bigger surprise, starting play as the no.5 seeds, selecting from Emily Tan, Sophie Earley, Ser Lin Qian and Lee Xin Ni, against the odds they finished ahead of Europe, the no.2 seeds and Latin America, the no.4 seeds. Acclimatising quickly to the situation, in their opening fixture of the day they recorded a…
Expected and unexpected, England and Chinese Taipei centre stage
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Saturday, 26 October 2019 15:11
In the junior boys’ singles event, Naphong Boonyaprapa caused the biggest upset of the day; after accounting for Jordan’s Hamdi Kaswal (11-7, 11-4, 11-4), he beat Saudi Arabia’s Salem Alsuwailem, the no.7 seed (8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-6) to end the day unbeaten. One more match remains in the group, Naphong Boonyaprapa faces Sri Lanka’s Vihandu Wathudurage, a player yet to…
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