Table Tennis
Main draw places booked, an opportunity to excel
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Friday, 29 November 2019 09:26
All concluded the initial stage of play unbeaten, more significantly all overcame the leading name in their respective groups to secure top spot and thus reserved main draw places in a competition where only first position ensured progress. Payas Jain, accounted for Belgium’s Adrien Rassenfosse (11-13, 11-7, 11-4, 7-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6); Chile’s Nicolas Burgos beat Chinese Taipei’s Huang Yan-Cheng…
Timo Boll – Behind The Table
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Friday, 29 November 2019 06:27
It’s not every day that you can sit down and listen to a true sporting legend open up about life! Now here’s your chance to get to know Timo Boll, one of table tennis’ all-time greats. It’s incredible to imagine Timo playing any sport other than table tennis, but here he explains how it was not such as an easy…
Dream debut, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran sensational
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Friday, 29 November 2019 05:02
The goal in the initial group phase, a top two finish and thus progress to join the top eight seeds in the main draw; Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, the no.17 seed, excelled all expectations. He accounted for Frenchman Simon Gauzy, the no.12 seed, in his opening encounter (11-13, 9-11, 11-8, 14-12, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8), prior to overcoming Denmark’s Jonathan Groth, the no.14…
Chengdu Airlines 2019 Men’s World Cup Main Draw
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Table Tennis
Friday, 29 November 2019 02:59
Chinese stars face European opposition Winner last year at the 2018 Men’s World Cup in Paris, Chinese top seed Fan Zhendong has been handed an opening round tie with Austria’s Daniel Habesohn. Making his Men’s World Cup debut in Chengdu, Habesohn toppled Belarusian legend Vladimir Samsonov on his way to a runner-up finish in Group A. At the foot of…
Day One: Chengdu Airlines Men’s World Cup Group Stage
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Thursday, 28 November 2019 18:00
Sathiyan wins epic! Well that certainly was a ride! Sathiyan Gnanasekaran has come back from 0-2 down to win 4-3 (11-13, 9-11, 11-8, 14-12, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8) against Simon Gauzy in a magnificent start to the Men’s World Cup group stages! In this 1 hour 4 minute epic, Gnanasekaran has certainly shown his immense quality at the table and the…
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