Table Tennis
January 2020: Olympic qualification tops schedule
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Thursday, 02 January 2020 01:03
Staged from Wednesday 1st to Saturday 4th January, the Marvellous 12 forms part of China’s selection policy for the major events of the year, notably the World Team Championships to be staged in Busan in late March. However, it is Gondomar in Portugal that eyes focus on the international scene. From Wednesday 22nd to Sunday 26th January, the ITTF World…
Rise and fall: biggest movers and shakers in the January rankings!
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Thursday, 02 January 2020 00:00
After losing the top spot in December, China’s Fan Zhendong returns to the pinnacle of the men’s world ranking as Xu Xin now appears at no.2. For the women, Japan’s Mima Ito has climbed one place to no.3 while Chinese Taipei’s Cheng I-Ching dropped from no.8 to no.10. What about the others outside the top 10? Newer and higher destinations…
Fan’s back: Zhendong reclaims top spot in the January 2020 World Ranking!
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Thursday, 02 January 2020 00:00
Fan Zhendong made his way back to the top of the ITTF men’s world ranking, and is now the first-ever men’s world no.1 of the new 2020 decade! He achieved this by the tightest of margins – only 440 points ahead of compatriot Xu Xin who held the top position in December by nearly the same number of points. Fan…
A decade of success, two names stand out
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Thursday, 02 January 2020 00:13
The fact is reflected on the world rankings; since January 2010, when the monthly listings have been published, the name of Ma Long has appeared at the very top of the order on no less than 64 times. Similarly on the counterpart women’s list, during the same period, on 53 occasions Ding Ning has been at the very pinnacle. Both…
Fighting till the last drop of blood – the message from China
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Wednesday, 01 January 2020 13:59
Entitled “Fighting till the last drop of blood”, the event involved six pairs; the world ranking of the male player determining the seeding. Thus Xu Xin and Sun Yingsha, Fan Zhendong and Gu Yuting alongside Ma Long and Ding Ning formed the seeded pairs. The next three pairs were drawn at random: Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu, Yu Ziyang and…
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