Table Tennis
Last eight names known, successful day for favourites
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Monday, 14 October 2019 07:58
Lola Amelia was arguably the biggest surprise name to progress, after losing to Japan’s Sayuri Mori, the no.7 seed, in the group stage (12-10, 12-10, 9-11, 12-14, 11-5) and thus advancing to the main draw as a result of securing second place in the group, she caused a major first round upset. She beat Hong Kong’s Wong Ka Man, gold…
Champions crowned in Westchester; a tournament is born
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Sunday, 13 October 2019 14:42
Most impressively, Margie Alley secured the title at the final expense of Japan’s Yurie Kato (11-1, 11-8), having at the semi-final stage accounted for Croatia’s Vlatka Dragia (11-8, 11-2); in the adjacent half of the draw Yurie Kato had ended the progress of colleague Asako Katagiri (11-6, 11-6). “I played table tennis as a child in the basement of our…
Final Day: 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open
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Sunday, 13 October 2019 01:00
Satisfactory result for Team China Taking home four of the five trophies on offer in Bremen, it’s fair to say Team China have enjoyed another fine outing on the ITTF World Tour. Coach Ma Lin is satisfied with the performance overall but insists there is still room for improvement: “I am quite satisfied with the results of the German Open.…
Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha win in Bremen
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Sunday, 13 October 2019 08:26
Once again Chinese excellence was on view Men’s Singles …………At the semi-final stage Xu Xin, the top seed beat Korea Republic’s Jeoung Youngsik (11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-6); Fan Zhendong, the no.2 seed, accounted for colleague Liang Jingkun, the no.7 seed (3-11, 11-8, 11-5, 4-11, 4-11, 11-6, 11-4). …………Fan Zhendong beat Xu Xin (5-11, 11-8, 14-12, 11-7, 11-7) to claim…
Adding to earlier success, team gold follows individual success
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Sunday, 13 October 2019 10:00
In the men’s team events, Thomas Brüchle partnered Ireland’s Colin Judge to victory in class 3; Abdullah Ozturk joined forces with compatriots Ali Ozturk and Hamza Caliskan to emerge the class 4-5 champions. Likewise, Niklas Westerberg combined with colleague Jonas Hansson to emerge the class 7 winners; a situation that applied also to Viktor Didukh in class 8; he joined…
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