Table Tennis
Team events commence, differing fortunes for France
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Thursday, 19 September 2019 16:33
In men’s class 9, Clément Berthier and Lucas Didier recorded a 2-1 win in opposition to the no.2 seeds, the Swedish pairing comprising Emil Andersson and Daniel Gustafsson. Likewise in men’s class 10, Mateo Boheas and Gilles de la Bourdonnaye secured a 2-0 success when facing Spain’s Jorge Cardona and José Manuel Ruiz, similar to the Swedish pairing, the second…
Back from the brink, world champions reach final
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Thursday, 19 September 2019 10:11
A full distance five games win for the reigning world champions but they came within millimetres of defeat. Having lost the opening two games and being very much out of sorts against Lee Sangsu and Jeon Jihee, they trailed 1-7 in the third; it appeared it would only be a matter of time before a notable Korean victory was hailed.…
Status maintained, Tokyo places booked
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Wednesday, 18 September 2019 16:55
Competing in men’s singles class 9, Laurens Devos accounted for Ukraine’s Lev Kats to seal the title (11-9, 11-8, 11-7); in the women’s singles events, at the final hurdle in class 4-5 Borislava Peric-Rankovic beat colleague Nada Matic by the very narrowest of margins (11-8, 6-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9), rather more comfortably, Natalia Partyka secured the class 10 top prize…
Next generation shows quality in Varazdin
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Wednesday, 18 September 2019 21:04
The top spot gained by Cao Yantao was to be anticipated, he was the leading name in the group. He beat Romania’s Mihai Rosca (11-4, 11-4, 11-5), followed by success in opposition to India’s Yashansh Malik (11-5, 11-13, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5). Conversely for Liang Guodong, Zhang Minghao and Xiong Mengyang first place was contrary to status; all remained unbeaten, all…
Is Petrissa Solja back to her best?
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Wednesday, 18 September 2019 21:44
Journey to the top Rewind back to 2015 and Petrissa Solja, aged just 21 at the time, secures a major accolade with an impressive bronze medal finish at the Women’s World Cup in Sendai, Japan. In April 2016 Solja’s stock rose higher still, as she achieved a personal best ranking position of no.13 and a few months later helped Germany…
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