Table Tennis
A Croatian Delight: The spectacular rise of Tomislav Pucar
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Saturday, 14 September 2019 06:33
Early signs of encouragement Tomislav Pucar burst onto the scene at the 2013 European Youth Championships in Ostrava, taking home men’s singles silver in the Czech city and one year later at the same event in Riva del Garda the Croatian added mixed doubles gold in partnership with Lea Rakovac. Impressing all the right people in all the right places,…
World Table Tennis Championships the focus of Future Events Working Group
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Saturday, 14 September 2019 01:55
With the expanded World Table Tennis Championships coming into force in 2021, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is honing its implementation strategy around the new competition format, which will debut in 2020 with events leading up to the Finals, which will take place in Houston, United States. This was the focus of the two-day Future Events Working Group meeting…
Vitor Ishiy claims huge scalp, are the stars aligning once again in Asuncion?
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Friday, 13 September 2019 18:13
Victorious over host nation favourite Marcelo Aguirre (7-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7, 11-4) at the first hurdle, Vitor Ishiy set up a huge clash with fellow countryman Gustavo Tsuboi who he met only recently at the 2019 ITTF-Pan American Championships. Despite holding the upper hand over Tsuboi on that occasion, Ishiy still had the odds stacked against him at the 2019…
Europe, destination for Africa’s leading names
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Friday, 13 September 2019 18:13
Once again, Quadri Aruna will represent Sporting Portugal, Egypt’s Omar Assar will wear the colours of Borussia Düsseldorf; they clash in the group stage of the ETTU Champions League later this month. Apart from competing in the ETTU Champions League, Quadri Aruna will lead Sporting in defence of their Portuguese league title; Omar Assar, who is spending his second season…
East and west meet, share first titles
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Friday, 13 September 2019 22:17
However, as the previous day one name stood out; it was that of Brazil’s Vitor Ishiy, not seeded he progressed to the semi-final stage of the men’s singles event. Men’s Singles …………Vitor Ishiy caused a major second round upset by beating colleague, Gustavo Tsuboi, the no.2 seed (11-4, 11-4, 11-3, 11-6), before recording a quarter-final win when facing Puerto Rico’s…
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Friday, 13 September 2019 06:21
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Friday, 13 September 2019 04:52
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Friday, 13 September 2019 02:42
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Thursday, 12 September 2019 22:39
Favourite falls, shock opening round exit for Koki Niwa
Thursday, 12 September 2019 18:15
Zhang Kai rides his luck, causes first round sensation
Thursday, 12 September 2019 02:35
Narrow defeat but Martin Bentancor impressive
Thursday, 12 September 2019 02:42
Tasks completed , main draw places secured
Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:06
The positive influence of table tennis extends to HMP High Down
Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:27
Winners book Tokyo places, China takes no chances
Wednesday, 11 September 2019 08:01
Success story in Varberg: A city fanatic about TTX
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 19:05
Back in action, maintaining tradition, Cazuo Matsumoto defies the odds
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 19:14
Leading names on course, surprises lower down order
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 01:54
Remembering Rabat: the 2019 African Games
Monday, 09 September 2019 04:53
Promoting female participation, support for national associations
Monday, 09 September 2019 05:58
Koki Niwa heads seeding at inaugural Paraguay Open
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ITTF provides updates and discussion at ETTU Congress in Nantes
Sunday, 08 September 2019 21:24
Clean sweep for Lily Zhang, player of the tournament
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Title retained, Romanian team the leading European force
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