Table Tennis
Can’t stop, won’t stop: No retirement plans for Boll
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Wednesday, 04 September 2019 04:23
The 38-year-old three-time Olympic medallist recently spoke to the Olympic Channel about the prospect of being 39 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – as well as the absence of his retirement plans. Saying that Boll is not exactly looking forward to ending his career would be an understatement. The German legend has repeatedly shown no signs slowing down –…
Full house for China but high honours for Chinese Taipei
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Wednesday, 04 September 2019 07:21
They extended Chen Yuanyu and Huang Youzheng the full five match distance. The quick-fire Chang Yu-An overcame Huang Youzheng in the opening contest (11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 11-8) to give Chinese Taipei the ideal start; Chen Yuanyu, currently listed in top spot on the under 15 boys’ world rankings levelled matters. He accounted for Kao Cheng-Jui but he almost came to…
Asian Championships Team Preview: Who’s got the strongest squad?
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Table Tennis
Wednesday, 04 September 2019 08:20
The 2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Table Tennis Championships begin on September 15 and when the dust settles on September 22, one team each in the men’s and women’s competitions will have tickets for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. With such high stakes, let’s take you through the athletes on the teams with their sights set on that elusive prize. Team China It’s…
Second seeds fall, Canadians cause surprise, Brazilians extract revenge
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Table Tennis
Tuesday, 03 September 2019 19:10
In the opening group stage contest, after colleagues Edward Ly and Marko Medjugorac had experienced defeat at the hands of Gaston Alto and Horacio Cifuentes (11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4), Jeremy Hazin entered centre stage. Responding to the needs of his team, he beat Nicolas Galvano in five games (7-11, 11-7, 11-13, 11-6, 11-8) before in an even closer encounter overcoming…
Spain performs recovery of day, mixed fortunes for Belgium
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Tuesday, 03 September 2019 13:13
The no.20 seeds, facing Slovakia, the no.15 seeds, Spain, pulled off the recovery of the day. A narrow defeat for Alvaro Robles against Lubomir Pistej (7-11, 17-15, 11-7, 5-11, 12-10), followed by the same eventual outcome for Jesus Cantero when confronting Wang Yang (11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 12-10) saw Spain reach the point of no return. Enter Carlos Machado, he beat…
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