Table Tennis
Tokyo 2020: A year to go, a lot to come
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Table Tennis
Wednesday, 24 July 2019 07:48
The world’s top table tennis players will grace the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020, when the competition begins 25 July and concludes on 7 August. Keeping that in mind, we have started our preparations to make sure you know exactly who to follow. Will defending Champions China do it again? Since table tennis was first introduced in the 1988 Seoul…
Rio medallists, hopes alive
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Wednesday, 24 July 2019 09:32
Competing in class 4, Guo Xingguan experienced a quarter-final exit; he was beaten by colleague Shi Yanping, (11-3, 11-4, 11-9). At the semi-final stage Shi Yanping meets Thailand’s Wanchai Chaiwut; Korea Republic’s Kim Younggun opposes China’s Zhang Yan. Somewhat differently, in class 1, Joo Youngdae, is through to the final where he plays colleague Kim Hyeonuk; similarly in class 3…
Nervous moments, surprise defeats in Taichung
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Tuesday, 23 July 2019 10:28
The player to cause arguably the biggest surprise was Korea Republic’s Lee Migyu; bronze medallist at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta. Competing in women’s singles class 3, she accounted for China’s Li Qian, the no.3 seed, the four times world champion. Lee Migyu in her one and only match of the day, succeeded in five games (11-9, 9-11,…
Taichung to Tokyo, step at a time
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Table Tennis
Monday, 22 July 2019 15:17
Aiming once again for honours, China provides a formidable contingent of players; in the men’s singles events, the names of Feng Panfeng (class 3), Cao Ningning (class 5) and Zhao Shuai (class 8) all appear on the entry list. All struck gold in the Brazilian city. Similarly, men’s singles silver medallists three years ago, Korea Republic’s Joo Youngdae (class 1)…
Clean sweep for India, Harmeet Desai and Ayhika Mukherjee Commonwealth champions
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Monday, 22 July 2019 10:18
After accounting for Singapore’s Pang Yew En Koen (10-12, 11-3, 11-6, 11-6, 11-2), Harmeet Desai secured the title at the final expense of colleague and top seed, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (9-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 17-15, 7-11, 11-9), the penultimate round winner in opposition to England’s Tom Jarvis (16-14, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9). Defeat for Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and the second of the day;…
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