Table Tennis
Cancun chronicle: champions crowned but Jacobo Vahnish and Valentina Rios hit the highlights
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Friday, 28 June 2019 18:42
After accounting for Brazil’s Rafael Torino, likewise a qualifier (4-11, 8-11, 2-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-6), Jacobo Vahnish overcame Puerto Rico’s Angel Naranjo, the no.7 seed (11-7, 11-1, 11-4, 11-3), prior to ousting Sharon Alguetti of the United States, the no.4 seed (11-9, 11-4, 7-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-13, 11-6) and silver medallist last year in Santo Domingo. “In the sixth game…
Dramatic scenes, Germany and Romania reach final
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Friday, 28 June 2019 09:38
Shan Xiaona replaced the injured Petrissa Solja in the German team; partnering Nina Mittelham, the duo suffered defeat at the hands of Natalia Bajor and Natalia Partyka (11-8, 11-2, 14-12). Enter Han Ying, she beat Li Qian (11-9, 11-7, 11-3) but then the pendulum swayed once more in favour of Poland. Shan Xiaona lost to Natalia Partyka (11-5, 11-8, 5-11,…
Germany and Sweden to contest Tokyo place
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Friday, 28 June 2019 13:10
Very much in harmony, Timo Boll and Patrick Franziska gave Germany the perfect start against Portugal, they accounted for Tiago Apolonia and João Monteiro in three straight games (12-10, 11-7, 11-4). Impressive from Timo Boll and Patrick Franziska, it was arguably more impressive from Dimitrij Ovtcharov; no doubt having relinquished his men’s singles title, a player with a point to…
Story of the World Tour 2019 so far – the Singles!
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Thursday, 27 June 2019 23:50
Upsets galore: Whose day is it? If there was to be a theme to this year’s ITTF World Tour, it would have to be ‘upsets’. The Japan Open alone saw defending champions Tomokazu Harimoto and Mima Ito eliminated in the round of 32 on home territory, the former by a virtual unknown: Sun Wen (CHN), ranked 599th in the world!…
Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen the pair to beat in exciting mixed doubles line-up
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Thursday, 27 June 2019 11:49
There’s only one place to start and that’s with Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen: top seeds in Busan, the Chinese pair have firmly established themselves at the very top of the mixed doubles scene. So far in 2019 Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen have taken home gold at the ITTF World Tour events in Budapest and Doha as well as…
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Timo Boll and Fu Yu clinch European Games titles
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Tokyo ever closer, one step nearer the holy grail
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Gold for Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Solja, Tokyo place reserved
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Onwards and upwards at Olympic House
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Players announced for T2 Diamond 2019 Malaysia
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Elation in Daejeon, Zhu Yuling hungry for more in Busan
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Gold in Baku, round four exit for Dimitrij Ovtcharov
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