Table Tennis
Main draw places at stake, no shortage of surprises
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Friday, 06 March 2020 16:01
Eusebio Vos remained unbeaten to secure first place in his junior boys’ singles initial stage group, notably accounting for Brazil’s Shim Joon (11-9, 11-7, 11-9), the highest rated player on first phase duty.Defeat for Shim Joon but it was his only defeat of the day; thus second place and progress to the main draw was the outcome. Similarly, Rachel Vernaza…
2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum Qatar Open: Day Three
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Friday, 06 March 2020 22:59
Penultimate day fixtures
Individual events commence, principal names assert authority
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Friday, 06 March 2020 14:41
In the junior boys’ singles event, the respective top four seeds all ended the day unbeaten. Notably, it was group first place for Congo Democratic’s Noredi Bongo, Christian Mbongia and Exauce Ngefuassa alongside colleague Rabby Kasota; the only member of the quartet to be tested being Christian Mbongia, he was required to recover from a two games to nil deficit…
Title retained, once again Kelly van Zon wins in Costa Brava
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Friday, 06 March 2020 15:59
Somewhat differently, Frenchman Fabian Lamirault and the host nation’s José Manuel Ruiz fell just one step short of a repeat success. All three occupied the top seeded positions. In the women’s singles competition, Kelly van Zon accounted for Poland’s Dajana Jastrzebska (11-3, 2-11, 11-7, 11-3) to secure the class 7-8 title. In the men’s singles, at the final hurdle in…
Second stage concludes, medal contenders known
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Friday, 06 March 2020 15:57
In the men’s singles, the names to note in particular were those of Frenchman Bastien Rembert and Irvin Bertrand, alongside Moldova’s Andrei Putuntica, Hungary’s Csaba Andras, Russia’s Lev Katsman and Ioannis Sgouropoulos from Greece. All ended the second phase of play unbeaten but of the top eight seeds the only member of that group to remain unscathed was Bastien Rembert,…
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