Table Tennis
Landmark for Jeet Chandra, Maki Shiomi adds to collection
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Saturday, 14 March 2020 06:45
Overall, for Maki Shiomi is was the fifth time she had won an under 21 women’s singles title at an open international tournament. Competing on the ITTF World Tour, she won in 2017 in China; at ITTF Challenge Series tournaments in 2019 in Paraguay, earlier this year in Spain and Portugal. Mixed emotions In a tale of mixed emotions for…
2020 ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open: Day Two
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Friday, 13 March 2020 23:00
Contrasting session for Indian pairs The Serbian-Slovakian duo of Aleksandar Kararkasevic with Lubomir Pistej were too hot to handle for India’s Jeet Chandra with Snehit Suravajjula, as the mixed pair won in straight games (11-9, 11-6, 11-6). Sharath Kamal Achanta with Harmeet Desai fared better than their compatriots in the quarter-final against Oman’s Asad Alraisi with Muhannad Al Balushi, as…
2020 Oman Open: 5 things we learnt from Day 1
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Friday, 13 March 2020 13:32
Here are 5 things we learnt from Day 1: French stars mean business It’s safe to say the opening day of the main event proved to be an exceptional one for France with eight of the nine fixtures in which the country was represented going in its favour. Laura Gasnier received plaudits for her nerves of steel performance as she…
Most prominent progress but no shortage of surprise qualifiers
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Friday, 13 March 2020 08:46
Pride of place went to Joseph Vasquez, he finished ahead of Argentina’s Christian Azcoaga, Peru’s Juan Luna and Chile’s Josthyn Miranda; notably Juan Luna started the day, the no.8 seed, he finished the day the most prominent name not to reserve a place in the main draw. In all events, players finishing in first and second positions in each group…
ITTF suspends all activities provisionally until end of April
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Friday, 13 March 2020 02:06
Following the declaration by the World Health Organization of COVID-19 as a pandemic and the increased number of international travel restrictions, the ITTF has decided to suspend all activities provisionally, with the health and safety of athletes, coaches, officials and fans as the top priority. The suspension comes into effect from Monday 16th March 2020 and relates to all ITTF…
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