Table Tennis
Title for Romania but Andrei Putuntica and Christina Källberg, the players to shine
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Saturday, 07 March 2020 14:15
Safely through to the penultimate round, Cristian Pletea and Adina Diaconu, the no.3 seeds, ended French hopes. They accounted for Irvin Bertrand and Leili Mostafavi, the no.9 seeds (11-9, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9), prior to overcoming Bastien Rembert and Nolwenn Fort, the no.6 seeds, (11-7, 2-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8) to seal the title. In the opposite half of the draw, Bastien…
Liam Pitchford roars into Qatar Open semi-finals
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Saturday, 07 March 2020 05:03
It has been yet another most exceptional campaign, the no.15 seed, Liam Pitchford has most certainly outperformed expectations. Arguably a surprise feature in the quarter-finals, Chuang Chih-Yuan, required to qualify, beat Japanese teenager Tokomazu Harimoto and Yukiya Uda on his way to the last eight. Most notably, Tomokazu Harimoto had won in Budapest! In their previous encounter at the 2019…
Mima Ito stuns Ding Ning, simply breathtaking
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Saturday, 07 March 2020 06:50
Moreover, she prevailed in four straight games, underlining the much heralded theory that if you win a close game confidence blossoms; she secured a close second game and then in the next did not surrender a single point (11-6, 14-12, 11-0, 11-5)! The Liu Shiwen effect struck! Just under one year ago at the Liebherr 2019 World Championships in Budapest,…
Scintillating end to day, Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito crowned mixed doubles champions
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Saturday, 07 March 2020 09:14
Success as status advised but make no mistake, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, winners of the mixed team event at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games, provided most formidable opposition. In fact if a survey had been taken before the match, as to which partnership was the favourite, I suspect opinions would have been totally divided. Required to qualify,…
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…
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Friday, 06 March 2020 22:59
2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum Qatar Open: Day Three
Friday, 06 March 2020 14:41
Individual events commence, principal names assert authority
Friday, 06 March 2020 15:59
Title retained, once again Kelly van Zon wins in Costa Brava
Friday, 06 March 2020 15:57
Second stage concludes, medal contenders known
Friday, 06 March 2020 15:55
End of the road but Wang Yidi can take positives from Doha showing
Friday, 06 March 2020 16:17
Five points: Olympic champion beaten, familiar names progress, English pair sets more records
Friday, 06 March 2020 11:22
Man for the big occasion, Wang Chuqin proves the point, beats Ma Long
Friday, 06 March 2020 11:33
Chuang Chih-Yuan topples another Japanese talent to reach last eight
Thursday, 05 March 2020 23:00
2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum Qatar Open: Day Two
Thursday, 05 March 2020 15:27
Brazil dominates but Chile prevents clean sweep
Thursday, 05 March 2020 14:13
Top seeds in ascendancy but surprise names secure top group places
Thursday, 05 March 2020 12:45
Titles for Congo Democratic on home soil
Thursday, 05 March 2020 03:08
Top names untroubled but the exception, seeds stumble in second stage
Thursday, 05 March 2020 15:15
Five points: old guard returns, causes major upsets
Thursday, 05 March 2020 13:03
Style soon to disappear but still most effective
Thursday, 05 March 2020 13:21
Never upset a great player, Vladimir Samsonov bites back
Wednesday, 04 March 2020 15:50
Brazil sets pace, unbeaten on opening day
Wednesday, 04 March 2020 20:52
Supporting Wuhan, China to donate Qatar Open prize money
Wednesday, 04 March 2020 22:04
Will Ma Long “The Dragon” defend his Qatar Open crown?
Wednesday, 04 March 2020 22:59
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