Table Tennis
The dragon roars, masterclass secures final place
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Saturday, 14 December 2019 09:48
Determined, focused from the start, the no.4 seed, he beat colleague, Xu Xin, the top seed, in six games (11-7, 16-14, 11-7, 4-11, 4-11, 11-6). Think of any great player in any sport, it happens to them all, they lose but then they regroup and return stronger. It was exactly the scenario that applied to Ma Long, as he reserved…
Zhengzhou Review: first title decided
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Saturday, 14 December 2019 11:23
Three 2019 ITTF World Tour titles to their credit, just one defeat all year when in the final in Busan losing to Hong Kong’s Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem; Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, the no.3 seeds, accounted for Japan’s Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito, the no.4 seeds, to seal the title. Success but the title was hard…
Runners up but Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito can take great heart
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Saturday, 14 December 2019 06:38
However, from that performance, despite defeat, the duo from the Land of the Rising Sun can take great heart. A total of seven appearances on this year’s ITTF World Tour but one fact that number does not reveal is that all those excursions were in the past six months. They did not become a partnership until the Shinan Korea Open…
Day Three: Agricultural Bank of China 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
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Friday, 13 December 2019 21:00
The pendulum continues The one-game-each scenario is set to continue here between the two Chinese athletes as Ma Long has brought the score back to 2-2 (9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4). Liang is pulling out all the stops to make this battle interesting and Ma seems to be equal to his ferocious forehands right now. Who wins this? Ma to start…
Anna-Carin Ahlquist responds, title secured in style
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Friday, 13 December 2019 16:57
Defeat at the hands of Argentina’s Marie Garrone (11-9, 15-13, 7-11, 11-9) had been the shock result in the initial stage of proceedings; in the main draw, Anna-Carin Ahlquist set the record straight in no uncertain terms. Three matches required, three straight games wins. After accounting for Japan’s Yukimi Chada, the no.3 seed (11-9, 11-5, 11-6) and Mexico’s Edith Sigala,…
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Ma Long wins Male Star Award!
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