Table Tennis
Get to Know the World Tour Grand Finals!
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Thursday, 05 December 2019 03:04
The World Tour Grand Finals return to China and for the first time since 2012 when the tournament was staged in Hangzhou. Always, the event has provided the most spectacular stage to bring the curtain down on an unforgettable 12 months of action, passion and drama, as the world’s greatest table tennis stars battle it out for the much coveted…
Finlandia Open well established but seeking a first
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Table Tennis
Wednesday, 04 December 2019 18:20
Never has either the men’s singles or women’s singles event been won by a player from the host nation; however, this year they have the best chance ever. Benedek Olah, winner on the ITTF World Tour in 2016 in Nigeria, is the men’s singles top name; he is listed ahead of Japan’s Kaito Yoshida and Koyo Kanamitsu. Switzerland’s Lionel Weber…
Waiting in the wings, strength in depth again illustrated
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Wednesday, 04 December 2019 18:39
Imposing performances without the need for a deciding seventh game were very much the order of the day; the one exception being Huang Fanzhen, she was extended the full distance by Romania’s Andreea Dragoman (13-15, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-1). A spirited effort from Romania but defeat; it was the somewhat similar from France. Leili Mostafavi stretched Leng Yutong…
Koki Niwa withdraws from ITTF Challenge Plus North American Open
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Wednesday, 04 December 2019 03:00
Somewhat unpredictable, Koki Niwa performed admirably at the recent T2 Diamond in Singapore and at the Chengdu Airlines 2019 ITTF Men’s World Cup; on both occasions he suffered a quarter-final exit at the hands of colleague, Tomokazu Harimoto. In Singapore he lost in six games (6-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-5, 5-3), in Chengdu in a tense full distance contest (11-6,…
Meet ABC – title sponsor of the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals and Star Awards!
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Table Tennis
Wednesday, 04 December 2019 00:58
The ITTF is delighted to welcome on board the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) as sponsor of this year’s ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, one of the most prestigious events in the international table tennis calendar, and also the ITTF Star Awards, when the world of table tennis will unite to celebrate several of the greatest achievements in the sport…
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