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2020 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open: Day Two
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Friday, 21 February 2020 01:29
Duda/Franziska reach semis Germany’s Patrick Franziska with Benedikt Duda have reached the semi-finals of the ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open, as they defeated Brazilians Vitor Ishiy and Eric Jouti in impressive straight games win (11-6, 11-6, 11-5). The news of the session, however, was the progression of India’s Sharath Kamal Achanta with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran into the final four, as they…
Benedikt Duda and Qiu Dang at the right age?
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Thursday, 20 February 2020 12:47
Both required to negotiate the qualification stage, in the opening round of the men’s singles event both caused upsets. Benedikt Duda, in particular, was in scintillating form; he accounted for Japan’s Koki Niwa, the no.5 seed, in four straight games (11-9, 11-6, 18-16, 11-8). In a rather more demanding contest, Qiu Dang recovered from a two games to nil deficit…
Owen Cathcart and Prithika Pavade win in Örebro
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Thursday, 20 February 2020 17:27
The no.5 seed, at the final hurdle Owen Cathcart beat Dorian Zheng, the top seed (11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 13-11, 8-11, 11-9), after in the later rounds the Frenchman had ousted Russia’s Maksim Kaburkin (11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6), followed by success in opposition to Singapore’s Izaac Quek Yong, the no.3 seed (11-5, 12-10, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6). In the opposite half…
Success in Ostrava, Billy Shilton shines on opening day in Wladyslawowo
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Thursday, 20 February 2020 19:41
Four groups in the initial stage of play, not seeded, Billy Shilton accounted for Sweden’s Anton Grankvist (11-7, 11-6, 11-3), before causing a major upset by beating Frenchman, Thomas Bouvais, the top seed (3-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-7). Confident, the young man, who is based at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, completed his initial phase contests in style. He…
Key moments: top names progress, seeds fall, massive goal ever closer
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Thursday, 20 February 2020 15:46
In the men’s singles event progress for the seeded names was the exception rather than the rule…….. Seeds fall like pins in a bowling alley No less than 10 seeded players departed at the expense of qualifiers in the opening round of the men’s singles event; the biggest name to fall being Germany’s Patrick Franziska, the no.4 seed, he was…
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