Table Tennis
Top marks: ten out of ten for Samuel Kulczycki
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Saturday, 15 February 2020 20:58
Most significantly he remained unbeaten throughout, overall in the four day period, in singles matches, the record was top marks, 10 out of 10; he played ten matches he won them all. JBS: Fabian Fritz (Austria) 11-1, 8-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 JBS: Frantisek Oderka (Czech Republic) 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6 JBS: Andrea Puppo (Italy) 9-11, 11-5, 11-8,…
Favourite French formula bears fruit
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Saturday, 15 February 2020 17:56
It was the first time the country had provided a mixed doubles finalist since the competition returned to the open international tournament scene in 2018; significantly France provided both, Tristan Flore and Laura Gasnier were the runners up. The win recorded by Emmanuel Lebesson and Yuan Jia Nan was not a major upset, they commenced play the no.5 seeds, they…
Success with partner but Chen Hsien-Tzu stands alone
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Saturday, 15 February 2020 16:47
Notably, she is somewhat alone, not only is she the only player still standing not from Japan, she is the only player remaining whose status suggests she should not have reached the quarter-finals. She is the no.13 seed; Kasumi Ishikawa occupies the top seeded spot, Miyu Kato is the no.4 seed, Saki Shibata, who Cheng Hsien-Tzu meets in the quarter-final,…
National hero, João Geraldo
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Saturday, 15 February 2020 17:15
The previous day both João Monteiro and Diogo Carvalho had departed proceedings in round two, one round earlier Diogo Chen had disappeared from view; eyes very much focused on Tiago Apolonia, Marcos Freitas not on duty, he was the leading Portuguese name remaining. Contrary to expectations, the no.6 seed, he suffered an agonising third round defeat at the hands of…
Unprecedented heights on day of milestones
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Saturday, 15 February 2020 17:59
In the third round, by the narrowest of margins he beat the host nation’s Tiago Apolonia, the no.8 seed (7-11, 11-6, 11-4, 14-16, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9) to book his place in the quarter-finals where a familiar face awaited. “I’m very happy to win, this is a good result for me. I know that he is a top level player, so…
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