Table Tennis
Dina Meshref aiming for number eight
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Table Tennis
Wednesday, 12 February 2020 08:46
The prize in Tunis for the winner is a reservation in ITTF Women’s World Cup to be staged in Bangkok from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th October. Undoubtedly the 25 year old Egyptian, who now plies her trade with Langstadt in the German Bundesliga League, is the favourite but she is well aware that within the continent, standards are rising.…
Hana Bank announced title sponsor of 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships
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Table Tennis
Tuesday, 11 February 2020 19:00
The Hana Bank 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships is the most significant international table tennis event of the entire year, in which the world’s best players will be representing their national men’s and women’s teams in a bid to win the sport’s most coveted titles. Held since 1926, the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships represent the greatest annual event…
Major upset in Rabat, aiming for repeat in Tunis
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Tuesday, 11 February 2020 15:50
The win in the Moroccan city was a major boost to their bank of confidence; the realisation dawned that they could compete with the best the continent has to offer. Memorably at the semi-final stage they beat Nigeria’s Olajide Omotayo and Segun Toriola (9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7), followed by success in opposition to Egypt’s Mohamed El-Beiali and Ahmed Ali Saleh…
Title defended, potential repeat final
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Tuesday, 11 February 2020 15:51
Furthermore, potentially there could be a repeat of the 2019 final; Croatia’s Ivor Ban, the player Samuel Kulczycki beat to secure the title, is the no.2 seed. Success last year in Hodonin; later in the year both made their presence felt. On the ITTF World Junior Circuit, Samuel Kulczycki won in Slovakia, having earlier in the year been a semi-finalist…
Formidable Japanese entry, Kasumi Ishikawa heads Lisbon list
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Table Tennis
Tuesday, 11 February 2020 15:51
She heads a strong Japanese entry; notably Hitomi Sato, Miyu Kato, Saki Shibata and Honoka Hashimoto, also appear prominently on the women’s list, as for the men do the names of Masataka Morizono and Yukiya Uda. Like Kasumi Ishikawa, Hitomi Sato has enjoyed ITTF World Tour women’s singles success, she won in 2016 in Croatia. Similarly, both prevailed last year…
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