Table Tennis
Timo Boll in driving seat but must steer carefully
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Monday, 11 November 2019 08:50
The player in question is Germany’s Timo Boll, he is one of five seeded players in Linz in need of a good performance to reserve his place in the Grand Finals. Colleagues Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Patrick Franziska are already guaranteed places, as is China’s Liang Jingkun, Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yun-Ju and Sweden’s Mattias Falck; all appear amongst the seeded names…
Tao Yuchang and Leng Yutong complete hat-tricks, three titles each
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Sunday, 10 November 2019 14:41
Safely through to the quarter-finals, Tao Yuchang accounted for Elian Zemmal of France (11-9, 11-8, 11-3), Chinese Taipei’s Chang Yu-An (11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9) and colleague Hu Dongshen (11-4, 13-15, 16-18, 11-7, 11-6) to arrest the title. “The final was a really hard match. I knew it would be difficult to win but I really wanted to do it. All…
China reign supreme in Tokyo to retain men’s and women’s ITTF Team World Cups!
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Sunday, 10 November 2019 10:23
MEN’S TEAM FINAL: KOREA REPUBLIC RUN CHINA CLOSE China’s men claimed the nation’s first trophy of the day by defeating Korea Republic 3-1 in a fiercely contested final, in which they were forced to fight from 0-1 down after losing the men’s doubles match before winning their three singles contests. Jeoung Youngsik and Lee Sangsu (KOR) struck first blood when…
Titles retained, challenged but China supreme
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Sunday, 10 November 2019 06:31
In the men’s team final, Jang Woojin, Jeoung Youngsik and Lee Sangsu proved most worthy opponents for the Chinese trio comprising Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun and Xu Xin. The desire to cause a major upset evident, in the opening contest Jeoung Youngsik and Lee Sangsu recovered from a two games to nil deficit and the brink of defeat in the…
Sun Yingsha escapes, China retains title
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Sunday, 10 November 2019 04:58
In particular the experience of Liu Shiwen, the youthful exuberance of Sun Yingsha, Miu Hirano and Mima Ito were major highlights. The quest for the home team was to halt the dominance of China; it was not to happen. A good start vital, the good start was made by the visitors; Chen Meng and Liu Shiwen beat Miu Hirano and…
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