Table Tennis
Feeling the tension, last eight teams decided in Nantes
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Thursday, 05 September 2019 15:41
England and Portugal emerged the nations to upset the seeding in the men’s event, in the women’s competition the distinction belonged to Poland. The no.9 seeds, England overcame Belarus, the no.6 seeds; a 3-1 success being the margin of victory, Liam Pitchford the mainstay. He beat Pavel Platonov (11-4, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7) in the opening match of the fixture before…
Quarter-final place secured, what makes Team England tick?
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Table Tennis
Thursday, 05 September 2019 16:18
A 3-1 victory over Luxembourg in the opening round of group phase action handed England a fighting chance of qualifying from Group 6, but a mighty test was still to come with Belarus also in contention. In a winner takes all affair, it was England that established the early advantage against their Belarusian counterparts through Liam Pitchford. He led by…
Brazil and United States claim team titles
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Table Tennis
Thursday, 05 September 2019 19:26
by Ian Marshall, Editor After recording a 3-1 semi-final win in opposition to the Chilean outfit comprising Daniela Ortega, Valentina Rios and Paulina Vega, a full distance 3-2 defeat was experienced in the final at the hands of the United States combination formed by Amy Wang, Crystal Wang, Wu Yue and Crystal Wang. Against Chile, Bruna Takahashi had beaten both…
Meet Jenny Compell, Kenya’s young table tennis prodigy
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Table Tennis
Thursday, 05 September 2019 02:03
Impressing the authorities in charge of in team selection, Jenny Compell achieved a monumental feat after successfully gaining a place in Kenya’s player line-up for the 2019 Africa Games, just five years after picking up a bat for the first time! The youngest table tennis player to take part in Rabat, Morocco, Compell experienced an opening round defeat to Tunisia’s…
Shocks abound but which was the greatest?
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Thursday, 05 September 2019 07:29
A major contender for the unwanted accolade was Japan’s Miyuu Kihara, the winner earlier this year in May at the 2019 ITTF Challenge Croatia Open; accepted she is only 15 years old but in Ulanbaataar she occupied the no.11 seeded position, she was the favourite to gain first place in the group. She was beaten in her opening contest by…
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