Mounir Bessah – Reinforcing Member Relations Currently the only sports organisation in the world boasting a maximum 226 Members, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) will be setting up a new department within its ever-growing professional staff structure, dedicated towards supporting all affiliated National Associations and Continental Federations. The Member Relations Department will be active from 1st September 2019 and…

Polish and Indian players share the spoils Poland’s Natalia Partyka is through to the fourth preliminary round of the women’s singles event following a solid display against Indian opponent Sutirtha Mukherjee: with the score all-square at one game apiece, Partyka took her performance up a gear to claim the next three consecutive games (11-2, 8-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-8). However, Partyka’s…

Furthermore, the 50 entry mark has now been reached, in addition to Japan and United States applications have been received from Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, India, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland. To date a total of 12 countries and four continents in the guise of Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America are represented; now we await Africa and…

Tomas lifts the mood Tomas Konecny lifted the spirits of the home crowd as he recorded a straight games win over Russian Anton Kotov (11-4, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9). It was a commanding display from Konecny, who was certainly roused by his supporters. Frenchman Enzo Angles kept up the European mood by winning against Uzbekistan’s Elmurod Kholikov 4-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-7,…