Table Tennis
Grins all around as Australian Open commences
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Tuesday, 09 July 2019 16:13
Yes, things could have gone better for Vladimir Samsonov, the 2017 Austrlian Open champion, whose bid for a second men’s singles title ended with a 4-1 loss to 21-year-old Cho Seungmin from Korea (9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5). After the match, Cho paid homage to the 43-year-old icon of the game, saying he felt “honoured and nervous to play such…
Geelong highlights: notable names arrive and depart
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Tuesday, 09 July 2019 06:48
by Ian Marshall, Editor In the state of Victoria, it was a day that will live long in the memory. Men’s Singles: Preliminary Round Two …………Vladimir Samsonov was beaten by Korea Republic’s Cho Seungmin (9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5). …………Simon Gauzy lost to China’s Zhou Kai (14-12, 4-11, 6-11, 11-9, 12-14, 11-9, 11-9). .…………Croatia’s Tomislav Pucar enjoying the best year…
Ding Ning: On the upswing down under
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Monday, 08 July 2019 12:57
by Blythe Lawrence The performance of the world no.3 at this week’s Korea Open was reason to celebrate for Ding fans, who before Busan had not seen the Queen of Hearts grace a World Tour final since the 2018 Australian Open. Even if she wasn’t able to penetrate World no.1 Chen Meng’s armour in the final in Busan, the left-hander…
Day One Qualification: Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum Australian Open
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Monday, 08 July 2019 18:18
Liu and Miyu roll on Chinese Liu Weishan and Japan’s Miyu Kato were in top gear in their first matches of the 2019 Australian Open, recording swift victories in around 30 minutes. Up against Singaporean Yu Mengyu, Liu was relentless and took the match 4:0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-3, 11-5). For Miyu, it was the host nation’s Jee Minhyung who could…
Sensational in Busan but can Jeoung Youngsik light up the stage in Geelong?
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Monday, 08 July 2019 13:58
Seeded 13th in at the 2019 Korea Open, Jeoung outperformed expectations in front of the home crowd, seeing off Russia’s Kirill Skachkov and 2018 Korea Open champion Jang Woojin to reserve his spot in the last eight. Jeoung then produced one of the shocks of the tournament, fighting back from a 1-2 games deficit to eliminate top seed Fan Zhendong…
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