Table Tennis
Titles defended, Germany and Romania win in Nantes
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Sunday, 08 September 2019 14:32
The German men’s trio comprising Timo Boll, Patrick Franziska and Dimitrij Ovtcharov completed proceedings without the loss of a single individual match; one of the most comprehensive performances since the tournament was first staged in 1958 in Budapest. Likewise, in the women’s event it was a command performance from Bernadette Szocs, Daniela Monteiro-Dodean and Elizabeta Samara; they surrendered just one…
More gold, leading names increase title haul
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Sunday, 08 September 2019 17:08
Kang Oejeong partnered Yoon Jiyu to success in class 5; a win as anticipated, the Korea Republic duo commencing play as the top seeds. It was the same from Borislava Peric-Rankovic and compatriot Sanja Mijatovic in class 4. However, the success recorded by Tian Shiau-Wen and colleague Lin Tzu-Yu was less predicted, the no.2 seeds, they recorded a 2-0 win…
Expect the unexpected, surprise winners in Ostrava
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Sunday, 08 September 2019 05:47
Martin Ludrovsky emerged successful in class 2, accounting for Spain’s Iker Sastre in the final (7-11, 11-8, 11-6, 12-10); Jan Riapos, the top seed and like Martin Ludrovsky from Slovakia, suffered a quarter-final defeat at the hands of the host nation’s Jiri Suchanek (11-6, 11-6, 12-10). Alas for Jiri Suchanek the euphoria was short lived; in the next round Martin…
Brave effort but hosts France outclassed by defending champions
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Saturday, 07 September 2019 23:55
The match opened with a mouthwatering contest between two of the continent’s finest as home favourite Simon Gauzy met German legend Timo Boll. In the past Gauzy has proved to be somewhat of a boogie player for Boll with the French star entering the match with a superior 3:1 head-to-head record but that margin was reduced to 3:2 in Nantes…
Reigning champion on track but prominent names fall
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Sunday, 08 September 2019 03:38
Paraguay’s Marcelo Aguirre and Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro, the respective third and fourth seeds, both departed in round two. Marcelo Aguirre was beaten by Vitor Ishiy, the no.10 seed, like Gustavo Tsuboi from Brazil (9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8); Thiago Monteiro experienced defeat at the hands of Argentina’s Gaston Alto, the no.12 seed (6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9.…
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