Table Tennis
The month of July, perfect for Wijittra Jaion
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Thursday, 27 June 2019 15:01
Surprises but not of gigantic proportions; Wijittra Jaion, Merve Demir and Lola Amalia all started proceedings as the no.2 seeds. Wijittra Jaion beat India’s Bhavina Hasmukh Bai (11-7, 11-8, 6-11, 11-9) to claim the class 4-5 title, an impressive win against a player very much in form; at the semi-final stage Bhavina Hasmukh Bai had ousted Korea Republic’s Jung Younga,…
Jonathan Groth on high, Danes centre stage in Minsk
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Thursday, 27 June 2019 15:34
In the men’s team event Germany, Portugal, Denmark and Sweden booked penultimate round places, in the counterpart women’s competition so did Germany, Poland, Hungary and Romania. Undoubtedly the performance of the day was that achieved in the men’s event by the no.12 seeds, the Danish combination of Jonathan Groth, Anders Lind and Tobias Rasmussen. In their opening contest they recorded…
Every match the same, Felipe Duffoo sets example
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Thursday, 27 June 2019 18:32
Never in danger; Felipe Duffoo finished ahead of Mexico’s Mauricio Cayetano, Guatemala’s Kevin Ruano and Argentina’s Lautaro Sato. “After Carlos Fernandez won yesterday I was motivated; his win after we were 2-0 down really raised by my self-esteem. Today in the group, nothing was really complicated, I played freely; I didn’t feel any pressure. I knew my rivals were determined…
How has Timo Boll stayed at the top of the game across 2 decades?
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Thursday, 27 June 2019 02:46
Time is the biggest threat to any athlete across any sport. When it comes to table tennis, the one man who no one wants to see stop playing is the German legend, Timo Boll. The evergreen 38-year-old claimed the gold medal at the 2019 European Games on Wednesday in Minsk, defeating Jonathan Groth (DEN) 4-2 which earned him a place…
Gold medal hopes for leading names alive
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Wednesday, 26 June 2019 19:11
Competing in women’s singles class 1-3, the no.2 seed, she opened her account in the group stage by beating the host nation’s Nahed Abdel Latif (11-1, 11-2, 11-5), before experiencing defeat at the hands of Emmanuelle Ferrier of France (11-9, 12-10, 10-12, 8-11, 11-5). Emmanuelle Ferrier duly overcame Nahed Abdel Latif (11-7, 11-2, 11-0) to secure first place and a…
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