Table Tennis
Day of drama, dream debut, defeat for second seed
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Saturday, 03 August 2019 16:52
Acclimatising quickly, in his opening match of the day, Ibrahima Diaw beat Congo Brazzaville’s Saheed Idowu, the no.6 seed (15-13, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5) to set the tone; later he accounted for Guinea’s Maret Camara (11-5, 11-3, 11-5) and Benin’s Monday Olabiyi (11-6, 13-11, 11-2) to secure first place. “I was a bit nervous in the first game against Saheed, we…
Hugo Calderano, two titles in Toronto, three in Lima?
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Saturday, 03 August 2019 18:35
In 2015, after having joined forces with Thiago Monteiro and Gustavo Tsuboi to claim men’s team gold, he duly won the men’s singles title, a success that at the time matched the bronze medal he had secured at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Two titles in Toronto, a tournament in which there were just the four events – men’s…
Silver medal but Olajide Omotayo states case
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Saturday, 03 August 2019 05:42
In the opening match in the final of the men’s competition, currently based in Italy but in Lagos representing the Nigerian club, Soj, Olajide Omotayo accounted for Omar Assar (11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-5), a win that is most certainly a confidence booster for the ensuing ITTF Africa Cup. “I had played against Omar Assar before in Morocco and I…
Making an opening day impact, distinct possibilities
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Friday, 02 August 2019 17:47
In May, Ibrahima Diaw excelled in the men’s singles event at the 2019 ITTF Challenge Thailand Open in Bangkok; without surrendering a single game he finished in first place in his initial phase group ahead of Italy’s Gabriele Piciulin, Korea Republic’s Lee Junmin and Belgium’s David Comeliau. Good form and that good form continued; in the opening round he beat…
Tension mounts, nervous moments, titles decided
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Friday, 02 August 2019 10:41
In the women’s singles events Thailand’s Dararat Asayut, Japan’s Yuri Tomono and Australia’s Yang Qian defied the status quo to emerge champions. Likewise in the men’s singles categories, Japan and Australia enjoyed success contrary to status in the respective guise of Nariaki Kakita and Ma Lin. Also, the Korea Republic’s Park Jin Cheol and Sweden’s Carl Öhgren emerged surprise winners.…
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