Table Tennis
Geelong highlights: star names tested, titles decided
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Saturday, 13 July 2019 06:15
A tournament that had witnessed surprise after surprise continued to raise the eyebrows. Men’s Singles: Quarter-Finals …………Germany’s Patrick Franziska, the no.15 seed, maintained his good form but he was tested; he needed the full seven games to beat Sweden’s Mattias Falck, the no.8 seed (11-6, 10-12, 9-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-9). …………China’s Xu Xin, the no.3 seed, resisted a spirited…
European showcase: Patrick Franziska versus Mattias Falck
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Saturday, 13 July 2019 11:07
In his triumph against the Swedish star at the quarter-final stage, both Franziska, who has yet to win an ITTF World Tour title and Falck gave a showcase of European table tennis at the highest level. It was fitting at a tournament that has seen some of the greatest in the game, including Fan and women’s World no.1 Chen Meng,…
Geelong final day: Ma Long and Ding Ning, an extra degree of motivation?
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Saturday, 13 July 2019 11:15
At the semi-final stage of the men’s singles event, Ma Long, the no.5 seed, meets compatriot and qualifier, 19 year old Wang Chuqin, the player with whom he won the men’s doubles title at the Liebherr 2019 World Championships earlier this year. Undoubtedly, with wins in opposition to Japan’s Tomokaszu Harimoto, England’s Liam Pitchford colleague, Liang Jiangkun, Wang Chuqin has…
Geelong day three: maintain form anything possible
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Friday, 12 July 2019 15:08
In the second round of the men’s singles event, Patrick Franziska beat China’s Fan Zhendong (8-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7); at the quarter-final stage of the women’s singles competition Kasumi Ishikawa also caused China pain, she ousted Chen Meng (6-11, 6-11, 13-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-5). Further progress, the odds look good for Patrick Franziska. In the round of…
Day Three: Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum Australian Open
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Friday, 12 July 2019 16:55
History repeats as Sun rises highest This has not been the kindest year for Japanese Kasumi Ishikawa while playing China’s Sun Yingsha in ITTF World Tour. Having lost 4-0 to Sun earlier this year in the Qatar Open and Japan Open, she also lost 4-3 in Busan last week while holding one match point. Would today be any different? No,…
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