Table Tennis
Bas den Breejen remembered
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Sunday, 05 May 2019 16:54
Most notably Bas den Breejen was the Chair of the ITTF Media Committee, fulfilling the role under the tenure of three Presidents; Ichiro Igimura, Lollo Hammarlund and Xu Yinsheng. In that position he was present at the 1995 Team World Cup in Atlanta and one year later in the same city for the 1996 Olympic Games. Furthermore, he occupied that…
Standards rise, Hamilton responds
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Sunday, 05 May 2019 17:01
The head coach was Slovenia’s Eva Jeler, a member of the German national coaching team since 1977; to her delight, proceedings were staged in splendid premises. “Eleven players, six girls, five boys alongside seven coaches participated in the event which was organized very well and with a lot of heart. There were many practice partners who made it possible to…
Highlights: titles for Paul Drinkhall and Hina Hayata
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Sunday, 05 May 2019 09:55
Dazzling performances entertained none more so than by Paul Drinkhall. Men’s Singles …………The no.12 seed, Paul Drinkhall beat French qualifier, Abdel-Kader Salifou in the final, a contest in which he saved two game points in the third and then hit hot streak conceding a mere five further points (8-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-3, 11-2, 11-1). …………At the semi-final stage Frenchman, Andrea…
Final Day: Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Serbia Open
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Sunday, 05 May 2019 00:40
Convincing display from top seed Japan’s Hina Hayata will contest the women’s singles final after successfully negotiating the opening fixture of the day in Belgrade. Taking on one of the European continent’s finest defensive players in Polina Mikhailova top seed Hayata showed her class, defeating the no.5 seed from Russia by a commanding 4-0 score-line (11-5, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8). Final…
Belgrade highlights day three: contrasting fortunes
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Saturday, 04 May 2019 13:54
It was a day of contrasting fortunes. Men’s Singles …………England’s Paul Drinkhall, the no.12 seed, beat Austria’s Stefan Fegerl, the top seed (11-7, 5-11, 9-11, 11-9, 2-11, 11-5, 11-6), prior posting a quarter-final success in opposition to Japanese qualifier Shogo Tahara (11-2, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7). …………Russia’s 18 year old Lev Katsman recorded a shock third round against Croatia’s Tomislav…
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