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Giannis third-youngest to win MVP in 40 years

Published in Basketball
Monday, 24 June 2019 21:18

Giannis Antetokounmpo joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the second Milwaukee Bucks player to win the Most Valuable Player award. The award was announced on Monday at a ceremony in Los Angeles.

At just 24 years old, Antetokounmpo became the third-youngest player to win MVP over the past 40 seasons, behind Derrick Rose and LeBron James. The native of Athens, Greece, is the fifth player born outside of the United States to win the award.

Antetokounmpo received 78 of the 101 possible first-place votes. Houston's James Harden came in second with the other 23 first-place votes. Every voter had either Antetokounmpo or Harden No. 1 or No. 2 on their ballot.

Oklahoma City's Paul George came in third, followed by Denver's Nikola Jokic and Golden State's Stephen Curry.

"MVP is not about stats and numbers. It is all about winning and all about making sure you go out there and do everything you can to win," Antetokounmpo said Monday night. "I think that is what we did as a team."

Antetokounmpo said his father's death and a challenge by Kobe Bryant on Twitter to win MVP fueled his motivation.

"Definitely Kobe, he is the one that started that flame," Antetokounmpo said.

Antetokounmpo averaged 27.7 points, 12.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game this season. He was voted a 2019 All-Star team captain alongside James. He became the first player to average 25 points and 10 rebounds per game on a team with the league's best record since Shaquille O'Neal did it as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1999-2000.

Antetokounmpo and the Bucks made it past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2001. They were eventually eliminated in the Eastern Conference finals by the Toronto Raptors.

The "Greek Freak" averaged 25.5 points and 12.3 rebounds per game during the postseason.

ESPN's Ohm Youngmisuk contributed to this report.

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Every winner, best moments from 2019 NBA awards show

Published in Basketball
Monday, 24 June 2019 21:34

Giannis Antetokounmpo captured his first MVP, Luka Doncic was named top rookie and Lou Williams won his third Sixth Man award. Who else took home the hardware?

Note: Six of the awards are voted on by the media: MVP, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man award and Most Improved Player. Other awards include Executive of the Year (voted on by the league's executives), Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year (voted on by the players), NBA Sportsmanship Award (voted on by the players), the NBA Cares Community Assist Award (voted on by fans and a panel of judges), the Lifetime Achievement Award, the NBA Hustle Award and the Sager Strong Award.

More: All-NBA | All-Rookie | All-Defense | Awards history

Most Valuable Player: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks

Stats & Info: Giannis Antetokounmpo is the second Bucks player to win the NBA MVP award, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who won it three times. Antetokounmpo is the third-youngest player to win MVP over the past 40 seasons, trailing only Derrick Rose and LeBron James, and he ties Steve Nash for the lowest-drafted MVP in the lottery era (15th overall pick).

Other finalists:
Paul George, Oklahoma City Thunder
James Harden, Houston Rockets

Defensive Player of the Year: Rudy Gobert, Jazz

Stats & Info: After winning the award in 2017-18, Rudy Gobert is the first player to win Defensive Player of the Year in consecutive seasons since Kawhi Leonard in 2014-15 and 2015-16. Before that, it was Dwight Howard in three straight seasons from 2008 to 2011.

Other finalists:
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Paul George, Oklahoma City Thunder

Coach of the Year: Mike Budenholzer, Bucks

Stats & Info: In the 2018-19 season, Mike Budenholzer became the seventh head coach in NBA history to win at least 60 games in a season with multiple franchises, joining Pat Riley (three times), Phil Jackson, K.C. Jones, Mike D'Antoni, Don Nelson and Rick Adelman.

Other finalists:
Michael Malone, Denver Nuggets
Doc Rivers, LA Clippers

Sixth Man of the Year: Lou Williams, Clippers

Stats & Info: Lou Williams is the second player to win Sixth Man of the Year three times, joining Jamal Crawford. Williams joins Kevin McHale and Detlef Schrempf as the only players to win the award in consecutive seasons.

Other finalists:
Montrezl Harrell, LA Clippers
Domantas Sabonis, Indiana Pacers

Most Improved Player: Pascal Siakam, Raptors

Stats & Info: Pascal Siakam increased his points-per-game average by 9.7 points in 2018-19, most by any player to play at least 40 games in each season. Siakam held opponents to 39.4 percent as the closest defender during the 2018-19 season, lowest by any player to face at least 500 shots, per Second Spectrum tracking. He is also the first Raptors player to win the award.

Other finalists:
De'Aaron Fox, Sacramento Kings
D'Angelo Russell, Brooklyn Nets

Rookie of the Year: Luka Doncic, Mavericks

Stats & Info: Luka Doncic is the second Mavericks player in franchise history to win Rookie of the Year, joining Jason Kidd, who shared the award with Grant Hill in 1994-95. Doncic was the fifth rookie to average 20+ points, 5+ assists and 5+ rebounds in a season -- all five won the ROY award.

Other finalists:
Deandre Ayton, Phoenix Suns
Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks

Sager Strong Award: Robin Roberts

Lifetime Achievement: Larry Bird and Magic Johnson

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Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Winner: Mike Conley

NBA Sportsmanship Award Winner: Mike Conley

NBA Cares Community Assist Award Winner: Bradley Beal

Executive of the Year Winner: Jon Horst, Milwaukee Bucks GM

Hustle Award Winner: Marcus Smart

NBA Moment of the Year: Derrick Rose's career-high 50 points (Oct. 31)

The stars hit the red carpet

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Cubs, Braves benches clear as catchers argue

Published in Baseball
Monday, 24 June 2019 22:52

CHICAGO -- It might be a first in baseball: The benches clearing because of an argument involving pitch framing.

It came after Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras homered in the second inning off of Atlanta Braves starter Julio Teheran in the Cubs' 8-3 win on Monday night. Contreras was upset that plate umpire John Tumpane was giving Braves catcher Tyler Flowers a few calls -- and he let him know it after a homer to right field.

"To be honest, those pitches weren't even close to the strike zone, and [Flowers] got mad because I was talking to the umpire about that," Contreras said after the game. "He jumped into the conversation."

Contreras was asked what he said to Flowers as he began his jog around the bases.

"'You do your job I'll do mine,'" Contreras recalled saying. "He got pissed off."

As he rounded first base, Contreras also gave a look inside the Braves dugout. By the time he crossed home plate, Flowers was waiting for him, and the two exchanged words before the benches cleared. No punches were thrown, and the altercation subsided.

"It was an exchange based on catching technique," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said with a smile. "I was kind of amused by the whole thing."

Flowers said he was upset that Contreras was showing up his pitcher.

"I got no problem with him saying anything to me, but when it starts to reflect on our pitcher on the mound and our team, that's more of an issue for me," Flowers said.

Flowers also said he believes the 27-year-old Contreras has a reputation for instigating matters with his complaints.

"I know I think he does that from time to time. I don't know. It was all very unnecessary in my opinion," Flowers said. "The guy is a decent hitter, he doesn't need to complain about every call. We won't get into that aspect of the game we just finished. He got plenty of calls for his guys, too. Sometimes you need to pick your battles, and that's hopefully something he will learn as he gets a little bit older."

On the Braves' broadcast of the game, former outfielder Jeff Francoeur added fuel to the fire when he said he should have thrown a "haymaker" at Contreras in 2016 when the teams had a similar issue with each other. Contreras caught wind of Francoeur's comments.

"That made me laugh," Contreras said. "He's a poor guy. If he's behind the screen [on the microphone], he should be a professional. He knows better."

There were no other issues the rest of the game, as the matter was downplayed as much as possible, especially by Maddon.

"It really wasn't worth more than what happened," Maddon said. "That was about all that it was worth."

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Yanks tie record with HR in 27th straight game

Published in Baseball
Monday, 24 June 2019 19:50

The New York Yankees tied the major league record for the longest streak of consecutive games with a home run when Aaron Hicks went deep in the fifth inning on Monday night against the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Yankees have now homered in 27 straight games, tying the record set by the 2002 Texas Rangers. New York beat Toronto 10-8 on Monday.

With two on and one out in the bottom of the fifth, Hicks hit a 2-1 fastball from Blue Jays starter Aaron Sanchez into the right-field seats to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead.

The last game in which the Yankees failed to hit a home run was May 25 against the Kansas City Royals.

"Nothing surprises me that they do," Boone said about his club, which set a major league record last year with 267 homers. "I wouldn't set out to predict they're going to break that one. That's kind of an obscure one. But now that it's happened, with our group, does it surprise me? No."

The Yankees have been paced during their streak by catcher Gary Sanchez, who has hit eight home runs since the streak began on May 26. Shortstop Gleyber Torres and DJ LeMahieu each have six.

With this current streak, 13 different Yankees have combined to hit 47 home runs. Giancarlo Stanton got his first of the streak in the seventh inning Monday night. Aaron Judge does not have any over the 27 games. Both sluggers, who respectively were the National and American League home run champs in 2017, are just getting back from injured list stints that held them out for more than two months.

Last season, the Yankees set a separate major league homer-hitting record. Their 267 are the most hit by a team in a single season.

Looking ahead to Tuesday, Stanton could be a strong candidate to hit a record-breaking home run. He's 4-for-8 with a home run in his career against Clayton Richard, the Blue Jays' scheduled starting pitcher. As for some other notable Yankees sluggers, Sánchez is 1-for-2 with a double in his career against Richard. Neither Edwin Encarnación nor Judge has ever faced Richard.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Sources: Mets' front office making in-game moves

Published in Baseball
Monday, 24 June 2019 20:49

The New York Mets' front office has dictated at least some pitching moves during games this season, multiple organizational sources confirmed to ESPN's Buster Olney.

The New York Post was the first to report the unusual machinations, citing a specific incident on June 1, when Jacob deGrom was removed from a game while dealing with a hip cramp.

Front offices are typically heavily involved in the planning of lineups and possible pitching matchups before each game, but generally, most managers have the autonomy to make moves through the course of each contest, often applying the information provided by analysts and executives.

Some evaluators with other teams reiterated Monday it is very rare for a member of the front office -- an owner or general manager -- to direct managerial decisions during games.

Under Sandy Alderson, who was fired as general manager of the Mets last year, the manager was left to make in-game decisions. Sources say that has changed under Brodie Van Wagenen, who is in his first year as general manager of the Mets, with directives being forwarded to manager Mickey Callaway through clubhouse staff.

Callaway, in his second year as Mets manager and his first working under Van Wagenen, has accepted and implemented the directives, according to the sources.

Van Wagenen on Monday denied reports he was getting involved in strategic in-game decisions following the Mets' 13-7 loss to Philadelphia, but he said communicating with the training staff during games was "normal protocol."

"We're evaluating the players' health, we're talking about X-rays, we're talking about whether a player -- as you all know -- we try to get information to the press box as quickly as possible about the statuses. That is normal protocol for us," the GM said. "We'll continue to do that and make sure that if the training staff and the health of the player is such that the player can't continue, then that communication happens between the training staff and the coaches."

Callaway downplayed the instructions from Van Wagenen when asked about them after Monday's game, saying his communication with upper management is limited only to injuries.

"I think we're always in communication," Callaway said. "Especially when guys are injured, obviously I've been filled in on what you're talking about. When a guy gets injured on the field or when a guy is actively injured or has something going on, you know everybody is in communication with the training staff to take care of the players the best we can."

The Post reported that Van Wagenen was watching the June 1 game on TV when he relayed an order to remove deGrom in the seventh inning after Callaway and a trainer visited deGrom twice on the mound. Callaway said Monday that deGrom's removal was a mutual decision.

"I think that we got information from all parties and we made the decision to take care of our ace pitcher that's going to be here for a long time," he said. "We all thought it was prudent at that point."

Asked if he has the latitude to manage how he wants, Callaway said, "Yeah, I do, I do. Yeah."

Callaway came under fire Sunday after cursing at a reporter following questions about his decisions on pitching changes. The incident earned him a fine from the team, and he apologized to the reporter, as well as the assembled media on Monday.

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Real or not? Mets, Phillies collide on their roads to nowhere

Published in Baseball
Monday, 24 June 2019 23:19

At 10 a.m., train A left the station, and an hour later, train B left the same station on a parallel track. If train A traveled at a constant speed of 60 mph and train B at 80 mph, at what time did the Mets front office order a pitching change, and at what time did Gabe Kapler receive a vote of confidence?

Did I mention that both trains are hurtling down the mountain, and both conductors have lost control of the brakes?

The New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies met Monday in Philadelphia in the first game of a four-game series, and the big news wasn't so much the Phillies' winning 13-7 to snap a seven-game losing streak as it was off the field, where these two teams continue to make headlines for the wrong reasons.

Buster Olney reported that sources within the Mets organization said the team's front office has dictated pitching changes at times this season -- something generally viewed as a no-no within the game, even as front offices and behind-the-scenes analysts are more involved than ever in setting lineups. As Buster wrote:

Under Sandy Alderson, who was fired as general manager of the Mets last year, the manager was left to make in-game decisions. Sources say that has changed under Brodie Van Wagenen, who is in his first year as general manager of the Mets, with directives being forwarded to manager Mickey Callaway through clubhouse staff.

After the game, Van Wagenen denied the reports that he has been involved in in-game strategy, other than communicating with the training staff. A New York post story mentioned a specific game on June 1, when Jacob deGrom was removed from a game while dealing with a hip cramp.

Meanwhile, before the game, Phillies GM Matt Klentak told reporters that Kapler's job is not in jeopardy:

"I'm very well aware of all the criticism right now of the manager, the coaching staff and of certain players," Klentak told reporters. "I understand why it's happening. When a team goes through a stretch like we've gone through in the last couple of weeks, people are going to ask a lot of questions. My view right now is that the wrong thing to do is to point a finger at any one person and say, you are the reason this is happening."

Because we're talking about New York and Philadelphia, and because both teams made a big push to go all-in for 2019, Mickey Callaway and Kapler are under bigger spotlights than most managers. The media coverage in those cities is more intense and more opinionated than what most teams face. In a sense, both of these second-year managers still have to prove themselves -- vote of confidence or not.

Callaway was a successful pitching coach with the Indians, but managing is a different test. He lost his cool on Sunday in a confrontation with a reporter, and after Monday's reports about front-office interference in game managing, the New York post headline on Mike Vaccaro's column read, "Mickey Callaway is the Mets' sad puppet."

"It is one of the narratives that nourishes Mets fans constantly as they try to figure out if their baseball team is a contender or a pretender, dueling roles they seem to inhabit on an inning-by-inning basis sometimes," Vaccaro wrote. "Mickey Callaway is a manager on a hot seat for a reason, because his team loses more than it wins and because, often as not, he makes decisions that are unconventional at best, inexplicable at worst."

As Vaccaro asked, however: Are they even Callaway's decisions?

Maybe more to the point, do the decisions look bad because the Mets' bullpen -- as constructed by one Brodie Van Wagenen -- owns a 4.75 ERA?

As for the Phillies, one of the controversies brewing around town has been the perceived lack of hustle at times from Jean Segura and Cesar Hernandez. Wrote Bob Brookover of the Philadelphia Inquirer:

In the court of public opinion, however, Kapler has been found guilty of failing to discipline players for lack of trying, with shortstop Jean Segura and second baseman Cesar Hernandez being the worst offenders. Fans wanted them benched for failure to hustle. Kapler opted to handle the situation via communication. Klentak said he supported Kapler's handling of those situations.

"We work for the Philadelphia Phillies and we need to give the Phillies the best chance we have to win," the general manager said. "To penalize the other 24 guys on the field by benching one and not putting our best lineup out there is not the right thing to do."

OK, all that sounds like a legitimate issue. But perhaps the bigger issue is that the Phillies supposedly built an offensive powerhouse, yet they rank 10th in the NL in batting average, ninth in OBP, 12th in home run percentage and ninth in runs per game. Maybe the bigger issue is that Segura has a .272 OBP in June and Hernandez a .284 OBP.

Maybe all it takes is one game. Segura went 4-for-6 and Hernandez 3-for-5 in Monday's win. They hit four home runs (three off Steven Matz) and fanned just two times. Maikel Franco, who has also struggled in June, hit the big go-ahead knock, getting the green light on a 3-0 count:

The Phillies are 40-38. The Mets are 37-42. Kapler is apparently safe. Callaway, hired by a different general manager, remains on a very hot seat.

The best athlete in the game? The Diamondbacks beat the Dodgers 8-5, scoring four runs in the bottom of the eighth to break open a 4-4 tie. (Imagine if the Dodgers had a better bullpen.) Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw both allowed four runs in six innings, so it wasn't exactly a classic pitchers' duel between two future Hall of Famers, but Greinke did do this:

Greinke is hitting .306/.342/.667 with three home runs (six of his 11 hits have been for extra bases) to go with his 3.08 ERA. He hit a respectable .234 last season, hit .328 for the Dodgers in 2013 and has a stolen base this year after swiping three last season. He has won the Gold Glove five years in a row. He's also having his best year at the plate at age 35, when most position players these days are rapidly declining as hitters. He's an amazing player, not just an amazing pitcher.

Yankees tie record: The Yankees beat the Blue Jays 10-8, and Aaron Hicks ' three-run homer in the fifth was not only the big hit of the game but also allowed the Yankees to tie the 2002 Rangers' record of 27 consecutive games with a home run. That Rangers team featured Alex Rodriguez (57 home runs) and Rafael Palmeiro (43 home runs) and led the majors with 230 home runs (though only one other player reached 20 home runs).

The Yankees will face Clayton Richard on Tuesday. He has allowed five home runs in 25⅓ innings and has more walks than strikeouts. Wild prediction: The Yankees will break the record.

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Eastbourne: Pliskova beats Gasparyan - best five shots

Published in Tennis
Monday, 24 June 2019 11:03

Watch five of the best shots as World number three Karolina Pliskova beats Margarita Gasparyan 6-3 6-3 at Eastbourne.

WATCH MORE: Highlights - Murray & Lopez win 'fairytale' Queen's doubles title

Watch live coverage of Eastbourne on BBC Two, BBC Sport website & BBC Sport app from 13:00 BST on Tuesday 25 June.

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Elation in Daejeon, Zhu Yuling hungry for more in Busan

Published in Table Tennis
Monday, 24 June 2019 13:48

Accounting for the host nation’s Suh Hyowon and Japan’s Kasumi Ishikawa in impressive style, Zhu Yuling added a five games victory over top seed and fellow Chinese colleague Chen Meng to strike gold last year in Daejeon earning her fifth singles trophy on the ITTF World Tour stage in the process.

However, Zhu Yuling’s luck was about to change with women’s singles silverware proving hard to come by on her subsequent ITTF World Tour appearances.

Losing out to Japanese teenager Mima Ito in the gold medal contest in Stockholm, Zhu Yuling’s progress was halted one round earlier in Linz while it was a bronze medal finish at the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Incheon. Zhu Yuling fell just short at the opening stop on the 2019 ITTF World Tour, claiming women’s singles silver at the 2019 Hungarian Open. But, her year was set to take a turn for the worse.

In March China announced the stunning news of its decision to omit the 2017 World Championships silver medallist from singles action at the Liebherr 2019 World Championships in Budapest. A serious blow for Zhu Yuling who held the World no.1 rank as recently as December 2018!

One month on from the disappointing news Zhu Yuling approached the LION 32nd ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup Yokohama 2019 with a point to prove and took the opportunity with open arms, beating Chen Meng to the title.

Since then Zhu Yuling has struggled to build momentum – a semi-final finish in front of the home crowd Zhu Yuling enjoyed a solid outing at the 2019 China Open but one week later at the 2019 Japan Open the 24-year-old suffered a shock opening round defeat at the hands of Miyu Nagasaki.

With the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on the not too distant horizon, Zhu Yuling will need to start firing on all cylinders soon and what better place to do so than at the upcoming Seamaster 2019 SHINHAN Korea Open?

Seeded fifth for the women’s singles draw, Zhu Yuling will be hoping to send a strong message in Busan as she bids to lift the trophy for a second year running.

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Gold in Baku, round four exit for Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Published in Table Tennis
Monday, 24 June 2019 13:56

Defeat for Dimitrij Ovtcharov means that only three of the top eight seeds booked quarter-final places and that number will be reduced even more when the semi-finalists are decided.

In the round of the last eight, Germany’s Timo Boll, the top seed, meets the host nation’s Vladimir Samsonov, the no.5 seed; in the fourth round Timo Boll beat Portugal’s Marcos Freitas, the no.11 seed (11-7, 13-11, 11-8, 11-7), Vladimir Samsonov accounted for Russia’s Kirill Skachkov (8-11, 11-4, 16-18, 11-4, 11-7, 13-11).

Facing the winner of the contest will be either Frenchman Emmanuel Lebesson or Croatia’s Tomislav Pucar. Emmanuel Lebesson, the no.9 seed, booked his last eight place courtesy of success in opposition to Sweden’s Kristian Karlsson, the no.8 seed (11-6, 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 12-14, 11-5); Tomislav Pucar, the no.12 seed, ended the hopes of Panagiotis Gionis of Greece (8-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8). Meanwhile for Jonathan Groth, Slovakia’s Wang Yang, the round four winner in opposition to Slovenia’s Bojan Tokic (7-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8) awaits.

Surprise names to reach the quarter-finals but arguably the biggest surprise name is that of Ukraine’s Kou Lei; out of action in recent months owing to a tennis elbow injury, he maintained his form to end the adventures of Russia’s Aleksandar Shibaev (11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8). Belgium’s Cédric Nuytinck awaits in the quarter-finals; the no.14 seed, he brought the day to an end by overcoming Croatia’s Andrej Gacina, a contest that reflected the whole tournament. He prevailed by the very minimal two point margin in the deciding seventh game (11-9, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 3-11, 13-11).

Major surprises in the fourth round of the men’s singles event; earlier in the day at the same stage of the women’s singles competition, the surprises had been major upsets, the leading three names departed.

Romania’s Bernadette Szocs, the top seed, was beaten by Ni Xia Lian, the no.15 seed (11-7, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7), Austria’s Sofia Polcanova, the no.2 seed, lost to Germany’s Han Ying, the no.13 seed (12-10, 13-11, 13-11, 11-8). Similarly, Sweden’s Matilda Ekholm, the no.3 seed, experienced defeat when facing Russia’s Polina Mikhailova (11-5, 11-13, 9-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 11-8).

Shocks, not to be left out and balancing the books for Sweden, Linda Bergström accounted for Hungary’s Georgina Pota, the no.6 seed (11-5, 13-15, 15-13, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5), to add the lists of surprises.

The effect is of the leading names remaining in the women’s singles event, Germany’s Petrissa Solja, the no.4 seed, heads the order. Winner earlier this year of the CCB Europe Top 16 tournament, she booked her last eight place courtesy of success against Poland’s Li Qian, the no.7 seed and reigning European champion (12-14, 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 5-11, 12-10, 11-5).

Success as expected for Petrissa Solja, it was somewhat the same for Portugal’s Fu Yu, Monaco’s Yang Xiaoxin and Li Jie of the Netherlands. In round four Fu Yu, the no.8 seed, beat Ukraine’s Ganna Gaponova (11-3, 11-5, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7), Yang Xiaoxin overcame the host nation’s Viktoria Pavlovich (12-10, 11-5, 11-7, 11-7); Li Jie, the no.7 seed and runner up four years ago, ended the hopes of Portugal’s Shao Jieni (9-11, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 13-15, 11-5, 11-7).

At the quarter-final stage, in the top half of the draw Ni Xia Lian faces Linda Bergström, Fu Yu opposes Petrissa Solja. In the opposite half, it is Polina Mikhailova versus Yang Xiaoxin, Li Jie in opposition to Han Ying.

Meanwhile, in the mixed doubles event, matters proceeded very much according to status. At the quarter-final stage, Lubomir Pistej and Barbora Balazova, the top seeds, beat Spain’s Alvaro Robles and Galia Dvorak, the no.7 seeds (11-7, 14-12, 11-5). They now meet Germany’s Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Solja, the no.3 seeds and quarter-final winners in opposition to Italy’s Niagol Stoyanov and Giorgia Piccolin (11-2, 11-4, 11-6).

Impressive from Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Solja, it was the same from Romania’s Ovidiu Ionescu and Bernadette Szocs, the no.6 seeds; they ousted Russia’s Aleksandar Shibaev and Polina Mikhailova (11-3, 11-7, 11-8). Awaiting in the penultimate round is the French partnership formed by Tristan Flore and Laura Gasnier; they ensured progress courtesy of success against the host country’s Pavel Platonov and Nadezhda Bogdanova (11-4, 7-11, 11-6, 12-14, 11-4).

A full day beckons on Tuesday 24th June; the mixed doubles will be played to a conclusion, the quarter-finals in both the men’s singles and women’s singles events will be enacted.

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Minsk 2019 European Games – Table Tennis: Special Team Ranking Men (December 2018)
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PHOTOS: ARCA Day To Day Coffee 150

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Monday, 24 June 2019 12:00
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  • NFL

    Nactional Football Leagues

  • FISB

    Federation Internationale de Speedball

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