20.05.2013
Taipei broke 22-year Chinese dominance
Chinese Taipei has broken 22 years of Chinese dominance to win the Men’s Doubles at the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships, and Olympic Champion LI Xiaoxia of China has won her first ever Women’s Singles World Championships in a thrilling day of table tennis in Paris, France. The pair…
19.05.2013
Mixed Doubles at Rio 2016 on the table
Last year the ITTF submitted a proposal to the International Olympic Committee to add a mixed doubles medal to the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic program. The IOC Executive Board will decide whether to approve the ITTF’s proposal during their meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia on 29th -31st May 2013….
19.05.2013
Patrick BAUM matured for big acts
World Junior Championships winner in 2005 in Austria’s Linz, Patrick BAUM of Germany created big upset yesterday by reaching the place in the quarterfinal in Paris. On his way to career best at the World Championships he overcame his teammate Dimitrij OVTCHAROV. So far at the nation team trainings OVTCHAROV…
18.05.2013
BOLL goes in the quarters along BAUM
Timo BOLL concluded his match in Round of 16 in the Men’s Singles Event at the LIEBHERR World Championships in Paris in express style. German star and European champion overcame Seiya KISHIKAWA of Japan in straight games. “I allways been right on the ball,” BOLL described. “Hopefully tomorrow I will have a similar…
18.05.2013
North Korea won first gold in Mixed Doubles
KIM Hyok Bong and KIM Jong won first ever, gold medal in Mixed Doubles Event at the World Championships for North Korea. They also ended 12 years old dominancy of Chinese parings in same event. They beat LEE Sangsu and PARK Youngsook of South Korea in the final 4:2 (11:6,…
18.05.2013
HU Melek halted at the last hurdle
Despite the defeat in the quarterfinal of the Women’s Singles Event, we can say that HU Melek is playing in her life form. Never before she has reached Round of 16 at the global gathering, and yet ,this year she played among best 8 in both singles and Mixed Doubles…
18.05.2013
Three Germans in Men’s Round of 16
Most successful European nation in the Men’s Singles event at the LIEBHERR World Championships is Germany with three representatives in last 16. The leading name at the Old Continent Timo BOLL, Dimitrij OVTCHAROV and Patrick BAUM, all booked their places for the next round. Germany already secured quarterfinalist since one…
17.05.2013
Turkey will play for medal in Paris
HU Melek is the last European to hold the hopes of Old Continent in the Women’s Singles Event at the LIEBHERR World Championships. Turkey’s representative reached the quarterfinal after six games duel against best ranked European player SHEN Yanfei. “Being able to reach the position among top eight players in…
17.05.2013
ETTU joins up with Special Olympics
The game of table tennis was opened up for more children and adults with intellectual disabilities today thanks to a new partnership agreement between the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) and Special Olympics, the world’s largest sports organisation for people with intellectual disabilities. The agreement was signed on the final…
17.05.2013
Tamara BOROS’ movie under construction
The film crew of Production house “Pozitiv Film” is in Paris at the LIEBHERR World Championships. They took the opportunity of global table tennis gathering to conduct the interviews of biggest playing stars and table tennis officials. The filming of documentary about Tamara BOROS is underway and the premiere is…
17.05.2013
Experts to study new ETTU events’ regulations
As everyone expected, only day after the AGM, the ETTU Congress held at Hotel Marriott in Paris on May 16th, was under big influences of the ITTF Elections’ result. Delegates from Croatia, Germany, Denmark and Switzerland led the group that demanded additional items on the agenda with most of the…
16.05.2013
Ukraine’s Tetyana BILENKO in Round of 16
In the C in Women’s Singles Event only four European players will be on duty tomorrow in Bercy. LIU Jia of Austria, SHEN Yanfei of Spain and Hu Melek of Turkey successfully concluded fourth day of competition in Bercy. The biggest surprise of all at LIEBHERR World Championships was the…
16.05.2013
DODEAN’s successful comeback
Morning session at the LIEBHERR World Championships in Paris brought disappointed to Romanian duo of Daniela DODEAN and Adrian CRISAN. They lost their match for the place among best 16 in the Mixed Doubles Event, but they are still very much alive in the singles. Latter today DODEAN will play…
15.05.2013
Simon GAUZY fired up Paris’ Worlds
Werner SCHLAGER was cautious before the start of the Men’s Singles Event at the LIEBHERR World Championships, but today he blow away all the doubts. In the first round of the competition in main draw, Austrian overcame Pavel PLATONOV of Belarus in five games. “There is no doubt I am…
15.05.2013
WU Jiaduo won the German clash
European vice champion XIAN Yifang of France beat CHEN I Ching of Taipei to book her place among 32 best players in the World. In the second round of the Women’s Singles Event at the LIEBHERR World Championships in France LIU Jia of Austria also recorded victory over CHEN Szu…
15.05.2013
Adham SHARARA re-elected as ITTF President
Mr. Adham SHARARA (CAN) has been elected as the International Table Tennis Federation President today at the 2013 ITTF Annual General Meeting in Paris, France. He overcame the challenge from European Table Tennis Union President Mr. Stefano BOSI (ITA) and will add 4 more years to the 14 that he…
15.05.2013
Little MIGOT feels no pressure in big Bercy
The biggest surprise and the great joy for the host nation supporters produced 14-year-old Marie MIGOT, world no. 355, who booked her place among best 128. MIGOT, playing in her first World Championships, was not overawed playing in the famous 12,000 seat Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, and managed to overcome…
15.05.2013
Ruta PASKAUSKIENE is back again
The European Champion in singles from Saint-Petersburg 2008 and champion in doubles from Gdansk-Sopot 2011 are back in game after giving birth of her second son 8 months ago. Ruta PASKAUSKIENE of Lithuania now has two sons – Tadas and Dovidas and looks better then ever. Back to her natural…
14.05.2013
Viktoria PAVLOVICH misses her twin sister
Reigning European Champion from Herning and title winner from Ostrava, Viktoria PAVLOVICH lines up alongside 25 year-old Alexandra PRIVALOVA, the two 18 year olds Katsiaryna BARAVOK and Maryia KUCHUK plus 17 year-old Alina ARLOUSKAYA at the LIEBHERR World Championships. One name that is missing in Paris is the name of…
14.05.2013
“I’d beat 2003 SCHLAGER easily now”
The player who is high demand in Bercy at the LIEBHERR Worlds Championships is undoubtedly Werner SCHLAGER. Austrian who won the last World title for Europeans 10 years ago at the very same place, is on duty again and under media spot light. He was not very active on International…
