After a year-long pause SKST PLUS Hodonín celebrate the title in the women’s top division again. They lost the last year’s final to Břeclav. This time they defeated TT Moravský Krumlov twice 5:1 at home and 5:4 away. They dominated the first leg with two points from both Natalia PARTYKA and Karin GROFOVÁ and one from Markéta ŠEVČÍKOVÁ. The return leg was far more even and a huge crowd saw a spectacular drama. Coach of the home team Jindřich BÍLA used ace up his sleeve in the Japanese Mitsuki YOSHIDA which left Jekatěrina CHERNAVSKAYA on the bench. The experienced Japanese took her chance and won her first game against opponent’s number one Natalia PARTYKA. However the same happened on the other table. Home number one Bernadette BÁLINT lost to Karin GROFOVÁ. The game was tied up. Then a big drama unfolded between Nikita PETROVOVÁ and a defender Markéta ŠEVČÍKOVÁ. Petrovová played really patiently so much that it reached the time limit in the second set. And she eventually lost 1:3 with the referee counting exchanges. But wins from Bernadette BÁLINT and Mitsuki YOSHIDA kept Moravský Krumlov alive. At 4:4 the home coach came in with a strategic move. He sent Jekatěrina CHERNAVSKAYA to play the deciding game against Karin GROFOVÁ. The Hodonín player really hoped to lift the trophy again after last year’s triumph in Břeclav colors. And she did it. After the title-winning point she jumped into the arms of her coach. „It was so difficult but I fought for every ball. I’m incredibly happy. It has been less than four months since I gave birth to my son and now I’m celebrating the title again. I can’t believe it “ she smiled with a grin from ear to ear. Bronze medal went to SKST Havířov. 1st match: SKST PLUS Hodonín A – TT Moravský Krumlov 5:1 Markéta ŠEVČÍKOVÁ – Bernadett BÁLINT 1:3 (7 -8 -7 -12) Natalia PARTYKA – Jekatěrina CHERNAVSKAYA 3:0 (8 2 9) Karin GROFOVÁ – Nikita PETROVOVÁ 3:0 (5 7 14) Natalia PARTYKA – Bernadett BÁLINT 3:1 (7 -4 7 4) Markéta ŠEVČÍKOVÁ – Nikita PETROVOVÁ 3:0 (4 3 8) Karin GROFOVÁ – Jekatěrina CHERNAVSKAYA 3:2 (10 7 -10 -4 w.o.). 2nd match: TT Moravský Krumlov – SKST PLUS Hodonín A 4:5 Mitsuki YOSHIDA – Natalia PARTYKA 3:1 (12 -9 9 7) Bernadett BÁLINT – Karin GROFOVÁ 2:3 (11 -11 7 -7 -4) Nikita PETROVOVÁ – Markéta ŠEVČÍKOVÁ 1:3 (9 -7 -4 -9) Bernadett BÁLINT – Natalia PARTYKA 3:0 (5 7 16) Mitsuki YOSHIDA – Markéta ŠEVČÍKOVÁ 3:0 (15 16 9) Nikita PETROVOVÁ – Karin GROFOVÁ 1:3 (7 -8 -6 -5) Bernadett BÁLINT – Markéta ŠEVČÍKOVÁ 3:0 (8 4 8) Nikita PETROVOVÁ – Natalia PARTYKA 0:3 (-5 -7 -8) Jekatěrina CHERNAVSKAYA – Karin GROFOVÁ 1:3 (-2 7 -7 -11).

Exactly five years ago on May 17 2017 a unique sports story began. The story of enthusiastic fans of table tennis and sports in general led by Uroš SLATINŠEK founded the Sport club SU Novo mesto and persistently followed the vision and goals from year to year. And in this short club history they managed to win the first Cup title and National champions title on Saturday at the Livada Sports Center. Fraternal alliance Uroš and Jure SLATINŠEK Jožko and Mitja OMERZEL and Domen ZUPANČIČ were also better than NTK Kema Murexin PUCONCI in the second match of the finals of this year’s 1st Slovenian Table Tennis League and after more than two hours of the final showdown fans rejoice at the historic title of the best in the country. It was 5: 1 in the first match 5: 2 in the second and it was not easy to win in any of the final matches. But the SU players confirmed their good shape they already showed in the regular part of the league competition and knew how to stay focused at key moments. The young Jožko OMERZEL lost both matches but  SLATINŠEK brothers won all the other matches – Jure two and Uroš three – also the decisive match against the best player of the Puconci team Tomaž PELCAR. In front of the home fans the citizens of Novo mesto adorned with laurel wreaths and to the sounds of Golica song played by the music group Lenarti deservedly raised the trophy handed to them by the president of NTZS Marjan HRIBAR. “I still do not fully belive what we have achieved in such a short time even after two days. Congratulations come from everywhere even from abroad. I would like to emphasize that this success is due to the work of the whole club behind which stand many heartfelt people. I would like to thank each and every one of them for their unforgettable success “says Uroš SLATINŠEK. Uroš Slatinšek finished this season undefeated. He played a total of 53 matches and won every match. Undefeated he won the award for the most useful player of the sesone. It was handed over to him by the former National coach of the Slovenian national team Bojan RAK. “After Saturday’s euphoria over the victory when we added the title of National Champions to the title of Cup Champions a feeling of satisfaction and pride remained. We reaffirmed that five years ago we chose the right path a path based on the right foundations of sport and values that promote integrated development. This success also gives us additional energy and motivation to continue the planned path “emphasizes the president of ŠD SU Sajda SLATINŠEK and adds:” Thank you for all the support and help to all members of ŠDSU sponsors and the Municipality of Novo mesto. Without you we wouldn’t be where we are. At the very top! ”  

Just like last year it’s HB Ostrov clinched the title in the top division this season. They defeated SKST Cheb the winners of the group phase 3:2 and 3:0. The return leg played in the hall of Havlíčkův Brod wasn’t as even as the first duel but 700 spectators in the stands were satisfied. The trio of Michal OBEŠLO Tomáš TREGLER and Dmitrij PROKOPCOV pushed their tam to the victory. The play off hero was Michal OBEŠLO with a perfect score of seven wins out of seven matches. However he found himself in a loosing position in the last one. But he got the point despite trailing 0:1 and then 1:2 on sets against Antonín GAVLAS. Cheb was a worthy opponent. Except for Antonín GAVLAS it was David REITŠPIES who had a brilliant season. Third to the party was the defender Stanislav KUEČRA. It was HB Ostrov’s final. Although their coach Bohumil VOŽICKÝ admitted it was a tougher title race than last time. „We played against two very difficult opponents in the play offs EL Niňo Praha and then Cheb in the final. We defeated both of them whcih makes the trophy even more valuable.“ The bronze medal belongs to El Niňo Praha. Final results 1st match: SKST Cheb – HB Ostrov H. Brod 2:3 David REITŠPIES – Michal OBEŠLO 1:3 (-7 5 -4 -9) Antonín GAVLAS – Tomáš TREGLER 3:1 (-8 7 9 5) Stanislav KUČERA – Dmitrij PROKOPCOV 2:3 (-4 11 -8 8 -1) David REITŠPIES – Tomáš TREGLER 3:2 (-11 -10 10 15 2) Antonín GAVLAS – Michal OBEŠLO 0:3 (-9 -9 -6). 2nd match: HB Ostrov H. Brod – SKST Cheb 3:0 Tomáš TREGLER – David REIŠPIES 3:1 (9 -4 8 9) Michal OBEŠLO – Antonín GAVLAS 3:2 (-9 7 -7 9 8) Dmitrij PROKOPCOV – Stanislav KUČERA 3:0 (4 7 4).

Two leading and clubs with rich history in Greece Olympiacos and Panathinaikos justified their status and presented two strong duels in the finals of Greek Cup 2021-2022 and clinched the titles in their respective men and women categories. On weekend May 14 and 15 in Peace and Friendship Stadium in the return of the institution to the program of Greek table tennis after 11 years Olympiacos emerged the winner in the men while Panathinaikos captured the gold medal in the women. In the exciting final in men Olympiacos defeated Panathinaikos 3-2. A few minutes later in the also very interesting final of the women Panathinaikos defeated Olympiakos 3-1. After the relaxation of measures for the covid-19 in the country the contests took part in front of about 150 fans and offered spectacle and suspense with Olympiacos and Panathinaikos to be the top seeded in both categories. In the Cup 11 teams participated and competed for two days with a knockout system and a ranking for all positions. In the women the participations were only 4 and the games took place on Sunday 15/05. After the semifinals they had the “big” and the “small” final. The bronze medal winners are the players from OEA Thessaloniki in men and Telamon Salaminas in women. The team of Thessaloniki beat AEK 3-1 in the match for the 3-4 places. The same time Telamon Salamina defeated GAO Piraeus 3-1 and won the 3rd place. Olympiacos-Panathinaikos 3-2 men Giannis SGOUROPOULOS-Iasonas KORDOUTIS 3-1 (11-3 10-12 11-8 11-3) Tassos RINIOTIS-Konstantinos KONSTANTINOPOULOS 0-3 (7-11 3-11 10-12) Enio MENTES-Petyo KRASTEV 1-3 (9-11 4-11 11-7 4-11) SGOUROPOULOS-KONSTANTINOPOULOS 3-1 (7-11 11-5 11-5 11-3) George STAMATOUROS/SGOUROPOULOS-KONSTANTINOPOULOS/KRASTEV 3-2 (11-5 7-11 11-3 8-11 11-8) Olympiacos-Panathinaikos 1-3 women Konstantina PARIDI-Elisavet TERPOU 2-3 (7-11 11-7 11-5 4-11 6-11) Aliki KIOUFI-Ana TOFANT 0-3 (8-11 4-11 3-11) Christina KALLBERG-Katerina TOLIOU 3-1 (13-11 11-6 9-11 11-3) PARIDI-TOFANT 1-3 (9-11 5-11 11-5 1-11)

Top Spin Messina Fontalba clinched the national trophy for the secind time in the history; the first was in 2019. In the final they beat the reigning champions Apuania Carrara the winners of the Supercup the Italian Cup and the Europe Cup this the season. In the first leg played at home the Sicilian team led by the coach Marcello PUGLISI   won 4-1 thanks to Ukraine’s Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO who defeated 3-2 Slovakia’s Lubomir PISTEJ and 3-1 Croatia’s Andrej GACINA and to Matteo MUTTI and to Portugal’s João MONTEIRO who beat 3-2 and 3-1 Mihai BOBOCICA. Only GACINA hit the target 3-2 over MONTEIRO in Apuania Carrara. In the second leg away a draw was enough for Top Spin and the double win of MUTTI 3-2 over PISTEJ and 3-0 over BOBOCICA and MONTEIRO’s 3-1 over BOBOCICA allowed them to succeed. The local players who had finished the regular season in first place and were chasing their sixth title hoped until the end to postpone the verdict to the third match. Apuania was leading 3-2 due to GACINA’s 3-1 and 3-0 over ZHMUDENKO and MONTEIRO and to the great comeback of PISTEJ against MONTEIRO and the last singles that opposed MUTTI to BOBOCICA was decisive to award the title to the opponents. “The second leg was a really tense game ” MUTTI explains “We knew it would be tough. GACINA confirmed to be very strong but we were stronger as a team and won together. I am really happy I beat PISTEJ and obviously also BOBOCICA in the last match but above all for the win over Lubomir because the last two times I had lost quite clearly against him and that was the game I feared most. I’m happy for myself for the team and for the club which worked a lot and very well. We really deserved this title”. “We are very happy” says MONTEIRO “to be champions. We have a great team and my teammates are wonderful. All together we have made possible what was almost impossible. Hardly anyone believed we could do it only the team and the club believed it. This is a title for Messina Top Spin once again made history. We are all very happy and now we have to celebrate what we have achieved”.   Second leg: Apuania Carrara – Top Spin Messina Fontalba 3-3 Andrej GACINA – Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 3-1 (11-5 8-11 11-9 11-7) Lubomir PISTEJ – Matteo MUTTI 1-3 (8-11 7-11 12-10 7-11) Mihai BOBOCICA – João MONTEIRO 1-3 (9-11 11-7 6-11 9-11) Lubomir PISTEJ – Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 3-2 (6-11 11-8 8-11 11-5 11-9) Andrej GACINA – João MONTEIRO 3-0 (11-7 11-9 11-9) Mihai BOBOCICA – Matteo MUTTI 0-3 (10-12 2-11 10-12) First leg: Top Spin Messina Fontalba – Apuania Carrara 4-1 João MONTEIRO – Andrej GACINA 2-3 (7-11 5-11 11-6 11-9 14-16) Matteo MUTTI – Mihai BOBOCICA 3-2 (11-7 10-12 11-9 6-11 12-10) Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO – Lubomir PISTEJ 3-2 (11-7 8-11 5-11 11-5 11-6) João MONTEIRO – Mihai BOBOCICA 3-0 (11-4 12-10 11-8) Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO – Andrej GACINA 3-1 (9-11 11-8 11-9 11-9)

Тhe win2day Bundesliga final between SolexConsult Wr. Neustadt and Winter King Felbermayr Wels ended in favor of the Wels after fantastic U turn in Austria.  The winner of the regular season was already on course for defending the title with 2-0 in matches and 2-0 in sets – but Wels started an incredible comeback: First Nandor ESCEKI turned the game against Felix WETZEL won 3-2 then the Hungarian made with Jiri MARTINKO in the Double the equalizer and MARTINKO ensured the 3-2 lead which Andreas LEVENKO finally brought with a 3-0 against Frane KOJIC across the finish line – he realized the 4-2 victory and the title for Felbermayr Wels. 4-2 after 0-2 – Felbermayr Wels managed an incredible comeback against the dethroned champion: Nandor Ecseki already had his head in the noose against Felix WETZEL: after the opening wins of Frane Kojic (3-1 against Jiri MARTINKO) and Tomas KONECNY (3-1 against Andreas LEVENKO) WETZEL took a 2-0 lead buoyed by euphoria. But ECSEKI found his way into the match won three straight games and started comeback of Wels. After that Ecseki followed up with MARTINKO in doubles with a 3-0 against KOJIC/WETZEL MARTINKO gave Wels the lead for the first time with a 3-0 against Konecny ​​and then the calculators were glowing. LEVENKO just won a single game in the final match against KOJIC. The Austrian team player won this in a sovereign manner by 11-5. Wels was the new champion and President Bernhard HUMER took a deep breath: “We rose from the dead and triumphed in the end. We have thus set another milestone in Austrian table tennis after winning the title with Wels II in the 2nd Bundesliga we were the first team to win twice.” ÖTTV President Wolfgang GOTSCHKE was able to congratulate Wels for the third title after 2014 and 2018. Wr. Neustadt on the other hand seems to have bad luck with the term “Final at home”: After the narrow defeat in the Europe Cup final against Carrara (It) the second disappointment followed against Wels. Tomas KONECNY ​​has to say goodbye with the silver medal. “We’re disappointed but since February it’s just been jinxed. However we shouldn’t have lost the two finals at home. I congratulate Wels on the well-deserved title but we want to take our revenge ” said coach Martin DOPPLER. Nevertheless the season with the ÖTTV Cup victory Europe Cup silver and the runner-up title for Wr. Neustadt went great. “It will be difficult to repeat a season like this” adds DOPPLER who welcomes the top talented Julian RZIHAUSCHEK to the team. win2day 1. Bundesliga Final: SolexConsult Wr. Neustadt – Felbermayr Wels 2:4 Frane Kojic – Jiri Martinko 3:1 (-4 8 13 3) Tomas Konecny – Andreas Levenko 3:1 (-10 5 9 9) Félix Wetzel – Nandor Ecseki 2:3 (5 9 -7 -8 -7) Frane Kojic/Félix Wetzel – Jiri Martinko/Nandor Ecseki 0:3 (-9 -6 -9) Tomas Konecny – Jiri Martinko 0:3 (-9 -9 -9) Frane Kojic – Andreas Levenko 0:3 (-5 w.o.) win2day 1. Bundesliga Semis: SolexConsult Wr. Neustadt – Sparkasse Salzburg 2:4 Tomas Konecny – Francisco Sanchi 2:3 (-9 7 8 -5 -8) Frane Tomislav Kojic – Florian Bichler 3:0 (4 5 7) Felix Wetzel – Michael Trink 1:3 (2 -8 -8 -9) w.o. /w.o. – Francisco Sanchi/Michael Trink 0:3 (-0 -0 -0) Tomas Konecny – Florian Bichler 3:0 (3 5 3) Frane Tomislav Kojic – Francisco Sanchi 1:3 (8 -0 -0 -0) Sparkasse Salzburg – SolexConsult Wr. Neustadt 0:4 Francisco Sanchi – Felix Wetzel 2:3 Florian Bichler – Tomas Konecny 1:3 Michael Trink – Frane Kojic 0:3 Francisco Sanchi/Michael Trink – Frane Kojic/Felix Wetzel 2:3 Felbermayr Wels – UTTC Stockerau 4:0 Jiri Martinko – Maciej Kolodziejczyk 3:1 Andreas Levenko – Chen Weixing 3:0 Nandor Ecseki – David Serdaroglu 3:0 Nandor Ecseki/Jiri Martinko – David Serdaroglu/Maciej Kolodziejczyk 3:0 UTTC Stockerau – Felbermayr Wels 1:4 David Serdaroglu – Andreas Levenko 1:3 Chen Weixing – Jiri Martinko 2:3 Maciej Kolodziejczyk – Nandor Ecseki 3:1 Maciej Kolodziejczyk//David Serdaroglu – Nandor Ecseki/Jiri Martinko 1:3 David Serdaroglu – Jiri Martinko 2:3

Electrification Services – VSTA and Vijurkas newly crowned Lithuanian champions in their respective Women’s and Men’s leagues. Electrification Services – VSTA (from Klaipeda) won the season’s women’s group with a 5:0 win over Virmebas (from Utena). The third place went to the Red Black (from Kaunas) women’s team. 1st place Electrification Services – VSTA – Aukse GECEVICIUTE Andzelika PETRAUSKIENE Brilita JUREVICIUTE Kornelija RILISKYTE Violeta RELIUGE. Coach Silverijus PUOTKALIS. 2nd place Virmebas – Lina MARTINKE Aurelija KYBARTAITE Almina SAIBUTYTE Virginija LISKAUSKIENE Baiba BOGDUNOVA. Coach Virginija LISKAUSKIENE. 3rd place Red Black – Monika MAZUR Kristina TAURIENE Karina IVANAUSKAITE Eivile ABRAMAVICIUTE Jurate BRAZAITYTE. Coach Donatas PETRAUSKAS The champions of the top division of the men’s league become Vijurkas-1 after persistent struggles against Rytas-1 team.  A team Rytas-2 (from Vilkaviskis coach Viktoras RYBAKAS) beat Panevezys Sports Center (Panevezys) by a score of 5:3 and won third place. 1st place Vijurkas – Tonetas DOMEIKA Arnoldas DOMEIKA Irmantas DAUKONTAS. Coach Raimondas JACKEVICIUS 2nd place Rytas -1 – Vytautas RYBAKAS Edvinas TAMOSIUNAS Karolis KASPARAITIS Georgi RUBINSTEIN. Coach Viktoras RYBAKAS. 3rd place Rytas-2 – Paulius GURA Audrius KAIRYS Aidas CAPONKA Edgaras KNYZERIS Daniels KODANS. Coach Viktoras RYBAKAS.

The table tennis players of STC SKST Bratislava defended the title of the Slovak Women’s Extraleague Champions again. The final tournament of the 2021/2022 season of the top Slovak league was played in the SKST Arena on Stara Vajnorska street in Bratislava.  The team managed by coach Lucia COLOVICKOVA first eliminated KST Drive Trencianske Jatrabie with a solid victory 5:0 in the Semifinals thus a tie in the final round would have been sufficient for them to win the entire Championship. This was exactly what happened in the encounter with SKST Topolcany which ended up in a tie 5:5 and then celebrations of their third consecutive title could have started. The players of STC SKST took advantage of the home soil and the rule related to the Extraleague’s final rounds according to which in case of a tie a better-placed team after the regular part of the season wins the match. Since the players from Bratislava won the regular season by 2 points ahead of players from Topolcany a tie in the gold medal match was enough to secure the triumph. A tie has been secured under dramatic circumstances indeed when at the overall score 4:5 Jana TEREZKOVA turned the last match against Renata LACENOVA to her favor (she was down 0:2 in games and 3:8 in the third game). TEREZKOVA won 3:2 in a very tight match and she gained the decisive fifth point for her team. The other three points were scored by Dominika WILTSCHKOVA one point was added by Eliska STULLEROVA. The winning team consisted by Monika URIKOVA Nina DAROVCOVA and Noemi NEMETHOVA. The 2021/2022 Extraleague Champion STC SKST Bratislava won fourteen out of sixteen matches throughout the whole season. The only tie and defeat they experienced was just with the silver medalist SKST Topolcany. The bronze medal goes to MSK Malacky first they lost to Topolcany (0:5) in the Semifinals but then they won against KST Drive Trencianske Jastrabie 5:0 in the 3rd place match and confirmed their position after the regular season.   The results of Saturday’s final rounds for 1st-4th places in the 2021/2022 Women’s Extraleague in SKST Arena in Bratislava (one match per round system): SEMIFINALS STC ŠKST Bratislava – KST Drive Trenčianske Jastrabie 5:0 ŠKST Topoľčany – MSK Malacky 5:0 THIRD PLACE MATCH MSK Malacky – KST Drive Trenčianske 5:0 Pavlína Rajtoková Natália Kosová – Daniela Gurínová Terézia Mikulová 3:0 (4 7 7) Henrieta Horníková – Martina Igazová 3:1 (4 3 -11 6) Natália Kosová – Lucia Zajačková 3:0 (2 8 9) Pavlína Rajtoková – Daniela Gurínová 3:0 (4 6 3) Natália Kosová – Martina Igazová 3:0 (2 5 4) FINALS STC ŠKST Bratislava – ŠKST Topoľčany 5:5 Dominika Wiltschková Eliška Štullerová – Renáta Lacenová Adriána Illášová 2:3 (-7 11 10 -4 -7) Monika Uríková – Ema Činčurová 2:3 (5 -8 9 -4 -4) Dominika Wiltschková – Renáta Lacenová 3:0 (9 8 1) Eliška Štullerová – Adriána Illášová 1:3 (-9 -8 8 -5) Dominika Wiltschková – Ema Činčurová 3:1 (7 -8 8 9) Monika Uríková – Adriána Illášová 1:3 (-5 -8 7 -8) Eliška Štullerová – Renáta Lacenová 3:1 (6 -7 9 10) Dominika Wiltschková – Adriána Illášová 3:2 (-6 7 8 -7 8) Eliška Štullerová – Ema Činčurová 1:3 (-7 9 -7 -8) Jana Terezková – Renáta Lacenová 3:2 (-9 -11 9 10 6)

Borussia Düsseldorf and 1. FC Saarbrücken TT won their second play-off duel in the Table Tennis Bundesliga (TTBL) and thus the best-of-3 semi-final series. The two teams now will be fighting for the German championship in the Liebherr TTBL finals in the Ballsporthalle in Frankfurt on June 11th. Düsseldorf prevailed 3-0 against TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell while Saarbrücken at the same time scored 3-0 at Post SV Mühlhausen. In the previous week both teams had already won the first leg. For FCS it is the fourth entry in the Liebherr TTBL final in a row Borussia is in the final for the second time in a row. Last year Düsseldorf had asserted itself with 3:1.  “We are happy to be in the final again. I’m very proud of the whole team. Now we’re stepping on the gas and will try to make the little sensation perfect against Düsseldorf ” said Saarbrücken’s Patrick FRANZISKA after they had made it into the final. “It’s always very difficult to play in Mühlhausen. But I think we deserved to win in the end.” Düsseldorf’s Dang QIU explained: “Both games against Fulda were hard-fought. The fact that we still won last week was a huge thing and important for our starting position today. But today we started from scratch again so we wanted to step on the gas right from the start and not fall behind again. Luckily we managed to do that. We’re going to take a few days off now and then put our full focus on the finale.” In the previous week Düsseldorf had struggled against Fulda and fought a 3-2 lead after being 2-0 down. The second duel on the other hand was relatively unambiguous thanks in particular to Anton KÄLLBERG’S success in the opening round who once again prevailed against Alexandre CASSIN. With the French in second place the guests had hoped for a break but KÄLLBERG won 3-1 (11-6 6-11 12-10 11-6). The sticking point was the third set: CASSIN initially led and secured a set ball 10:9 but KÄLLBERG defended it took the 12:10 and then had everything under control in the fourth set. Then Timo BOLL extended the lead to 2:0. The 41-year-old who lost 2-3 to Fan Bo MENG last week was in much better shape against Quadri ARUNA and won 3-1 (11-6 7-11 11-6 11-1). 9). Dang QIU finally got the third point winning three hard-fought sets against Meng and using his first match point to make it 3-0 (11-9 12-10 11-9). Saarbrücken also won 3-0 in Mühlhausen repeating the success of the previous week. Here too the first duel was the key: to loud cheers from the crowd in the sold-out Postsporthalle Ovidiu IONESCU took a 2-0 lead against Darko JORGIC and made his team dream of taking the lead. JORGIC however kept his nerve initially lost five set balls in the third set but then used the sixth to make it 1: 2 – and had everything under control in the following sets. In the end the Saarbrücken player won 3: 2 (9:11 8:11 13:11 11:4 11:6) and thus got the break for the guests. Patrick FRANZISKA then increased it with his 3:0 (11:8 11:6 11:8) against Irvin BERTRAND so that only one win separated FCS from entering the Liebherr TTBL final. And Tomas POLANSKY got it after the break: The 23-year-old Czech stopped Daniel HABESOHN’S comeback attempt in the fifth set with a time-out and a few rallies later secured two match points which he scored 3: 2 (9:11 11:9 11:8 3:11 11:9) and thus led to Saarbrücken’s 3-0 success. FC Saarbrücken TT – Post SV Mühlhausen 3:0 Patrick Franziska – Daniel Habesohn 3: 0 (11: 6 11: 5 11: 6) Darko Jorgic – Ovidiu Ionescu 3:1 (11:6 6:11 12:10 17:15) Tomas Polansky-Irvin Bertrand 3-1 (7-11 11-7 11-9 11-9) Borussia Düsseldorf – TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 3:0 Anton Källberg – Alexandre Cassin 3:1 (11:6 6:11 12:10 11:6) Timo Boll – Quadri Aruna 3:1 (11:6 7:11 11:6 11:9) Dang Qiu – Fan Bo Meng 3:0 (11:9 12:10 11:9)  Post SV Mühlhausen – 1. FC Saarbrücken TT 0:3 Ovidiu Ionescu – Darko Jorgic 2:3 (11:9 11:8 11:13 4:11 6:11) Irvin Bertrand – Patrick Franziska 0:3 (8:11 6:11 8:11) Daniel Habesohn – Tomas Polansky 2:3 (11:9 9:11 8:11 11:3 9:11) Borussia Düsseldorf – TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 3:0 Anton Källberg – Alexandre Cassin 3:1 (11:6 6:11 12:10 11:6) Timo Boll – Quadri Aruna 3:1 (11:6 7:11 11:6 11:9) Dang Qiu – Fan Bo Meng 3:0 (11:9 12:10 11:9)  Post SV Mühlhausen – 1. FC Saarbrücken TT 0:3 Ovidiu Ionescu – Darko Jorgic 2:3 (11:9 11:8 11:13 4:11 6:11) Irvin Bertrand – Patrick Franziska 0:3 (8:11 6:11 8:11) Daniel Habesohn – Tomas Polansky 2:3 (11:9 9:11 8:11 11:3 9:11) News on www.ttbl.de www.facebook.com/ttbuli www.instagram.com/ttbuli www.youtube.com/user/TischtennisBL