The 2021 GAZPROM European U21 Championships commenced today in the Centre Sportif de Warfaaz in Belgium’s Spa with the qualification Stage. The top 8 players in both Men’s and Women’s Singles Event are yet to feel the heat of the matches tomorrow. The best seeded players are warming up whilst keeping one eye on the Group matches. Still fresh from her successful premiere in TTC Berlin eastside no. two seed Sabina SURJAN is among them. “I cannot wait for tournament to start for me. I am so disappointed with the performance at the European team Championships in Cluj; we had three COVID positive cases and among them it was our coach too. It all affect our performance and we showed less that we could ” said Sabina. The winner of the Top 10 in Tours three years ago and silver and bronze medalists from the team’s events at the European Youth Championships proved that she is in good shape last week in the matches played in Berlin eastside’s jersey. “We reached the quarterfinal of the Champions League and I had three wins against Andrea TODOROVIC Helga DARI and Tatiana GARNOVA; I lost only to Janet EFFIOM. I believe I came here in good shape ” said SURJAN. The competition is fierce; at the top of the list is Mariia TAILAKOVA and among the top seeds are also Tatiana KUKULKOVA of Slovakia Ozge YILMAZ of Turkey Jamila LAURENTI of Italy Anastasia kOLISH of Russia Tijana JOKIC of Serbia Nikoleta PUCHOVANOVA of Slovakia. “It is far from the end of list of big favorites here. Among the players who are required to play the qualifications are Annett KAUFMANN and Sophia KLEE of Germany Andreaa DRAGOMAN and Tania PLAIAN of Romania…The competition is very strong.” Sabina will play in doubles with Tijana JOKIC. They were third at the EYC in Cluj. “I teamed up with Mateo MUTTI in Mixed Doubles. It is first time that we are play together it is yet to see how it will work ”explained Sabina SURJAN.
Metz TT and SKST PLUS Hodonin last two clubs to secure quarterfinal
Metz TT clinched the top position in Group B in the Stage two of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women and progressed to the quarterfinals. Host club recorded all three victories in three days of play in France. At the second position is SKST PLUS Hodonin. Those two clubs joined best two clubs from Group A ttc Berlin eastside and CP Lyssois Lille Métropole as well as the winners and runner ups from Group D KTS Tarnobrzeg and Linz AG Froschberg. Also Metz made total of three French clubs among top 8 by joining ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT and TT Saint Quentin who progressed to the next stage day earlier. In the opening match of the day SKST PLUS Hodonin overcame Girbau-Vic TT. Sofia-Xuan ZHANG was the only player to score. She beat Natalia PARTYKA. In Hododnin Sakura MORI and Tetyana BILENKO showed no mercy. They concluded their matches in straight games. METZ concluded the tournament victoriously. Hosts overcame Novi Sad in straight matches. Group B Day 3 SKST PLUS Hodonin – Girbau-Vic TT 3:1 Natalia PARTYKA – Sofia-Xuan ZHANG 1:3 (7:11 11:8 8:11 5:11) Sakura MORI – Tamolwan KHETKHUAN 3:0 (11:8 11:5 11:7) Tetyana BILENKO – Charlotte CAREY 3:0 (11:5 11:1 11:9) Sakura MORI – Sofia-Xuan ZHANG 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:3) Metz TT – TTC Novi Sad 3:0 Adina DIACONU – Tijana JOKIC 3:1 (11:3 5:11 11:4 11:6) Dina MESHREF – Aneta MAKSUTI 3:1 (7:11 11:9 11:7 11:8) Mariia TAILAKOVA – Reka BEZEG 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:2) Day 2 Girbau-Vic TT – TTC Novi Sad 1:3 Tamolwan KHETKHUAN – Tijana JOKIC 1:3 (9:11 11:8 10:12 9:11) Sofia-Xuan ZHANG – Aneta MAKSUTI 3:2 (9:11 12:10 8:11 11:7 6:4) Charlotte CAREY – Radmila TOMINJAK 1:3 (3:11 9:11 11:5 10:12) Tamolwan KHETKHUAN – Aneta MAKSUTI 0:3 (6:11 12:14 8:11) Metz TT – SKST PLUS Hodonin 3:2 Adina DIACONU – Tetyana BILENKO 3:0 (15:13 14:12 11:7) Dina MESHREF – Sakura MORI 2:3 (11:7 11:9 7:11 3:11 1:6) Jiaduo WU – Natalia PARTYKA 1:3 (5:11 11:7 7:11 6:11) Adina DIACONU – Sakura MORI 3:0 (11:4 15:13 11:8) Mariia TAILAKOVA – Tetyana BILENKO 3:2 (11:5 9:11 11:6 7:11 6:0) Day 1 TTC Novi Sad – SKST PLUS Hodonin 1:3 Reka BEZEG – Sakura MORI 0:3 (1:11 5:11 4:11) Tijana JOKIC – Natalia PARTYKA 3:1 (7:11 11:9 12:10 11:7) Aneta MAKSUTI – Tetyana BILENKO 0:3 (2:11 8:11 8:11) Tijana JOKIC – Sakura MORI 0:3 (4:11 4:11 5:11) Girbau-Vic Tt – Metz TT 0:3 Sofia-Xuan ZHANG – Dina MESHREF 1:3 (6:11 11:8 4:11 4:11) Tamolwan KHETKHUAN – Adina DIACONU 0:3 (1:11 6:11 8:11) Charlotte CAREY – Mariia TAILAKOVA 0:3 (7:11 7:11 7:11)
1. FC Saarbrücken TT and K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo completed the list of the quarterfinalists
Unbeaten at the home soil 1. FC Saarbrücken TT clinched the top position in Group C and progressed to the quarterfinal of the TT European Champions League Men. K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo with two wins and one defeat also booked the place among top 8 clubs in Europe. From the Stage two to the quarters progressed: Borussia Dusseldorf and Sporting Clube De Portugal from Group A TTSC UMMC and GV Hennebont TT from Group B and Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg and TTC Neu-Ulm from Group D. On the last hurdle in Saarbrücken winners of the Group lost only one individual match. In five games battle Emmanuel LEBESSON beat Darko JORGIC. Olav KOSOLOSKY also was involved in full five games match but in close finish Adrien MATTENET failed to bring more drama in the match. Patrick FRANZISKA was at the top of the task with two 3:0 wins. In the last match in the Group K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo overcame Denmark’s Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 in effective style. Jakub DYJAS Truls MOREGARD and Taimu ARINOBU produced straight matches win against the Roskilde’s Jens LUNDQVIST Michael MAZE and Mikkel HINDERSSON. Group C Day 3 Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 – K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo 0:3 Jens LUNDQVIST – Jakub DYJAS 0:3 (6:11 8:11 9:11) Michael MAZE – Truls MOREGARD 0:3 (4:11 7:11 8:11) Mikkel HINDERSSON – Taimu ARINOBU 2:3 (11:8 5:11 2:11 15:13 4:6) 1.FC Saarbrücken TT – AS Pontoise Cergy 3:1 Patrick FRANZISKA – Rafael CABRERA 3:0 (11:3 11:5 11:7) Darko JORGIC – Emmanuel LEBESSON 2:3 (8:11 11:6 7:11 11:8 4:6) Olav KOSOLOSKY – Adrien MATTENET 3:2 (11:7 11:5 7:11 11:13 6:5) Patrick FRANZISKA – Emmanuel LEBESSON 3:0 11:4 11:4 11:6) Day 2 K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo – AS Pontoise Cergy 3:0 Truls MOREGARD – Rafael CABRERA 3:0 (11:1 11:5 11:6) Jakub DYJAS – Emmanuel LEBESSON 3:1 (12:10 9:11 11:9 12:10) Taimu ARINOBU – Adrien MATTENET 3:1 (6:11 11:8 11:5 11:6) 1.FC Saarbrücken TT – Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 3:0 Darko JORGIC – Jens LUNDQVIST 3:0 (11:7 11:9 14:12) Patrick FRANZISKA – Mikkel HINDERSSON 3:0 (11:6 11:1 11:4) Tomas POLANSKY – Allan BENTSEN 3:0 (11:4 11:9 11:7) Day 1 K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo – 1. FC Saarbrücken TT 1:3 Jakub DYJAS – Darko JORGIC 1:3 (9:11 8:11 14:12 6:11) Truls MOREGARD – Patrick FRANZISKA 3:2 (11:13 11:7 11:8 9:11 6:5) Taimu ARINOBU – Tomas POLANSKY 1:3 (11:7 10:12 13:15 5:11) Jakub DYJAS – Patrick FRANZISKA 0:3 (5:11 11:13 7:11) AS Pontoise Cergy – Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 2:3 Rafael CABRERA – Jens LUNDQVIST 0:3 (8:11 4:11 3:11) Emmanuel LEBESSON – Michael MAZE 3:1 (10:12 11:9 11:6 11:7) Adrien MATTENET – Mikkel HINDERSSON 3:0 (11:8 11:9 11:8) Emmanuel LEBESSON – Jens LUNDQVIST 2:3 (3:11 4:11 11:5 11:7 4:6) Rafael CABRERA – Michael MAZE 0:3 (2:11 9:11 1:11)
Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg safely moved to quarters followed by TTC Neu-Ulm
Five times TT European Champions Legue winners Russia’s Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg progressed to the quarterfinal of the event. In the Group D played in Poland in Grodzisk Mazowiecki they remained unbeaten in three rounds. With one defeat TTC Neu-Ulm will join Russia’s club in the quarters. SF SKK El Nino Praha failed to put the pressure on Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg in the last round. Alexander SHIBAEV was forced to go full distance against Jiri VRABLIK but SHIBAEV was much stronger at the end. Hugo CALDERANO and Marcos FREITAS recorded straight games wins against Jakub ZELINKA and Frantisek ONDERKA. In the direct clash for the remaining place that leads to the quarterfinal hosts of the tournament KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki lost to TTC Neu-Ulm. Young stars Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS and Lev KATSMAN the players who will fight for the title at the GAZPROM European Under 21 Championships next week led German club into the victory. Both players overcame Panagiotis GIONIS whilst KATSMAN accounted for CHUANG Chih-Yuan as well. Group D Day 3 KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki – TTC Neu-Ulm 1:3 Chih-Yuan CHUANG – Lev KATSMAN 2:3 (13:11 6:11 8:11 11:8 4:6) Panagiotis GIONIS – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 1:3 (11:6 15:17 11:13 5:11) Marek BADOWSKI – Vladimir SIDORENKO 3:2 (11:6 13:15 8:11 11:6 6:4) Panagiotis GIONIS – Lev KATSMAN 2:3 (9:11 12:10 6:11 11:6 2:6) Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – SF SKK El Nino Praha 3:0 Alexander SHIBAEV – Jiri VRABLIK 3:2 (11:9 11:9 7:11 10:12 6:1) Hugo CALDERANO – Jakub ZELINKA 3:0 (11:1 11:8 11:7) Marcos FREITAS – Frantisek ONDERKA 3:0 (11:4 11:9 11:4) Day 2 Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 3:1 LIN Yun-Ju – CHUANG Chih-Yuan 2:3 (11:9 4:11 9:11 11:6 5:6) Hugo CALDERANO – Marek BADOWSKI 3:0 (11:5 11:1 12:10) Marcos FREITAS – Panagiotis GIONIS 3:2 (11:1 10:12 5:11 11:4 6:1) Hugo CALDERANO – Chih-Yuan CHUANG 3:1 (10:12 11:5 11:4 11:8) TTC Neu-Ulm – SF SKK El Nino Praha 3:1 Lev KATSMAN – Jakub ZELINKA 3:1 (11:3 8:11 11:7 11:8) Vladimir SIDORENKO – Jiri VRABLIK 1:3 (11:9 9:11 7:11 7:11) Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS – Frantisek ONDERKA 3:0 (11:7 11:6 11:3) Lev KATSMAN – Jiri VRABLIK 3:1 (11:7 8:11 11:5 11:6) Day 1 Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – TTC Neu-Ulm 3:2 LIN Yun Ju – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 2:3 (11:4 5:11 8:11 11:5 4:6) Hugo CALDERANO – Lev KATSMAN 3:1 (9:11 11:2 11:9 11:5) Marcos FREITAS – Vladimir SIDORENKO 3:0 (11:4 11:7 11:7) LIN Yun Ju – Lev KATSMAN 2:3 (12:14 11:6 8:11 11:3 2:6) Hugo CALDERANO – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 3:0 (11:2 20:18 11:7) SF SKK El Nino Praha – KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 1:3 Jiri VRABLIK – Chih-Yuan CHUANG 3:2 (11:6 10:12 6:11 11:5 6:2) Frantisek ONDERKA – Panagiotis GIONIS 0:3 (9:11 5:11 6:11) Jakub ZELINKA – Marek BADOWSKI 2:3 (9:11 4:11 11:9 11:7 2:6) Jiri VRABLIK – Panagiotis GIONIS 2:3 (8:11 11:4 3:11 11:6 3:6)
ttc Berlin eastside and CP Lyssois Lille Métropole moved to quarters
Reigning champions ttc Berlin eastside succeeded to the quarterfinal of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women. At the tournament held in Berlin hosts recorded three thrilling victories in Stage 2. With one victory less CP Lyssois Lille Métropole also moved to the next stage of the Event. In the last match ttc Berlin eastside was forced to go full five matches against GDCS Juncal for a third time at the tournament. SHAN Xiaona beat both her matches against Tatiana GARNOVA and Janet EFFIOM whilst Sabina SURJAN added third point after the victory over EFFIOM. Raquel ANDRADE and GARNOVA scored for GDCS Juncal. The match between CP Lyssois Lille Métropole and SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club decided second qualifier for the quarters of the TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League and once again in Group A it went full distance. All three players Linda BERGSTROM Andrea TODOROVIC and Sibel ALTINKAYA gave their contribution. At Hungarian side it was only Georgina POTA who scored. Group A Day 2 ttc Berlin Eastside – GDCS Juncal 3:2 SHAN Xiaona – Tatiana GARNOVA 3:0 (14:12 11:5 11:9) Sabina SURJAN – Janet EFFIOM 3:0 (11:3 11:5 11:9) Johanna SALZMANN – Raquel ANDRADE 0:3 (11:13 4:11 6:11) Sabina SURJAN – Tatiana GARNOVA 1:3 (6:11 3:11 11:6 8:11) SHAN Xiaona – Janet EFFIOM 3:0 (11:3 11:6 11:7) SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club – CP Lyssois Lille Métropole 2:3 Maria FAZEKAS – Linda BERGSTROM 0:3 (4:11 5:11 7:11) Georgina POTA – Sibel ALTINKAYA 3:2 (11:9 8:11 12:10 7:11 6:5) Helga DARI – Andrea TODOROVIC 1:3 (5:11 14:12 11:13 4:11) Georgina POTA – Linda BERGSTROM 3:2 (8:11 12:10 11:6 8:11 6:2) Maria FAZEKAS – Sibel ALTINKAYA 0:3 (3:11 2:11 11:13) Day 1 Gdcs Juncal – SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club 2:3 Tatiana GARNOVA – Maria FAZEKAS 3:1 (11:5 8:11 11:2 11:9) Raquel ANDRADE – Georgina POTA 0:3 (2:11 3:11 6:11) Janet EFFIOM – Helga DARI 1:3 (5:11 5:11 11:7 10:12) Tatiana GARNOVA – Georgina POTA 3:2 (11:8 10:12 8:11 12:10 6:4) Raquel ANDRADE – Maria FAZEKAS 0:3 (4:11 5:11 11:13) CP Lyssois Lille Métropole – ttc Berlin Eastside 2:3 Linda BERGSTROM – Nina MITTELHAM 3:2 (11:7 11:13 11:6 7:11 6:3) Sibel ALTINKAYA – Xiaona SHAN 1:3 (10:12 11:7 7:11 4:11) Andrea TODOROVIC – Sabina SURJAN 2:3 (11:9 8:11 11:3 9:11 4:6) Linda BERGSTROM – Xiaona SHAN 3:2 (9:11 8:11 11:6 12:10 6:4) Sibel ALTINKAYA – Nina MITTELHAM 0:3 (7:11 9:11 6:11) TTC Berlin Eastside – SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club 3:2 Xiaona SHAN – Maria FAZEKAS 3:0 (11:6 11:2 11:9) Nina MITTELHAM – Georgina POTA 2:3 (9:11 11:7 11:8 8:11 4:6) Sabina SURJAN – Helga DARI 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:9) Xiaona SHAN – Georgina POTA 0:3 (9:11 9:11 9:11) Nina MITTELHAM – Maria FAZEKAS 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:4) CP Lyssois Lille Métropole – GDCS Juncal 3:1 Andrea TODOROVIC – Tatiana GARNOVA 1:3 (10:12 5:11 11:8 9:11) Linda BERGSTROM – Janet EFFIOM 3:0 (11:5 11:7 11:7) Sibel ALTINKAYA – Raquel ANDRADE 3:0 (11:4 11:9 11:5) Linda BERGSTROM – Tatiana GARNOVA (11:5 9:11 11:5 10:12 6:5)
Day for thrillers in Berlin and Metz
Reigning champions ttc Berlin Eastside had a tough matches at the opening of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women Stage 2. In Group A hosts were stretched to full distance against CP Lyssois Lille Métropole and against SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club. Linda BERGSTROM overcame Europe Top 16 Cup winner Nina MITTELHAM at the beginning of the match between ttc Berlin Eastside and CP Lyssois Lille Métropole. Swede also repeated the success against SHAN Xiaona but both SHAN and Nina prevailed against Sibel ALTINKAYA. In all-Serbian duel in five games Sabina SURJANA overcame Andrea TODOROVIC. In second match same trio from the Berlin’s club faced tough challenge from Hungarian side led by Georgina POTA. POTA beat Nina MITTELHAM in five games whilst she needed only three for SHAN. Last year’s runners up in the Europe Cup SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club also faced very strong opposition in the opening duel in the Group. GDCS Juncal forced Hungarian club to go full distance but both points came from just one player Tatiana GARNOVA. Tatiana beat Maria FAZEKAS in the opening encounter of the match and then overcame Georgina POTA in five games. On the other side of the net all three players from SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club scored. POTA and FAZEKAS beat Raquel ANDRADE and Helga DARI prevailed against Janet EFFIOM. Clubs that had the big success in the Europe Cup previously Girbau-Vic TT and TTC Novi Sad met today in the opening round of the Group B. Novi Sad created an upset and overcame Spanish side. All three players from Serbia Tijana JOKIC Aneta MAKSUTI and Radmila TOMINJAK scored whilst in Spanish club it was only Sofia XUAN ZHANG who won one match. Girbau VIC lost to Metz day earlier. Adina DIACONU added two wins today to her score board to push Metz to five matches win against SKST PLUS Hodonin. In the decisive encounter Mariia TAILAKOVA overcame Tetyana BILENKO. Group A Gdcs Juncal – SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club 2:3 Tatiana GARNOVA – Maria FAZEKAS 3:1 (11:5 8:11 11:2 11:9) Raquel ANDRADE – Georgina POTA 0:3 (2:11 3:11 6:11) Janet EFFIOM – Helga DARI 1:3 (5:11 5:11 11:7 10:12) Tatiana GARNOVA – Georgina POTA 3:2 (11:8 10:12 8:11 12:10 6:4) Raquel ANDRADE – Maria FAZEKAS 0:3 (4:11 5:11 11:13) CP Lyssois Lille Métropole – ttc Berlin Eastside 2:3 Linda BERGSTROM – Nina MITTELHAM 3:2 (11:7 11:13 11:6 7:11 6:3) Sibel ALTINKAYA – Xiaona SHAN 1:3 (10:12 11:7 7:11 4:11) Andrea TODOROVIC – Sabina SURJAN 2:3 (11:9 8:11 11:3 9:11 4:6) Linda BERGSTROM – Xiaona SHAN 3:2 (9:11 8:11 11:6 12:10 6:4) Sibel ALTINKAYA – Nina MITTELHAM 0:3 (7:11 9:11 6:11) TTC Berlin Eastside – SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club 3:2 Xiaona SHAN – Maria FAZEKAS 3:0 (11:6 11:2 11:9) Nina MITTELHAM – Georgina POTA 2:3 (9:11 11:7 11:8 8:11 4:6) Sabina SURJAN – Helga DARI 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:9) Xiaona SHAN – Georgina POTA 0:3 (9:11 9:11 9:11) Nina MITTELHAM – Maria FAZEKAS 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:4) CP Lyssois Lille Métropole – GDCS Juncal 3:1 Andrea TODOROVIC – Tatiana GARNOVA 1:3 (10:12 5:11 11:8 9:11) Linda BERGSTROM – Janet EFFIOM 3:0 (11:5 11:7 11:7) Sibel ALTINKAYA – Raquel ANDRADE 3:0 (11:4 11:9 11:5) Linda BERGSTROM – Tatiana GARNOVA (11:5 9:11 11:5 10:12 6:5) Group B Day 2 Girbau-Vic TT – TTC Novi Sad 1:3 Tamolwan KHETKHUAN – Tijana JOKIC 1:3 (9:11 11:8 10:12 9:11) Sofia-Xuan ZHANG – Aneta MAKSUTI 3:2 (9:11 12:10 8:11 11:7 6:4) Charlotte CAREY – Radmila TOMINJAK 1:3 (3:11 9:11 11:5 10:12) Tamolwan KHETKHUAN – Aneta MAKSUTI 0:3 (6:11 12:14 8:11) Metz TT – SKST PLUS Hodonin 3:2 Adina DIACONU – Tetyana BILENKO 3:0 (15:13 14:12 11:7) Dina MESHREF – Sakura MORI 2:3 (11:7 11:9 7:11 3:11 1:6) Jiaduo WU – Natalia PARTYKA 1:3 (5:11 11:7 7:11 6:11) Adina DIACONU – Sakura MORI 3:0 (11:4 15:13 11:8) Mariia TAILAKOVA – Tetyana BILENKO 3:2 (11:5 9:11 11:6 7:11 6:0) Day 1 TTC Novi Sad – SKST PLUS Hodonin 1:3 Reka BEZEG – Sakura MORI 0:3 (1:11 5:11 4:11) Tijana JOKIC – Natalia PARTYKA 3:1 (7:11 11:9 12:10 11:7) Aneta MAKSUTI – Tetyana BILENKO 0:3 (2:11 8:11 8:11) Tijana JOKIC – Sakura MORI 0:3 (4:11 4:11 5:11) Girbau-Vic Tt – Metz TT 0:3 Sofia-Xuan ZHANG – Dina MESHREF 1:3 (6:11 11:8 4:11 4:11) Tamolwan KHETKHUAN – Adina DIACONU 0:3 (1:11 6:11 8:11) Charlotte CAREY – Mariia TAILAKOVA 0:3 (7:11 7:11 7:11)
1. FC Saarbrücken TT and Fakel Gazprom Orenburg moving forward in big style
In Group C and D in the TT European Champions League Men favorites are unbeaten after two days of play. 1. FC Saarbrücken TT and Fakel Gazprom Orenburg clinched two wins each. In Group D Fakel Gazprom Orenburg justified their rankings and overcame the hosts KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki. The back bone of Orenburg success was Hugo CALDERANO once again. He overcame Marek BADOWSKI and CHUANG Chih-Yuan. Marcos FREITAS joined him with the victory over Panagiotis GIONIS. TTC Neu-Ulm overcame SF SKK El Nino Praha so they will play against Bogoria tomorrow for the second remaining place in the quarterfinal. Day earlier Truls MOREGARD beat Patrick FRANZISKA to show splendid form but 1. FC Saarbrücken TT proved too strong for K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo. Today Swede repeated the good performance and led Polish club into the victory against AS Pontoise Cergy. French side still cannot count on Tristan FLORE and Quentin ROBINOT their top two players. Moregrad beat Rafael CABRERA Jakub DYJAS proved too strong for Emmanuel LEBESSON and Taimu ARINOBU overcame Adrien MATTENET. Both matches in Germany concluded by 3:0 margin. In second 1. FC Saarbrücken TT overcame Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 3:0. In addition Darko JORGIC Patrick FRANZISKA and Tomas POLANSKY beat Jens LUNDQVIST Mikkel HINDERSSON and Allan BENTSEN in straight games. Group C Day 2 K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo – AS Pontoise Cergy 3:0 Truls MOREGARD – Rafael CABRERA 3:0 (11:1 11:5 11:6) Jakub DYJAS – Emmanuel LEBESSON 3:1 (12:10 9:11 11:9 12:10) Taimu ARINOBU – Adrien MATTENET 3:1 (6:11 11:8 11:5 11:6) FC Saarbrücken TT – Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 3:0 Darko JORGIC – Jens LUNDQVIST 3:0 (11:7 11:9 14:12) Patrick FRANZISKA – Mikkel HINDERSSON 3:0 (11:6 11:1 11:4) Tomas POLANSKY – Allan BENTSEN 3:0 (11:4 11:9 11:7) Day 1 K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo – 1. FC Saarbrücken TT 1:3 Jakub DYJAS – Darko JORGIC 1:3 (9:11 8:11 14:12 6:11) Truls MOREGARD – Patrick FRANZISKA 3:2 (11:13 11:7 11:8 9:11 6:5) Taimu ARINOBU – Tomas POLANSKY 1:3 (11:7 10:12 13:15 5:11) Jakub DYJAS – Patrick FRANZISKA 0:3 (5:11 11:13 7:11) AS Pontoise Cergy – Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 2:3 Rafael CABRERA – Jens LUNDQVIST 0:3 (8:11 4:11 3:11) Emmanuel LEBESSON – Michael MAZE 3:1 (10:12 11:9 11:6 11:7) Adrien MATTENET – Mikkel HINDERSSON 3:0 (11:8 11:9 11:8) Emmanuel LEBESSON – Jens LUNDQVIST 2:3 (3:11 4:11 11:5 11:7 4:6) Rafael CABRERA – Michael MAZE 0:3 (2:11 9:11 1:11) Group D Day 2 Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 3:1 LIN Yun-Ju – CHUANG Chih-Yuan 2:3 (11:9 4:11 9:11 11:6 5:6) Hugo CALDERANO – Marek BADOWSKI 3:0 (11:5 11:1 12:10) Marcos FREITAS – Panagiotis GIONIS 3:2 (11:1 10:12 5:11 11:4 6:1) Hugo CALDERANO – Chih-Yuan CHUANG 3:1 (10:12 11:5 11:4 11:8) TTC Neu-Ulm – SF SKK El Nino Praha 3:1 Lev KATSMAN – Jakub ZELINKA 3:1 (11:3 8:11 11:7 11:8) Vladimir SIDORENKO – Jiri VRABLIK 1:3 (11:9 9:11 7:11 7:11) Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS – Frantisek ONDERKA 3:0 (11:7 11:6 11:3) Lev KATSMAN – Jiri VRABLIK 3:1 (11:7 8:11 11:5 11:6) Day 1 Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – TTC Neu-Ulm 3:2 LIN Yun Ju – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 2:3 (11:4 5:11 8:11 11:5 4:6) Hugo CALDERANO – Lev KATSMAN 3:1 (9:11 11:2 11:9 11:5) Marcos FREITAS – Vladimir SIDORENKO 3:0 (11:4 11:7 11:7) LIN Yun Ju – Lev KATSMAN 2:3 (12:14 11:6 8:11 11:3 2:6) Hugo CALDERANO – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 3:0 (11:2 20:18 11:7) SF SKK El Nino Praha – KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 1:3 Jiri VRABLIK – Chih-Yuan CHUANG 3:2 (11:6 10:12 6:11 11:5 6:2) Frantisek ONDERKA – Panagiotis GIONIS 0:3 (9:11 5:11 6:11) Jakub ZELINKA – Marek BADOWSKI 2:3 (9:11 4:11 11:9 11:7 2:6) Jiri VRABLIK – Panagiotis GIONIS 2:3 (8:11 11:4 3:11 11:6 3:6)
Both French clubs ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT and TT Saint Quentin among top 8
In the direct clash for the top position in the Group C in the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women Stage 2 ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT beat the hosts TT Saint Quentin in four matches. Both clubs progressed to the next phase. In the clash for the third position and the place in the Europe Cup UCAM Cartagena overcame TTC NanoTech Villach. Today only Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN managed to score in the TT Saint Quentin’s team. She overcame Hana MATELOVA in straight games. SHAO Jieni was stretched to full distance but prevailed by “sudden death point” against Polina MIKHAYLOVA in the opening match. Also in the decisive match SHAO proved that she has a better nerves. In the fifth game of the fifth match she overcame Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN. UCAM Cartagena beat TTC NanoTech Villach to reach position no. three at the standings and the place in the Europe Cup in the proceedings of the season. Spanish side won the ETTU Cup in three occasions. It was the first victory for Ucam Cartagena at this tournament. Group C Day 2 TT Saint Quentin – ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT 1:3 Polina MIKHAYLOVA – Jieni SHAO 2:3 (11:8 11:7 6:11 4:11 5:6) Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN – Hana MATELOVA 3:0 (11:8 12:10 11:6) Sarah DE NUTTE – Camelia IACOB 1:3 (11:13 11:13 9:11) Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN – Jieni SHAO 2:3 (5:11 11:8 11:8 9:11 1:6) Ucam Cartagena – TTC NanoTech Villach 3:0 Fen LI – Anna FENYVESI 3:0 (11:5 11:2 11:2) Dora MADARASZ – Ivana MALOBABIC 3:0 (11:4 11:5 11:5) Maria XIAO – Ina JAZBEC 3:1 (11:9 7:11 14:12 11:4) Day 1 ETIVAL CLAIREFONTAINE ASRTT – UCAM Cartagena 3:2 Hana MATELOVA – Fen LI 3:1 (13:11 13:11 11:13 11:7) Jieni SHAO – Dora MADARASZ 3:1 (11:8 11:5 6:11 11:6) Marie MIGOT – Maria XIAO 0:3 (6:11 6:11 6:11) Jieni SHAO – Fen LI 1:3 (11:7 8:11 9:11 8:11) Hana MATELOVA- Dora MADARASZ 3:2 (11:4 11:13 11:3 4:11 6:4) TTC NanoTech Villach – TT Saint Quentin 0:3 Anna FENYVESI – Polina MIKHAYLOVA 0:3 (9:11 1:11 7:11) Ivana MALOBABIC – Sarah DE NUTTE 1:3 (13:11 4:11 4:11 7:11) Ida JAZBEC – Aurore LE MANSEC 2:3 (11:5 6:11 11:7 9:11 5:6) Tt Saint Quentin – Ucam Cartagena 3:1 Polina MIKHAYLOVA – Fen LI 3:2 (11:8 8:11 11:4 13:15 6:1) Daniela MONTEIRO DODEAN – Maria XIAO 3:2 (10:12 8:11 11:8 11:6 6:5) Sarah DE NUTTE – Dora MADARASZ 1:3 (11:6 4:11 7:11 10:12) Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN – Fen LI 3:2 (11:9 12:10 10:12 8:11 6:4) TTC NanoTech Villach – ETIVAL CLAIREFONTAINE ASRTT 1:3 Ida JAZBEC – Hana MATELOVA (5:11 10:12 3:11) Ivana MALOBABIC – Marie MIGOT 3:2 (7:11 11:5 12:10 4:11 6:3) Anna FENYVESI – Camelia IACOB 1:3 (5:11 14:12 8:11 8:11) Ivana MALOBABIC – Hana MATELOVA 0:3 (4:11 8:11 10:12)
TTSC UMMC and GV Hennebont TT clinched top two positions in Group B
The fights for the two positions that leads to the quarterfinal of the TT European Champions Legue Men are finished in Group B. At the top of the Group is TTSC UMMC who had tough moments in Verkhnaya Pyshma whilst second position is secured by French Gv Hennebont TT. Top Spin Messina Fontalba went full distance twice in previous two days but today’s defeat put them at the position no. three and they will move to the Europe Cup. TTSC UMMC lost yesterday against GV Hennebont TT but today they were at the top of the game against Italian side. Three clubs has two wins and one defeat but TTSC UMMC knew how won the “right match”. “We were struggling it was not easy tournament for us but most important thing is that we are in the quarterfinal ” said GROTH who was ill before the tournament and joined the club at the last moment. Gv Hennebont TT beat Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt. They lost to Top Spin Messina Fontalba at the opening day. Group B Day 3 Gv Hennebont TT – Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt 3:1 Omar ASSAR – Frane Tomislav KOJIC 3:0 (11:7 15:13 12:10) Cedric NUYTINCK – Felix WETZEL 3:0 (11:4 13:11 11:8) Sadi ISMAILOV – Tomas KONECNY 1:3 (8:11 11:9 9:11 7:11) Omar ASSAR – Felix WETZEL 3:1 (9:11 11:5 13:11 11:8) TTSC UMMC – Top Spin Messina Fontalba 3:1 Tomislav PUCAR – Matteo MUTTI 3:1 (11:9 4:11 11:3 11:5) Liam PITCHFORD – Joao MONTEIRO 2:3 (5:11 6:11 11:2 12:10 3:6) Jonathan GROTH – Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 3:1 (11:6 11:5 8:11 11:4) Liam PITCHFORD – Marco RECH DALDOSSO 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:3) Day 2 Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt – Top Spin Messina Fontalba 2:3 Tomas KONECNY – Marco RECH DALDOSSO 0:3 (3:11 8:11 2:11) Frane Tomislav KOJIC – Joao MONTEIRO 3:1 (8:11 11:9 5:11 11:6 6:1) Felix WETZEL- Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 1:3 (11:7 12:14 7:11 6:11) Frane Tomislav KOJIC – Marco RECH DALDOSSO 3:1 (11:6 9:11 11:5 11:7) Tomas KONECNY – Joao MONTEIRO 1:3 (11:9 8:11 10:12 7:11) TTSC UMMC – GV Hennebont TT 2:3 Tomislav PUCAR – Anders LIND 1:3 (11:4 11:13 9:11 6:11) Liam PITCHFORD – Omar ASSAR 3:0 (14:12 12:10 11:7) Jonathan GROTH – Sadi ISMAILOV 2:3 (11:6 8:11 9:11 11:8 0:6) Liam PITCHFORD – Anders LIND 3:1 (8:11 11:4 11:6 11:9) Tomislav PUCAR – Omar ASSAR 2:3 (8:11 11:6 11:8 12:14 2:6) Day 1 Top Spin Messina Fontalba – GV Hennebont TT 3:2 Joao MONTEIRO – Omar ASSAR 2:3 (11:6 9:11 11:9 7:11 4:6) Matteo MUTTI – Cedric NUYTINCK 3:1 (7:11 11:9 11:9 11:7) Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO – Anders LIND 3:2 (11:6 10:12 8:11 11:5 6:1) Matteo MUTTI – Omar ASSAR 0:3 (8:11 6:11 6:11) Joao MONTEIRO – Sadi ISMAILOV 3:1 (9:11 11:9 11:8 11:6) Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt – TTSC UMMC 0:3 Frane Tomislav KOJIC – Liam PITCHFORD 2:3 (9:11 5:11 13:11 12:10 3:6) Tomas KONECNY – Tomislav PUCAR 1:3 (5:11 11:5 9:11 8:11) Felix WETZEL – Jonathan GROTH 0:3 (7:11 4:11 2:11)
KS Dartom Bogoria and 1. FC Saarbrücken TT had a good day at home
In the TT European Champions League Men Group D led by fantastic Hugo CALDERANO favorites Fakel Gazprom Orenburg secured close 3:2 win over inspired TTC Neu-Ulm. In Germany in Group C 1. FC Saarbrücken TT secured opening match win against K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo. TTC Neu-Ulm’s Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS gave Germany’s team dream start against LIN Yun Ju but Fakel Gazprom Orenburg’s CALDERANO proved too strong for Lev KATSMAN and young Greek star in the fourth match. In the “middle” Marcos FREITAS beat Vladimir SIDORENKO. Hosts KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki beat SF SKK El Nino Praha in less dramatic style. Panagiotis GIONIS secured two wins against Frantisek ONDERKA and Jiri VRABLIK whilst Marek BADOWSKI beat Jakub ZELINKA. Chih-Yuan CHUANG lost to VRABLIK. In Group C Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 were stretched to full distance against AS Pontoise Cergy before Michael MAZE sealed the match with the 3:0 win over Rafael CABRERA. Jens LUNDQVIST added another two wins on Danish score board. 1.FC Saarbrücken TT had a good start with Darko JORGIC overcoming Jakub DYJAS but Truls MOREGARD managed to level with the victory over Patrick FRANZISKA. He won by sudden death point. Tomas POLANSKY made a gap again with the win over Taimu ARINOBU and in the last match FRANZISKA posted straight games victory over DYJAS. Group C Day 1 K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo – 1. FC Saarbrücken TT 1:3 Jakub DYJAS – Darko JORGIC 1:3 (9:11 8:11 14:12 6:11) Truls MOREGARD – Patrick FRANZISKA 3:2 (11:13 11:7 11:8 9:11 6:5) Taimu ARINOBU – Tomas POLANSKY 1:3 (11:7 10:12 13:15 5:11) Jakub DYJAS – Patrick FRANZISKA 0:3 (5:11 11:13 7:11) AS Pontoise Cergy – Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 2:3 Rafael CABRERA – Jens LUNDQVIST 0:3 (8:11 4:11 3:11) Emmanuel LEBESSON – Michael MAZE 3:1 (10:12 11:9 11:6 11:7) Adrien MATTENET – Mikkel HINDERSSON 3:0 (11:8 11:9 11:8) Emmanuel LEBESSON – Jens LUNDQVIST 2:3 (3:11 4:11 11:5 11:7 4:6) Rafael CABRERA – Michael MAZE 0:3 (2:11 9:11 1:11) Group D Day 1 Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – TTC Neu-Ulm 3:2 LIN Yun Ju – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 2:3 (11:4 5:11 8:11 11:5 4:6) Hugo CALDERANO – Lev KATSMAN 3:1 (9:11 11:2 11:9 11:5) Marcos FREITAS – Vladimir SIDORENKO 3:0 (11:4 11:7 11:7) LIN Yun Ju – Lev KATSMAN 2:3 (12:14 11:6 8:11 11:3 2:6) Hugo CALDERANO – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 3:0 (11:2 20:18 11:7) SF SKK El Nino Praha – KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 1:3 Jiri VRABLIK – Chih-Yuan CHUANG 3:2 (11:6 10:12 6:11 11:5 6:2) Frantisek ONDERKA – Panagiotis GIONIS 0:3 (9:11 5:11 6:11) Jakub ZELINKA – Marek BADOWSKI 2:3 (9:11 4:11 11:9 11:7 2:6) Jiri VRABLIK – Panagiotis GIONIS 2:3 (8:11 11:4 3:11 11:6 3:6)
