The matches in the Group B and C of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women Stage 2 commenced today in France. In both Groups hosts Metz TT and TT Saint Quentin showed top performance. In Group B Metz needed only three matches to beat Spanish Girbau Vic TT. Dina MESHREF Adina DIACONU and Mariia TAILAKOVA easily prevailed against Sofia-Xuan ZHANG Tamolwan KHETKHUAN Charlotte CAREY with only Dina losing one game in the process. SKST PLUS Hodonin overcame Novi Sad as it was expected but still Tijana JOKIC managed to beat the odds and overcame Natalia PARTYKA. Sakura MORI and Tetyana BILENKO showed no mercy against Reka BEZEG and Aneta MAKSUTI. In Group C four matches were on program today. TT Saint Quentin made a great step toward quarterfinal. They won both their encounters. Polina MIKHAYLOVA Sarah DE NUTTE and Aurore LE MANSEC beat Austria’s TTC NanoTech Villach whilst Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN joined MIKHAYLOVA and DE NUTTE to secure the win over Ucam Cartagena. Spanish club also lost to another French representative ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT. It was first of two wins that ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT achieved today. In the last match of the day Hana MATELOVA Marie MIGOT and Camelia IACOB overcame TTC NanoTech Villach. This promises great excitement tomorrow in all-French duel for the top position in the Group. Group B 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) Group C 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)
Borussia Dusseldorf and Sporting Clube De Portugal in the quarters
Table Tennis European Champions League Men reigning champions Borussia Dusseldorf progressed to the quarterfinal after recording all three wins in ARAG CenterCourt. They did it in impressive style without losing any individual match. Sporting Clube De Portugal will also play among top 8 clubs. In the Group A Asisa Borges Vall and SPG Felbermayr Wels same as Sporting have only one win but better ratio worked in favor of Portugal’s club. In the last match of the tournament freshly recovered Kristian KARLSSON got his chance to enter the game. After Anton KALLBERG beat Jiri MARTINKO and Timo BOLL overcame Nandor ECSEKI KARLSSON just followed their path and accounted for Andreas LEVENKO. Sporting Clube De Portugal beat Asisa Borges Vall to secure the quarterfinal in dramatic of the tournament. Portugal’s club failed to post the victory in two previous days but at the end last day’s victory launched them to the next phase of the Champions League. Beside the winners of the Group all three clubs recorded only one win. The ratio pushed Sporting Clube De Portugal to the knock out stage whilst Asisa Borges Vall will continue in Europe Cup after finished third. Group A Day 3 Borussia Dusseldorf – SPG Felbermayr Wels 3:0 Anton KALLBERG – Jiri MARTINKO 3:1 (11:4 11:9 9:11 11:5) Timo BOLL – Nandor ECSEKI 3:0 (11:9 11:2 11:6) Kristian KARLSSON – Andreas LEVENKO 3:0 (11:5 11:8 11:8) Sporting Clube De Portugal – Asisa Borges Vall 3:1 Diogo CARVALHO – Marc DURAN 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:8) Bode ABIODUN – Viktor BRODD 1:3 (4:11 11:7 8:11 7:11) Diogo SILVA – Joan MASIP 3:0 (14:12 12:10 11:7) Diogo CARVALHO – Viktor BRODD 3:2 (11:9 5:11 12:10 6:11 6:3) Day 2 Asisa Borges Vall – SPG Felbermayr Wels 3:1 Viktor BRODD – Andreas LEVENKO 3:2 (11:6 2:11 3:11 11:9 6:5) Marc DURAN – Nandor ECSEKI 3:2 (11:7 6:11 11:7 9:11 6:3) Joan MASIP – Jiri MARTINKO 1:3 (7:11 6:11 11:9 7:11) Marc DURAN – Andreas LEVENKO 3:0 (11:9 11:7 13:11) Borussia Dusseldorf – Sporting Clube De Portugal 3:0 Anton KALLBERG- Diogo SILVA 3:0 (14:12 12:10 11:8) Timo BOLL – Diogo CARVALHO 3:0 (11:8 11:8 11:5) Dang QIU – Bode ABIODUN 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:9) Day 1 SPG Felbermayr Wels – Sporting Clube De Portugal 3:2 Andreas LEVENKO – Diogo SILVA 3:0 (11:3 11:9 11:7) Nandor ECSEKI – Diogo CARVALHO 3:2 (11:9 7:11 17:19 12:10 6:5) Jiri MARTINKO – Bode ABIODUN 2:3 (11:8 9:11 7:11 11:9 4:6) Andreas LEVENKO – Diogo CARVALHO 2:3 (11:9 11:9 4:11 8:11 3:6) Nandor ECSEKI – Diogo SILVA 3:0 (11:9 12:10 11:4) Asisa Borges Vall – Borussia Dusseldorf 0:3 Marc DURAN – Anton KALLBERG 1:3 (11:8 6:11 5:11 7:11) Viktor BRODD – Timo BOLL 0:3 (5:11 6:11 9:11) Joan MASIP – Dang QIU 0:3 (3:11 8:11 8:11)
Top Spin Messina Fontalba showed great team spirit
After two days of play in Verkhnaya Pyshma Top Spin Messina Fontalba emerged successfully at the top of the Group B in the Table Tennis European Champions League Men Stage 2. Club from Italy was stretched to full distance in both their matches against Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt and GV Hennebont TT but managed to secure the victories in decisive encounters. Frane Tomislav KOJIC scored both points for Austria’s club Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt whilst on the other side of the table Marco Joao MONTEIRO RECH DALDOSSO and Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO all managed to score for Top Spin Messina Fontalba. “It is the first time that we are playing in the Champions League and we are one step close to reach the best 8 clubs in Europe. There is one more day ahead of us and chance to make historical result. We showed great team spirit at this tournament ” said Joao MONTEIRO. Today was the day for the marathons in Russia. Hosts TTSC UMMC suffered in five matches against French GV Hennebont TT. Liam PITCHFORD win both points for the hosts against Omar ASSAR and Anders LIND but both of them seized their opportunities against Tomislav PUCAR whilst Sadi ISMAILOVbeat Jonathan GROTH. Group B 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)
Top class players on duty on titleholders’ soil in Berlin
Last year’s winners Germany’s ttc Berlin eastside will host the Group A of the Stage 2 of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women. They will face the challengers from SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club of Hungary CP Lyssois Lille Métropole of France and GDCS Do Juncal of Portugal. Berlins’ club has 5 titles in Champions League and 3 in Europe Cup; SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club played in the final of the Europe Cup last year whilst French club won the title in Europe Cup in 2016. “It’s a must to win the group and our aim is to win again the Champions League ” Team Manager Andreas HAIN summed up the all goals and expectations before the start of the Saturday’s matches. The list of players in Berlin’s jersey are very impressive and includes the names of the Europe Top 16 Cup winner Nina MITTELHAM SHAN Xiaona Britt EERLAND Ye LIN Sabina SURJAN Jessica GÖBEL Irina PALINA Kathrin MÜHLBACH Yaping DING Jing NING Johanna SALZMANN Josephine PLONIES. “We’re not happy about the WTT tournaments during this event so not all of players will be available but with SHAN MITTELHAM EERLAND and SURJAN we will be have a very strong team including the 3 players which won last year the final against Linz ” reminded us Manager HAIN. For SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club of Hungary is listed: Georgina POTA Maria FAZEKAS Helga Adel DARI Lili CSISZAR Dora LORX and Emma JUHASZ. “We are very happy to have opportunity to play against Budaörs with Gina Potá. She played 12 years for our club and won many titles with and for our club. That’s the highlight for all fans in Berlin.” In CP Lyssois Lille Métropole are Sibel ALTINKAYA Linda BERGSTRÖM Andrea TODOROVIC Agnès LE LANNIC Margo DEGRAEF Mélanie FREYTAG Katsiaryna SIVAKOVA… whilst for GDCS Do Juncal are listed Tatiana GARNOVA Mafalda ANDRADE Raquel ANDRADE Janet EFFION Julia LEAL Letitia CHARAMBA Rita COELHO.
KTS Tarnobrzeg and Linz AG Froschberg progressed to the quarterfinal
In the Stage 2 of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women in Linz Polish club KTS Tarnobrzeg was the first to book the place in the quarterfinal. The hosts Linz AG Froschberg also progressed to the next stage from the position no. two. KTS Tarnobrzeg remained unbeaten throughout two days tournament in Austria. On the opening day HAN Ying YANG Xiaoxin and YU FU succeeded against adversaries from TTC Moravsky Krumlov and Linz AG Froschberg whilst today they beat Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table. All three matches concluded with 3:0 result. At the beginning of the day Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table overcame TTC Moravsky Krumlov but they lost to Linz AG Froschberg day earlier. Linz AG Froschberg beat TTC Moravsky Krumlov to secure their placer in the quarterfinal. Bernadett BALINT put the hosts under pressure. In the opening match she beat Sofia POCANOVA but LIU Jia was at the top of the game. LIU overcame Eliska SEDOVA in straight games before she beat BALINT to secure win in fourth match. Group D Day 2 Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table – TTC Moravsky Krumlov 3:1 Prithika PAVADE – Daniela RUZICKOVA 3:0 (11:5 11:2 11:4) Camille LUTZ – Bernadett BALINT 2:3 (2:11 10:12 11:9 11:9 4:6) Leili MOSTAFAVI – Eliska SEDOVA 3:0 (11:6 11:4 11:1) Prithika PAVADE – Bernadett BALINT 3:2 (12:10 14:16 11:6 9:11 6:5) KTS Tarnobrzeg – Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table 3:0 Fu YU – Prithika PAVADE 3:1 (9:11 12:10 11:7 11:1) Ying HAN – Camille LUTZ 3:0 (11:3 11:1 11:1) Xiaoxin YANG – Leili MOSTAFAVI 3:0 (11:5 11:5 14:12) Linz AG Froschberg – TTC Moravsky Krumlov 3:1 Sofia POLCANOVA – Bernadett BALINT 2:3 (10:12 11:8 11:13 11:8 4:6) Jia LIU – Eliska SEDOVA 3:0 (11:5 11:9 11:3) Suthasini SAWETTABUT – Daniela RUZICKOVA 3:0 (11:8 11:3 11:2) Jia LIU – Bernadett BALINT 3:1 (6:11 11:6 13:11 15:13) Day 1 Ttc Moravsky Krumlov – KTS Tarnobrzeg 0:3 Eliska SEDOVA – Ying HAN 0:3 (3:11 3:11 3:11) Bernadett BALINT – Xiaoxin YANG 0:3 (7:11 3:11 8:11) Daniela RUZICKOVA – Fu YU 1:3 (5:11 4:11 11:6 6:11) Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table – Linz AG Froschberg 1:3 Camille LUTZ – Sofia POLCANOVA 0:3 (8:11 5:11 8:11) Prithika PAVADE – Suthasini SAWETTABUT 3:1 (8:11 11:8 11:7 11:7) Leili MOSTAFAVI – Margaryta PESOTSKA 0:3 (5:11 12:14 9:11) Prithika PAVADE – LIU Jia 1:3 (11:9 10:12 9:11 9:11) Linz AG Froschberg – KTS Tarnobrzeg 0:3 Sofia POLCANOVA – Ying HAN 0:3 (8:11 5:11 5:11) Margaryta PESOTSKA – Fu YU 0:3 (8:11 10:12 11:13) Suthasini SAWETTABUT – Xiaoxin YANG 0:3 (4:11 3:11 2:11)
Borussia Dusseldorf in perfect run TTSC UMMC is heating up
It was good day for the hosts on the second day of play in the Group A and in the Group B that commences today. In Germany Borussia Dusseldorf clinched their second victory in two days whilst the hosts in Verkhnaya Pyshma TTSC UMMC overcame first hurdle in superb style. In Dusseldorf after defeat in the opening day of the play Asisa Borges Vall overcame SPG Felbermayr Wels. Austrian side beat Sporting yesterday. “It was must to win situation for us. After yesterday defeat it was our only chance to stay in position to fight for the second place in the Group and place in the quarterfinal ‘explained Marc DURAN. “Tomorrow we will play against Sporting Clube De Portugal and it is going to be tough match. We know each other very well. We played against each other many times. CARVALHO is very dangerous player.” SPG Felbermayr Wels Coach David HUBER was disappointed. “We had our chances at some points we were a little unlucky. Andreas LEVENKO lost by sudden death point against Viktor BRODD after he had 2:1 lead. In addition the second match also went full distance. Now we are in situation where we must wait for the outcome of the tomorrow’s duel between Borges Vall and Sporting. Beating Borussia is impossible task here ” said coach HUBER. Hosts Borussia Dusseldorf showed no mercy against Sporting Clube De Portugal. Anton KALLBERG Timo BOLL and Dang QIU all three recorded straight matches victories. Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt failed to win the single match against TTSC UMMC in Group B. Frane Tomislav KOJIC put Liam PITCHFORD under pressure but PITCHFORD managed to give the host dream start. Tomislav PUCAR and freshly recovered Jonathan GROTH followed his path against Tomas KONECNY and Felix WETZEL. It was one way street in that match but in the duel between Top Spin Messina Fontalba and GV Hennebont TT created more drama. Omar ASSAR proved too strong for Joao MONTEIRO in the five games opening match. He also beat Matteo MUTTI in more effective style but he was the only player to score for the French club. Matteo MUTTI overcame Cedric NUYTINCK In another five games thriller Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO beat Anders LIND and MONTEIRO prevailed against Sadi ISMAILOV in the decisive match. Group A Day 2 Asisa Borges Vall – SPG Felbermayr Wels 3:1 Viktor BRODD – Andreas LEVENKO 3:2 (11:6 2:11 3:11 11:9 6:5) Marc DURAN – Nandor ECSEKI 3:2 (11:7 6:11 11:7 9:11 6:3) Joan MASIP – Jiri MARTINKO 1:3 (7:11 6:11 11:9 7:11) Marc DURAN – Andreas LEVENKO 3:0 (11:9 11:7 13:11) Borussia Dusseldorf – Sporting Clube De Portugal 3:0 Anton KALLBERG- Diogo SILVA 3:0 (14:12 12:10 11:8) Timo BOLL – Diogo CARVALHO 3:0 (11:8 11:8 11:5) Dang QIU – Bode ABIODUN 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:9) Day 1 SPG Felbermayr Wels – Sporting Clube De Portugal 3:2 Andreas LEVENKO – Diogo SILVA 3:0 (11:3 11:9 11:7) Nandor ECSEKI – Diogo CARVALHO 3:2 (11:9 7:11 17:19 12:10 6:5) Jiri MARTINKO – Bode ABIODUN 2:3 (11:8 9:11 7:11 11:9 4:6) Andreas LEVENKO – Diogo CARVALHO 2:3 (11:9 11:9 4:11 8:11 3:6) Nandor ECSEKI – Diogo SILVA 3:0 (11:9 12:10 11:4) Asisa Borges Vall – Borussia Dusseldorf 0:3 Marc DURAN – Anton KALLBERG 1:3 (11:8 6:11 5:11 7:11) Viktor BRODD – Timo BOLL 0:3 (5:11 6:11 9:11) Joan MASIP – Dang QIU 0:3 (3:11 8:11 8:11) Group B 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)
ETTU President Levitin attends Umpires and Referee Committee webinar
The ETTU Umpires and Referee Committee (URC) Webinar was held today in the “online” presence of the ETTU President Igor LEVITIN and aimed to strength cooperation with national associations representatives. President LEVITIN opened the webinar for National Umpires and Referee Committee chairpersons and interested match officials by highlighting the efforts made by the match officials in ensuring fair-play in our sport. The President also mentioned the challenges table tennis is facing at the moment but at the same time the opportunities for match officials. The ETTU URC used the webinar to present their projects objectives and tasks to all National Umpires and Referee Committee chairpersons and interested match officials. It was explained that young umpires will have a clear pathway and at the end the best umpires in Europe will be selected to officiate at the ETTU top events. To ensure this objective close cooperation between the ETTU URC and National URC is important and Development is a key objective for the ETTU. On 7 December ETTU URC will organise their next webinar which focuses on increasing the number of female match officials and all associations are invited to motivate their female colleagues to participate. “All the work done in the last months and also the future projects are only possible because of excellent team work within the ETTU URC and I want to thank my colleagues in URC for their work. We are here to support all associations in Europe in the field of match officials ” said URC Chairman Werner THURY.
KS DARTOM BOGORIA awaits “refreshed” Fakel-GAZPROM Orenburg
In TT European Champions Legue Men Group D five times winners Russia’s Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg traveling to Poland where the host is KS DARTOM BOGORIA Grodzisk Mazowiecki. In Poland will also play Germany’s TTC Neu-Ulm and SF SKK El Nino Praha from Czech Republic. Table tennis heavyweights Fakel GAZPROM led by Dimitrij OVTCHAROV who recently had a surgery have some novelties in their lineup. Also Vladimir SAMSONOV recently decided to put an end to playing career. “This season the lineup of Fakel-Gazprom has changed significantly. In addition to Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Vladimir SAMSONOV and Marcos FREITAS our team has three new players: LIN Yun-Ju Hugo CALDERANO and Aleksandr SHIBAEV. All our players are in good physical shape and ready for the TTCL upcoming matches. This fact is confirmed by the confident victories of our team in all five matches of the Russian Championship R1 which was held in Orenburg in the middle of October ” stated Coach Vladimir ENDLOV. The hosts has also strong aces in their sleave. At the top of the list is Panagiotis GIONIS followed by Marek BADOWSKI Pawel SIRUCEK Milosz REDZIMSKI CHUANG Chih-Yuan Michal GAWLAS Patryk PYSK SUN Shiyu. Coach ENDLOV called for caution. “The main opponent in our group is a Polish club KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki. It is a strong European club with high-level players. We expect many interesting and intense matches in this season. We believe that all our players will be able to show a confident powerful and spectacular table tennis ” added Vladimir ENDOLOV. For SF SKK El Nino Praha are listed: Jiri VRABLIK Jakub ZELINKA Frantisek ONDERKA Petr KAUCKY Jakub KAUCKY Martin SIP Matej STACH Krystof PRIDA whilst for TTC Neu Ulm plays Ionnis SGOUROPOULOS Lev KATSMAN Tiago APOLONIA Vladimir SIDORENKO Kay STUMPER Rudolf STUMPER.
TT Saint-Quentinois awaits the guest with great enthusiasm
On Friday in the Stage 2 of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women Group C matches commences in France. TT Saint-Quentinois is the host and they will meet Spanish UCAM Cartagena T.M Austria’s TTC Villach and French Etival Clairefontaine ASRTT. For the host are listed: Polina MIKHAILOVA Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN Sarah DE NUTTE Aurore LE MANSEC Ruta PASKAUSKIENE Emily BOLTON and Maria TSAPTSINOS. “Polina MIKHAILOVA and Sarah De NUTTE were at the WTT tournament in Tunis but they didn’t perform very well. Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN has started a new table tennis life as she quit the national team ” explained Jean-Louis POLARD TTSQ Team Manager. Coach Olga MIKHAYLOVA looking forward the opportunity for the players to play in front of their fans. “It is good feeling that the forthcoming Champions League event will take place at home in Saint Quentin. In our Group we have to confront some of the best European players. On one hand it will be not easy and on the other hand it will be very interesting with intensive matches. We are motivated and are expecting to finish in one of the first two positions to continue to quarterfinals ” explained Coach. Coach MIKHAYLOVA was pleased with the current shape of the majority of the players. “Daniela Dodean MONTEIRO owner of a silver medal from the European Team Championships in Cluj didn’t lose any match during the competition and she also had three individual victories in French League. Sarah De NUTTE had a good performance in Cluj against her teammate Polina MIKHAILOVA and three victories in French League. As far as Polina MIKHAILOVA is concerned the beginning of the season was less successful and she is yet to top the results from previous season when she beat Sofia POLCANOVA and Bernadette SZOCS in Linz and also recorded 90% victories in French League last season.” Three times Europe Cup winners UCAM Cartagena T.M. has Silvia Assis de Souza ERDELYI Maria XIAO Fen LI Carmen LOZANO MIRON and Dora MADARASZ in their team. TTC “NanoTech” Villach’s lineup includes the names of Ivana MALOBABIC Anna Szofia FENYVESY Ina JAZBEC Kiara SEGULA Bettina FEUERABEND and Tetiana TATIANINA Liudmila KIRITSA. Etival Clairefontaine ASRTT is composed of Hana MATELOVA Jieni SHAO Marie MIGOT Camelia IACOB Aude JACQUOT and Camille DERREY.
KTS Tarnobrzeg upsets the odds in Linz
It was long and successful day for the no two seed in Group D in the Stage 2 of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women in Linz. Poland’s KTS Tarnobrzeg upset the odds and beat last year’s runners up and hosts Linz AG Froschberg. At the opening day of the tournament KTS Tarnobrzeg clinched two victories whilst Linz concluded the day with semi success – one win and one defeat. In the morning session Polish KTS Tarnobrzeg showed no mercy against Ttc Moravsky Krumlov – 0:3. HAN Yina and Xiaoxin YANG won their matches in straight games against Eliska SEDOVA and Bernadett BALINT whilst YU Fu needed one more to overcame Daniela RUZICKOVA. Linz AG Froschberg beat Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table in four matches and it was only Prithika PAVADE who put hosts under pressure. Sofia POLCANOVA overcame Camille LUTZ in straight games Margaryta PESOTSKA beat Leili MOSTAFAVI also recorded 3:0 victory but Suthasini SAWETTABUT failed against PAVADE in the second match. However on her second exit to the table PAVADE failed to repeat the success against experienced LIU Jia. LIU was 0:1 in reverse but next three games she won by narrow margin to give Austria’s team good start of the tournament. However the last match of the day inflicted the pain into the hearts of the hosts supporters. HAN Ying YU Fu and YANG Xiaoxin showed no weak spots against Sofia POLCANOVA Margaryta PESOTSKA and Suthasini SAWETTABUT. Group D Ttc Moravsky Krumlov – KTS Tarnobrzeg 0:3 Eliska SEDOVA – Ying HAN 0:3 (3:11 3:11 3:11) Bernadett BALINT – Xiaoxin YANG 0:3 (7:11 3:11 8:11) Daniela RUZICKOVA – Fu YU 1:3 (5:11 4:11 11:6 6:11) Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table – Linz AG Froschberg 1:3 Camille LUTZ – Sofia POLCANOVA 0:3 (8:11 5:11 8:11) Prithika PAVADE – Suthasini SAWETTABUT 3:1 (8:11 11:8 11:7 11:7) Leili MOSTAFAVI – Margaryta PESOTSKA 0:3 (5:11 12:14 9:11) Prithika PAVADE – LIU Jia 1:3 (11:9 10:12 9:11 9:11) Linz AG Froschberg – KTS Tarnobrzeg 0:3 Sofia POLCANOVA – Ying HAN 0:3 (8:11 5:11 5:11) Margaryta PESOTSKA – Fu YU 0:3 (8:11 10:12 11:13) Suthasini SAWETTABUT – Xiaoxin YANG 0:3 (4:11 3:11 2:11)
