Anders LIND and Sophie WALLØE became triple champions on the 79. Danish Championships. They won their singles and doubles titles and together they clinched mixed doubles gold in Odense. It was Anders LINDS fourths Championships in singles in a row but Sophie WALLØES won her first golden trophy in women singles In the final 21 years old Anders Lind bat the 18-year old Patrick SKARSHOLM 4-0. Patrick SKARSHOLM won a week ago the Danish championship in junior singles. In Doubles DYEKJÆR and HARTVIGSEN was require to go to qualifications but they managed to reach the final. At the last hurdle top seeds LIND and CHRISTENSE prevailed. Sophie WALLØE overcame Izabell NØRLE also in straight games. In Doubles TOELHØJ and S WALLØ prevailed against HAAGENSEN and NØRLE.  

Hana MATELOVÁ and Jiří VRÁBLÍK clinched the titles at the Czech Republic National Championships held in the National Training Centre in Havířov. While the current women’s Czech number one extended her series of victories to five in a row and won the seventh title overall former Czech national team member Jiří VRÁBLÍK rejoiced at the gold medal in the single for the first time. And it was a great joy. In the semifinals he defeated Tomáš TREGLER 4:3. In the final junior Šimon BĚLÍK was waiting for him. BELIK beat experienced Dmitri Prokopcov 4:1 in the semifinals. VRÁBLÍK defeated the young opponent 11:9 in the seventh game.  “It’s my first singles title but I haven’t played the championship in six years. When I came to the El Niño club in Prague from Poland in the summer coach Petr KAUCKÝ told me to go to the Championship. I’m very glad he persuaded me ” said VRÁBLÍK after the match. The women’s finale was not that dramatic. Hana MATELOVÁ clearly pursued her goal in the match with Kateřina TOMANOVSKÁ and in the end without losing the game she won the fifth title in singles in a row.  “It was definitely not easy because Kateřina and I know each other very well. I was very nervous before the match. I think we can both play a better than the fans saw in the final. I’m very happy that I managed it ” said MATELOVA about the final. Tamara TOMANOVÁ won her first title of champion of the republic in Havířov. Together with Markéta ŠEVČÍKOVÁ they won the Women’s Doubles. The pair Michal OBEŠLO Radek SKÁLA won gold in the men’s doubles. The home club also celebrated success. Havířov pairings Petr DAVID Kristýna ŠTEFCOVÁ defeated Patrik KLOSE and Tamara TOMANOVÁ in the final. The winners of the U21 singles must not be missing from the list of championship titles. Ostrava’s junior Tomáš MARTINKO won the men’s singles U21 while Zdena BLAŠKOVÁ defended the title in the women’s singles U21.

Brunetti Castel Goffredo won the fourth Italian Super Cup out of four editions of the event. In “Elia Mazzi” Table Tennis Hall they defeated 5-1 Polisportiva Bagnolese Panino LAB. At the best of five singles the local team led by the coaches Alfonso LAGHEZZA and Robert STAMENKOVSKI started in the best way thanks to the contribution of two international stars. Newcomer Romania’s Bernadette SZOCS beat 3-0 Tian JING and Spain’s Maria XIAO left the first game to Romania’s defender Alina ZAHARIA equalized the score in the second one and dominated in the last two. In the clash between compatriots SZOCS and ZAHARIA shared the first two sets and in the third the twice European team champion did not exploit four game points (10-6) and won in the fifth (11-10). In the fourth game SZOCS did not convert four game balls (10-7 and 11-10) and her adversary seized first opportunity occurred (11-12). In the final game she recovered from 3-0 down changed sides 5-4 and never let herself be reached. Russia’s Olga VOROBEVA accounted for Gaia MONFARDINI 3-1 and scored the first point for Bagnolese. Then she failed to confirm herself and XIAO prevailed in straight games. MONFARDINI saved seven game points in the second set and overcame Tian JING 3-2 allowing Castel Goffredo to celebrate the Super Cup. The players of Bagnolese trained by Laurentiu Capra and Cristina Semenza fought a lot but not enough. “I am happy because all the girls played well. It wasn’t easy but we wanted to win the fourth Super Cup. In the last match MONFARDINI had a great comeback showing her mental strength. The first match with our star SZOCS was very exciting for us and for our fans. She had to fight against her compatriot ZAHARIA they know each other very well and their challenge was spectacular. XIAO confirmed to be a champion. We are a good team and this year we will try to achieve great goals the first one was today ” said coach LAGHEZZA. Maria XIAO – Alina ZAHARIA 3-1 (9-11 11-9 11-6 11-5) Bernadette SZOCS – Tian JING 3-0 (11-9 11-6 11-7) Gaia MONFARDINI – Olga VOROBEVA 1-3 (8-11 11-5 3-11 9-11) Bernadette SZOCS – Alina ZAHARIA 3-2 (11-9 7-11 12-10 11-13 11-6) Maria XIAO – Olga VOROBEVA 3-0 (11-9 11-6 11-3) Gaia MONFARDINI – Tian JING 3-2 (9-11 13-11 6-11 11-6 11-7)

Apuania Carrara won 2021 Italian Super Cup. In the Sports Hall of Carrara in the presence of the Italian Federation President Renato Di NAPOLI they beat the usual opponents of Top Spin Messina Fontalba 5-1 and raised the trophy for the first time in their history guided by the President Guglielmo BELLOTTI. The match was played on two tables best of nine matches. Russia’s Aleksander SHIBAEV and the Croatia’s Andrej GACINA was the main force in the local team led on the bench by the coach Claudio VOLPI and the manager Alessandro MERCIADRI. They gave a good start overcoming respectively Ukraine’s Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO in straight games and Portugal’s João MONTEIRO in four. After that GACINA achieved second win (3-0) over ZHMUDENKO and Marco RECH DALDOSSO accounted for Mihai BOBOCICA 3-1 the two following matches allowed Apuania Carrara to complete the job. BOBOCICA defeated MONTEIRO 3-1 with the last two games on the razor’s edge and then SHIBAEV recovered from 2-0 down against an excellent RECH DALDOSSO and came back again in the final and decisive game   to  cross the finish line with his hands up . Coach Wang Hong Liang’s side deserved an applause because despite the defeat they fought hard till the last point. “I am very happy ” comments Bobocica. “This is important victory because we got it against the one of the strongest team in the Italian league. It is never easy to play against them as they are very competitive and therefore we are very satisfied. The race for the title in the national championship will certainly be very exciting and we and Top Spin will play on equal terms as we did today”.   Aleksander SHIBAEV – Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 3-0 (11-9 11-9 11-9) Andrej GACINA – João MONTEIRO 3-1 (3-11 12-10 11-2 11-7) Mihai BOBOCICA – Marco RECH DALDOSSO 1-3 (8-11 12-10 7-11 11-13) Andrej GACINA – Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 3-0 (11-8 12-10 11-5) Aleksander SHIBAEV – Marco RECH DALDOSSO 3-2 (10-12 7-11 11-8 11-5 11-8) Mihai BOBOCICA – João MONTEIRO 3-1 (6-11 11-5 13-11 12-10)  

This year’s Czech national championships will take place unconventionally in atumn but as usual there are four categories – Men Women U21 Men and U21 Women. The venue is the National Training Centre in Havířov event starts on 9 October and ends on 11 October. Many players regularly practice in the new modern hall so they will have a slight advantage over other. That applies to for example Hana MATELOVÁ Zdena BLAŠKOVÁ Kateřina TOMANOVSKÁ or Lubomír JANČAŘÍK. The latter who plays in the German Bundesliga for TTC OE Bad Homburg is one of the main favourites for the title in men’s singles. He had a great year. At the World Singles Qualification in Doha he booked his ticket to the Olympics where he progressed to the second round. Before that JANČAŘÍK reached the men’s singles quarterfinals at the European Championships in Warsaw. And just a few days back he was a pillar of the national team at the European Team Championships in Cluj. On top of that there will be no Tomáš POLANSKÝ or Pavel ŠIRUČEK at the Czech nationals. POLANSKÝ was called-up for Saarbrucken’s match in the German Cup and Širuček is still injured. That paves the way for JANČAŘÍK to claim his first single’s title in his career. His biggest rivals will be Tomáš TREGLER and two really experienced players Dimitrij PROKOPCOV and Jiří VRÁBLÍK. The biggest favourite among women is Hana MATELOVÁ. She has six gold medals in her bag already and is unbeaten in the last four years at the Czech nationals. She won’t have to face runner up at last championships Karin GROFOVÁ (ADÁMKOVÁ) who’s pregnant so the biggest rivals will be Zdena BLAŠKOVÁ Kateřina TOMANOVSKÁ and Tamara TOMANOVÁ. The Champions of the Czech Republic 2020 Men’s singles: Tomáš POLANSKÝ Women’s singles: Hana MATELOVÁ Men’s doubles: Tomáš POLANSKÝ Pavel ŠIRUČEK Women’s doubles: Zdena BLAŠKOVÁ Aneta ŠIRUČKOVÁ Mixed doubles: David REITŠPIES Dana ČECHOVÁ U21 Men’s singles: Jiří MARTINKO U21 Women’s singles: Zdena BLAŠKOVÁ