Konstantinos AGGELAKIS in Men’s and Georgia ZAVITSANOU in Women’s Singles Evnt are the champions of Greece for the 2019-2020 season. In the event hosted for the second year in a row by Chania Crete the 23-year-old player of Panathinaikos reached the most important title in his career after a total of 6 gold medals in junior and cadet’s singles. In the final he beat 4-1 the winner of 2018 and 2019 Konstantinos KONSTANTINOPOULOS.   ZAVITSANOU the player of AEK celebrated for the second time after 2016. Then and now she overcame in the final Christina FILI but yesterday it was a shocking finale (4-3 games). In the Men’s doubles the brothers George and Konstantinos KONSTANTINOPOULOS won the gold whilest in the Women’s doubles Katerina TOLIOU and Konstantina PARIDI from DAO Tavrou and Olympiacos respectively held the gold. With a total of 55 entries the National Championship of Greece was successfully organized at the Kladisos Municipal Indoor Gym. This year’s event was also dedicated to the memory of Pera Athens and a member of the administration of HTTF for many years Damon DAMIANIDIS.   AGGELAKIS is modern player with defensive skills and strong backhand. In the final after the first balanced games was applied to the left hand KONSTANTINOPOULOS (11-8 6-11 11-3 11-4 11-8).   The final in women’s singles was really exciting. In the beginning Zavitsanou was 0-2 down against 8 times Greek champion FILI. Subsequently she went ahead 3-2 then sh leveled again and secured 7th game. ZAVITSANOU came back with a 3-7 and 6-9 then saved three match balls and prevailed by narow margin (8-11 2-11 11-4 11-8 12-10 9-11 17-15).   In men’s doubles Giorgos and Konstantinos KONSTANTINOPOULOS captured the 4th title in last 5 years. In the final won Nikos ANTONIADIS/Dimitris PAPADIMITRIOU 3-1 games (11-4 9-11 11-3 15-13).   In women’s doubles PARIDI finished with third consecutive gold medal. Two of them with TOLIOU. In Chania they were winners in strong final against Ioanna GERASIMATOU/Georgia ZAVITSANOU 3-2 games (9-11 11-7 9-11 11-7 11-8).   All the winners:   MEN’S SINGLES:   Konstantinos AGGELAKIS (Panathinaikos) Konstantinos KONSTANTINOPOULOS (Panathinaikos) Nikos ANTONIADIS (OA Chania)       – Dimitris PAPADIMITRIOU (AO Tatavla)   WOMEN’S SINGLES:   Georgia ZAVITSANOU (AEK) Christina FILI (DAO Tavrou) Chrysi FOTIADOU (Sarines Florina)       – Konstantina PARIDI (Olympiacos)   MEN’S DOUBLES:   George KONSTANTINOPOULOS / Konstantinos KONSTANTINOPOULOS (Panathinaikos) Nikos ANTONIADIS / Dimitris PAPADIMITRIOU (OA Chania / AO Tatavla) Stratos DAMIANIS / Antonis MALINAKIS (Perra Athens / OA Chania) -. Tasos RINIOTIS / George STAMATOUROS (Olympiacos)   WOMEN’S DOUBLES:   Katerina TOLIOU / Konstantina PARIDI (DAO Taurus / Olympiacos) Ioanna GERASIMATOU / Georgia ZAVITSANOU (Panathinaikos / AEK) Maria CHRISTOFORAKI / Elisavet TERPOU (Olympiacos)       – Dimitra TSEKOURA / Olga GEORGOPOULOU (Foinikas Piraeus / Pera Athens)   All the results in semifinals and finals:   MEN’S SINGLES: Semifinals: Aggelakis-Antoniadis 4-3 Konstantinopoulos-Papadimitriou 4-0   Final: Aggelakis-Konstantinopoulos 4-1   WOMEN’S SINGLES: Semifinals: Zavitsanou-Fotiadou 4-2 Fili-Paridi 4-2   Final: Zavitsanou-Fili 4-3   MEN’S DOUBLES: Semifinals: Konstantinopoulos / K. Konstantinopoulos-Damianis / Malinakis 3-1 Antoniadis / Papadimitriou-Riniotis / Stamatouros 3-0   Final: Konstantinopoulos / K. Konstantinopoulos-Antoniadis / Papadimitriou 3-1   WOMEN’S DOUBLES: Semifinals:   Toliou / Paridi-Tsekoura / Georgopoulou 3-1 Gerasimatou / Zavitsanou-Christoforaki / Terpou 3-2   Final: Toliou / Paridi-Gerasimatou / Zavitsanou 3-2

Lithuanian National Championships   Three days of Lithuanian National Championships held in Lithuania capital Vilnius brought a lot of emotions. It was special championships as the Association celebrated 90th year anniversary for Lithuanian National Championships.   The winner of the Lithuanian National s Championships for the second time became Medardas STANKEVICIUS (coach Viktoras STANKEVICIUS) and Kornelija RILISKYTE (coach Jolanta PRUSIENE).   RILISKYTE secured place in finals after win against sister Emilija RILISKYTE in the semi-finals. In the finals she won against Vitalija VENCKUTE.   Medardas STANKEVICIUS in the finals beat last year’s champion Alfredas UDRAS and became champion for the second time.   Women Singles Kornelija RILISKYTE Vitalija VENCKUTE Emilija RILISKYTE / Auguste MELAIKAITE   Men Singles Medardas STANKEVICIUS Alfredas UDRA Tomas MIKUTIS / Matas VILKAS   Women Doubles Emilija RILISKYTE and Kornelija RILISKYTE Ugne BASKUTYTE and Aukse RASIMAVICIENE Lukrecija JUCHNAITE and Laura ABARAVICIUTE / Gerda SISANOVAITE and Vitalija VENCKUTE   Men Doubles Ignas NAVICKAS and Kestutis ZEIMYS Tomas MIKUTIS and Dovydas BAGDONAS Matas VILKAS and Matas SKUCAS / Manfredas UDRA and Alfredas UDRA   Mixed Doubles Emilija RILISKYTE and Matas SKUCAS Vitalija VENCKUTE and Medardas STANKEVICIUS Kornelija RILISKYTE and Alfredas UDRA / Aukse RASIMAVICIENE and Benas SKIRMANTAS

Olegs KARTUZOVS clinched gold in Men’s Singles at the Latvian National Championships 2020 and Baiba BOGDANOVA is the crowned champion in women’s Singles Event.     Men’s Singles   1st place – Olegs KARTUZOVS 2nd place – Sandijs VASILJEVS 3rd place – Daniels KOGANS 4th place – Dainis REINHOLDS   Women’s Singles   1st place – Baiba BOGDANOVA 2nd place – Sabina MUSAJEVA 3rd place – Ina JOZEPSONE 4th place – Viktorija MAJOROVA   Men’s Doubles   1st place – Gints EIHMANS Reinis KASPARANS 2nd place – Olegs KARTUZOVS Aleksandrs PAHOMOVS 3rd place – Arturs REINHOLDS Sandijs VASILJEVS 3rd place – DanieLs KOGANS Deniss VASIĻJEVS     Women’s Doubles   1st place – Ina JOZEPSONE Margarita JUDINA 2nd place – Viktorija MAJOROVA Diana AFANASJEVA 3rd place – Baiba BOGDANOVA Sabina MUSAJEVA 3rd place – Ieva VEJA Skaidrite ZAGERE   Mixed Doubles   1st place – Arturs REINHOLDS Baiba BOGDANOVA 2nd place – Olegs KARTUZOVS Sabina MUSAJEVA 3rd place – Eduards SPAGIS Liana ZELTINA 3rd place – Andrejs CEMIRTANS Viktorija MAJOROVA   More pics see here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/galdatenisslv/albums/72157713320963023 Videos see here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXdWRONyfRQEWp9qC4cObNZkUC7vLsF2a  More information see here: www.lgtf.lv and www.galdateniss.lv

Welsh National Championships   Charlotte CAREY and Callum EVANS both added another title to their list of achievements in Cardiff today at the Welsh National Championships.   CAREY who has won five previous senior titles beat Anna Hursey 4:1 to claim number 6. With just three more to go to level with Naomi OWEN the Ebbw Vale player will be working towards that goal. Semi-finalists included Danielle KELLY (who had a great win over Chloe THOMAS) and Lara WHITTON.   Callum EVANS beat Marc CASTRO in the final in another 4:1 encounter. The scores in each set were closely fought with loads of two point sets separating the pair. Louie EVANS and Josh STACEY made the semi-finals respectively.   In the U11 singles the winners were Daniel MEAD and Darcey TAYLOR winning in round robin events. John HOOK won the Over 60 singles defeating Ray GOULDING in the final. Congratulations John on being Welsh Champion 2020. Ruby ELLIOTT won the U13 girls event beating sister Lily ELLIOTT to the top spot. Darcey TAYLOR was 3rd Seren JONES 4th and Lily WALTERS 5th.   Toby HARWOOD took the U13 boys beating Elis O’CONNOR in the final. Toby won the U11 in 2018 so is progressing in the right way and will look to add the cadet singles in the coming years.   The U21 Men was won by Josh STACEY. In a huge 7th set battle Marc CASTRO just fell short in the end and Josh was able to pull through. In the U21 women Anna HURSEY added yet one more title to the collection beating Danielle KELLY in the final. Danielle had a great weekend and has learnt valuable lessons from Czech and Sweden in recent weeks   In the Vets 40 singles Ryan OWEN took the title beating former champion Lee THOMAS. Lee winner on four occasions (2014-2017) couldn’t make it a 5th title this time. Owen CLUTTERBUCK and Dennis BROMAGElost at the semi-final stage. A shot out to Dennis as he was winner in 2 categories and semi-finalist in 2 categories – what a star!   Other winners were: Mixed Doubles – Charlotte CREY and Callum EVANS Men’s Doubles – Callum EVANS and Louie EVANS Vets Doubles – John HOOK and Owen CLUTTERBUCK

German National Championships   Nina MITTELHAM was the most successful participant of the 88th German National Championships concluded today March 1st in the sold out Richard-Hartmann-Halle in Chemnitz. Berlin’s player defended her singles crown and added another title in the Women’s Doubles event.   One of the most talented European players MITTELHAM was extended to full distance by Kristin LANG in the exciting final clash but managed to win four games in a row last two by a narrow margin.   Ricardo WALTHER is the first Men’s Singles champion in the post-Timo BOLL era (German legend retired from the national championships last year after his 13th title). WALTHER overcame Benedikt DUDA 4:2 (4 3 7 -8 -7 8) to secure his first title.   In total 3 800 people have enjoyed in 88th edition of German National Championships in two days.   Men Singles semi-finals Steffen MENGEL – Ricardo WALTHER 0:4 (-8 -9 -9 -4) Benedikt DUDA – Dang QIU 4:2 (2 7 -8 -9 10 5)   Final Ricardo WALTHER – Benedikt DUDA 4:2 (4 3 7 -8 -7 8)   Women Singles semi-finals Nina MITTELHAM – Sabine WINTER 4:2 (-3 10 -6 9 7 9) Kristin LANG – Chantal MANTZ 4:1 (5 -11 12 8 10)   Final Nina MITTELHAM – Kristin LANG 4:3 (-6 -5 -9 8 8 10 9)   Men Doubles semi-finals Benedikt DUDA/Dang QIU – Erik BOTTROFF/Alexander FLEMMING 3:0 (10 7 5) Kilian ORT/Ricardo WALTHER – Tobias HIPPLER/Gianluca WALTHER 3:0 (2 6 11)   Final Benedikt DUDA/Dang QIU – Kilian ORT/Ricardo WALTHER 3:1 (9 -7 11 7)   Women Doubles semi-finals Nina MITTELHAM/Sabine WINTER – Franziska SCHREINER/Yuki TSUTSUI 3:1 (8 -10 8 9) Jessica GÖBEl/Tanja KRÄMER – Nadine BOLLMEIER/Kristin LANG 3:2 (-9 4 -9 7 4)   Final Nina MITTELHAM/Sabine WINTER – Jessica GÖBEL/Tanja KRÄMER 3:1 (6 9 -4 7)   Mixed Doubles final Erik BOTTROFF/Nadine BOLLMEIER – Nils HOHMEIER/Janina KÄMMERER 2:3 (5 7 -3 -9 -4)

Norwegian Championship   Jimmy OJAKANGAS Laksevåg BTK won 4-0 against Borgar HAUG in the men’s singles final during the Norwegian Championships in the Oslofjord Convention Center. The 30-year-old was superb in the final and the advance favorite from Fokus BTK was beaten clearly. It was Jimmy’s first singles’ title and his first King’s trophy.   Sonja OBRADOVIC B-72 won 4-3 in the women’s finals against club friend Martine TOFTAKER in the women’s singles during the NC at the Oslofjord Convention Center. It was a smooth final with 11-7 to Sonja OBRADOVIC in the seventh set. It was Sonja’s third singles’ title in the women’s singles and her third King’s trophy.   Here are the medal winners in the Norwegian Championships 2020:   MEN SINGLES 1.OJANKANGAS Jimmy Laksevåg BTK 2.HAUG Borgar Fokus BTK 3.LINDHOLM Eskil Fornebu BTK 3.ANDERSSON Roger Hardanger BT   WOMEN SINGLES 1.OBRADOVIC Sonja B-72 2.TOFTAKER Martine B-72 3.SKÅTTET Rikke Balgaard B-72 3.NILSEN Nora Bagner Stord BTK   WOMEN TEAM 1.B-72 2.Fokus BTK 3.Tingvoll BTK 3.Stord BTK   MEN TEAM 1.Laksevåg BTK 2.Fornebu BTK 3.Hardanger BTK 3.Stord BTK   MIXED DOUBLE 1.ANDERSSON Roger/HORGEN Sarah Hardanger BTK/Stord BTK 2.AASEBØ Marte Grutle/HAUG Borgar Fokus BTK 3.DOVAL Erik/DOVAL Ilka Sportsklubben Heros/Fornebu BTK 3.FENG Jack/HØIMYR Ida Hardanger BTK/Notodden BTK   WOMEN DOUBLE 1.HOVDEN Hanna/TOFTAKER Martine Oppegård IL/B-72 2.CARLSEN Rebekka/WETZEL Katarina Evensen B-72 3.AASEBØ Marte Grutle/KALVATN Anne Sophie Fokus BTK 3.HORGEN Sarah/NILSEN Nora Bagner Stord BTK   MEN DOUBLE 1.RØNNEBERG Lars/LINDHOLM Eskil Fornebu BTK 2.BERNER Sondre Grindheim/MERINGDAL Fredrik Fornebu/Laksevåg 3.IBENFELDT Christian/OJAKANGAS Jimmy Laksevåg BTK 3.HELLERUD Kristoffer/WÆRSTAD Marcus Stord BTK   PARA WOMEN SINGLES 1.DAHLEN Aida Randesund IL – BTG 4 2.KORNELIUSSEN Nora Fokus BTK 3 3.TVEITEN Merete Notodden BTK   PARA MEN SINGLES 1.AULIE Andreas Fokus BTK 2.JACOBSEN Pablo Fornebu BTK 3.JOHANSEN Fredrik N Fokus BTK 3.SALOMONSEN Steffen Fokus BTK   PARA OPEN DOUBLE 1.AULIE Andreas/SÆTRE Thomas Fokus BTK/Bergen HIL 2.DAHLEN Aida/JACOBSEN Pablo Randesund IL – BTG/Fornebu BTK 3.URHAUG Tommy/MAGNUSSEN Krizander Stord BTK 3.JOHANSEN Fredrik N/SALOMONSEN Steffen Fokus BTK   PARA OPEN SINGLES 1.AULIE Andreas Fokus BTK 2.DAHLEN Aida Randesund IL – BTG 3.JACOBSEN Pablo Fornebu BTK 3.SALOMONSEN Steffen Fokus BTK   MEN WHEELCHAIR SINGLES 1.URHAUG Tommy Stord BTK 2.KOLBEINSEN Atle Kristian Bærums Verk 3.ARNØY Brede Bergen HIL

England’s National Championships   Liam PITCHFORD won his sixth Men’s Singles title and HO Tin-Tin her fourth Women’s Singles on Finals Day of the Mark Bates Ltd National Championships.   PITCHFORD recovered a 2-0 deficit to overcome Paul DRINKHALL in six while HO was ruthless in ending the fairytale run of 15-year-old Mari Baldwin 4-0.   The sixth set was a masterclass from PITCHFORD showing the home crowd why he has been ranked in the world’s top 20. He won it 11-5 in emphatic fashion and moves level with DRINKHALL Alan COOKE and Denis NEALE on six Men’s Singles titles.   After the match PITCHFORD said: “It feels amazing. I’m on the same amount as plenty of good players so the next step is to keep winning. At the start I don’t think I played that bad. He was playing really well. Even throughout the whole match I think we both kept a good level. I had a bit of luck at the end of the fifth set and it can change matches. It was a few points here or there today and it went my way.”   Ross WILSON won a pulsating encounter with Kim DAYBELL 3-2 to take the para class 7-10 title and Jack HUNTER-SPIVEY also needed a decider to see off Dan BULLEN in the para class 3-5 event.   PITCHFORD & DRINKHALL won the Men’s Doubles for the seventh time withstanding a comeback from Sam WALKER & Tom JARVIS to win a decider while the Women’s Doubles saw success for Denise PAYET & Emily BOLTON who beat HO & Evie COLLIER in four.

Belgian National Championships   Lisa LUNG won two gold medals at the Belgian National Championships which gathered a record number of participants with 39 Men’s Singles players and 30 Women’s players.   Cedrid NUYTINCK managed to defend his Men’s Singles crown as he overcame Florent LAMBIET in five games. Lisa LUNG lost the opening game against Daria MITYUKOVA but responded by four sets in a row to secure main prize. MUTYUKOVA upset in the semi-finals last year’s winner Margo DEFRAEF.   Surprise winners in the Mixed Doubles are Louis LAFFINEUR and Lauranne HACKEMACK who overcame Laurens DEVOS and Margo DEGRAEF 3:2 ( -8 10 -6 7 14).   Winners in Women’s Doubles are Lisa LUNG and Margo DEGRAEF who overcame Natacha KOSZULAP and Estelle DUVIVIER 3:1 (9 -6 4 9). Men’s Doubles champions are Florent LAMBIET and Martin ALLEGRO who prevailed against Olav KOSOLOSKY and Adrien RASSENFOSSE 3:1 (-8 7 12 7).   Wheelchairs Masters debuted at the Belgian Championships and first winner was Bart BRANDS who beat Dimitri GHION.   Men’s Singles   1 Cedric NUYTINCK 2 Florent LAMBIET 3 Robin DEVOS 4 Martin ALEGRO   Women’s Singles   1 Lisa LUNG 2 Daria MUTYUKOVA 3 Nathalie MARCHETTI 4 Margo DEGRAEF   Wheelchairs Masters   1 Bart BRANDS 2 Dimitri GHION 3 Antoine MAEC 3 Benjamin MAROTTE

Dutch National Championships   The new table tennis champions of Holland are SHUO Han Men and Laurens TROMER. They both won the Dutch national championships in the single event for the second time in their careers.   SHUO Han Men surprised the number one of the ranking Kim VERMAAS the champion of 2019 in the final. The teenager the number two of the ranking won this match with 4-0 (11-7 11-9 11-9 11-9). The match duration was only 30 minutes. She won her first title two years ago in 2017.   Laurens TROMER defeated Rajko Gommers the number one of the ranking list. He played a very decent final in Zwolle and won the game with 4-0 as well (11-4 11-6 11-8 11-7). He won his first title in 2016.

French National Championships   The 90th edition of the French National Championships was concluded by victories of Simon GAUZY and Carole GRUNDISCH who won their 2nd and 5th crowns respectively.   Simon GAUZY beat Quentin RIBINOT in the Men’s Singles final 4:1 (11:4 11:8 7:11 11:3 11:7). The semi-final saw one of the most exciting clashes at the tournament when ROBINOT overcame Bastien REMBERT after full seven games.   Main candidate for the Women’s Singles gold Carole GRUNDISCH has justified her status as she defeated Oceane GUISNEL in straight games to secure top spot on the podium.   Men’s Singles   1 Simon GAUZY 2 Quentin ROBINOT 3 Andrea LANDRIEU 3 Bastien REMBERT   Women’s Singles   1 Carole GRUNDISCH 2 Oceane GUISNEL 3 Camille LUTZ 4 Anais SALPIN   Mixed Doubles   1 E. DORR / P. CHASSELIN 2 R. LORENTZ / O. GUISNEL 3 F. BOURRASSAUD / A. SALPIN 3 Q. ROBINOT / S. LOEUILLETTE   Women’s Doubles   1 A. ZARIF / L. GASNIER 2 C. GRUNDISCH / P. CHASSELIN 3 M. MIGOT / L. PFEFER 3 L. GAUTHIER / O. GUISNEL   Men’s Doubles   1 Q. ROBINOT / E. ANGLES 2 E. LEBESSON / T. FLORE 3 A. LANDRIEU / S. QUAICHE 3 P. GAUZY / D. ZHENG