2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open   China‘s FAN Zhendong and Japan‘s Mima ITO are the crowned champions of the 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open concluded today November 17th in Linz. Men‘s Singles no.1 beat his compatriot actual world no.41 ZHAO Zihao in straight games in the gold medal contest while the Women‘s Singles no.3 overcame top seeded ZHU Yuling of China in five games.   FAN faced his toughest challenge during the tournament in the semi-final clash against Germany‘s Timo BOLL bearing in mind that he saved three match points. Chinese reversed the score from 1:3 to 4:3 and won (11:2 4:11 11:13 5:11 11:3 11:5 14:12) securing his 13th ITTF World Tour title in the singles event.   “This was the best Timo BOLL ever played against me. In the end my mental strength helped me to succeed. I’m just overwhelmed to be in the finals where I try to maintain my performance from this morning” stated FAN Zhendong for ITTF website.   Mima ITO prevented double China‘s success in the singles event as she beat ZHU Yuling in the final 4:2 (11-5 16-18 11-7 13-11 12-10). It was ITO‘s seventh career ITTF World Tour title and first title in the 2019 ITT World Tour taken by one non-Chinese player.   Live scoring Daily Schedule Knock-outs Reports Media Kit Media accreditation Flash quotes

2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open   The all-German clash in the quarter-finals of the 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open in Linz has belonged to Timo BOLL who beat Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 4:1 (11:8 12:10 10:12 12:10 11:8). Seven-time individual European champion will play against actual world no.1 FAN Zhendong in the semi-finals. China‘s star overcame Chinese Taipei‘s LIN Yun-Ju in six games.   Actual world no.41 ZHAO Zihao of China continues his winning streak after upset he caused in the Round of 16 (beat his compatriot no.2 seed LIN Gaoyuan). This time he was extended to full distance by Hong Kong‘s WONG Chun Ting. His next opponent will be Brazil‘s Hugo CALDERANO who prevailed against Japan‘s Koki NIWA after six games.   Japan‘s Tomokazu HARIMOTO and Hina HAYATA are the winners of the Mixed Doubles event as they beat in the final China‘s pair LIN Gaoyuan and ZHU Yuling 3:1 (11:5 4:11 11:5 11:6).   Live scoring Daily Schedule Knock-outs Reports Media Kit Media accreditation Flash quotes

2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open Linz 12-17 November   The two strongest German players will face each other in the Men‘s Singles quarter-finals at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open in Linz tomorrow November 16th: Timo BOLL vs. Dimitrij OVTCHAROV. Current world no.8 BOLL beat Englishman Liam PITCHFORD in the most convincing today‘s game allowing just 18 points in total to his opponent. World no.12 OVTCHAROV was extended to full distance by world no.5 Tomokazu HARIMOTO of Japan.   Two top-class Chinese players were upset in the Round of 16. Actual world no.41 ZHAO Zihao beat his compatriot no.2 seed in Linz LIN Gaoyuan (world no.3) in six games while world no.17 Hong Kong’s WONG Chun Ting prevailed against no.7 LIANG Jingkun after full seven games.   Sweden‘s Mattias FALCK lost to Japan‘s Koki NIWA in six games. Slovenian Darko JORGIC suffered at the hands of top seeded Chinese FAN Zhendong in four games.   Chinese representatives dominated in the Women’s Round of 16 as all five progressed into the quarter-finals including 19-year-old QIAN Tianyi 19-year-old actual world no. 71 who beat host Sofia POLCANOVA in six games. QIAN upset her compatriot no.2 seed LIU Shiwen in the opening round. Germany’s HAN Ying was beaten by GU Yuting in straight games.   Germany‘s Timo BOLL and Patrick FRANZISKA reached Men‘s Doubles semi-finals as the only European pair. They overcame Jakub DYJAS (Poland) and Cedric NUYTINCK (Belgium) in four games but have beaten in the semis by no.1 seed JEOUNG Youngsik and LEE Sangsu of Korea.   Mixed Doubles event saw fantastic clash between France‘s Emmanuel LEBESSON / YUAN Jia Nan and Japan‘s Tomokazu HARIMOTO / Hina HAYATA. Asian pair won 3:2 (8:11 11:7 7:11 11:7 11:8).     Live scoring Daily Schedule Knock-outs Reports Media Kit Media accreditation Flash quotes

2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open Linz 12-17 November   Slovenia’s Darko JORGIC actual world no.49 caused biggest upset in the Men’s Round of 32 at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open as he beat world no.14 Korea’s JANG Woojin in six games. JORGIC’s next opponent will be top seeded China’s FAN Zhendong who eliminated Japan’s Mizuki OIKAWA.   Frenchman Simon GAUZY Englishman Liam PITCHFORD and Swede Mattias FALCK progressed after full seven games. PITCHFORD overcame former Asian champion Jun MIZUTANI of Japan GAUZY beat host Robert GARDOS while no.7 seed FALCK prevailed against current world no.112 China’s ZHOU Yu. Next opponent of Englishman will be German star Timo BOLL who had an easy job against Belarus player Aliaksandr KHANIN.   Germany’s Dimitrij OVTCHAROV overcame Egypt’s Omar ASSAR in straight games to sets up Round of 16 clash against no.3 seed Japan’s Tomokazu HARIMOTO who defeated OVTCHAROV’s compatriot Ruwen FILUS.   Denmark’s Jonathan GRORTH lost to LIANG Jingkun while WONG Chun Ting eliminated Marcos FREITAS in five games.   Women’s Singles no.1 seed ZHU Yuling beat Luxembourg’s NI Xia Lian in straight games as Germany HAN Ying did likewise against host nation’s LIU Jia.   China’s QIAN Tianyi 19-year-old upset her compatriot no.2 seed LIU Shiwen after full seven games. QIAN continues her rise after recent impressive jump on the ITTF world ranking from no.149 to no.71.   Тimo BOLL and Patrick FRANZISKA beat Benedikt DUDA and QIU Dang in all-German opening round clash of Men’s Doubles in spite of being two games down – 3:2 (10:12 8:11 13:11 11:4 11:9). They will meet in the quarter-finals Jakub DIYAS (Poland) and Cedric NUYTINCK (Belgium) who eliminated China’s FAN Zhendong and WANG Chuqin in straight games.   Top seed in the Women’s Doubles event Japan’s Miyuu KIHARA and Miyu NAGASAKI were stretched to full distance by Romania ’s Daniela MONTEIRO DODEAN and Elizabeta SAMARA.   Opening round of Mixed Doubles saw surprising victory of Belarus pair Aliaksandr KHANIN / Daria TRIGOLOS who upset no.2 seed Chinese Taipei’s LIN Yun-Ju / CHEN I-Ching in straight games.   Live scoring Daily Schedule Knock-outs Reports Media Kit Media accreditation Flash quotes

2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open Linz 12-17 November   Two women’s preliminary top seeds were eliminated two steps before the main draw at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open Linz. They are Germany’s Petrissa SOLJA (no.1) and Romania’s Elizabeta SAMARA (no.2). Regarding Men’s qualifications Germany’s Benedikt DUDA (actual world no.46) has created biggest upset as he overcame men’s preliminary top seed Korea’s LEE Sangsu (world no. 18). Prior that clash German beat Japan’s Yuta TANAKA in straight games.   Preliminary Round 4 saw Portugal’s Marcos FREITAS victory over Germany’s Ricardo WALTHER. FREITAS was extended to full distance by Poland’s Jakub DIYAS in the Preliminary R3.   Slovenia’s Darko JORGIC defeated Brazil’s Gustavo TSUBOI after full seven games in one of the most exciting clashes in the concluding day of qualification.   Two players from Russian Premier League Jonathan GROTH and CHUANG Chih-Yuan have met do decide who will face world no.7 LIANG Jingkun of China in the Round of 32. Denmark’s star won in five games.   Germany’s Filus RUWEN prevailed against France’s Can AKKUZU whose compatriot Simon GAUZY eliminated Chinese Taipei’s CHEN Chien-An.   Belarus Aliaksandr KHANIN showed his best table tennis in the first two days in Linz as he eliminated world no.38 Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA (Japan) in Preliminary Round 2 and 2018 European Championships runner-up Ovidiu IONESCU (Romania) in Preliminary Round 4. KHANIN was stretched to full distance by Romanian player.   England’s Liam PITCHFORD no.2 seed in the qualification faced huge challange against Croatia’s Andrej GACINA but managed to reverse the score from 1:3 to 4:3.   Top two seeds lost their Preliminary Round 3 matches in the women’s singles event: SHAN Xiaona beat Petrissa SOLJA (no.1 seed) 4:1 in the all-German clash but suffered at the hands of China’s ZHANG Rui in the ultimate stage prior main draw. Monaco’s YANG Xiaoxin upset Elizabeta SAMARA (no. 2 seed) reaching main draw thanks to win against Slovakia’s Barbora BALAZOVA.   Luxembourg’s NI Xia Lian recorded two fast wins against Hong Kong’s NG Wing Nam and Ukraine’s Ganna GAPONOVA to secure her spot in the main draw.   Hong Kong’s SOO Wai Yam Minnie had an amazing comeback as she pushed from 0:3 to 4:3 against Czech Republic Hana MATELOVA. SOO player of the host club Linz beat Germany’s WAN Yuan in Round 3.   Two members of German National Team reached main draw too. HAN Ying prevailed against France’s YUAN Jia Nan in straight games while Nina MITTELHAM beat two Asian players in last two hurdles China’s LIU Fei 4:2 and Japan’s Kyoka IDESAWA 4:1.   Live scoring Daily Schedule Knock-outs Reports Media Kit Media accreditation Flash quotes

2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open Linz 12-17 November   The 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open Linz has commenced by Preliminary Round 1 in singles events. The opening day of the latest World Tour event in the season November 12 was concluded by Preliminary Round 2.   Women’s Preliminary Round 2 saw five wins of German players and four of Russian representatives. Germany’s Petrissa SOLJA top seed in the Preliminary stage beat Czech Republic’s Karin ADAMKOVA in straight games while SHAN Xiaona did likewise against Hungary’s Leonie HARTBRICH. Two teammates from German National Team will face each other in the next round.   No.2 seed Elizabeta SAMARA of Romania defeated Serbia’s Dragana VIGNJEVIC in six games. Actual European champion LI Qian of Poland overcame Japan’s Chiaki KATO in five games while her compatriot Natalia BAJOR prevailed against France’s Marie MIGOT in one of the most exciting clashes of the Preliminary Round 2. MIGOT led 3:1 after 18:16 in the fourth set but BAJOR responded by three games in a row.   All four Russia’s players progressed in the Preliminary Round 3: Polina MIKHAILOVA Yana NOSKOVA Mariia TAILAKOVA and Valeria SHCHERBATYKH. Germany will have five its representatives in the upcoming stage as Nina MITTELHAM HAN Ying and WAN Yuan joined SHAN and SOLJA.   Korea’s CHOI Hyojoo prevented all-Netherlands clash between LI Jiao and LI Jie as she eliminated LI Jiao.   No.2 seed Englishman Liam PITCHFORD justified his status in the Men’s Preliminary Round 2 as he beat host nation’s Andreas LEVENKO in straight games. Poland’s Jakub DYJAS overcame Korea’s KANG Dangsoo in five games to set clash with Portugal’s Marcos FREITAS who prevailed against Italia’s Daniele PINTO in straight games.   Sweden’s Truls MOREGARD was extended to full distance by Belgium’s Robin DEVOS Slovenia’s Darko JORGIC beat Korea’s YANG Heng-Wei Italy’s Leonardo MUTTI defeated Romania’s Cristian PLETEA after six games Denmark’s Jonathan GROTH recorded fast win against Turkey’s Abdullah YIGENLER…   Sweden’s Anton KALLBERG defeated Belgium’s Laurens DEVOS in straight games to set up clash with his teammate from Borussia Dusseldorf Egypt’s Omar ASSAR.   Some more well-known European names progressed into Round 3 and among them are: Simon GAUZY (France) Tiago APOLONIA (Portugal) Andrej GACINA (Croatia) Alexander SHIBAEV (Russia) Ovidiu IONESCU (Romania) Cedric NUYTINCK (Belgium) Panagiotis GIONIS (Greece) Kristian KARLSSON (Sweden) Stefan FEGERL (Austria) Paul DRINKHALL (England)…   Live scoring Daily Schedule Knock-outs Reports Media Kit Media accreditation Flash quotes  

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Team China extended their record winning streaks in ITTF Team World Cup history by claiming their 10th men’s and 11th women’s team titles on Sunday 10th November in Tokyo Japan at the ZEN-NOH 2019 ITTF Team World Cup – a test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.  China’s men claimed the nation’s first trophy of the day by defeating Korea Republic 3-1 in a fiercely contested final in which they were forced to fight from 0-1 down after losing the men’s doubles match before winning their three singles contests. Jeoung Youngsik and Lee Sangsu (KOR) struck first blood when they overturned Xu Xin and Liang Jingkun’s 2-0 advantage to complete an awe-inspiring victory (8-11 4-11 12-10 11-7 12-10) that set the tone for the rest of a remarkable team contest. With Team China now relying on Fan Zhendong to get them out of trouble the world no. 1 did not let them down defeating Korean counterpart Jang Woojin in straight games (11-8 11-8 11-9). Then for the standout battle of the match and arguably the entire event: the excellent Jeoung had a whole nation dreaming when he came from 0-1 down against Liang to lead 2-1 with a match point to hand but the Chinese world no. 7 dug deep to rescue the situation and put Team China back in control of the tie after sealing a nail-biting victory (11-9 8-11 10-12 15-13 11-8). Fan Zhendong duly finished the job with a straight-games win over Lee Sangsu (11-8 11-4 11-8) to bring the curtain down on a truly inspirational battle and a fine advertisement for table tennis. “This was a very tough match indeed. They made it a huge challenge for us both for me and the rest of my team but luckily we made it in the end. For sure I am really looking forward to coming back here next year. I learnt and analysed lots of things from this whole tournament ”  said Fan Zhendong  The women’s team final pitted the two highest ranked teams in the world against one another as China and Japan locked horns yet again. Yet again China had the measure of their opponents inflicting a ruthless 3-0 victory over their biggest rivals and hosts. Chen Meng and Liu Shiwen (CHN) ensured that they unlike their male colleagues before them started on the right note defeating Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano (JPN) in straight games (11-7 11-9 12-10).  The contest’s blockbuster viewing came in the form of Mima Ito (JPN) against Sun Yingsha (CHN) as two of the sport’s most talented teenagers put on a mesmerising show that gripped a vociferous capacity crowd at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. With the backing of the home supporters Ito looked set to hand Japan a lifeline in the match when she led 2-0 but Sun fought back aggressively to take the match to a fifth deciding game where she showed nerves of steel to save three match points and see out an incredible comeback victory and crushing blow to Ito and Japan (8-11 9-11 11-6 11-7 12-10). For Team Japan this Team World Cup represented a taste of what could follow when they stage the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in eight months’ time at the very same venue the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Upon their showings this week in the capital the evidence suggests that they will continue to challenge for medals next year on home soil but bridging the gap with China will remain an extremely stern test. Nonetheless Japan dealt well with the pressure of hosting this event when it had seemed like nerves could get the better of them not least the men’s team who succumbed to an opening group-stage defeat to Team England (1-3) on Wednesday. However they looked a completely different outfit the following day in their emotional quarter-final victory over 3rd seeds Team Germany (3-1) in which Tomokazu Harimoto won personal duels over Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Patrick Franziska either side of Maharu Yoshimura’s shock win over legend Timo Boll. China proved a step too far overpowering the hosts 3-0 in Saturday’s semi-final. Likewise Japan’s women turned on the style when they defeated Romania 3-0 in their quarter-final before seeing off the significant threat of Korea Republic (3-1) as they were forced to come from behind when Shin Yubin and Jeon Jihee won in the doubles. Japan’s response was strong and spirited as Mima Ito posted comeback wins over Choi Hyojoo and Shin either side of Miu Hirano’s impressive straight-games success against Jeon.  Korea Republic impressed in Japan as the 4th-seeded men’s team claimed their first Team World Cup silver medal since 2011 in Magdeburg while the 5th-seeded women took a very creditable bronze. Chinese Taipei’s men (7th seeds) and women (3rd) also performed admirably in Tokyo to claim bronze medals bowing out against Korea Republic (0-3) and Japan (1-3) respectively at the semi-final stage. In their quarter-finals Lin Yun-Ju outwitted an in-form Liam Pitchford (ENG) as they romped to a 3-0 win over England while Cheng I-Ching led the women to an extraordinary three-hour and 30-minute marathon victory over Hong Kong China (3-2).  It was a magnificent event for United States whose men and women both reached the quarter-finals – the very first time to do so in the same year – after posting decisive group-stage wins over Sweden and Austria respectively. Although China eliminated both teams it was another tournament to cherish for the Stars and Stripes. The results built upon the nation’s excellent recent results which saw both men and women seal their place at Tokyo 2020 after winning their North American qualifiers while Lily Zhang reached the semi-finals of October’s Women’s World Cup. For England to repeat the glorious achievement of bronze in London was always going to be a tall order in Tokyo yet they were able to take away more fond memories from this event too. Just like in 2018 Liam Pitchford got the better of Tomokazu Harimoto as England humbled the hosts on the opening day (3-1) before