At the quarter-final stage of the Boys’ Team event at the 2018 World Junior Championships in the Australian city of Bendigo French combination of Leo de NODREST Irvin BERTRAND and Bastien REMBERT ended the hopes of the no.10 seeds Iran’s Amin AHMADIAN Amirreza ABBASI and Arya AMIRI to reach the penultimate stage. The already won bronze medal and they will play against China for the place in the final tomorrow. Romania’s Rares SIPOS Cristian PLETEA and Cristian CHIRITA failed to reach semis after their duel against Japan. In Junior Girls Teams Event Russia the no.5 seeds represented by Mariia TAILAKOVA Anastasia KOLISH and Kristina KAZATSEVA overcame Hong Kong in straight matches to book their place among top four teams. Previously they overcame Belarus outfit formed by Maharyta BALTSUSHITE Nadezhda BOGDANOVA and Darya KISEL. Romania’s Andreea DRAGOMAN Tania PLAIAN and Elena ZAHARIA emerged successful when opposing the no.9 seeds Serbia’s Andjela MENGER Sabina SURJAN and Tijana JOKIC in Round of 16 before they lost bronze medal contest against Japan in quarters. In addition China Japan and Republic of Korea emerged successful.
ITTF Parkinson’s World Table Tennis Championships announced for 2019
“Health” is the focal point of the latest initiative launched by the ITTF through the ITTF Foundation: namely that of creating and supporting the first ever ITTF Parkinson’s World Table Tennis Championships set to take place between 11-13 October 2019 in Pleasantville New York. The new project will form part of the 6th Pillar of the ITTF Foundation that promotes health through table tennis with this first event aimed at raising awareness of Parkinson’s Disease and improving the lives of those diagnosed with it. “PLAYING TABLE TENNIS MADE ME FEEL 50% BETTER” For international music composer Nenad Bach table tennis has been the key to regaining his ability to play the guitar and pursue his passion for music once more. “I stopped playing the guitar five years after I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s but then I started playing table tennis and I felt 50% better. Now I am playing the guitar again. “The idea behind this Championship is to help as many people around the world as possible to continue living with Parkinson’s Disease and to be happy productive members of the society. We are also engaging the scientific community to look deeper into the health benefits of table tennis.” Nenad Bach Founder and Board Member of Ping Pong Parkinson Regarding such health benefits related to the sport the National Parkinson Foundation states that “table tennis may be especially good for patients because it exercises so many parts of the body and the brain while reinforcing timing rhythm and balance.” HEALTH TO PLAY PROMINENT ROLE IN FUTURE ITTF PROGRAMMES The ITTF Parkinson’s World Table Tennis Championshipsinitiative maintains the momentum built by the ITTF and ITTF Foundation in recent months of harnessing the power of table tennis for implementing positive social change. Following on from the Unified Korea campaign the endorsement of the ITTF Strategic Planand official launch of the ITTF Foundation which is already heavily involved in community work across the world through the Dream Building Fund the focus of many future programmes will be centred around ‘Health’ starting with next year’s ITTF Parkinson’s World Table Tennis Championships. “Since we were so touched by our meeting with Mr. Nenad Bach a true believer of the cause with his own personal story to tell we felt that the first event should be connected to Parkinson’s Disease. “We are really excited with this project and the direction of the ITTF Foundation which can lead to amazing results which in turn will hopefully help many patients and people in need around the world.” Thomas Weikert ITTF President The ITTF Parkinson’s World Table Tennis Championships will be held between 11-13 October 2019 at the Westchester Table Tennis Centre in Pleasantville New York in collaboration with Ping Pong Parksinson. “I’m proud that the Westchester Table Tennis Center is hosting this ground-breaking event. It highlights the fact that table tennis can be a particularly effective means of battling Parkinson’s Disease.” Will Shortz Board Member of Ping Pong Parkinson Players will compete in three different categories based on the degree of their Parkinson’s symptoms (mild moderate and advanced) following universally recognised standards. Categorization will take place on the day before the event by a team consisting of 1-2 neurologists and professional players. The playing format will guarantee multiple matches for every player and without losing the purpose of a world title level competition it should be considered a social event acting fundamentally as a means to help people with Parkinson’s Disease.
Support Alexa Szvitacs suffering life threatening illness
by Ian Marshall Hungary’s Alexa Szvitacs a familiar face on the international scene from 2006 to 2017 is currently suffering from an illness with life threatening complications. She has lost her left forearm and all her toes. Present at the World Junior Championships in Cairo in 2006 Alexa became a familiar face on the ITTF World Junior Circuit. In 2007 she competed in the Spanish Junior and Cadet Open in Platja d’Aro before the following year making three appearances. She played in Germany Egypt and Poland. Notably in early 2012 she was a member of a group of Hungarian players who visited Tehran the capital of Iran to compete in Fajr Cup the visit being most appreciated by the hosts. Later she was in action on home soil in 2014 in Szombathely at the Hungarian Open before being present once again when the tournament moved Budapest. Furthermore in 2015 she played in the Universiade in Gwangju Korea Republic before in 2017 once again being on duty at the Hungarian Open. Treatments are a huge financial burden for Alexa and her family; Hungarian clubs and players have started fundraising and welcome support from the international community. An account has been created for donations which go directly to Alexa. Account number: HU73 11600006-00000000-82023658 IBAN: HU73 11600006-00000000-82023658 SWIFT: GIBAHUHB
ECWL: Metz Etival and Sporting into the quarter-finals
Round 6: Metz TT – Budaorsi 3:0 Etival Clairefontaine – UCAM Cartagena 3:2 Saint Quentinois – Sporting 2:3 Mart Hodonin – LZ Linz Froschberg 3:1 Actual ETTU Cup Women champion Metz TT and two ECLW debutants Etival Clairfontaine and Sporting Clube de Portugal have booked their places for the knockout phase of the 2018/19 European Champions League Women after Round 6 games. They joined reigning ECLW champion Dr. CASL four-time winner TTC Berlin Eastside two-time champion Linz AG Froschberg two-time runner-up Zamek Tarnobrzeg and SKST Mart Hodonin-Stavoimpex. Metz showed its best face against the 2013 ECLW runner-up Budaorsi leaving them only two games. DING Yaping beat Maria FAZEKAS in four games and Adina DIACONU did the same in her clash with Szandra PERGEL. Carole GRUNDISCH has confirmed Metz’s victory as she overcame Merzedesz NAGYVARADI in straight games. Thanks to 3:1 away win on October 27th Etival Clairefontaine had a big advantage before the conluding match against same opponent UCAM Cartagena. This time French club won 3:2 after many turning points. Spanish side led 2:1 thanks to Silvia ERDELYI DE SOUZA who reversed the score from 1-2 to 3-2 against Maria DOLGIKH. It was long and hard battle between two strong defensive players. SHAO Jieni and Hana MATELOVA provided last two points for Etival as they beat Maria XIAO and Viktoria LEBEDEVA respectively. Sporting and Saint Quentinois showed another fantastic battle for the ECLW quarter-finals and Portugal’s team again won after full five matches. ZHANG Mo played her best table tennis winning two games but guests responded by good team work as Daniela MONTEIRO DODEAN Zhenqi BARTHEL APOLONIA and LI Fen took one point each. Natalia PARTYKA has paved the way to Mart Hodonin’s victory against LZ Linz Froschberg 3:1. Poland’s player beat Ines DIENDORFER and WU Yue while Marketa SEVCIKOVA has provided third point against Selina LEITNER. Czech side earlier secured its spot in the knockout phase. ECLW Round 6 GROUP A Metz TT – SH-ITB Budaörsi 2i Sport Club 3:0 DING Yaping – Maria FAZEKAS 3:1 (12:10 11:13 11:9 11:6) Adina DIACONU – Szandra PERGEL 3:1 (5:11 11:4 11:3 11:7) Carole GRUNDISCH – Mercedesz NAGYVARADI 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:6) GROUP B Etival Clairefontaine ASRTT – UCAM Cartagena TM 3:2 SHAO Jieni – Viktoria LEBEDEVA 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:9) Hana MATELOVA – Maria XIAO 0:3 (2:11 6:11 5:11) Maria DOLGIKH – Silvija ERDELYI DE SOUZA 2:3 (11:9 8:11 11:1 10:12 9:11) SHAO Jieni – Maria XIAO 3:0 (11:9 13:11 11:8) Hana MATELOVA – Viktoria LEBEDEVA 3:0 (14:12 11:4 11:5) GROUP C TT SAINT QUENTINOIS – Sporting Clube de Portugal 2:3 ZHANG Mo – LI Fen 3:1 (10:12 11:6 14:12 11:7) Polina MIKHAILOVA – Daniela MONTEIRO DODEAN 0:3 (4:11 10:12 3:11) Aurore LE MANSEC – Zhenqi BARTHEL APOLONIA 2:3 (11:4 11:9 13:15 5:11 9:11) ZHANG Mo – Daniela MONTEIRO DODEAN 3:1 (11:8 4:11 11:9 11:5) Polina MIKHAILOVA – LI Fen 0:3 (2:11 9:11 4:11) GROUP D SKST Mart Hodonin-Stavoimpex – LZ Linz Froschberg 3:1 Natalia PARTYKA – Ines DIENDORFER 3:0 (11:4 11:5 11:7) Iveta VACENOVSKA – WU Yue 2:3 (11:9 12:14 11:8 7:11 8:11) Marketa SEVCIKOVA – Selina LEITNER 3:0 (11:2 11:1 11:2) Natalia PARTYKA – WU Yue 3:1 (4:11 11:4 12:10 12:10)
TTCLM: Russian clubs secure top spots in group stage
Round 5: Sporting – Borussia 3:2 Stella Sport – UMMC 0:3 Bogoria – Roskilde 1:3 Angers – Saarbrucken 3:1 Muhlhausen – Orenburg 0:3 TTCLM Round 5 has been concluded by fifth consecutive victory of former four-time winner Fakel Gazprom Orenburg who beat Post SV Muhlhausen away. Three upsets were seen tonight November 30th: first in Lisbon where Sporting overcame reigning champion and 11-time winner Borussia Dusseldorf; second in Polish city of Grodzisk Mazowiecki where Roskilde prevailed against Bogoria; third in the French city of Angers where host side met the 2012 semi-finalist Saarbrucken. The 2012 TTCLM runner-up UMMC has defeated the 2017 ETTU Cup runner-up Stella Sport La Romagne to secure top spot of Group B joining their compatriots from Orenburg as the group stage winners. Nigerian player Quadri ARUNA provided two points for last year semi-finalist Sporting beating Anton KALLBERG and Sharath Kamal ACHANTA. Diogo KARVALHO secured victory for the host side as he overcame KALLBERG in the fifth encounter. The best Borussia’s player Timo BOLL has been placed at no. 3 in the line-up and beat Bode ABIODUN in four games while second point for German team came from ACHANTA against CARVALHO. Borussia faces Pontoise in the Round 6 to decide the Group A winner (both sides booked their places in the quarter-finals) while Sporting (secured 3rd place) travels to Ostrava. UMMC reserved top spot of Group B having 4-1 win-loss record while other three teams enter Round 6 with 2-3 each: SPG Walter Wels Dekorglass Dzialdowo and Stella Sport La Romagne. Russian club has showed its strong line-up in France as Jonathan GROTH FANG Bo and Alexander SHIBAEV beat Adrian CRISAN CHEN Tianyuan and Brice OLLIVIER respectively. Group C sees three teams with 3-2 win-loss record after Round 5: Angers Saarbrucken and Bogoria. Roskilde has recorded its very first win in Poland without any influence on its destiny in this group but it pretty complicated Bogoria’s situation. Former individual European champion Michael MAZE defeated Panagiotis GIONIS in the opener while ZHAI Yujia beat both Pavel SIRUCEK and GIONIS. The 22-year-old Andrea LANDRIEU has emerged as a hero of Angers against Saarbrucken as he provided two points against Patrick FRANZISKA and Darko JORGIC. TTCLM no.2 seed Orenburg played with its strongest line-up in Muhlhausen and it was enough for 3:0 win in spite of having each of three games extended to full distance: Dimitrij OVTCHAROV vs. Daniel HABESOHN Marcor FREITAS vs. Ovidiu IONESCU and Vladimir SAMSONOV vs. Lubomir JANCARIK. TTCLM Round 5 GROUP A Sporting Clube De Portugal – Borussia Düsseldorf 3:2 Quadri ARUNA – Anton KALLBERG 3:2 (16:18 11:9 11:3 5:11 11:6) Diogo CARVALHO – Sharath Kamal ACHANTA 0:3 (3:11 5:11 8:11) Bode ABIODUN – Timo BOLL 1:3 (8:11 6:11 11:6 7:11) Quadri ARUNA – Sharath Kamal ACHANTA 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:9) Diogo CARVALHO – Anton KALLBERG 3:2 (11:2 9:11 12:10 8:11 11:8) GROUP B Stella Sport La Romagne – TTSC UMMC 0:3 Adrian CRISAN – Jonathan GROTH 1:3 (6:11 8:11 11:7 6:11) CHEN Tianyuan – FANG Bo 2:3 (11:5 11:7 1:11 5:11 10:12) Brice OLLIVIER – Alexander SHIBAEV 1:3 (11:8 13:15 10:12 11:13) GROUP C K.S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki – Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 1:3 Panagiotis GIONIS – Michael MAZE 2:3 (11:8 10:12 11:8 8:11 3:11) Pavel SIRUCEK – ZHAI Yujia 1:3 (8:11 11:9 9:11 7:11) Marek BADOWSKI – Tamas LAKATOS 3:2 (11:8 8:11 11:9 4:11 11:8) Panagiotis GIONIC – ZHAI Yujia 1:3 (11:7 7:11 8:11 6:11) Vaillante Sports Angers TT – FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis 3:1 Jon PERSSON – Darko JORGIC 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:1) Andrea LANDRIEU – Patrick FRANZISKA 3:2 (8:11 12:10 5:11 12:10) Jens LUNDQVIST – LIAO Cheng-Ting 2:3 (11:8 9:11 9:11 11:6 9:11) Jon PERSSON – Patrick FRANZISKA 2:3 (10:12 11:7 10:12 11:9 6:11) Andrea LANDRIEU – Darko JORGIC 3:0 (11:7 11:9 11:9) GROUP D Post SV Mühlhausen – TTC Fakel Gazprom 0:3 Daniel HABESOHN – Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 2:3 (11:9 7:11 13:11 2:11 7:11) Ovidiu IONESCU – Marcos FREITAS 2:3 (11:9 5:11 3:11 11:7 9:11) Lubomir JANCARIK – Vladimir SAMSONOV 2:3 (13:11 5:11 11:8 11:13 1:11)
TTCLM: Pontoise one more time in quarter-finals
Round 5: Pontoise – Ostrava 3:1 Walter Wels – Dzialdowo 3:2 Hennebont – Eslovs 3:0 Former two-time TTCLM winner AS Pontoise Cergy has booked its place for the knockout phase as it beat TTC Ostrava 2016 3:1 at home. Two more games were held tonight November 29th: SPG Walter Wels – KS Dekorglass Dzialdowo 3:2 GV Hennebont – Eslovs Ai Bordtennis 3:0. Patrick BAUM who was TTCLM winner during his time in Borussia Dusseldorf has provided two points for Pontoise. German player beat both Petr KORBEL and Tomas TREGLER who lost his game against Can AKKUZU. Simon BELIK overcame Tristan FLORE after full five games of the third encounter. French club has improved its Group A win-loss record to 4-1 while Czech club continues without any victory. SPG Walter Wels upset Dekorglass Dzialdowo and now all teams in Group B have two wins at least. Korea’s PARK Ganghyeon was crucial man of host side as he upset actual world no. 8 WONG Chun Ting from Hong Kong and beat WANG Yang in the ultimate clash. Deni KOZUL added third point for Austrian team against Jiri VRABLIK. Now both teams have 2-3 win-loss record. With second consecutive 3:0 win in Group D French club Hennebont kept its chances for the knockout stage. Each player of the host side won their matches in four games: FAN Sheng Peng vs. Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS Cedric NUYTINCK vs. Truls MOREGARDH Georgios STAMATOUROS – Zhang FUZHOU. TTCLM Round 5 GROUP A AS Pontoise Cergy – TTC Ostrava 2016 3:1 Patrick BAUM – Petr KORBEL 3:1 (11:4 8:11 11:6 11:7) Can AKKUZU – Tomas TREGLER 3:1 (11:3 9:11 11:5 11:4) Tristan FLORE – Šimon BELIK 2:3 (8:11 12:10 8:11 11:8 8:11) Patrick BAUM – Tomas TREGLER 3:2 (7:11 11:4 11:6 9:11 11:9) GROUP B SPG Walter Wels – KS Dekorglass Dzialdowo 3:2 Adam SZUDI – WANG Yang 0:3 (3:11 7:11 5:11) PARK Ganghyeon – WONG Chun Ting 3:1 (11:7 8:11 11:9 11:7) Deni KOZUL – Jiri VRABLIK 3:0 (11:6 11:5 11:9) Adam SZUDI – WONG Chun Ting 2:3 (6:11 12:10 11:8 8:11 10:12) PARK Ganghyeon – WANG Yang 3:2 (9:11 11:9 7:11 11:6 11:9) GROUP D GV Hennebont – Eslovs Ai Bordtennis 3:0 FAN Sheng Peng – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 3:1 (13:11 11:13 11:8 14:12) Cedric NUYTINCK – Truls MOREGARDH 3:1 (11:7 11:6 8:11 11:3) Georgios STAMATOUROS – Zhang FUZHOU 3:1 (11:6 11:8 5:11 11:4)
TTCLM Round 5: Decisive battle in Angers
Round 5 to be held this Thursday and Friday Nov 29-30 The Round 5 of the 2018/19 Table Tennis Champions League Men will be held this Thursday and Friday November 29-30th as all four group leaders are scheduled to play away: Borussia Dusseldorf in Lisbon UMMC in La Romagne Saarbrucken in Angers and Fakel Gazprom in Muhlhausen. One of “high stakes” matches is one between Angers and Saarbrucken. Host team needs win in order to keep its chances for the knockout stage while guests are determined to finish as No.1 in Group C. “If we want to continue in Champions League we have no choice but to beat Saarbrücken out of the first leg we lost 3:0 … Saarbrücken is obviously favourite and it will take a feat in front of our public to beat them. If not we will continue in ETTU Cup like usual” stated Angers’ President Gérard SARAZIN. German side won first game on its soil 3:0. Their Manager Erwin BERG hopes that his team is able to beat twice French club: “We could manage to beat Angers at home but there were some very close results. We want to repeat our good performances in the TTCLM so far. All our players are healthy and we want to reach first place in our group!” ECLW Round 5 GROUP A AS Pontoise Cergy – TTC Ostrava 2016 (Nov 29 19:30 CET) Sporting Clube De Portugal – Borussia Düsseldorf (Nov 30 20:00 CET) GROUP B SPG Walter Wels – K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo (Nov 29 19:00 CET) Stella Sport La Romagne – TTSC UMMC (Nov 30 19:00 CET) GROUP C K.S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki – Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 (Nov 30 18:00 CET) Vaillante Sports Angers TT – FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis (Nov 30 19:30 CET) GROUP D G.V. Hennebont T.T. – Eslovs Ai Bordtennis (Nov 29 20:00 CET) Post SV Mühlhausen – TTC Fakel Gazprom (Nov 30 18:30 CET)
Taverzo looking forward next phase and duel vs. Fortune Kiev
ETTU Cup Men The 2-3 victory in Prague launched table tennis players of Taverzo to the last 8 in the ETTU Cup. After the previous 3-1 victory last weekend in Zoetermeer the club can look forward to a home and away match against. Two victories against the strong SF SKK El Nino Prague is something that players staff and supporters can be proud of. “We realize that reaching 4th round was a close call” says coach Ruud van Graafeiland. Team manager Theo Levert explains: “The players of Prague showed their best game and with a 2-1 in reverse Jeongwoo PARK had to play against Jakub KLEPRLIK. In the first 2 games Jeongwoo was clearly the strongest adversary. After that however the Czech had found the answer to the game of our Korean player. Eventually it became 9-9 in the deciding game and it was clear that the winner of this match would go on to the 4th round. Jeongwoo remained calm and showed that with his 21 years he is a great talented player.” The Czech public went back home massively after this decisive win of Taverzo. With a 2-2 score nothing to win for the Czech home team. The victory in the final match of Dorian NICOLLE was loudly applauded by the loyal supporters from Zoetermeer. Especially because both players showed fantastic rallies one after the other. With the final 2-3 victory Taverzo can look back with satisfaction on a successful 3rd round. Opponent in the fourth round Fortune Kiev is no stranger. Last season both teams met in the group stage and the team from Zoetermeer was too strong. This season the Ukrainian team is significantly strengthened with the strong Russian VLASOV and experienced ZHMUDENKO. It is expected that the home game will take place on Saturday December 8 at 15:00 in Zoetermeer.
ITTF and Deloitte work together to create 2021 Commercial Rights Tender
The International Table Tennis Federation will work with the Sports Business Group of Deloitte for the distribution of the ITTF’s commercial rights in 2021. Deloitte was selected from a large number of interested parties to assist the ITTF in going to market with all of its commercial rights in 2021 for the most important rights cycle in the ITTF’s history. “We have a unique opportunity to be going to market with all of our commercial rights simultaneously. This allows the ITTF to market its rights in a flexible and innovative way to ensure that we find the right partners to take table tennis to the next commercial level from 2021 onwards and also for the ITTF to gain market value for its commercial rights which has not been in the case in the past. We are looking forward to working with Deloitte to make this happen.” ITTF CEO Steve Dainton The ITTF started to work with Deloitte back in 2016 to take a closer look at the ITTF’s most valuable products the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Tour to see what changes could be made to raise the commercial value of both properties and ensure that they are serving the sport of table tennis in the best possible way. This study resulted in a momentous expansion of the World Table Tennis Championships approved by the ITTF Board of Directors in 2017 and a shift in philosophy of how the ITTF runs its World Tour. Both changes will come into effect in 2021 and will have a significant impact on the commercial value of both properties going forwards. “The Sports Business Group at Deloitte has worked with the ITTF for more than two years advising on major reforms already introduced to the ITTF’s competitions and in preparation for the first ITTF Strategic Plan which sets a clear and ambitious vision for table tennis. The 2021 commercial rights tender represents a crucial next step in achieving this vision. By continuing to workwith the ITTF to secure the right partner(s) to substantially grow revenue we can help develop table tennis globally.” Dan Jones Partner of Sports Business Group at Deloitte “Since all of our commercial contracts are up for renewal in 2021 we have been in the privileged position to take a step back and review every one of our products to ensure they are all contributing to a maximum commercial return in our next rights cycle in 2021. We are confident that what we are going to market with in 2021 is a significantly more attractive proposition than in the past and we look forward to working with Deloitte to present these new and improved commercial rights to the market.” Matt Pound ITTF Marketing Director The ITTF plans to release the tender for the ITTF’s commercial rights towards the end of Q1 in 2019 with a partner or group of partners selected by Q3. All enquires regarding the ITTF’s 2021 Commercial Rights Tender should be directed to ITTF Marketing Director Matt Pound.
Reigning TTCLM champion targets fifth win in a row
Borussia Dusseldorf faces Sporting in the TTCLM Round 5 this Friday November 30th Reigning TTCLM champion and 11-time winner Borussia Dusseldorf travels to Portugal with an aim to secure its fifth consecutive win in Group A playing against Sporting Club de Portugal last season’s semi-finalist. German club already booked its place in the quarter-final stage but they are determined to reach knockout phase as the Group A winner. “In the last round we didn´t play our best table tennis. But we won against Ostrava and we are already qualified for the quarter finals. Our aim is to win in Sporting too to keep the lead in our group A. The first match against Sporting we won 3:0 but the team has shown in Pontoise that it is better than the results has been before. We don´t know our line-up today if Timo (BOLL) and Omar (ASSAR) are able to play. But I hope that both are ready to be part of us in Portugal ” stated Borussia’s coach Danny HEISTER. German side beat Sporting 3:0 in the opening round held on September 27th. Anton KALLBERG reminds on that clash: “In the game against Sporting I won my match against Bode ABIODUN and in Ostrava the match at 2:2. If I could help my team on Friday too I would be very happy. It´s the first time for Borussia to play in Portugal so we don´t know the hall and the conditions. We are looking forward to a tough duel which we are willing to win.”
