ITTF Challenge Spanish Open Korea’s KIM Minhyeok he won the Men’s Singles title in Spain. In the final of the Men’s Singles at the 2018 ITTF Challenge Spanish Open in Guadalajara he beat Austria’s Robert GARDOS the no.2 seed in five games (11-9 5-11 11-5 11-6 14-12) Stay close to the table attack quickly especially from the backhand was the tactic required by Robert GARDOS against KIM Minhyeok who preferred to extol his skills from the so-called half distance. Robert GARDOS won the second game but with Kim Minhyeok always the favorite in forehand top spin rallies the third and fourth games both went to the 21 year old Korean. In the final of the Women’s Singles Event Japan’s Saki SHIBATA the no.5 seed beat colleague Hitiomi SATO the top seed in six games (11-5 11-9 11-6 13-15 6-11 11-7). Success for Saki SHIBATA meant that she departed Guadalajara the most successful player in the whole tournament; the previous day she had won the Under 21 Women’s Singles event beating Korea’s KIM Youjin in the final (11-2 11-8 11-6). Meanwhile for Kim Minhyeok it was the end of a long journey. He had started his quest for honors four days earlier in the qualification tournament; overall he played eight matches to secure the title. Partnering CHO Eonrae the duo having likewise started their campaign in the qualification tournament finished in runners up spot in the Men’s Doubles event. On the concluding day of play they were beaten at the final hurdle by colleagues An Jaehyun and Cho Seungmin the top seeds (11-8 11-9 11-3 11-4). Success for CHO Seungmin and like Saki SHIBATA he departed Guadalajara with two titles to his name; the previous day he had won the Under 21 Men’s Singles title beating Germany’s Tobias HIPPLER in the final (11-9 11-6 11-4). Meanwhile for Hitomi Sato there was a degree of consolation partnering Honoka Hashimoto and occupying the top seeded position in the competition the duo won the Women’s Doubles title the opening contest on the concluding day’s schedule. In the title deciding contest they overcame Luxembourg’s Sarah de NUTTE and NI Xialian (11-8 11-7 11-4).
ITTF Museum Officially Launched in Shanghai China
The ITTF Museum home to over 8 000 table tennis exhibits has officially opened together with the China Table Tennis Museum in Shanghai. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Museum has officially opened today 31 March 2018 in Shanghai China together with the China Table Tennis Museum. The ITTF Museum which was originally housed at the ITTF Headquarters in Lausanne Switzerland made its star-studded opening with ITTF President Thomas WEIKERT Honorary President XU Yinsheng Vice Mayor of Shanghai WENG Tiehui and Deputy Director of Admission of Sport of China CAI Zhenhua as well as World & Olympic Champions ZHANG Yining WANG Liqin Jorgen PERSSON and LI Xiaoxia. Upon the opening of the museum ITTF President Thomas WEIKERT shared “It’s a great honour to be here at the Opening Ceremony of the ITTF and China Table Tennis Museum I truly wish the museum could be a new window for promoting table tennis culture and inheriting table tennis spirit. China has made great contributions to our sport hence we decided to move our ITTF Museum from Lausanne to Shanghai where we believe it will bring more opportunities and benefits in showcasing our sport. ” “The ITTF is pleased to see the museum embrace visitors from all over the world with a new appearance and we will continue to give maximum support including future world exhibitions an ITTF documentation center and ITTF liaison center making it more comprehensive and professional. Meanwhile the ITTF will donate items and documents to the museum after each World Championships and World Cups.” Home to over 8 000 table tennis exhibits the ITTF Museum houses the most extensive range of table tennis items detailing the past century of development in the sport and showcases exclusive exhibits such as the first pair of table tennis rackets and items from past Champions including shirt from DENG Yaping and sneakers from ZHANG Jike. The Museum features several sections across four floors including exhibitions galleries Hall of Fame a 3D movie theatre as well as a multimedia interactive zone where visitors can play against World Champions using VR technology in the museum. Talks with World Champions table tennis experts and table tennis stars will also be held at the museum from time to time. The Museum is located at 796 Jumen Road Huangpu District Shanghai China and opens from 9am to 5pm from Tuesday to Sunday with last admissions at 4pm.
ITTF confirms new three-year collaboration with Eurosport to cover world-class events in build up to Tokyo 2020
Eurosport to broadcast over 120 hours of the ITTF World Tour over the next three years The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is excited to announce that it has extended its partnership with Eurosport which will continue to show the sport’s major events until 2020. The Europe-wide deal will see Eurosport broadcast all ITTF’s major events including the ITTF World Championships ITTF Men’s and Women’s World Cups ITTF World Tour Platinum and the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals. Eurosport will broadcast over 120 hours of live action delayed coverage and highlights over the next three years across its two television channels and online at eurosport.com as well as the Eurosport App. As part of the collaboration which began in 2014 Eurosport will continue to promote the ITTF’s events and commercial partnerships in Europe. Laurent Prud’homme SVP Rights Acquisitions at Eurosport said: “We are thrilled to continue our partnership with the ITTF and to have the opportunity to offer world-class table tennis to millions of viewers across the continent. “As Home of the Olympics in Europe Eurosport has a strong tradition of showcasing Olympic sports all-year round and we are pleased this agreement will contribute to this. “With the biggest events of the world tour to be broadcast on Eurosport our viewers will be able to watch the very best table tennis on the journey to Tokyo 2020.” Matt Pound Head of Media at ITTF added: “Since taking its commercial rights in house in 2017 the ITTF has made commercial and media growth a priority for all our products and partnerships like this one with Eurosport is a testament to the new strategy. We are thrilled to renew our relationship with the number one sport destination in Europe with Eurosport continuing to promote table tennis across the continent leading up to 2020.” The agreement which runs for the period 2018-2020 includes the following events: ETTU European Table Tennis Championships Table Tennis Top 16 ITTF Team World Cup ITTF World Team Championships ITTF Men’s World Cup ITTF Women’s World Cup ITTF World Tour Platinum Events ITTF World Tour Finals Key table tennis events broadcast on Eurosport in 2018: 24-25 March: ITTF World Tour Platinum Event German Open Bremen 29 April–6 May: ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships 2-3 June: ITTF World Tour Platinum Event China Open Shenzhen 21-22 July: ITTF World Tour Platinum Event Korean Open Incheon 29-30 September: ITTF Women’s World Cup Chengdu China 6-7 October: ITTF World Tour Platinum Event Austrian Open Linz 20-21 October: ITTF Men’s World Cup Paris France 10-11 November: ITTF World Tour Platinum Event Australian Open Gold Coast TBC: ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Orenburg`s Coach ENDOLOV praises his players
Vladimir ENDOLOV analyses first semi-final game of the 2017/18 TTCLM Reigning TTCLM champion Fakel Gazprom Orenburg has secured big advantage in the first semi-final leg held two weeks ago in Portugal but they are determined to enter the 2017/18 final with one more win in the second leg at home on April 6th. Four-time TTCLM winner in the last six seasons beat Sporting Clube De Portugal 3:0 (9:2). Orenburg`s Coach Vladimir ENDOLOV explains how his side managed to gain such big advantage: “The hosts of the match warmly welcomed our team and provided excellent conditions for full preparation for the first semi-final game of TTCLM. The match was expected to be tense and exciting. Therefore it happened. We were lucky with the line-up in this match. Vladimir SAMSONOV took the first match with Aruna QUADRI. SAMSONOV’s game was brilliant that evening and he defeated his opponent in a stubborn struggle. His victory has affected the outcome of this match. Then Jun MIZUTANI confidently beat João MONTEIRO showing excellent speed table tennis. In addition Dimitrij OVTCHAROV brought a victory point to Fakel-Gazprom in his match.” In spite of having this advantage ENDOLOV motivates his players to give their best in the returning clash: “Victory in the first leg gives us a great chance to reach the TTCLM final. But for this we need to show a good game in our home match and give pleasure to our fans.”
Croatia in fine form in Poland
ITTF European Team Championships Stage 1 The second round of the ITTF European Team Championships Stage 1 was played today. In A Groups in Men’s Event in Round two after a lot of struggling Slovenia added another victory to their record. In Romania hosts proved as a worthy adversaries. Ovidiu IONESCU and Adrian CRISAN were 2:0 in the lead after the duels against Darko JORGIC and Bojan TOKIC but Deni KOZUL prevailed against Hunor SZÖCS to get Slovenia back on the track. TOKIC and JORGIC seized the second chance and win the last two duels. Spain clinched the victory over Sweden after another five matches clash. It was Sweden’s Jon PERSSON who gave guests dream start but Carlos MACHADO and Jesús CANTERO prevented any further drama at the home soil. Anton KÄLLBERG joined PERSSON on score board with another point on Sweden’s account before MACHADO sealed the match. Slovakia beat Ukraine. Lubomir PISTEJ beat both Yevhen PRYSCHEPA and Viktor YEFIMOV whilst KOU Lei was the only one to score for Ukraine. Austria prevailed against Portugal in straight matches. Croatia beat Poland in straight matches. Andrej GACINA Tomislav PUCAR and Frane KOJIC all succeeded in four games against Jakub DYJAS Marek BADOWSKI and Robert FLORAS. In Groups B in Men Event Israel failed to halt Italy on their way to the second win in the group. Omri BEN ARI clinched only point in the match against Jordy PICCOLIN; Niagol STOYANOV and Mihai BOBOCICA on the other side were on the top of their game. Estonia failed to produce the victory on home soil as well. Netherlands concluded the round in wining mode. Switzerland overcame Finland. Benedeh OLAH beat Cédric TSCHANZ but failed to halt Lionel WEBER who also beat Alex NAUMI. Lars POSCH overcame Otto TENNILÄ. Azerbaijan overcame San Marino. YANG Xinyu was the backbone of guest’s success. First to secure the win in Men’s Groups B was Israel. In Tel Aviv Israel easily prevailed against Kosovo. Omri BEN-ARI Shimon RABINOVICH Matan SIMON proved too strong for Baton CITAKU Mentor SHABANI and Yilli MALOKU. Finland followed same path. Benedek OLAH Alex NAUMI and Toni SOINE overcame Sean DOHERTY Colin DALGLEISH and Niall CAMERON. Norway succeeded in Kosovo after last round’s defeat in Italy. This time Eskil LINDFOLM Marcus NAERSTAD and Bogar HAUG recorded 3:0 win. Czech Republic beat Bulgaria in Arena Asarel. SIRUCEK KONECNY and TREGLER succeeded in straight matches against GOLOVANOV KRASTEV and ALEXANDROV. In Women’s Event in A Groups Ukraine overcame Poland in Sport Hall Khimic. All three matches concluded by same 3:0 margin. Margaryta PESOTSKA Solomiya BRATENKO and Ganna GAPONOVA showed no mercy against Julia SLAZAK Klaudia KUSINSKA and Natalia BAJOR. In previous round Poland beat Slovenia. Portugal stretched guests from Austria to full distance before Amelie SOLJA Sophia POLCANOVA and Karoline MISCHEK secured the victory. Jieni SHAO won both her matches for hosts. Netherlands also clinched the victory in away match. They overcame Croatia in another five matches duel in Pula. Ivana MALOBABIC overcame Britt EERLAND and Mateja JEGER beat Kim VERMAAS but LI Jie was not in the mood for charity. Sweden beat Russia 3:1 whilst Germany prevailed against Luxembourg. NI Xia Lian overcame HAN Ying and that was the only point for hosts. Sabine WINTER Nina MITTELHAM and in the second exit to the table HAN all scored for Germany. In Groups B Serbia overcame Bulgaria 3:1. Maria YOVKOVA scored for hosts. She overcame Izabela LUPULESKU in the opening match. Aneta MAKSUTI and Andrea TODOROVIC scored for Serbia. Turkey’s HU Melek Sibel ALTINKAYA and Özge YILMAZ overcame Denmark’s Stefanie CHRISTENSEN Sophie WALLOE and Izabell NORLEM. Slovakia needed four matches to prevailed against Belgium. Barbora BALAZOVA won both her matches and Eva ODOROVA added another point to the score line. Natasha KOSZULAP beat Tatiana KUKULKOVA. Lithuania beat Israel in Tel Aviv 3:1. Nicole TROSMAN gave hosts good start but with Ruta PASKAUSKIENE in good shape it was hard for Israel to keep in the same pace.
President Ronald KRAMER attends EU Sport Forum in Sofia
ETTU President Ronald KRAMER attended the EU Sport Forum which was held on March 22-23 in Sofia (BUL). He seized the occasion to meet with the President of the Bulgarian Table Tennis Federation Stefan KITOV. President KRAMER visited a school table tennis tournament and discussed with tournament director Tsvetozar HRISTOV the opportunity to add mixed doubles in the ‘Bulgarian Open’ starting from August 2018. Stefan KITOV and Ronald KRAMER further constructively discussed actual ETTU matters and BTTF’s wish to stage ETTU events in Bulgaria in the near future.
MA Long Wins Record Fifth ITTF German Open Title in Bremen
Reigning World & Olympic Champion MA Long (CHN) has continued to make table tennis history this time at the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open claiming a record fifth German Open title today 25 March 2018 at the ÖVB Arena in Bremen Germany! The former world number one whose world ranking fell due to inactivity in 2017 was determined to make a strong return in the international stage. Seeded fifth at the 2018 ITTF German Open MA was in dominant form throughout the tournament eliminating other world top stars including Jun MIZUTANI (JPN) and home favourite Timo BOLL (GER) en-route to the Final. The 29-year-old faced off compatriot XU Xin in the Men’s Singles final showdown for Gold. The duo was both on fire pulling off world class table tennis action in front of the capacity crowd in the arena. It was MA who was able to hold his nerve in the tightly contest encounter to prevail 4-1 (11-9 9-11 11-9 11-9 11-6). “I’m very happy with this victory especially after missing out on the World Tour for nine months. Germany is a lucky country for me and Bremen a lucky city. I’m happy to be back and thank you everyone for supporting me here ” stated MA after the historic win. “Both of us played at a very high level today especially in the first 4 games where it all ended with 11-9. Overall I think I handled the crucial moments better to gold on to the opportunity.” With his victory MA is now another step closer to table tennis evergreen Vladimir SAMSONOV’s 27 ITTF World Tour record with a total of 25 World Tour titles under his belt. In a classic attack vs defense battle in the Women’s Singles Final second seeded Kasumi ISHIKAWA (JPN) faced Korea Republic’s SUH Hyowon who shocked top seed FENG Tianwei to make her appearance in the final showdown. SUH was unable to repeat her success against ISHIKAWA to create another upset as the world number three smashed her way through the final to take home the prestigious title for the first time in her career winning 4-1 (11-9 10-12 11-6 11-7 11-6). An elated ISHIKAWA shared “I didn’t expect that I could win the title. It was really a surprise. Last year I won the Mixed Doubles at the World Championships in Germany this is really my lucky place. This victory gave me confidence for the World Championships coming up in Sweden next month.” Japan was successful in the Women’s Doubles event as well with 17-year-olds Mima ITO and Hina HAYATA defeating Korea Republic pair JEON Jihee and YANG Haeun 3-1 (11-3 11-5 10-12 11-6). Rivals in the Men’s Singles Final MA and XU joined forces to claim the Men’s Doubles title beating defending Champions LEE Sangsu and JEOUNG Youngsik from Korea Republic 3-0 (11-7 11-8 11-9). With the conclusion of the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open the world’s best players now turn their attention to the Liebherr 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships that will be held in Halmstad Sweden from 29 April to 6 May 2018.
Sabina SURJAN goes to Buenos Aires
Winners of the second day of the 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series – Africa are Serbia`s Sabina SURJAN and Iran`s Amin AHMADIAN Serbia`s Sabina SURJAN and Iran`s Amin AHMADIAN won second knock-out tournaments held today March 25th in the Tunisian city of Rades as a part of the Road to Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Series – Africa. They joined Azerbaijan`s YU Khinhang and Slovakia`s Tatiana KUKULKOVA first tournament`s winners. Women`s Singles top seed SURJAN prevailed against Turkey`s Ozge YILMAZ in the semi-finals while Croatia`s Andrea PAVLOVIC no. 3 seed beat ZHANG Wanling. Both encounters took five sets each. The final clash was a reprise of the gold medal contest at the 2018 Tunisia Junior & Cadet Open held two days ago in the same place and again SURJAN won. This time in straight games. Belgian player Laurens DEVOS lost to Amin AHMADIAN in the Men`s Singles semis. Singapore`s PANG Yew En Koen reached the ultimate stage second consecutive day but again was beaten. Yesterday he suffered at the hands of Azerbaijan`s YU Khinhang whilst tonight it was Iranian player. Men`s Singles Semi-finals Amin AHMADIAN (IRI) – Laurens DEVOS (BEL) 4:2 (7:11 5:11 11:9 11:7 13:11 11:8) PANG Yew En Koen (SGP) – Jeremy HAZIN (CAN) 4:1 (11:6 11:5 11:9 8:11 11:2) Final Amin AHMADIAN (IRI) – PANG Yew En Koen (SGP) 4:2 (4:11 11:5 6:11 11:7 11:9 14:12) Women`s Singles Semi-finals Sabina SURJAN (SRB) – Ozge YILMAZ (TUR) 4:1 (11:8 11:8 11:8 11:13) Andrea PAVLOVIC (CRO) – ZHANG Wanling (SGP) 4:1 (11:3 11:8 11:5 9:11 11:6) Final Sabina SURJAN (SRB) – Andrea PAVLOVIC (CRO) 4:0 (11:1 11:9 11:6 12:10) Continental Tournaments – Qualifiers (as on Sunday 17th December) Men Africa: Youssef Abdel AZIZ (Egypt) Nathael HAMDOUN (Tunisia) Asia: Tomokazu HARIMOTO (Japan) LIN Yun-Ju (Chinese Taipei) WANG Chuqin (China) CHO Daeseong (Korea) Europe: Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS (Greece) Vladimir SIDORENKO (Russia) Medardas STANKIEVICIUS (Lithuania) Vladislav URDU (Moldova) Latin America: Nicolas BURGOS (Chile) Guillerme TEODORO (Brazil) North America: Kanak JHA (United States) Oceania: Nathan XU (New Zealand) Women Africa: Esther ORIBAMISE (Nigeria) Marwa ALHODABY (Egypt) Asia: Miu HIRANO (Japan) SUN Yingsha (China) JINNIPA Sawettabut (Thailand) SU Pei-Ling (Chinese Taipei) Europe: Lucie GAUTHIER (France) Mariia TAILAKOVA (Russia) NING Jing (Azerbaijan) Nadezhda BOGDANOVA (Belarus) Latin America: Adriana DIAZ (Puerto Rico) Bruna TAKAHASHI (Brazil) North America: Amy WANG (United States) Oceania: VONG Hui Ling (New Zealand) Road to Buenos Series (as on Sunday 25th March) Men Europe: Bastian REMBERT (France) Cristian PLETEA (Romania) Europe: YU Khinhang (Azerbaijan) Amin AHMADIAN (Iran) Women Europe: Andreea DRAGOMAN (Romania) LEE Ka Yee (Hong Kong) Africa: Tatiana KUKULKOVA (Slovakia) Sabina SURJAN (Serbia)
YU Khinhang and Tatiana KUKULKOVA book tickets for Buenos Aires
2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series – Africa First day of the Road to Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Series – Africa tournament has been concluded by the wins of Azerbaijan`s YU Khinhang in the Men`s Singles and Slovakia`s Tatiana KUKULKOVA in the Women`s Singles. Tomorrow March 25th second knock-out tournament will provide two more tickets for Buenos Aires. Both tournaments are staged in Rades the host city of just concluded 2018 Tunisia Junior and Cadet Open. Two top seeds of the Men’s Singles event India’s Manav Vikash THAKKAR and Austria’s Maciej KOLODZIEJCZK were upset in the Round 2 by future finalists Singapore`s PANG Yee En Koen and Azerbaijan`s YU Khinhang respectively. YU Khinhang prevailed against no. 2 seed Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK in five games of the Round 2 while in the semis he overcame Hungary`s Csaba ANDRAS 4:1 (7:11 11:8 11:3 11:5 11:5) to secure the final clash against PANG. YU needed five games against Singapore`s player to clinch the title. Women`s no. 1 seed Serbia`s Sabina SURJAN the winner of the Junior Girls’ Singles at the Tunisia Junior and Cadet Open was upset by Slovakia`s Tatiana KUKULKOVA in the quarter-final stage. KUKULKOVA created one more upset in the semis by defeating no. 3 seed Croatia`s Andrea PAVLOVIC. Against SURJAN she reversed the score from 1:3 to 4:3. Slovakia`s player overcame Italy`s Jamila LAURENTI in straight games of the final. LAURENTI beat Singapore`s ZHANG Wanling in five games of the semi-final. Two places are available in each of the Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles events at the Road to Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Series – Africa tournament. Players must be born between 1st January 2000 and 31st December 2003. Men`s Singles Semi-finals PANG Yew En Koen (SGP) – Jose Pedro FRANCISCO (POR) 4:0 (11:8 11:7 13:11 11:7) YU Khinhang (AZE) – Csaba ANDRAS (HUN) 4:1 (7:11 11:8 11:3 11:5 11:5) Final YU Khinhang (AZE) – PANG Yew En Koen (SGP) 4:1 (12:10 5:11 11:9 11:2 11:6) Women`s Singles Semi-finals Tatiana KUKULKOVA (SVK) – Andrea PAVLOVIC (CRO) 4:2 (11:6 11:6 10:12 8:11 11:5 11:8) Jamila LAURENTI (ITA) – ZHANG Wanling (SGP) 4:1 (11:5 11:5 5:11 13:11 11:7) Final Tatiana KUKULKOVA (SVK) – Jamila LAURENTI (ITA) 4:0 (11:9 11:9 11:6 11:6)
Tunisia hosts one more event: ITTF Junior Circuit ends 2018 YOG Qualification starts
Two gold medals for Serbian girls at the 2018 Tunisia Junior & Cadet Open. Nearly 140 players and over 37 countries comprise both events; the World Junior Circuit tournament (19-23 March) and the Youth Olympic Games qualifier (24-25 March) Tunisian city of Soliman continues to be an important table tennis destination. This town hosted 2018 Tunisia Junior and Cadet Open in last five days while Road to Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Series starts immediately. “Nearly 140 players and over 37 countries comprise both events; the World Junior Circuit tournament and the Youth Olympic Games qualifier. Our place in the sports’ scene in Tunisia is growing from year to year. We are gaining recognition through our work dedication and results.There are several challenges. We want to return Tunisia to the place it had on the Arab and African scene participate again in World Championships organize in Tunisia important tournaments and events. Also to make table tennis more popular and give the sport the place it deserves. Our main target is to simply make table tennis Tunisia’s number one sport” explained Lotfi GUERFEL President of the Tunisian Table Tennis Federation. 2018 ITTF World Junior Circuit Tunisia Junior & Cadet Open has been concluded today March 23rd by individual semi-finals and finals. Serbian girls clinched two gold Sabina SURJAN in Junior Girls Singles event and Radmila TOMINJAK in Cadet Girls Singles. They beat Croatia`s Andrea PAVLOVIC and Germany`s Sophia KLEE respectively. Iran`s Amin AHMADIAN is crowned Junior Boy Singles winner whilst the best Cadet Boy is China`s LIU MENGLONG. Junior Girls Singles Semi-finals: Sabina SURJAN (Serbia) – Lucie GAUTHIER (France) 4:1 (8:11 11:6 12:10 11:6 11:9) Andrea PAVLOVIC (Croatia) – Tijana JOKIC (Serbia) 4:3 (8:11 6:11 6:11 11:8 11:4 11:7 12:10). Final: Sabina SURJAN (Serbia) – Andrea PAVLOVIC (Croatia) 4:1 (11:8 8:11 11:7 13:11 11:5). Junior Boys Singles Semi-finals: Amin AHMADIAN (Iran) – Csaba ANDRAS (Hungary) 4:3 (7:11 11:4 4:11 5:11 11:9 11:9 11:8) Manush Utpalbhai SHAH (India) – Amirreza ABBASI 4:0 (11:7 11:2 11:7 11:9). Final: Amin AHMADIAN (Iran) – Manush Utpalbhai SHAH (India) 4:2 (11:7 5:11 9:11 11:8 12:10 11:9). Cadet Girls Singles Semi-finals: Radmila TOMINJAK (Serbia) – Estelle DUVIVIER (Belgium) 3:2 (11:6 7:11 11:9 11:13 12:10) Sophia KLEE (Germany) – Farida BADAWY (Egypt) 3:0 (11:3 11:7 11:7). Final: Radmila TOMINJAK (Serbia) – Sophia KLEE (Germany) 3:2 (9:11 8:11 11:5 11:8 11:9). Cadet Boys Singles Semi-finals: Payas JAIN (India) – Louis LAFFINEUR (Belgium) 3:1 (5:11 11:7 11:4 11:6) LIU Menglong (China) – Omar ALLAM (Egypt) 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:5). Final: LIU Menglong (China) – Payas JAIN (India) 3:1 (6:11 13:11 11:9 11:7) Junior Boys Doubles final: Csaba ANDRAS (HUN)/Jeremy HAZIN (CAN) – WANG Yihao/ZHANG Shangzheng (CHN) 3:1 (11:5 11:9 8:11 11:8). Junior Girls Doubles final: Lucie GAUTHIER/Leili MOSTAFAVI (FRA) – Fanni HARASZTOVICH (HUN)/Andrea PAVLOVIC (CRO) 3:2 (7:11 8:11 11:8 11:6 11:7) Cadet Boys Doubles final: Aadil ANAND/Payas JAIN (IND) – Aziz JERBI/M. Amine OUESLATI (TUN) 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:8) Cadet Girls Doubles final: Roa AMRO/Farida BADAWY (EGY)- Sondous AMIN/Toka WAEL (EGY) 3:0 (11:6 11:5 11:7)
