Dimitrij OVTCHAROV came from two sets behind to defeat Sweden`s Elias RANEFUR in the Round of 16 at the Seamaster 2017 World Tour Asarel Bulgaria Open Actual World no.4 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV from Germany came from two sets behind to defeat Sweden`s Elias RANEFUR playing Round of 16 at the Seamaster 2017 World Tour Asarel Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte. The no.3 seed Quadri ARUNA from NIGERIA was extended to full distance by 17-year-old Japanese Yuto KIZUKURI but managed to win. All other six quarter-finalists of the Men`s Singles event are from Japan. Japanese Jin UEDA the no.5 seed defeated Belgium`s Cedric NUYTINCK in five games of the Round of 16. All-Japanese Round of 16 was seen in the Women`s Singles event. Two top seeds Kasumi ISHIKAWA and Mima ITO are among Japanese players who reached quarter-final stage. ISHIKAWA and ITO emerged successful also in the Women`s Doubles event as they eliminated top seeded compatriots Honoka HASHIMOTO and Hitomi SATO. They will play for the top prize against European duo Matilda EKHOLM (Sweden) / Georgina POTA (Hungari) who had very close and intense encounter against India`s Manika BATRA / Mouma DAS – 3:1 (11:4 8:11 14:12 14:12). Men`s Singles Round of 16: Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Germany) – Elias RANEFUR (Sweden) 4:2 (8:11 8:11 11:6 11:2 11:8 11:9) Yukiya UDA (Japan) – Muziki OIKAWA (Japan) 0:4 (1:11 6:11 6:11 7:11) Asuka MACHI (Japan) – Koyo KANAMITSU (Japan) 4:1 (12:10 7:11 11:6 11:5 11:7) Yuto KIZUKURI (Japan) – Quadri ARUNA (Nigeria) 3:4 (11:9 11:7 10:12 11:4 9:11 11:13 9:11) Maharu YOSHIMURA (Japan) – Kenji MATSUDAIRA (Japan) 2:4 (10:12 11:9 6:11 11:9 9:11 6:11) Taku TAKAKIWA (Japan) – Kenta TAZOE (Japan) 1:4 (9:11 10:12 11:6 7:11 6:11) Jin UEDA (Japan) – Cedric NUYTINCK (Belgium) 4:1 (11:7 11:7 12:10 7:11 11:8) PENG Wang-Wei (Chinese Taipei) – Kenta MATSUDAIRA (Japan) 1:4 (4:11 11:7 8:11 8:11 8:11). Men`s Doubles Semi-finals: Jin UEDA / Maharu YOSHIMURA (Japan) – Nandor ECSEKI / Adam SZUDI (Hungary) 3:2 (11:9 5:11 11:4 8:11 11:6) Amalraj ANTHONY / Sanil SHETTY (India) – Soumyajit GHOSH / Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN (India) 0:3 (3:11 10:12 8:11). Women`s Doubles Semi-finals: Honoka HASHIMOTO / Hitomi SATO (Japan) – Kasumi ISHIKAWA / Mima ITO (Japan) 1:3 (11:8 7:11 7:11 8:11) Matilda EKHOLM (Sweden) / Georgina POTA (Hungary) – Manika BATRA / Mouma DAS (India) 3:1 (11:4 8:11 14:12 14:12).
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Dimitrij OVTCHAROV came from two sets behind to defeat Sweden`s Elias RANEFUR in the Round of 16 at the Seamaster 2017 World Tour Asarel Bulgaria Open Actual World no.4 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV from Germany came from two sets behind to defeat Sweden`s Elias RANEFUR playing Round of 16 at the Seamaster 2017 World Tour Asarel Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte. The no.3 seed Quadri ARUNA from NIGERIA was extended to full distance by 17-year-old Japanese Yuto KIZUKURI but managed to win. All other six quarter-finalists of the Men`s Singles event are from Japan. Japanese Jin UEDA the no.5 seed defeated Belgium`s Cedric NUYTINCK in five games of the Round of 16. All-Japanese Round of 16 was seen in the Women`s Singles event. Two top seeds Kasumi ISHIKAWA and Mima ITO are among Japanese players who reached quarter-final stage. ISHIKAWA and ITO emerged successful also in the Women`s Doubles event as they eliminated top seeded compatriots Honoka HASHIMOTO and Hitomi SATO. They will play for the top prize against European duo Matilda EKHOLM (Sweden) / Georgina POTA (Hungari) who had very close and intense encounter against India`s Manika BATRA / Mouma DAS – 3:1 (11:4 8:11 14:12 14:12). Men`s Singles Round of 16: Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Germany) – Elias RANEFUR (Sweden) 4:2 (8:11 8:11 11:6 11:2 11:8 11:9) Yukiya UDA (Japan) – Muziki OIKAWA (Japan) 0:4 (1:11 6:11 6:11 7:11) Asuka MACHI (Japan) – Koyo KANAMITSU (Japan) 4:1 (12:10 7:11 11:6 11:5 11:7) Yuto KIZUKURI (Japan) – Quadri ARUNA (Nigeria) 3:4 (11:9 11:7 10:12 11:4 9:11 11:13 9:11) Maharu YOSHIMURA (Japan) – Kenji MATSUDAIRA (Japan) 2:4 (10:12 11:9 6:11 11:9 9:11 6:11) Taku TAKAKIWA (Japan) – Kenta TAZOE (Japan) 1:4 (9:11 10:12 11:6 7:11 6:11) Jin UEDA (Japan) – Cedric NUYTINCK (Belgium) 4:1 (11:7 11:7 12:10 7:11 11:8) PENG Wang-Wei (Chinese Taipei) – Kenta MATSUDAIRA (Japan) 1:4 (4:11 11:7 8:11 8:11 8:11). Men`s Doubles Semi-finals: Jin UEDA / Maharu YOSHIMURA (Japan) – Nandor ECSEKI / Adam SZUDI (Hungary) 3:2 (11:9 5:11 11:4 8:11 11:6) Amalraj ANTHONY / Sanil SHETTY (India) – Soumyajit GHOSH / Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN (India) 0:3 (3:11 10:12 8:11). Women`s Doubles Semi-finals: Honoka HASHIMOTO / Hitomi SATO (Japan) – Kasumi ISHIKAWA / Mima ITO (Japan) 1:3 (11:8 7:11 7:11 8:11) Matilda EKHOLM (Sweden) / Georgina POTA (Hungary) – Manika BATRA / Mouma DAS (India) 3:1 (11:4 8:11 14:12 14:12). Die Begegnungen: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim – SV Werder Bremen Hertha BSC – VfB Stuttgart Hamburger SV – FC Augsburg 1. FC Mainz 05 – Hannover 96 VfL Wolfsburg – Borussia Dortmund
Confirmed participants and schedule of the 2017 Europe Youth Top 10
The 2017 Europe Youth Top 10 will be held in Worcester England (8-10th September) All Participants and the schedule of the 2017 Europe Youth Top 10 are confirmed three weeks before the event which will be held in Worcester England (8-10th September) . Cristian PLETEA from Romania is on the top of Junior Boys list followed by Greek Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS and Romania`s Rares SIPOS. Last year in Prague PLETEA and SIPOS finished fifth and sixth respectively having both 5-4 score. Two most talented Romanian players are topping Junior Girls list: Andrea DRAGOMAN (No. 1) and Adina DIACONU (No. 2). They finished second and third respectively in Prague behind Audrey ZARIF in spite of having the same score (8-1) like French girl. Russia`s Maxim GREBNEV is the best ranked Cadet Boys participant. The 2016 winner and runner-up Truls MOREGARD from Sweden and Vladimir SIDORENKO from Russia will not play this time. Regarding Cadet Girls event Russia will be represented with four players including top seeded Elizabet ABRAAMIAN. Her compatriot No. 2 seed Ekaterina ZIRONOVA achieved biggest result out of all 10 participants last year. She finished third (5-4 score) behind her compatriot Anastasia KOLISH (7-2) and Romania`s Tania PLAIAN (6-3). JUNIOR BOYS 1 Cristian PLETEA ROU 2 Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS GRE 3 Rares SIPOS ROU 4 Irvin BERTRAND FRA 5 Artur ABUSEV RUS 6 Tom JARVIS ENG 7 Tobias HIPPLER GER 8 Florian CNUDDE BEL 9 Gerrit ENGEMANN GER 10 Bastien REMBERT FRA JUNIOR GIRLS 1 Adina DIACONU ROU 2 Andreea DRAGOMAN ROU 3 Izabela LUPULESKU SRB 4 Lisa LUNG BEL 5 Anastasia KOLISH RUS 6 ZHANG Xuan ESP 7 Solomiya BRATEYKO UKR 8 Luisa SAEGER GER 9 Tania PLAIAN ROU 10 Denise PEYET ENG CADET BOYS 1 Maksim GREBNEV RUS 2 Bilal HAMACHE FRA 3 Kay STUMPER GER 4 Csaba ANDRAS HUN 5 Dorian ZHENG FRA 6 Samuel KULCZYCKI POL 7 Olav KOSOLOSKY BEL 8 Martin FRIIS SWE 9 Daniel RINDERER GER 10 Ethan WALSH ENG CADET GIRLS 1 Elizabet ABRAAMIAN RUS 2 Ekaterina ZIRONOVA RUS 3 Elena ZAHARIA ROU 4 Jamila LAURENTI ITA 5 Natalia MALININA RUS 6 Arina SLAUTINA RUS 7 Camille LUTZ FRA 8 Sophia KLEE GER 9 Isa COK FRA 10 Charlotte BARDSLEY ENG
Bastian STEGER clinched gold at 19th Flanders I.T.T. Ostend Masters
Germany’s Bastian STEGER from Bremen currently ranked at the position no. 33 in the World Rankings beat Slovenia’s Bojan TOKIC from Saarbrücken to clinch the title at the 19th Flanders I.T.T. Ostend Masters (3 9 -7 5 -9 14). In the semi final TOKIC beat Belgium’s Cedric MERCHEZ (Sudtele Vitron) -7 -9 -8 10 3 9 6 whilst STEGER overcame another Belgium’s representative Robin DEVOS (Walter Wels) – 5 8 8 5.
Pre- Selection Camp in Hungarian Kiskunfelegyhaza
Hungarian town of Kiskunfelegyhaza gathered the record number of participants at the Pre Selection Camp.From 11th to 18th August 54 players 32 boys and 22 girls from 15 European countries and 16 coaches will work together. Main coaches in charge in Camp are Ferenc KARSAI Attila HALMAI Provas MONDAL and Aleksej YEFREMOV. Players has three training sessions per day in modern city hall.
Kazakhstan will be hosting their first major table tennis event in December
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is excited to announce that the one million dollar Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals will be held in Astana Kazakhstan on 14-17 December 2017. The most lucrative table tennis event on earth the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals will welcome the top 15 Men’s and Women’s singles players and the seven top Men’s and Women’s doubles pairs from the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour plus a host player and doubles pair to compete for a record prize purse of one million dollars. Watch the welcome video here. Kazakhstan will be hosting their first ever major table tennis event with the country experiencing a surge of table tennis interest over the past few years due to success of players such as Kirill GERASSIMENKO. ITTF CEO Steve DAINTON stated: “Taking our events to more corners of the World and new markets is one of the key strategies of the ITTF for the next period. We are extremely pleased to announce a first ever major table tennis event to be held in the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan. In recent years Kazakhstan has shown commitment to table tennis and recently produced some talented potential future stars non-more so than Kirill GERASSIMENKO. With a major event like this we hope that it spurs the country and the region to further develop top table tennis athletes.” The Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals is the crown jewel of the Seamaster ITTF World Tour which features 12 stops around the world with over 3 million dollars of prize money. Daniyar ABULGAZIN Secretary General of the Kazakhstan Table Tennis Federation added: “We are very pleased and honored that the 2017 World Tour Grand Finals will be held in Kazakhstan Astana. This will be the first time for Kazakhstan to host such a major table tennis event and we are all committed to ensure a bright table tennis experience for everyone who attends this prestigious event!” The Race to Astana to secure the valuable Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals places continues at the Bulgarian Open which will take place at Panagyurishte on 17-20 August 2017.
ITTF Opens Bidding Process for the 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is calling for expressions of interest to host the biggest table tennis event on earth the 2020 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships. Held since 1926 the World Table Tennis Championships is the biggest & most important table tennis event of year with high historical significance and high interest globally from players fans media and partners and now your country has the chance to host it! ITTF President Thomas WEIKERT welcomes as many different countries to show their interest in hosting this unique event: “The ITTF World Table Tennis Championships is a perfect way for countries and cities to showcase themselves to the world. The event is broadcasted in over 120 countries and is seen by over 350 million people so what better way to put yourself on the global map than through table tennis. I look forward to seeing as many countries show their interest as possible not just from our tradition hosts but new ones as well.” The World Table Tennis Championships alternate between team & individual events annually. In 2020 the world’s best teams shall convene to fight for the title of World Team Champion strong contenders include China Germany Japan Korea Republic Singapore France Brazil USA Nigeria and England to name a few. The promotional opportunities of hosting a World Table Tennis Championships is massive with your city’s landmarks on the world feed reaching over 355 million TV audiences in at least 122 countries across the world and millions more through ITTF’s 2.2 million social media fans. Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity by registering your interest to host the 2020 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships at 2020ITTFWorlds.com. The 2020 host will follow Halmstad Sweden and Budapest Hungary who will host the 2018 and 2019 editions respectively.
International Training Camp in Linz
25th-30th March 2018 LINZ AG Froschberg invites players to International Training Camp from 25th to 30th March 2018. There will be 24 tables available for up to 96 players in two shifts in the Olympia Center LINZ. You can find the information at WWW.FROSCHBERG.AT E-Mail: youth.championships@froschberg.at
39th ITT & 19th OSTEND MASTERS 2017
The 39th ITT & 19th Ostend Masters 2017 will be held from 11th to 15th September. In the A Series will play 72 players and in B Series will be no less than 143 players. Among the invited players are Cedric NUYTINCK of Belgium Bojan TOKIC of Slovenia Bastian STEGER of Germany Robin DEVOS of Belgium KOU Lei of Ukraine Jonathan GROTH of Denmark. “After the preparation at the Ostend Tournament 2016 two our Paralympic players Laurens DEVOS and Florian Van ACKER clinched the gold medal in Rio. Both will be present this weekend. Laurens in A & double A Florian in B & A ” explained Jacques DENYS.
Six European talents in Singapore
ETTU Development Officer Neven CEGNAR guides new ETTU Development Training Camp Thanks to ETTU Development Training Camp six European talents guided by ETTU Development Officer Neven CEGNAR are practicing in excellent conditions in Singapore. They are Truls MOREGARD Vladimir SIDORENKO Cristian PLETEA Adina DIACONU Maria Tailakova and Andrea DRAGOMAN. This Camp is organized in the cooperation with STTA as 22 promising players train twice a day in two well equipped halls: STTA National Center Toa Payoh (Junior Boys) and STTA Sports School (Junior Girls). “Our aim is to have good practices as well as to make long time partnership with STTA like we did last year I Japan with JTTA” stressed Neven CEGNAR who has support of three host coaches LIU Jiayi HAO An Lin and JING Jun Hong.
