Semi-finals second leg: KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg – Dr. Casl 1:3 (1st leg 3:2) Croatian champion Dr. Casl reaches its very first Seamaster ECLW final as they beat no.1 seed and last year`s runner-up Tarnobrzeg 3:1 playing away second semi-final leg (1st game won Polish club 3:2). The 2017/18 champion will be decided in the clash between two clubs have never played ECLW final. Actual World no. 20 LI Jie lost all three her matches in two semi-final legs against Tarnobrzeg but China`s ZHOU Xintong has provided four points having crucial role in the historic achievement of Croatian side. Current World no. 28 FU Yu lost to no. 31 HAN Ying three weeks ago in Zagreb but tonight beat her after full five games of the opener. Portugal`s player reversed the score from 0:2 to 3:2 to provide an early lead to the guest team. ZHOU again prevailed against Elizabeta SAMARA to secure second win for Dr. CASL while LI Qian overcame LI Jie to keep Tarnobrzeg in the game. Each of these two encounters has been decided in straight games. HAN and ZHOU met in the fourth match. Guest led 2:1 (4:1) but host tied the score at 2:2. Fifth set also started by several points in a row of Chinese player (4:0) what was decisive for the Dr. Casl victory. Seamaster ECLW semi-finals second leg KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg – Dr. Casl 1:3 (1st leg 3:2) HAN Ying – FU Yu 2:3 (11:9 11:6 9:11 7:11 7:11) Elizabeta SAMARA – ZHOU Xintong 0:3 (5:11 4:11 10:12) LI Qian – LI Jie 3:0 (13:11 11:3 11:5) HAN Ying – ZHOU Xintong 2:3 (6:11 11:9 5:11 11:9 5:11)
K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo secured Men’s ETTU CUP final
Polish club K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo beat French Vaillante Sports Angers in the second leg of the Men’s ETTU Cup semifinal. After narrow defeat 2:3 in France three weeks ago it was sufficient for their passage to the final stage. WANG Yang beat both Swedish players Jon PERSSON and Jens LUNDQVIST whilst Pawel FERTIKOWSKI added third point to the score line after victory over LUNDQVIST. Jiri VRABLIK suffered by the hands of Andréa LANDRIEU.
K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo secured Men’s ETTU CUP final
Polish club K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo beat French Vaillante Sports Angers in the second leg of the Men’s ETTU Cup semifinal. After narrow defeat 2:3 in France three weeks ago it was sufficient for their passage to the final stage. WANG Yang beat both Swedish players Jon PERSSON and Jens LUNDQVIST whilst Pawel FERTIKOWSKI added third point to the score line after victory over LUNDQVIST. Jiri VRABLIK suffered by the hands of Andréa LANDRIEU.
Table Tennis Canada extended the invitation to 2018 Canadian Junior and Cadet Open
Table Tennis Canada extended the invitation to 2018 Canadian Junior and Cadet Open and the Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG Series to be held between 28th May and 2nd June 2018. Further information is available from Iris MA Event Director Table Tennis Canada (irisma@ttcanada.ca). This event will be held in Pan Am Center Markham which is located in the downtown of Markham Ontario. The the Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG Series will be held on 1st and 2nd June in Pan am Center Markham. There will be 2 direct Knock‐out Rounds organized on two consecutive days. The winners of each gender of the direct knock out Rounds will qualify for the YOG. Each NOC can enter a maximum of one boy and one girl for the Road to Buenos Aires North America Series to be played in Markham if not having already a player qualified from the same gender or in the process of confirmation by their NOC for the 2018 YOG. Entries are to be received through ITTF affiliated Associations. Continental Tournaments – Qualifiers 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 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)
Table Tennis Canada extended the invitation to 2018 Canadian Junior and Cadet Open
Table Tennis Canada extended the invitation to 2018 Canadian Junior and Cadet Open and the Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG Series to be held between 28th May and 2nd June 2018. Further information is available from Iris MA Event Director Table Tennis Canada (irisma@ttcanada.ca). This event will be held in Pan Am Center Markham which is located in the downtown of Markham Ontario. The the Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG Series will be held on 1st and 2nd June in Pan am Center Markham. There will be 2 direct Knock‐out Rounds organized on two consecutive days. The winners of each gender of the direct knock out Rounds will qualify for the YOG. Each NOC can enter a maximum of one boy and one girl for the Road to Buenos Aires North America Series to be played in Markham if not having already a player qualified from the same gender or in the process of confirmation by their NOC for the 2018 YOG. Entries are to be received through ITTF affiliated Associations. Continental Tournaments – Qualifiers 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 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)
Borussia reaches TTCLM final thanks to better point-ratio
Second semi-final match in front of 1 100 spectators: Borussia – Ochsenhausen 3:2 (1st leg 2:3) Stefan FEGERL became an unexpected Borussia`s hero in the second leg of the TTCLM semi-finals against TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen in front of sold out ARAG CenterCourt (1 100 spectators). Dusseldorf`s side reached final thanks to better point-ratio (23 points) as both matches ended by 3:2 win of home team (22:22 in sets). Two Top 10 players at the ITTF World Ranking list Timo BOLL and Simon GAUZY have provided one more thrilling clash in the opener extended to full distance. German this time prevented young Frenchman to continue his winning streak against him controlling the decisive fifth set. TTCLM rising star Hugo CALDERANO leveled the score by beating Stefan FEGERL in four games. Turning point emerged on 10:9 when Austrian missed to lead 2:0. Guest responded by three points in a row and won next two sets in a style. Kristian KARLSSON was stretched to full distance by Jakub DYJAS three weeks ago but tonight beat Poland`s player in straight games. That secured 2:1 lead for Borussia. CALDERANO upset BOLL in the fourth match and Ochsenhausen was closer to the victory bearing in mind that Simon GAUZY was a favorite against Stefan FEGERL. But Austrian player showed strong character and beat world no. 10 in spite of losing opening set. Borussia faces reigning champion Orenburg in the final. These two teams met last year and Russian team won. It will be their fourth fight for the TTCLM crown and Orenburg leads 2:1. TTCLM semi-finals second leg Borussia Dusseldorf – TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3:2 (1st leg 2:3) Timo BOLL – Simon GAUZY 3:2 (5:11 11:7 11:7 8:11 11:7) Stefan FEGERL – Hugo CALDERANO 1:3 (11:9 10:12 8:11 3:11) Kristian KARLSSON – Jakub DYJAS 3:0 (11:2 11:7 11:5) Timo BOLL – Hugo CALDERANO 1:3 (9:11 11:3 11:13 6:11) Stefan FEGERL – – Simon GAUZY 3:1 (7:11 11:9 11:4 11:8)
Metz TT booked their place in the final of the ETTU Cup
Team of Metz TT secured their place in the final of the Women’s ETTU Cup. French club repeated their success from the opening round and recorded another straight matches victory. In the return leg in France Metz TT beat TMK-TAGMET TAGANROG. Xin LIU gave her club dream start with the victory over Valeria BELOVOL Pauline CHASSELIN and Carole GRUNDISCH followed her path with the wins over Elena TROSHNEVA and Valentina SABITOVA. On Sunday ETIVAL CLAIREFONTAINE ASRTT will meet GIRBAU-VIC TT. In Men’s ETTU Cup K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo will play against Vaillante Sports Angers TT whilst Chartres ASTT will meet Istres Tennis de Table. Matches are on Saturday and Sunday.
Metz TT booked their place in the final of the ETTU Cup
Team of Metz TT secured their place in the final of the Women’s ETTU Cup. French club repeated their success from the opening round and recorded another straight matches victory. In the return leg in France Metz TT beat TMK-TAGMET TAGANROG. Xin LIU gave her club dream start with the victory over Valeria BELOVOL Pauline CHASSELIN and Carole GRUNDISCH followed her path with the wins over Elena TROSHNEVA and Valentina SABITOVA. On Sunday ETIVAL CLAIREFONTAINE ASRTT will meet GIRBAU-VIC TT. In Men’s ETTU Cup K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo will play against Vaillante Sports Angers TT whilst Chartres ASTT will meet Istres Tennis de Table. Matches are on Saturday and Sunday.
Seamaster ECLW: Historic moment for Bursa
Second semi-final game: Berlin – Bursa 3:1 (1st leg 0:3). Turkish club reaches its very first final Actual ETTU Cup Women winner Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor reached very first Seamaster ECLW final in its history after second semi-final leg against TTC Berlin Eastside held in Germany. Defending ECLW champion won 3:1 thanks to two points of Georgina POTA but Bursa progressed by 4:3 score on aggregate after 3:0 victory in first leg. As both coaches emphasized prior to the second clash the winner was decided in the first game held in Turkey when Bursa won 3:0 (9:3). In spite of that Berlin like real champion showed big fight (without two players from the last season`s line-up SHAN Xiaona and Petrissa SOLJA) and led 2:0 (6:2). But Yana NOSKOVA beat Berlin`s coach-player Irina PALINA in the third encounter to secure the place in the final. Seamaster ECLW semi-finals second leg TTC Berlin Eastside – Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor 3:1 (1st leg 0:3) Georgina POTA – HU Melek 3:2 (7:11 11:7 11:8 8:11 11:2) Shiho MATSUDAIRA – Simay KULAKCEKEN 3:0 (11:8 11:9 11:9) Irina PALINA – Yana NOSKOVA 0:3 (5:11 8:11 10:12) Georgina POTA – Simay KULAKCEKEN 3:0 (11:9 11:2 11:4)
Seamaster ECLW: Historic moment for Bursa
Second semi-final game: Berlin – Bursa 3:1 (1st leg 0:3). Turkish club reaches its very first final Actual ETTU Cup Women winner Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor reached very first Seamaster ECLW final in its history after second semi-final leg against TTC Berlin Eastside held in Germany. Defending ECLW champion won 3:1 thanks to two points of Georgina POTA but Bursa progressed by 4:3 score on aggregate after 3:0 victory in first leg. As both coaches emphasized prior to the second clash the winner was decided in the first game held in Turkey when Bursa won 3:0 (9:3). In spite of that Berlin like real champion showed big fight (without two players from the last season`s line-up SHAN Xiaona and Petrissa SOLJA) and led 2:0 (6:2). But Yana NOSKOVA beat Berlin`s coach-player Irina PALINA in the third encounter to secure the place in the final. Seamaster ECLW semi-finals second leg TTC Berlin Eastside – Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor 3:1 (1st leg 0:3) Georgina POTA – HU Melek 3:2 (7:11 11:7 11:8 8:11 11:2) Shiho MATSUDAIRA – Simay KULAKCEKEN 3:0 (11:8 11:9 11:9) Irina PALINA – Yana NOSKOVA 0:3 (5:11 8:11 10:12) Georgina POTA – Simay KULAKCEKEN 3:0 (11:9 11:2 11:4)
