Second quarter-final leg of Seamaster ECLW: Bursa – Saint-Quentiois 3:0 (1st leg 3:1) Actual ETTU Cup Women winner Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor became the second Turkish club ever to reach the semi-final of Seamaster ECLW. They booked their place today February 10th by winning TT Saint-Quentionis 3:0 in the home`s second quarter-final leg (6:1 aggregate score). Istanbul`s side Fenerbahce 2015 champion played twice in the final (2014 runner-up). After 3:1 away win Bursa faced an easy task on its soil but World no. 13 LEE Ho Ching lost the opening set to Aurore LE MANSEC. Hong Kong`s player was extended to full distance but provided first point to home side. Current individual European champion HU Melek defeated actual World no. 11 from Chinese Taipei CHENG Hsien-Tzu also after full five games while Yana NOSKOVA overcame Audrey ZARIF in the third encounter. Seamaster ECLW quarter-finals 2nd leg Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor – TT Saint-Quentinois 3:0 (1st leg 3:1) LEE Ho Ching – Aurore LE MANSEC 3:2 (5:11 11:4 11:7 9:11 11:7) HU Melek – CHENG Hsien-Tzu 3:2 (11:7 6:11 8:11 11:8 11:6) Yana NOSKOVA – Audrey ZARIF 3:1 (11:5 9:11 11:6 11:4)
Sporting joins big names in the TTCLM semis
Second leg: Saarbrucken – Ochsengausen 1:3 Stella Sport La Romagne – Sporting 3:2 Borussia – UMMC 2:3. Ochsenhausen Sporting and Borussia will play in the semi-finals Actual TTCLM runner-up and 10-time champion Borussia Dusseldorf the 2009 finalist TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen and the 2017/18 newcomer Sporting Clube de Portugal have joined reigning TTCLM champion Fakel Gazprom Orenburg in the semi-finals. Ochsenhausen lost to Saarbrucken 3:2 two weeks ago but tonight won 3:1 away. Hugo CALDERANO who provided both points for Ochsenhausen in the first leg again played main role as he beat Bojan TOKIC in the fourth encounter. Slovenian player did his best to secure the fifth match for his side but CALDERANO recorded his third victory in two legs. Host managed to survive in the fourth set (9:10 12:10) and had 6:5 lead in the fifth but guest responded by three points in a row (7:7 7:10) to secure semi-final berth for his side. Other two Ochsenhausen`s points have provided Jakub DYJAS (vs. Tiago APOLONIA) and Yuto MURAMATSU (vs. Patrick BAUM) while Patrick FRANZISKA (vs. CALDERANO) was unique winning player of Saarbrucken. Sporting was better in the newcomer`s duel in spite of the final score of tonight`s clash 3:2 for Stella Sport La Romagne (Portugal`s team won 1st leg 3:1). Joao MONTEIRO once again was fantastic winning the opener against SHIAHO Wei. Portugal`s player improved his season`s win-loss record to 8-2 paving the way to the semis. CHEN Tianyuan brought new hope for Stella Sport as he leveled the score against Quadri ARUNA but Diogo CARVALHO decided the winner by beating Adrian CRISAN. The 2012 TTCLM runner-up UMMC showed a strong character in Germany in spite of losing first home leg 3:0. After Andrej GACINA`s fast win against Anton KALLBERG Alexader SHIBAEV led 2:1 in his clash with Timo BOLL but recently crowned Europe Top 16 champion managed to reverse the score at 3:2. BOLL`s 10th victory in the 2017/18 season (10-1 w-l) was enough for the semi-final spot hence other three games have played without pressure. TTCLM quarter-finals second leg FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis – TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 1:3 (1st leg 3:2) Tiago APOLONIA – Jakub DYJAS 2:3 (8:11 11:6 9:11 14:12 9:11) Patrick FRANZISKA – Hugo CALDERANO 3:2 (7:11 11:6 11:9 6:11 11:6) Patrick BAUM – Yuto MURAMATSU 1:3 (4:11 7:11 12:10 8:11) Bojan TOKIC – Hugo CALDERANO 2:3 (12:10 5:11 5:11 12:10 8:11) Stella Sport La Romagne – Sporting Clube De Portugal 3:2 (1st leg 1:3) SHIAHO Wei – Joao MONTEIRO 0:3 (9:11 8:11 12:14) CHEN Tianyuan – Quadri ARUNA 3:2 (8:11 11:4 10:12 11:6 11:4) Adrian CRISAN – Diogo CARVALHO 0:3 (9:11 4:11 7:11) SHIAHO Wei – Quadri ARUNA 3:0 (11:2 11:0 11:0) Brice OLLIVIER – Joao MONTEIRO 3:0 (11:3 11:0 11:0) Borussia Düsseldorf – TTSC UMMC 2:3 (1st leg 3:0) Anton KALLBERG – Andrej GACINA 0:3 (4:11 4:11 6:11) Timo BOLL – Alexander SHIBAEV 3:2 (8:11 11:7 8:11 11:6 11:8) Kristian KARLSSON – Mahary YOSHIMURA 3:0 (11:7 11:7 13:11) Stefan FEGERL – Alexander SHIBAEV 0:3 (6:11 4:11 4:11) Timo BOLL – Andrej GACINA 1:3 (11:4 0:11 0:11 0:11)
Sporting joins big names in the TTCLM semis
Second leg: Saarbrucken – Ochsengausen 1:3 Stella Sport La Romagne – Sporting 3:2 Borussia – UMMC 2:3. Ochsenhausen Sporting and Borussia will play in the semi-finals Actual TTCLM runner-up and 10-time champion Borussia Dusseldorf the 2009 finalist TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen and the 2017/18 newcomer Sporting Clube de Portugal have joined reigning TTCLM champion Fakel Gazprom Orenburg in the semi-finals. Ochsenhausen lost to Saarbrucken 3:2 two weeks ago but tonight won 3:1 away. Hugo CALDERANO who provided both points for Ochsenhausen in the first leg again played main role as he beat Bojan TOKIC in the fourth encounter. Slovenian player did his best to secure the fifth match for his side but CALDERANO recorded his third victory in two legs. Host managed to survive in the fourth set (9:10 12:10) and had 6:5 lead in the fifth but guest responded by three points in a row (7:7 7:10) to secure semi-final berth for his side. Other two Ochsenhausen`s points have provided Jakub DYJAS (vs. Tiago APOLONIA) and Yuto MURAMATSU (vs. Patrick BAUM) while Patrick FRANZISKA (vs. CALDERANO) was unique winning player of Saarbrucken. Sporting was better in the newcomer`s duel in spite of the final score of tonight`s clash 3:2 for Stella Sport La Romagne (Portugal`s team won 1st leg 3:1). Joao MONTEIRO once again was fantastic winning the opener against SHIAHO Wei. Portugal`s player improved his season`s win-loss record to 8-2 paving the way to the semis. CHEN Tianyuan brought new hope for Stella Sport as he leveled the score against Quadri ARUNA but Diogo CARVALHO decided the winner by beating Adrian CRISAN. The 2012 TTCLM runner-up UMMC showed a strong character in Germany in spite of losing first home leg 3:0. After Andrej GACINA`s fast win against Anton KALLBERG Alexader SHIBAEV led 2:1 in his clash with Timo BOLL but recently crowned Europe Top 16 champion managed to reverse the score at 3:2. BOLL`s 10th victory in the 2017/18 season (10-1 w-l) was enough for the semi-final spot hence other three games have played without pressure. TTCLM quarter-finals second leg FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis – TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 1:3 (1st leg 3:2) Tiago APOLONIA – Jakub DYJAS 2:3 (8:11 11:6 9:11 14:12 9:11) Patrick FRANZISKA – Hugo CALDERANO 3:2 (7:11 11:6 11:9 6:11 11:6) Patrick BAUM – Yuto MURAMATSU 1:3 (4:11 7:11 12:10 8:11) Bojan TOKIC – Hugo CALDERANO 2:3 (12:10 5:11 5:11 12:10 8:11) Stella Sport La Romagne – Sporting Clube De Portugal 3:2 (1st leg 1:3) SHIAHO Wei – Joao MONTEIRO 0:3 (9:11 8:11 12:14) CHEN Tianyuan – Quadri ARUNA 3:2 (8:11 11:4 10:12 11:6 11:4) Adrian CRISAN – Diogo CARVALHO 0:3 (9:11 4:11 7:11) SHIAHO Wei – Quadri ARUNA 3:0 (11:2 11:0 11:0) Brice OLLIVIER – Joao MONTEIRO 3:0 (11:3 11:0 11:0) Borussia Düsseldorf – TTSC UMMC 2:3 (1st leg 3:0) Anton KALLBERG – Andrej GACINA 0:3 (4:11 4:11 6:11) Timo BOLL – Alexander SHIBAEV 3:2 (8:11 11:7 8:11 11:6 11:8) Kristian KARLSSON – Mahary YOSHIMURA 3:0 (11:7 11:7 13:11) Stefan FEGERL – Alexander SHIBAEV 0:3 (6:11 4:11 4:11) Timo BOLL – Andrej GACINA 1:3 (11:4 0:11 0:11 0:11)
Seamester ECLW: Tarnobrzeg Berlin and Dr. Casl into semis
Second quarter-final leg: KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg – Linz AG Froschberg 3:1 Dr. Casl – CP LYSSOIS LILLE METROPOLE 3:1 TTC Berlin Eastside – Szekszard AC 2:3 Top three seeds have booked their places in 2017/18 Seamaster ECLW semi-finals: no. 1 and actual runner-up KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg no. 2 and reigning champion TTC Berlin Eastside and no. 3 Dr. Casl. Polish champion beat two-time ECLW winner Linz AG Froschberg with the same score as they did two weeks ago in Austria 3:1. Canada`s ZHANG Mo upset Elizabeta SAMARA in the opener after full five games but LI Qian managed to tie the score at 1:1 beating Sophia POLCANOVA in straight games. Viktoria PAVLOVICH prevailed against Linda BERGOSTROM while SAMARA overcame POLCANOVA in the concluding encounter. Croatian champion Dr. Casl recorded its 72nd consecutive victory in all competitions defeating Lille Metropole 3:1 (1st leg 3:0) in the small Croatian city of Donji Kraljevac. FU Yu secured two points improving her season`s win-loss record to 7-0. Portugal`s player overcame both Agnes LE LANNIC and Tamolwan KHETKHUAN while third win for the host side provided ZHOU Xintong who beat KHETKHUAN. Third game has brought reprise of the recent China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup gold medal contest and again Bernadette SZOCS was better than LI Jie – 3:0 (11:8 12:10 11:8). Hungarian Szekszard managed to defeat reigning champion away 3:2 but Berlin won first leg 3:0. Polina MIKHAILOVA has recorded two wins first against Georgina POTA in the opener and Shiho MATSUDAIRA in the fifth encounter. Dora MADARASZ added one more point for Hungarian side as she defeated MATSUDAIRA. Berlin`s points came from SHAN Xiaona (vs. Ruta PASKAUSKIENE SHAN now has 6-0 w-l record) and POTA who prevailed against her compatriot MADARASZ. Seamaster ECLW quarter-finals second leg KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg – Linz AG Froschberg 3:1 (1st leg 3:1) Elizabeta SAMARA – ZHANG Mo 2:3 (11:5 8:11 11:5 5:11 8:11) LI Qian – Sophia POLCANOVA 3:0 (11:5 12:10 11:9) Viktoria PAVLOVICH – Linda BERGSTROM 3:0 (13:11 11:9 11:9) Elizabeta SAMARA – Sophia POLCANOVA 3:0 (11:6 13:11 11:7) Dr. Casl – CP LYSSOIS LILLE METROPOLE 3:1 (1st leg 3:0) FU Yu – Agnes LE LANNIC 3:0 (11:7 11:8 11:6) ZHOU Xintong – Tamolwan KHETKHUAN 3:0 (11:7 11:8 11:5) LI Jie – – Bernadette SZOCS 0:3 (8:11 10:12 8:11) FU Yu – Tamolwan KHETKHUAN 3:1 (11:8 9:11 11:7 11:6) TTC Berlin Eastside – Szekszard AC 2:3 (1st leg 3:0) Georgina POTA – Polina MIKHAILOVA 2:3 (11:7 12:10 8:11 9:11 6:11) Shiho MATSUDAIRA – Dora MADARASZ 1:3 (7:11 9:11 11:9 4:11) SHAN Xiaona – Ruta PASKAUSKIENE 3:1 (11:7 6:11 11:5 11:6) Georgina POTA – Dora MADARASZ 3:1 (11:7 8:11 11:7 11:6) Shiho MATSUDAIRA – Polina MIKHAILOVA 2:3 (7:11 11:9 11:3 6:11 9:11) Feb 10 16:00 BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR – TT SAINT QUENTINOIS (1st leg 3:1)
Seamester ECLW: Tarnobrzeg Berlin and Dr. Casl into semis
Second quarter-final leg: KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg – Linz AG Froschberg 3:1 Dr. Casl – CP LYSSOIS LILLE METROPOLE 3:1 TTC Berlin Eastside – Szekszard AC 2:3 Top three seeds have booked their places in 2017/18 Seamaster ECLW semi-finals: no. 1 and actual runner-up KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg no. 2 and reigning champion TTC Berlin Eastside and no. 3 Dr. Casl. Polish champion beat two-time ECLW winner Linz AG Froschberg with the same score as they did two weeks ago in Austria 3:1. Canada`s ZHANG Mo upset Elizabeta SAMARA in the opener after full five games but LI Qian managed to tie the score at 1:1 beating Sophia POLCANOVA in straight games. Viktoria PAVLOVICH prevailed against Linda BERGOSTROM while SAMARA overcame POLCANOVA in the concluding encounter. Croatian champion Dr. Casl recorded its 72nd consecutive victory in all competitions defeating Lille Metropole 3:1 (1st leg 3:0) in the small Croatian city of Donji Kraljevac. FU Yu secured two points improving her season`s win-loss record to 7-0. Portugal`s player overcame both Agnes LE LANNIC and Tamolwan KHETKHUAN while third win for the host side provided ZHOU Xintong who beat KHETKHUAN. Third game has brought reprise of the recent China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup gold medal contest and again Bernadette SZOCS was better than LI Jie – 3:0 (11:8 12:10 11:8). Hungarian Szekszard managed to defeat reigning champion away 3:2 but Berlin won first leg 3:0. Polina MIKHAILOVA has recorded two wins first against Georgina POTA in the opener and Shiho MATSUDAIRA in the fifth encounter. Dora MADARASZ added one more point for Hungarian side as she defeated MATSUDAIRA. Berlin`s points came from SHAN Xiaona (vs. Ruta PASKAUSKIENE SHAN now has 6-0 w-l record) and POTA who prevailed against her compatriot MADARASZ. Seamaster ECLW quarter-finals second leg KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg – Linz AG Froschberg 3:1 (1st leg 3:1) Elizabeta SAMARA – ZHANG Mo 2:3 (11:5 8:11 11:5 5:11 8:11) LI Qian – Sophia POLCANOVA 3:0 (11:5 12:10 11:9) Viktoria PAVLOVICH – Linda BERGSTROM 3:0 (13:11 11:9 11:9) Elizabeta SAMARA – Sophia POLCANOVA 3:0 (11:6 13:11 11:7) Dr. Casl – CP LYSSOIS LILLE METROPOLE 3:1 (1st leg 3:0) FU Yu – Agnes LE LANNIC 3:0 (11:7 11:8 11:6) ZHOU Xintong – Tamolwan KHETKHUAN 3:0 (11:7 11:8 11:5) LI Jie – – Bernadette SZOCS 0:3 (8:11 10:12 8:11) FU Yu – Tamolwan KHETKHUAN 3:1 (11:8 9:11 11:7 11:6) TTC Berlin Eastside – Szekszard AC 2:3 (1st leg 3:0) Georgina POTA – Polina MIKHAILOVA 2:3 (11:7 12:10 8:11 9:11 6:11) Shiho MATSUDAIRA – Dora MADARASZ 1:3 (7:11 9:11 11:9 4:11) SHAN Xiaona – Ruta PASKAUSKIENE 3:1 (11:7 6:11 11:5 11:6) Georgina POTA – Dora MADARASZ 3:1 (11:7 8:11 11:7 11:6) Shiho MATSUDAIRA – Polina MIKHAILOVA 2:3 (7:11 11:9 11:3 6:11 9:11) Feb 10 16:00 BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR – TT SAINT QUENTINOIS (1st leg 3:1)
Reigning TTCLM champion reaches its 8th semis in a row
Second quarter-final leg: TTC Fakel Gazprom – Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 3:0 Reigning champion of Table Tennis Champions League Men TTC Fakel Gazprom has reached its 8th consecutive semi-final after two comfortable wins against Denmark`s Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61. Four-time winner repeated the score of the first quarter-final leg 3:0 playing today (Feb 9) second game in front of its fans. In spite of having big advantage from Denmark Russian champion played in its best line-up: Jun MIZUTANI Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Vladimir SAMSONOV. Each of three encounters is decided in straight games. MIZUTANI and SAMSONOV have improved their winning streaks Japanese to 8-0 and “Mr. TTCLM” to 6-0. Former Asian champion beat 2005 European Team champion Allan BENTSEN in the opener OVTCHAROV prevailed against ZHAI Yujia while SAMSONOV concluded the quarter-final clash against Laurens TROMER. TTCLM quarter-finals second leg TTC Fakel Gazprom – Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 3:0 (1st leg 3:0) Jun MIZUTANI – Allan BENTSEN 3:0 (11:9 11:8 11:4) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – ZHAI Yujia 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:7) Vladimir SAMSONOV – Laurens TROMER 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:4)
Reigning TTCLM champion reaches its 8th semis in a row
Second quarter-final leg: TTC Fakel Gazprom – Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 3:0 Reigning champion of Table Tennis Champions League Men TTC Fakel Gazprom has reached its 8th consecutive semi-final after two comfortable wins against Denmark`s Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61. Four-time winner repeated the score of the first quarter-final leg 3:0 playing today (Feb 9) second game in front of its fans. In spite of having big advantage from Denmark Russian champion played in its best line-up: Jun MIZUTANI Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Vladimir SAMSONOV. Each of three encounters is decided in straight games. MIZUTANI and SAMSONOV have improved their winning streaks Japanese to 8-0 and “Mr. TTCLM” to 6-0. Former Asian champion beat 2005 European Team champion Allan BENTSEN in the opener OVTCHAROV prevailed against ZHAI Yujia while SAMSONOV concluded the quarter-final clash against Laurens TROMER. TTCLM quarter-finals second leg TTC Fakel Gazprom – Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 3:0 (1st leg 3:0) Jun MIZUTANI – Allan BENTSEN 3:0 (11:9 11:8 11:4) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – ZHAI Yujia 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:7) Vladimir SAMSONOV – Laurens TROMER 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:4)
Seamaster ECLW: All three medalists from Montreux in the action
Matches will be held this Friday and Saturday Feb 9-10 All four favorites have confirmed their status away in the first quarter-final games of 2017/18 Seamaster ECLW held two weeks ago as KTS Enea Sairka Tarnobrzeg (no. 1 seed) defending champion TTC Berlin Eastside (no. 2) Dr. Casl (no. 3) and actual ETTU Cup Women winner Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor (no. 4) gained big advantages for the secong leg (Feb 9-10). Both Berlin and Dr. Casl won their encounters in straight games against Szekszard (no. 5) and Lille Metropole (no. 7) respectively whilst Tarnobrzeg and Bursa secured 3:1 wins against Linz AG Froschberg (no. 10) and TT Saint Quentinois (no. 8). “All three our players were highly motivated and went into the game with full concentration. Of course 3:0 and a set-ratio of 9:2 is surely big advantage. I know that I can rely on this team 100% and I am sure that we will confirm that on 9 February in front of our fans” stated Berlin`s Coach Irina PALINA after first match held in Hungary. Two days ago German club has announced that Matilda EKHOLM signed contract with them joining her long-time doubles partner Georgina POTA. Sweden`s player has started season in Spanish team UCAM Cartagena. French club Lille Metropole travels to well known table tennis city of Zagreb without big expectations in spite of having in their line-up newly-crowned champion China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup Bernadete SZOCS. There is a chance to see a reprise of the Montreux`s final as 2017 Europe Top 16 winner LI Jie plays for Dr. Casl. SZOCS lost to FU Yu 3:2 in the opening game of first leg while Maria XIAO and Agnens LE LANNIC were beaten in straight games by world no. 9 DOO Hoi Kem and no. 10 LI Jie respectively. Bursa secured clear victory in France thanks to actual world no. 13 Hong Kong`s LEE Ho Ching (beat no. 45 Chinese Taipei`s CHENG Hsieh-Tzu and Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN) and current individual European champion HU Melek who paved the way to the win as she defeated MONTEIRO-DODEAN in the opener. Sofia POLCANOVA is able to collect two points against any ECLW participant and that`s why two-time champion Linz still believes that can beat no. 1 seed Tarnobrzeg. Actual world no. 20 23-year old POLCANOVA prevailed against no. 35 LI Qian in the opening game in Austria and showed good fight against great defender HAN Ying but lost in four games. HAN provided two points for Tarnobrzeg while Elizabeta SAMARA bronze medalist from Europe Top 16 in Montreux has added one. Polish champion has completed one important agreement few days ago changing its name to KTS Enea Sairka Tarnobrzeg. “Thanks to our new sponsorship contract we`ll be able to be more focused on our table tennis goals hence we are very grateful to Enea” stated Tarnobrzeg`s Coach Zbigniew NECEK. Seamaster ECLW quarter-finalists individual win-loss records Tarnobrzeg: HAN 6-0 SAMARA 4-1 LI Qian 4-1 PAVLOVICH 1-0 Lille Metropole: KHETKHUAN 0-3 SZOCS 4-1 LE LANNIC 2-3 XIAO 1-3 Bursa: LEE 7-3 HU 5-1 NOSKOVA 3-2 Linz: POLCANOVA 4-4 ZHANG 2-4 HO 1-2 BERGSTROM 1-2 Dr. Casl: DOO 5-0 LI 3-1 FU 5-0 ZHOU 2-0 SREBRNJAK 0-1 Szekszard: MIKHAILOVA 1-4 MADARASZ 0-5 PASKAUSKIENE 0-1 CHENG 4-1 IMRE 0-1 PAYET 0-1 Berlin: SHAN 5-0 POTA 5-1 PALINA 1-1 MATSUDAIRA 1-2 MUHLBACH 0-1 Saint Quentinois: MONTEIRO-DODEAN 3-4 EERLAND 4-3 LE MANSEC 0-3 CHENG 1-2 ZARIF 0-1 Seamaster ECLW quarter-finals second leg Feb 9 18:00 KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg – Linz AG Froschberg (1st leg 3:1) Feb 9 18:00 Dr. Casl – CP LYSSOIS LILLE METROPOLE (1st leg 3:0) Feb 9 19:00 TTC Berlin Eastside – Szekszard AC (1st leg 3:0) Feb 10 16:00 BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR – TT SAINT QUENTINOIS (1st leg 3:1)
Seamaster ECLW: All three medalists from Montreux in the action
Matches will be held this Friday and Saturday Feb 9-10 All four favorites have confirmed their status away in the first quarter-final games of 2017/18 Seamaster ECLW held two weeks ago as KTS Enea Sairka Tarnobrzeg (no. 1 seed) defending champion TTC Berlin Eastside (no. 2) Dr. Casl (no. 3) and actual ETTU Cup Women winner Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor (no. 4) gained big advantages for the secong leg (Feb 9-10). Both Berlin and Dr. Casl won their encounters in straight games against Szekszard (no. 5) and Lille Metropole (no. 7) respectively whilst Tarnobrzeg and Bursa secured 3:1 wins against Linz AG Froschberg (no. 10) and TT Saint Quentinois (no. 8). “All three our players were highly motivated and went into the game with full concentration. Of course 3:0 and a set-ratio of 9:2 is surely big advantage. I know that I can rely on this team 100% and I am sure that we will confirm that on 9 February in front of our fans” stated Berlin`s Coach Irina PALINA after first match held in Hungary. Two days ago German club has announced that Matilda EKHOLM signed contract with them joining her long-time doubles partner Georgina POTA. Sweden`s player has started season in Spanish team UCAM Cartagena. French club Lille Metropole travels to well known table tennis city of Zagreb without big expectations in spite of having in their line-up newly-crowned champion China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup Bernadete SZOCS. There is a chance to see a reprise of the Montreux`s final as 2017 Europe Top 16 winner LI Jie plays for Dr. Casl. SZOCS lost to FU Yu 3:2 in the opening game of first leg while Maria XIAO and Agnens LE LANNIC were beaten in straight games by world no. 9 DOO Hoi Kem and no. 10 LI Jie respectively. Bursa secured clear victory in France thanks to actual world no. 13 Hong Kong`s LEE Ho Ching (beat no. 45 Chinese Taipei`s CHENG Hsieh-Tzu and Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN) and current individual European champion HU Melek who paved the way to the win as she defeated MONTEIRO-DODEAN in the opener. Sofia POLCANOVA is able to collect two points against any ECLW participant and that`s why two-time champion Linz still believes that can beat no. 1 seed Tarnobrzeg. Actual world no. 20 23-year old POLCANOVA prevailed against no. 35 LI Qian in the opening game in Austria and showed good fight against great defender HAN Ying but lost in four games. HAN provided two points for Tarnobrzeg while Elizabeta SAMARA bronze medalist from Europe Top 16 in Montreux has added one. Polish champion has completed one important agreement few days ago changing its name to KTS Enea Sairka Tarnobrzeg. “Thanks to our new sponsorship contract we`ll be able to be more focused on our table tennis goals hence we are very grateful to Enea” stated Tarnobrzeg`s Coach Zbigniew NECEK. Seamaster ECLW quarter-finalists individual win-loss records Tarnobrzeg: HAN 6-0 SAMARA 4-1 LI Qian 4-1 PAVLOVICH 1-0 Lille Metropole: KHETKHUAN 0-3 SZOCS 4-1 LE LANNIC 2-3 XIAO 1-3 Bursa: LEE 7-3 HU 5-1 NOSKOVA 3-2 Linz: POLCANOVA 4-4 ZHANG 2-4 HO 1-2 BERGSTROM 1-2 Dr. Casl: DOO 5-0 LI 3-1 FU 5-0 ZHOU 2-0 SREBRNJAK 0-1 Szekszard: MIKHAILOVA 1-4 MADARASZ 0-5 PASKAUSKIENE 0-1 CHENG 4-1 IMRE 0-1 PAYET 0-1 Berlin: SHAN 5-0 POTA 5-1 PALINA 1-1 MATSUDAIRA 1-2 MUHLBACH 0-1 Saint Quentinois: MONTEIRO-DODEAN 3-4 EERLAND 4-3 LE MANSEC 0-3 CHENG 1-2 ZARIF 0-1 Seamaster ECLW quarter-finals second leg Feb 9 18:00 KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg – Linz AG Froschberg (1st leg 3:1) Feb 9 18:00 Dr. Casl – CP LYSSOIS LILLE METROPOLE (1st leg 3:0) Feb 9 19:00 TTC Berlin Eastside – Szekszard AC (1st leg 3:0) Feb 10 16:00 BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR – TT SAINT QUENTINOIS (1st leg 3:1)
Saarbrucken vs. Ochsenhausen – battle for each point!
All four returning quarter-final games of 2017/18 TTCLM to be held this Friday February 9th This Friday February 9th semi-finalists of the 2017/18 TTCLM will be decided. Two top seeds and main candidates for the crown Fakel Gazprom Orenburg and Borussia Dusseldorf secured big advantage (3:0) playing away against Rosklide Bordtennis and UMMC respectively in the all-German quarter-final Saarbrucken beat Ochsenhausen by a narrow margin (3:2) while Sporting Clube De Portugal was unique successful team on home soil defeating Stella Sport la Romagne (3:1). It seems that one more exciting clash awaits Ochsenhausen and Saarbrucken bearing in mind the score in the first leg – 3:2 (9:10) for Saarbrucken thanks to good team work of Patrick FRANZISKA Patrick BAUM Bojan TOKIC and Tiago APOLONIA. “I am very happy that we managed to win away but both sides enter the returning leg with an equal chances” stated Saarbrucken`s coach Slobodan GRUJIC emphasizing that Ochsenhausen`s Hugo CALDERANO “played incredibly well”. CALDERANO won both Ochsenhausen`s points in straight games as team`s no. 1 Simon GAUZY was absent due to back injury. Frenchman has made his comeback at the recent China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top-16 Cup but he lost to Russia`s Alexander SHIBAEV in full seven games of the opening round. “Simon GAUZY has played on Saturday at the Europe Top 16 so is basically ready for action again. His presence depends of coach`s decision ” said Ochsenhausen`s President Kristijan PEJINOVIC adding that all five players are available for the Friday`s match.. The 2009 TTCLM runner-up Ochsenhausen and 2012 TTCLM semi-finalist Saarbrucken had already met three times in the ongoing season. Ochsenhausen won 3:0 away Bundesliga Round 5 game while Saarbrucken was better (3:1) in the German Cup semis. Just two days after TTCLM quarter-finals they will fight in the Bundesliga`s Round 14 (Feb 11). Saarbrucken is second placed Bundesliga`s team with 9-4 win-loss record Ochsenhausen is fourth with 8-5. Record holder with 10 TTCLM titles Borussia Dusseldorf has open way to the semi-final after 3:0 (9:4) win in Verkhnaya Pyshma. Coach of Russian side Tatiana KUTERGINA stated that her players “played below their capabilities” in the first leg but she hopes that “they will show their responsibility and professionalism in Dusseldorf”. Borussia awaits them in a good mood after Timo BOLL`s triumph at the China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top-16 Cup. Another good news for this club is that African champion Omar ASSAR signed two-year contract (from 2018/19) with them. “Of course after 3:0 win the door to the semi-finals is wide open but we must to prove that. Do not forget that two out of three games in Yekaterinburg were close” explained Borussia`s Manager Andreas PREUSS. Borussia`s Coach Danny HEISTER confirmed that all his players are in a good shape. Reigning champion and no. 1 seed Orenburg welcomes no. 16 seed Roskilde without any pressure. Dimitrij OVTCHAROV wasn’t able to defend his Europe Top 16 crown as he lost from TIMO BOLL in the gold medal contest. BOLL also eliminated Vladimir SAMSONOV in six games of the semi-final. One of two TTCLM newcomers will reach semis and make best achievement in their history. Actual ETTU Cup winner Stella Sport La Romagne faces Sporting Clube de Portugal after 1:3 (6:10) defeat. If CHEN and WEI play their best French club can erase this advantage. TTCLM quarter-finalists individual win-loss records Fakel Gazprom: OVTCHAROV 6-1 MIZUTANI 7-0 SAMSONOV 5-0 LIVENTSOV 1-2 IVONIN 0-1 KUZMIN 0-1 Sporting: ARUNA 5-5 MONTEIRO 7-2 CARVALHO 4-3 Saarbrucken: APOLONIA 5-1 FRANZISKA 6-2 TOKIC 5-2 BAUM 3-1 UMMC: GACINA 7-2 YOSHIMURA 2-2 SHIBAEV 4-5 VLASOV 2-1 ZHIDKOV 0-2 KISELEV 1-0 TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen: GAUZY 6-2 CALDERANO 4-3 GERALDO 1-3 DYJAS 3-3 MURAMATSU 1-1 ZWICKL 1-0 Stella Sport La Romagne: SHIAHO 8-3 CHEN 7-3 CRISAN 0-2 OLLIVIER 1-4 Borussia: BOLL 9-1 FEGERL 0-3 KARLSSON 6-3 KALLBERG 5-2 Roskilde: ZHAI 5-5 MAZE 3-5 TROMER 2-5 TTCLM quarter-finals second leg (February 9th) 14:00 TTC Fakel Gazprom – Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 (1st leg 3:0) 18:30 FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis – TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen (1st leg 3:2) 19:30 Stella Sport La Romagne – Sporting Clube De Portugal (1st leg 1:3) 20:00 Borussia Düsseldorf – TTSC UMMC (1st leg 3:0)
