The International Table Tennis Federation the European Table Tennis Union and the Local Organising Committee in Switzerland are delighted to announce China Construction Bank as the title sponsor of the 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup taking place this weekend in Montreux. China Construction Bank – Zurich Branch is partnering with the event to promote the bank’s brand in Switzerland and across the world utilising the power of table tennis. There will be sixteen players in each of the Men’s and Women’s singles events with the top three in each qualifying for the World Cups later this year namely Women’s World Cup in Chengdu in September and the Men’s World Cup in Paris in October. Fifteen players are the top ranked in Europe with the host nation Switzerland nominating their players Lionel WEBER and Rachel MORET to go head-to-head with Europe’s best. Mr GONG Weiyun the CEO of the China Construction Bank Zurich Branch said: “We’re very happy to be supporting this prestigious table tennis event in Montreux. We have been operating in Zurich since the end of 2015 and our operation is now growing rapidly. This is an ideal time to be promoting our brand and commercial banking services here in Switzerland and the ITTF 2018 Europe Top 16 Cup is a perfect platform for us to do that. We are looking forward to a great event.” Mr Nicolas IMHOF President of the Event Organising Committee and President of Swiss Table Tennis added: “We are extremely proud that China Construction Bank the second largest bank in the world has chosen to partner us all for the event in Montreux. Thanks to China Construction Bank and other partners we will be able to achieve our goal of delivering a very high quality event for everyone involved. We look forward to welcoming the players officials volunteers and fans see you there!” And Mr Ronald KRAMER President of the European Table Tennis Union concluded: “We are delighted that such a prestigious bank is coming on board as title sponsor. The local organising committee have been doing a thorough job in the preparation phase and so I’m confident China Construction Bank other partners and the spectators will enjoy the very best of European table tennis in Montreux.” The world’s number one male player Dimitrij OVTCHAROV from Germany will be looking to take the title for a fourth consecutive time he is the favourite but the pressure is on. The current women’s champion is LI Jie from the Netherlands can she do the double? The event gets underway at 10am local time on Saturday morning with last 16 knockout matches going right through to quarter finals from 6pm. Then Sunday will see our champions crowned action starts again at 10am finals from 4pm. And you can also watch on Laola.TV and follow digitally and on social media at: Event’s page hereOrganisers web site hereTickets are available hereFacebook hereTwitter hereInstagram here
GIONIS hope spectators will be surprised
China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup Bronze medalists at the Men’s Singles Event at the European Championships 2013 Gionis PANAGIOTIS for a fifth time is invited to play at the Europe’s most prestigues Event. Greek star is seeded at the position no. 14 at the China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup to be played in Montreux Salle Omnisport du Pierrier. Last year he shared position no. 9 with Jonathan GROTH (DEN) Emmanuel LEBESSON (FRA) and Marcos FREITAS (POR) whilst in 2016 he was at the same position with Simon GAUZY (FRA) Par GERELL (SWE) and Adrien MATTENET (FRA). His best result was in Baku when he was third in 2015. In 2014 GIONIS concluded the competition at he position no. 7. “My goal at Top 16 is as always to reach the semi finals! Of course the draw plays an important role. OVTCHAROV and ΒOLL are number 1 and number 3 respectively on the World ranking list. We have to see the draw first before start talking about my odds” explained GIONIS. “I had a very good resuly in Baku but after that in last two years I did not make the appearances I was expecting”. Last week GIONIS was playing in Hungary at the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour. He lost in the preliminary round against LIU Dingshuo of China. “The year started well in Hungary. I said well because due to the injury that had troubled me for a long time in Achilles tendon I had not done the full fitness preparation. However with a little luck above I could have reach the main draw.” GIONIS talked about the competition in Swiss city. “I think OVTCHAROV is undoubtedly the favorite in Montreux because he is in the great shape and mentaly very strong. Of course Timo BOLL is one of the most stable players and this year he has shown that he is in excellent shape already. He is like the good old wine. From there on however all players are capable of playing at the highest level but also not untouchable. I wish for Top 16 Cup to be an event of surprises.” This will be the important step for Greek player toward his goal in this season. “My main goal for 2018 is to be able to return to the world ranking in the top 50.” In Montreux (on 3rd and 4th February) will play Dimitrij OVTCHAROV of Germany Timo Boll of Germany Simon GAUZY of France Vladimir SAMSONOV of Belarus Marcos FREITAS of Portugal Ruwen FILUS of Germany Kristian KARLSSON of Sweden Alexander SHIBAEV of Russia Bastian STEGER of Germany Jonathan GROTH of Denmark Emmanuel LEBESSON of France Tiago APOLONIA of Portugal Mattias KARLSSON of Sweden Panagiotis GIONIS of Greece Stefan FEGERL of Austria Lionel WEBER of Switzerland. In Women’s Top 16 will play: LI Jie of Netherlands Elizabeta SAMARA of Romania Georgina POTA of Hungary Sofia POLCANOVA of Austria Petrissa SOLJA of Germany LI Qian of Poland Matilda EKHOLM of Sweden Daniela MONTEIRO DODEAN and Bernadette SZOCS of Romania Viktoria PAVLOVICH of Belarus NI Xia Lian of Luxembourg Polina MIKHAILOVA of Russia Sabine WINTER of Germany Tetyana BILENKO of Ukraine and Rachel MORET of Switzerland. Event’s page here Organisers web site here Tickets are available here Facebook here Twitter here Instagram here
Just one home victory in eight quarter-finals
Sporting is unique successful team on home soil in the first leg of both TTCLM and Seamaster ECLW quarter-finals Sporting Clube De Portugal was unique successful team on home soil in the first leg of both TTCLM and Seamaster ECLW quarter-finals held last week. Other seven wins are recorded by visitors Fakel Gazprom Orenburg Saarbrucken Borussia Dusseldorf (TTCLM) TTC Berlin Eastside KTS Tarnobrzeg Dr. Casl and Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor (Seamaster ECLW). Two tops seeds in the TTCLM reigning champion Orenburg (no. 1) and runner-up Borussia (no. 2) beat their opponents in straight games Rosklide and UMMC respectively. The same advantage but in the Seamaster ECLW have secured no. 2 seed and defending champion Berlin as well as no. 3 seed and one of main title contenders Dr. CASL facing Szekszard and actual ETTU Cup Women winner Lille Metropole respectively. Regarding individual scores Orenburg`s duo stay unbeaten in the TTCLM: Jun MIZUTANI 7-0 Vladimir SAMSONOV 5-0. Borussia`s leading player Timo BOLL has improved his win-loss record to 9-1 Orenburg`s Dimitrij OVTCHAROV current world no. 1 to 6-1 Sporting`s Joao MONTEIRO and UMMC`s Andrej GACINA have 7-2 each… Women`s actual best win-loss record belongs to HAN Ying (6-0) from Tarnobrzeg. Three players are one step behind Berlin`s SHAN Xiaona and Dr. Casl`s DOO Hoi Kem and FU Yu (all three 5-0). TTCLM quarter-finalists individual win-loss records Orenburg: 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 Ochsenhausen: GAUZY 6-2 CALDERANO 4-3 GERALDO 1-3 DYJAS 3-3 MURAMATSU 1-1 ZWICKL 1-0 Stella Sport: 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 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 TTCLM quarter-finals first leg TTSC UMMC – Borussia Düsseldorf 0:3 (2nd leg Feb 9 20:00) Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 – TTC Fakel Gazprom 0:3 (2nd leg Feb 9 14:00) Sporting Clube De Portugal – Stella Sport La Romagne 3:1 (2nd leg Feb 9 19:30) TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen – FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis 2:3 (2nd leg Feb 9 18:30) Seamaster ECLW quarter-finals first leg Szekszard AC – TTC Berlin Eastside 0:3 (2nd leg Feb 9 19:00) CP LYSSOIS LILLE METROPOLE – Dr. Časl 0:3 (2nd leg Feb 9 18:00) TT SAINT QUENTINOIS – BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR 1:3 (2nd leg Feb 10 16:00) Linz AG Froschberg – KTS Tarnobrzeg 1:3 (2nd leg Feb 9 18:00)
Defending champion LI Jie hopes for another medal
China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup The winner of the 2017 edition in Juan-Les-Pins Antibes (FRA) Dutch player LI Jie is the leading name on the list of the seeded players at the China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup. She will play at the most prestige European event for a seventh time. European singles silver medal winner from 2015 LI had a good start of the year. At the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open in the main draw she beat two Hong Kong’s players to reach the quarterfinal. LI succeeded against NG Wing Nam and SOO Wai Yam Minnie before she lost against CHEN Szu-Yu of Taipei. In the Seamaster European Champions League Women Dr Casl beat CP Lyssois in the quarterfinal. In the Seamaster European Champions League Women DR Casl is unbeaten and they justified their supremacy last week in the first leg of the quarterfinal. Looking back at the 2017 LI was satisfied with the results. “I think my performance was good last year. Winning the title at Top 16 and bronze medal at the ITTF European Team Championships were great success. “ Are you still in good shape like last year? “It is early to tell. It is just the start of the season. In Montreaux I will give my best. I hope it will be enough to reach the fights for medal rostrum.” The list of challengers at the Top 16 is impressive. Who will be the main threat? “I think all the girls are very strong. They are top class players it is hard to predict what will be.” What is your best memories from Top 16. “My most unforgettable memory is the first year I played in top12 in Germany. I never thought that I can win the silver medal.” What is your main goal for this season? “I hope I can get a good result with my team in the world championship this year ” said LI Jie. n Salle Omnisport du Pierrier will play Dimitrij OVTCHAROV of Germany Timo Boll of Germany Simon GAUZY of France Vladimir SAMSONOV of Belarus Marcos FREITAS of Portugal Ruwen FILUS of Germany Kristian KARLSSON of Sweden Alexander SHIBAEV of Russia Bastian STEGER of Germany Jonathan GROTH of Denmark Emmanuel LEBESSON of France Tiago APOLONIA of Portugal Mattias KARLSSON of Sweden Panagiotis GIONIS of Greece Stefan FEGERL of Austria Lionel WEBER of Switzerland. In Women’s Top 16 will play: LI Jie of Netherlands Elizabeta SAMARA of Romania Georgina POTA of Hungary Sofia POLCANOVA of Austria Petrissa SOLJA of Germany LI Qian of Poland Matilda EKHOLM of Sweden Daniela MONTEIRO DODEAN and Bernadette SZOCS of Romania Viktoria PAVLOVICH of Belarus NI Xia Lian of Luxembourg Polina MIKHAILOVA of Russia Sabine WINTER of Germany Tetyana BILENKO of Ukraine and Rachel MORET of Switzerland. Event’s page here Organisers web site here Tickets are available here Facebook here Twitter here Instagram here
World Number 1 preparing well for showdown in Montreux
China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup This weekend will see the top players in Europe descending on beautiful Montreux Switzerland for the China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup. It’s a tournament that the number one male player in the world Dimitrij Ovtcharov knows well. He has won it the last three years in a row. We caught up with the German star to find out what he has been up to since finishing the World Tour Grand Finals in Astana at the end of last year and how his Montreux preparations are going. Dima it was a busy year that finished in Astana how did you spend Christmas and New Year? For Christmas I was together with family in Sweden all Jenny’s family and my parents. It is always nice when we are all together. We played a lot of games ate well laughed a lot too. It was really very nice as usual. For New Year Jenny and I spent some quality time with good friends on the Maldives. It was a much-needed vacation after a very busy year. It was very relaxing I recharged the batteries such beautiful ocean landscape and nature there. It was very nice but since then I’m back at work! You have won the Europe Top 16 Cup three times in a row. This time you will be playing also as world number 1 your first tournament since you reached the summit of world table tennis. Will any of this affect your approach to the event? Yes perhaps more attention than usual this time but yes three Europe Top 16 Cups of course all of them were extremely tough. They are very strong competitors in Europe. Lately I feel the players are playing better against me than usual they have nothing to lose they risk a lot. I have to handle that and believe in my game and staying calm in any situation. Of course my goal is to win the event but first to qualify for the World Cup then get to the final and then I will try to bring the trophy back home. As I say it will be difficult I expect a hard tournament it’s the first one of the year with more than a month since the last competition it’s important to find a good rhythm. What goals do you have for 2018? Yes another busy year ahead. European Championships singles and the World Team Cup will let us see where we are as we prepare for the World Team Championships the biggest event. I think after the Olympics many have thought that Germany is on the way down but I think we have proved different. We are very determined and motivated for the Worlds especially after a very very bad World Team Championships two years ago when we weren’t able to make it to the podium. This time we want to get back on the podium to give China and Japan a good fight. We are up for it! Personally for 2018 I want to stay one of the top players in the world and to play consistently at a high level to work on my game to have less weaknesses and more strengths and become a better player in the future. Any messages for table tennis fans around the world? It’s very nice that most of the big events this year are in Europe the Team World Cup and the World Team Championships. This could be an advantage for us. I hope that will allow all fans especially in Europe and in Germany to come to the events and support the German team and myself. Follow Dimitrij and all of Europe’s best players in Montreux you can get all the action on Laola.TV and on our digital and social media channels: Website – ettu.org Facebook – @EuropeanTableTennisUnioni Twitter – @ETTU_TTennis Instagram – ettu_official and photos on flickr @ETTU_channel
Seamaster ECLW: Top seed wins away
First quarter-final leg: Linz AG Froschberg – KTS Tarnobrzeg 1:3 Actual Seamaster ECLW runner-up and 2017/18 no. 1 seed KTS Tarnobrzeg has notched 3:1 away win against two-time winner Linz AG Froschberg in spite of losing opening clash. Current world no. 32 HAN Ying provided two wins for Polish champion. 22 Sophia POLCANOVA (world no. 22) secured early lead for Austrian side as she beat LI Qian (no. 38) after full five games. Each set was tense especially ultimate one decided by a narrow margin. HAN Ying was extended to full distance by ZHANG Mo (no. 33) but managed to tied the score after second match. Turning point was seen in the third match when former individual European champion Elizabeta SAMARA (world no. 26) overcame Linda BERGSTROM (no. 170) in four games. Host missed two chances to tied up at 2:2 but guest secured victory in fourth set taking four points in a row (8:10 to 12:10). HAN also recorded four consecutive points (7:6 11:6) in fourth set against POLCANOVA to confirm Tarnobrzeg`s win. Seamaster ECLW quarter-finals first leg Linz AG Froschberg – KTS Tarnobrzeg 1:3 Sophia POLCANOVA – LI Qian 3:2 (8:11 11:9 11:9 8:11 11:9) MO Zhang – HAN Ying 2:3 (14:12 3:11 10:12 11:9 7:11) Linda BERGSTROM – Elizabeta SAMARA 1:3 (6:11 11:7 8:11 10:12) Sophia POLCANOVA – HAN Ying 1:3 (9:11 11:8 7:11 6:11)
Saarbrucken wins by a narrow margin
TTCLM quarter-final first leg: Ochsenhausen – Saarbrucken 2:3 Saarbrucken beat Ochsenhausen 3:2 in the first leg of TTCLM quarter-finals but defeated team provided satisfactory set-ratio in their favor (10:9). So it`s clear that both sides must play for win in the returning leg scheduled for February 9th. Jakub DYJAS was just one point far to secure win for host side in the fifth match. He had 10:9 in the fourth set against Bojan TOKIC but Slovenian player responded by three points in a row to provide fifth set. Guest continued with more self-confidence leading 7:3 in the decisive game. DYJAS refused to give up taking three points in a row (6:7) but from that moment TOKIC won all points in the rest of the game. Ochsenhausen`s Hugo CALDERANO actual world. no. 17 won both his matches in straight games against Tiago APOLONIA and Patrick FRANZISKA who overcame Joao GERLANDO in the second clash. Patrick BAUM lost to Yuto MURAMATSU three weeks ago when two clubs met in the German Cup semi-final (Saarbrucken won 3:1) but tonight he beat Japanese in five sets. TTCLM quarter-finals first leg TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen – Saarbrucken Tischtennis 2:3 Hugo CALDERANO – Tiago APOLONIA 3:0 (11:6 11:8 11:5) Joao GERALDO – Patrick FRANZISKA 0:3 (5:11 9:11 1:11) Yuto MURAMATSU – Patrick BAUM 2:3 (11:8 9:11 9:11 11:8 8:11) Hugo CALDERANO – Patrick FRANZISKA 3:0 (11:8 11:9 11:9) Jakub DYJAS – Bojan TOKIC 2:3 (11:9 8:11 11:8 10:12 6:11)
Seamaster ECLW: Favorites show their class
Three quarter-final matches (1st leg) held tonight January 26th: Szekszard – Berlin 0:3 Lille – Dr. Casl 0:3 Saint Quentinois – Bursa 1:3 Favorites have confirmed their class in tonight`s first leg of Seamaster ECLW quarter-finals: Szekszard AC – TTC Berlin Eastside 0:3 CP LYSSOIS LILLE METROPOLE – Dr. Časl 0:3 TT SAINT QUENTINOIS – BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR 1:3. Reigning champion Berlin and one of title contenders Dr. Casl lost just two sets each. German club four-time ECWL winner beat Szekszard away probably much easier than they expected. Actual world no. 20 Georgina POTA who played in her homeland upset the best ranked ECLW player CHENG I-Cheng (world no. 7) in full five games in spite of being two games behind. That paved the way to Berlin`s victory. In other two clashes Shiho MATSUDAIRA and SHAN Xiaona beat Polina MIKHAILOVA and Dora MADARASZ respectively in straight sets. Croatia`s Dr. CASL showed its powerful line-up in France: DOO Hoi Kem (world no. 9) LI Jie (no. 14) and FU Yu (no. 36). The 2016 ITTF-European Championships runner-up in Singles event FU has overcame current world no. 41 Bernadette SZOCS after full five games. Host managed to level the score in spite of being two sets down but guest provided first point for Croatian side. DOO recorded fast win against XIAO Maria as well as LI Jie against Agnes LE LANNIC. Actual ETTU Cup Women winner Bursa is very close to the semi-final thanks to current world no. 12 LEE Ho Ching who provided two wins against Saint Quentionis beating CHENG Hsien-Tzu and Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN. Third Bursa`s point was secured by actual individual European champion HU Melek against MONTEIRO-DODEAN in the opener. Britt EERLAND won unique point for the host side overcoming Yana NOSKOVA in straight games. Seamaster ECLW Quarter-finals first leg Szekszard AC – TTC Berlin Eastside 0:3 CHENG I-Ching – Georgina POTA 2:3 (11:9 15:13 5:11 7:11 10:12) Polina MIKHAILOVA – Shiho MATCUDAIRA 0:3 (8:11 8:11 7:11) Dora MADARASZ – SHAN Xiaona 0:3 (2:11 1:11 4:11) CP LYSSOIS LILLE METROPOLE – Dr. Časl 0:3 Bernadette SZOCS – FU Yu 2:3 (10:12 7:11 11:9 11:7 3:11) XIAO Maria – DOO Hoi Kem 0:3 (9:11 1:11 6:11) Agnes LE LANNIC – LI Jie 0:3 (6:11 7:11 6:11) TT SAINT QUENTINOIS – BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR 1:3 Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN – HU Melek 1:3 (6:11 12:10 5:11 11:13) CHENG Hsien-Tzu – LEE Ho Ching 0:3 (5:11 3:11 8:11) Britt EERLAND – Yana NOSKOVA 3:0 (11:5 13:11 11:8) Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN – LEE Ho Ching 1:3 (8:11 11:9 6:11 7:11) Linz AG Froschberg – KTS Tarnobrzeg (Jan 28 16:00)
Girbau VIC TT – ACS Dumbravita’s quarterfinal “early booking”
Girbau VIC TT is the first club in the ETTU Cup to book the place in the quarterfinal. Spanish team beat Romania’s ACS Dumbravita in straight matches in both legs of the fourth stage of the competition. WANG Tingting and experienced NI Xia Lian showed no mercy and after them Ana GARCIA just sealed the match. Same way as Girbau Metz TT justified their supremacy in both leg they recorded straight matches victory against Arteal Tenis de Mesa. LIU Xin Pauline CHASSELIN and Carole GRUNDISCH were in not mood for mercy. In men’s Cup 4th Round Vaillante Sports Angers TT left CAJASUR PRIEGO TM empty hands with 3:0 victory like two weeks ago in Spain. Jon PERSSON Andréa LANDRIEU and Jens LUNDQVIST lost only one game in whole match. SF SKK El Nino Praha beat TTC Sokah Hoboken at home soil and in second leg they were much more convincing. Unlike the opening leg which went full five matches at home Antonin GAVLAS David REITSPIES and Jakub KLEPRLIK needed only three. Men’s ETTU Cup 4th Round SF SKK El Nino Praha – TTC Sokah Hoboken 3:0 Antonin GAVLAS – Rajko GOMMERS 3:2 (8:11 6:11 11:7 14:12 11:4) David REITSPIES – Jeremy PETIOT 3:1 (8:11 11:5 11:6 11:9) Jakub KLEPRLIK – Laurens DEVOS 3:0 (11:9 11:5 11:8) Vaillante Sports Angers TT – CAJASUR PRIEGO TM 3: 0 Jon PERSSON – Carlos MACHADO 3:0 (11:5 11:3 12:10) Andréa LANDRIEU – SILVA Andre 3:1 (8:11 11:8 11:3 11:6) Jens LUNDQVIST – CALVO Alesandro 3:0 (11:9 11:6 11:6) SG Stockerau – Hontianske Trstany/Dudince 3:0 CHEN Weixing – Erik ILLAS 3:2 (11:1 11:8 8:11 5:11 12:10) Adam PATTANTYUS – Oleksandr DIDUKH 3:1 (11:6 8:11 11:8 11:7) David SERDAROGLU – Michal BARDON 3:2 (11:6 7:11 6:11 11:5 13:11) Women’s ETTU Cup 4th Round Girbau VIC TT – ACS Dumbravita 3:0 WANG Tingting – Izabela LUPULESCU 3:0 (11:5 11:6 11:5)NI Xia Lian – Andreea ZANFIR 3:0 (11:7 11:8 11:8)Ana GARCÍA – Mihaela DOSPINA 3:1 (10:12 12:10 11:9 11:8) Metz TT – Arteal Tenis de Mesa 3:0 LIU Xin – Roxana IAMANCI 3:0 (11:2 17:15 11:9) Pauline CHASSELIN – Roxana ISTRATE 3:0 (11:3 11:4 11:7) Carole GRUNDISCH – Raquel BONILLA 3:0 (14:12 11:7 11:4) TMK-TAGMET Taganrog – SKNT Luch Vladimir 3:0 Valentina SABITOVA – Mariia VINOGRADOVA 3:1 (11:5 10:12 13:11 11:6) Elena TROSHNEVA – Svetlana KREKINA 3:0 (11:7 11:5 11:5) Olga VOROBEVA – Anna KARPOVA 3:0 (11:4 11:5 11:9) ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT – Budaorsi 2i Sport Club 2:3 SHAO Jieni – Szandra PERGEL 0:3 (6:11 7:11 8:11) Maria DOLGIKH – Maria FAZEKAS 1:3 (11:8 11:13 2:11 6:119 Camelia IACOB – Timea VARGA 3:1 (11:7 11:9 6:11 11:5) SHAO Jieni – Maria FAZEKAS 3:0 (12:10 11:3 11:6) Maria DOLGIKH – Szandra PERGEL 0:3 (11:13 8:11 9:11)
TTCLM: Team work provides win for Sporting
First quarter-final leg: Sporting Clube de Portugal – Stella Sport La Romagne 3:1 First quarter-final battle between two TTCLM newcomers belonged to Sporting Clube de Portugal thanks to good team work of its players. They beat actual ETTU Cup Men winners Stella Sport La Romagne 3:1 as Quadri ARUNA Joao MONTEIRO and Diogo CARVALHO have provided one point each. It was the worst season`s match of Stella Soport`s CHEN Tian Yuan who lost both his encounters after 7-1 individual win-loss record in the group stage. Quadri ARUNA lost to WEI Shihao in four games of the opener but managed to beat CHEN Tian Yuan in the decisive fourth clash. African player prevailed against CHEN in straight games taking first two sets by a narrow margin. Joao MONTEIRO leveled the score in the second match against CHEN while second Sporting`s win came from Diogo CARVALHO who defeated Brice OLIVIER in the clash between no. 3 players. Returning leg is scheduled for February 9th. Sporting Clube de Portugal – Stella Sport La Romagne 3:1 Quadri ARUNA – WEI Shihao 1:3 (5:11 12:10 7:11 9:11) Joao MONTEIRO – CHEN Tian Yuan 3:1 (11:7 11:8 8:11 11:8) Diogo CARVALHO – Brice OLLIVIER 3:1 (11:4 11:8 6:11 11:9) Quadri ARUNA – CHEN Tian Yuan 3:0 (14:12 11:9 11:7)
