Men’s and Women’s ETTU Cup In the last match of the third round of the Men’s ETTU Cup today Belgium’s Logis Auderghem beat Romania’s CS Mioveni whilst in Women’s ETTU Cup Hungarian Budaorsi 2i Sport Club overcame Belgium’s TT Vedrinamur In Belgium guests from Romania lost 3:1 but for young Rares SIPOS it was great experience to play against legendary Jean-Michel SAIVE and to beat him. Only in the opening match in Hungary the game was close but as the match progressed it become clear the favorite will prevailed. Logis Auderghem – CS Mioveni 3:1 Florent LAMBIET – Alexandru CAZACU 3:1 (11:4 11:9 11:7) Jean-Michel SAIVE – Rares SIPOS 1:3 (10:12 8:11 11:9 8:11) Ludovic BIERNY – Ionut SENI 3:1 (3:11 11:3 11:4 11:6) Jean-Michel SAIVE – Alexandru CAZACU 3:2 (11:8 8:11 6:11 11:2 11:5) Budaorsi 2i Sport Club -TT Vedrinamur 3:0 Szandra PERGEL- Natacha KOZULAP 3:2 (9:11 5:11 11:5 11:2 11:7) Maria FAZEKAS – Morgane GUIDON 3:1 (7:11 11:4 11:3 13:11) Mercedesz NAGYVARDI – Stephanie PREUDHOMME 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:8)
Tigem SC Ankara prevailed in Czech Republic
Women’s ETTU Cup TTC Moravsky Krumlov failed to justify their status in the duel against Turkey’s Tigem SC Ankara in the third round of the Women’s ETTU Cup. Cristina Alina HIRICI Zoia NOVIKOVA and Fulya YILDIRIM prevailed in straight matches. Russia’s TTC Kazan and Serbia’s Novi Sad also progressed to the Fourth stage of the competition. TTC Kazan – Dozy Den Helder Noordkop 3:0 Antonina SAVELYEVA – SHUO Han Men 3:1 (11:4 8:11 11:6 11:8) Anna BLAZHKO – Ana GOGORITA 3:1 (4:11 11:9 11:6 11:8) Svetlana MOKHNACHEVA – Yoeke GUNSING 3:1 (11:3 11:4 11:13 11:6) Novi Sad – ACD DE SAO JOAO 3:1 Aneta MAKSUTI – Olga CURANKO 3:1 (11:3 11:8 7:11 11:4) Ana Zofija FENJVESI – LIN Qui 0:3 (6:11 6:11 7:11) Viktoria TRUZINSKI – Mariana GOMES GONZALES 3:0 (11:8 11:2 11:4) Aneta MAKSUTI – LIN Qui 3:1 (7:11 14:12 12;10 11:8) TTC Moravsky Krumlov – Tigem SC Ankara 0:3 Barbora KAPOUNOVA – Cristina Alina HIRICI 1:3 (5:11 8:11 11:7 7:11) Dana CECHOVA – Zoia NOVIKOVA 1:3 (9:11 11:8 5:11 10:12) Kristýna MIKULCOVÁ – Fulya YILDIRIM 2:3 (11:8 11:5 9:11 7:11 8:11) AO DAO Tavrou – CTT BALAGUER – VILLART LOGISTIC 3:2 Christina FILI – LI Yan Lan 3:2 (8:11 9:11 11:8 11:4 11:5) Aikaterini TOLIOU – WANG Ting Ting 0:3 (3:11 6:11 4:11) Filareti EXARCHOU – Anna BISCARRI 3:2 (11:9 11:7 5:11 8:11 11:8) Christina FILI – WANG Ting Ting 0:3 (6:11 8:11 6:11) Monika MOLNAR – LI Yan Lan 3:2 (9:11 4:11 11:7 11:5 11:9)
Two wins for Marc DURAN
Third round of the Men’s ETTU Cup Croatia’s Libertas Marinkolor beat the odds and overcame favorite – Austria’s SG Stockerau in full distance duel of the third round of the Men’s ETTU Cup. Roko TOSIC beat CHEN Weixing but Miho SIMOVIC and Tomislav JAPEC both contributed with their wins top secure next round passage. In Ukraine Fortune prevailed also after five matches as well as DKV Borges VALL in Spain. Marc DURAN was instrumental for win in Spain and once again all three players in Fortune scored against SK Vydrany. Fortune – SK Vydrany 3:2 Yevgen PRYSHCHEPA – Zoltan LELKES 3:1 (11:7 5:11 11:5 11:3) Viktor YEFIMOV – Samuel NOVOTA 2:3 (11:5 11:9 8:11 7:11 3:11) Denis KALACHEVSKY – Peter MUSKO 3:2 (11:6 8:11 15:13 11:13 11:9) Yevgen PRYSHCHEPA – Samuel NOVOTA 1:3 (9:11 11:5 8:11 9:11) Viktor YEFIMOV – Zoltan LELKES 3:2 (9:11 11:6 11:4 8:11 11:8) SG Stockerau – STK Libertas Marinkolor 2:3 CHEN Weixing – Tomislav JAPEC 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:9) Janos JAKAB – Roko TOSIC 3:0 (11:2 11:9 11:8) David SERDALOGLU – Miho SIMOVIC 1:3 (12:10 10:12 5:11 11:13) CHEN Weixing – Roko TOSIC 2:3 (13:15 11:3 11:5 10:12 8:11) Janos JAKAB – Tomislav JAPEC 2:3 (8:11 15:17 11:3 11:5 11:13) DKV Borges Vall – TTC Kazan 3:2 Marc DURAN – Vitaliy MURZIN 3:1 (6:11 11:9 11:9 12:10) Oriol MONZO – Saadi ISAMAILOV 0:3 (9:11 6:11 7:11) Jose Luis ANDRADE – Ramil MUTYGULLIN 0:3 (9:11 10:12 4:11) Marc DURAN – Saadi ISAMAILOV 3:1 (13:11 10:12 11:6 11:8) Oriol MONZO – Vitaliy MURZIN 3:0 (11:9 11:8 11:7)
ITTF 2017 European Championships Challenge Division – results
From Group K Isralel and Bosnia and Herzegovina progressed to the second phase of the ITTF 2017 European Championships Qualifications in Women’s Challenge Division. From Group L it is Norway and Danemark. GROUP K Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ireland 3:0 Emina HADZIAHMETOVIC – Emma LUDLOW 3:1 (9:11 11:3 11:4 11:3) Snezana MARKOVIC –Hannah LYNCH DAWSON 3:1 (11:4 5:11 11:9 11:7) Ivona BASKARAD – Mia O RAHILLY EGAN 3:0 (12:10 11:6 11:9) Israel – Scotland 3:0 Nicole TROSMAN – Lynda FLAWS 3:0 (11:9 11:6 11:5) Nataly RUVMAN – Gillian EDWARDS 3:1 (11:9 6:11 11:9 11:9) Shely GELMAN – Rebecca PLAISTOW 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:6) Ireland – Scotland 1:3 Mia O’RAHILLY EGAN – Lynda FLAWS 1:3 (8:11 11:9 10:12 6:11) Hannah LYNCH DAWSON – Gillian EDWARDS 3:2 (7:11 16:18 11:6 11:5 11:9) Emma LUDLOW – Rebecca PLAISTOW 1:3 (11:8 8:11 9:11 8:11) Mia O’RAHILLY EGAN – Gillian EDWARDS 1:3 (5:11 9:11 12:10 7:11) Israel – Bosnia Herzegovina 3:2 Nicole TROSMAN – Ivona BAŠKARD 3:0 (11:4 11:7 11:3) Nataly RUVMAN – Emina HADŽIAHMETOVIĆ 1:3 (9:11 11:6 3:11 9:11) Shely GELMAN – Snežana MARKOVIĆ 2:3 (8:11 8:11 11:9 11:9 7:11) Nicole TROSMAN – Emina HADŽIAHMETOVIĆ 3:1 (11:7 11:13 11:8 11:8) Nataly RUVMAN – Ivona BAŠKARD 3:1 (11:8 11:9 8:11 11:7) Ireland- Israel 0:3 Emma LUDLOW – Nicole TROSSMAN 1:3 (11:7 6:11 3:11 4:11) Mia O’RAHILLY EGAN – AGRONOV 2:3 (11:6 9:11 11:7 8:11 12:14) Hannah LYNCH DAWSON – Shely GELLMAN 0:3 (6:11 9:11 7:11) Bosnia Herzegovina – Scotland 3:1 Emina HADŽIAHMETOVIĆ – Gillian EDWARDS 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:6) Sanja MILOJICA – Lynda FLAWS 2:3 (11:5 6:11 6:11 11:6 4:11) Ivona BAŠKARAD – Rebecca PLAISTOW 3:0 (11:6 11:5 11:8) Emina HADŽIAHMETOVIĆ – Lynda FLAWS3:0 (11:8 11:7 11:5) GROUP L Denmark – Albania 3:0 Stefanie CHRISTENSEN – Kamelia KATILLARI 3:0 (11:5 11:4 11:4) Sophie WALLOE – Alba XHUOPI 3:0 (11:8 11:5 11:1) Nikoline KOEFOED – Bela SELENICA 3:0 (11:3 11:2 11:3) Norway – Iceland 3:0 Sarah HORGEN – Sigrun TOMASDOTHIER 3:0 (11:7 11:7 11:3) Maja GJELLE – Kolfiura ESAVNADOTHIER 3:0 (11:0 15:13 11:7) Jika DOVAL – Aldisr LAVUSDOTHIER 3:0 (11:5 11:4 11:2) Norway – Albania 3:0 Masa GJELLE – Kamelia KATILLARI 3:1 (11:4 11:5 10:12 11:6) Jika DOVAL – Alba XHUOPI 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:5) Sarah HORGEN – Bela SELENICA 3:0 (11:5 11:5 11:6) Denmark – Iceland 3:0 Sofie EGEHOLT – Sigrun TOMASDOTHIER 3:1 (11:6 11:7 9:11 11:4) Nicoline KOEFOED – Kolfiura ESAVNADOTHIER 3:0 (11:4 11:2 11:4) Sophie WALLOE – Aldisr LAVUSDOTHIER 3:1 (11:3 7:11 11:2 11:6) Denmark – Norway 2:3 Stefanie CHRISTENSEN – Maja GJELLE 3:1 (8:11 11;8 11:9 11:9) Sophie WALLOE – Jika DOVAL 2:3 (11:4 11:2 8:11 7:11 4:11) Nicoline KOEFOED – Sarah HORGEN 3:0 (11:2 11:3 11:5) Stefanie CHRISTENSEN – Jika DOVAL 2:3 (8:11 11:6 8:11 11:9 7:11) Sophie WALLOE – Maja GJELLE 0:3 (6:11 7:11 7:11) Albania – Iceland 3:1 Alba XHUOPI – Sigrun TOMASDOTHIER 3:1 (9:11 11:5 11:5 12:10) Kamelia KATILLARI – Aldisr LAVUSDOTHIER 1:3 (9:11 11:6 7:11 8;11) Bela SELENICA – Kolfina BJANADOTHIER 3:0 (11:6 11:8 11:5) Alba XHUOPI – Aldisr LAVUSDOTHIER 3:0 (11:1 11:8 15:13)
Orenburg Borussia and Saarbrucken secured their places in quarter-finals
TTCLM Round 4 concluded by five matches Three more clubs secured their places in the 2016/17 Table Tennis Champions League Men quarter-finals: top seed and triple TTCLM champion FAKEL GAZPROM ORENBURG second seed and ten times TTCLM winner BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF and 1985/86 winner of Champions League FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS. As in the opening round Roskilde and Ochsenhausen needed five matches to decide the winner and 2009 TTCLM runner-up again was winning side. Like in the first clash ZHAI Yuija took both points for Roskilde while German team showed team work as Yuto MURAMATSU Joao GERALDO and Hugo CALDERANO brought one point each. Vaillante Sport Angers played without actual individual European champion Emmanuel LEBESSON while top seed Orenburg presented its best possible line-up Jun MIZUTANI Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Vladimir SAMSONOV. Hence the final score was obvious – three times 3:0 for Russian club. After first four sets of clash between KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK and UMMC the same picture was seen like in their first match in Verkhnaya Pyshma: Polish team had 2:0 advantage Russian leveled on 2:2. But this time Gdansk side won 3:2 as WANG Yang beat Andrej GACINA in straight sets. The forth encounter was most exciting one when Kaii YOSHIDA extended Alexander SHIBAEV to full distance. Saarbrucken wrote down its fourth consecutive victory in Group C. defeating G.V. Hennebont 3:1. French team had a big chance for 2:0 lead but Kalinikos KREANGA missed a match ball against Tiago APOLONIA. The entire clash was very intense with many upside downs on both sides and all four encounters were finished after full five games. APOLONIA managed to reverse the 0-2 score against PITCHFORD in the latest clash. Ten times TTCLM champion Borussia Dusseldorf beat away SPG Walter Wels in a superb style. Kristian KARLSSON Timo BOLL and Stefan FEGERL were better than Mihai BOBOCICA WANG Jianjun and Zsolt PETO respectively. The 2016/17 TTCLM Round 4 GROUP A ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 – TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN 2:3 ZHAI Yujia – Hugo CALDERANO 3:1 (11:9 7:11 11:9 12:10) Claus NIELSEN – Yuto MURAMATSU 2:3 (12:10 9:11 6:11 11:8 2:11) Ewout OOSTWOUDER – Joao GERALDO 1:3 (11:4 8:11 4:11 4:11) ZHAI Yuija – Yuto MURAMATSU 3:2 (5:11 8:11 11:9 14:12 11:2) Claus NIELSEN – Hugo CALDERANO 0:3 (6:11 7:11 5:11) VAILLANTE SPORTS ANGERS TT – TTC FAKEL GAZPROM ORENBURG 0:3 Jens LUNDQVIST – Jun MIZUTANI 0:3 (3:11 4:11 Jon PERSSON – Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 0:3 (7:11 9:11 8:11) Christophe LEGOUT – Vladimir SAMSONOV 0:3 (9:11 6:11 5:11) GROUP B KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK – UMMC 3:2 Kaii YOSHIDA – Andrej GACINA 3:1 (13:11 11:9 5:11 11:7) WANG Yang – Alexander SHIBAEV 3:1 (8:11 11:8 18:16 11:7) Mattias OVERSJO – Grigory VLASOV 2:3 (8:11 5:11 11:9 11:9 2:11) Kaii YOSHIDA – Alexander SHIBAEV 2:3 (11:7 6:11 9:11 11:8 7:11) WANG Yang – Andrej GACINA 3:0 (11:9 11:9 11:7) GROUP C G.V. HENNEBONT TT – FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS 1:3 Liam PITCHFORD – Bojan TOKIC 3:2 (6:11 3:11 13:11 11:3 11:8) Kalinikos KREANGA – Tiago APOLONIA 2:3 (10:12 9:11 11:9 11:7 10:12) Quentin ROBINOT – Patrick BAUM 2:3 (11:7 11:5 9:11 4:11 7:11) Liam PITCHFORD – Tiago APOLONIA 2:3 (11:8 11:7 6:11 9:11 7:11) GROUP D SPG WALTER WELS – BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF 0:3 Mihai BOBOCICA – Kristian KARLSSON 0:3 (5:11 4:11 7:11) WANG Jianjun – Timo BOLL 1:3 (11:7 2:11 8:11 9:11) Zsolt PETO – Stefan FEGERL 0:3 (5:11 8:11 8:11)
Berlin Cartagena Grand-Quvilly and Tarnobrzeg on their way to the next stage
All four ECLW Round 4 matches were held this evening Four clubs have booked their places in the quarter-final stage after tonight`s Round 4 matches of 2016/17 European Champions League Women: TTC Berlin Eastside UCAM Cartagena ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly and KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg. Reigning champion and top seed TTC Berlin Eastside reached its third consecutive victory in the Group A as they beat away Postas Sport Egyesulet 3:0. Al three matches were finished in straight games. Georgina POTA did a nice job in the opening clash defeating former both European champion in Women`s Singles Event and Champions League winner LI Jiao. UCAM Cartagena recorded one more clear victory in the Group B playing away against ECLW newcomer TuS bad Driburg. Tetyana BILENKO Mattilda EKHOLM and Mario XIAO beat Nine MITTELHAM Sara DE NUTTE and Qi SHI respectively. Double ECLW winner Linz AG Froschberg is other quarter-finalist from Group B in spite of being free in this round. Last season`s runner-up and actual No. 2 seed KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg had successful night in Czech Republic. SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin opened the clash by Renata STRBIKOVA`s win against Andrea TODOROVIC but World No. 8 HAN Ying with two points and Kinga STEFANSKA with one provided victory for Polish champion. Other Group D quarter-finalist is Metz TT who was free in this round. Regarding Group C ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly joined Szekszard AC in the next stage. French club overcame BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR 3:1. The 2016/17 ECLW Round 4 Group A Postas Sport Egyesulet – TTC Berlin Eastside 0:3 LI Jiao – Georgina POTA 0:3 (5:11 9:11 6:11)] Ruta PASKAUSKIENE – SHAN Xiaona 0:3 (7:11 6:11 14:16) Rita KERTAI – Yui HAMAMOTO 0:3 (4:11 10:12 5:11) Group B TuS bad Driburg – UCAM Cartagena 0:3 Nina MITTELHAM – Tetyana BILENKO 0:3 (9:11 7:11 8:11) Sarah DE NUTTE – Matilda EKHOLM 1:3 (11:6 9:11 9:11 5:11) Qi SHI – Mario XIAO 1:3 (11:5 6:11 5:11 7:11) Group C ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly – BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR 3:1 Group D SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin – KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg 1:3 Renata STRBIKOVA – Andrea TODOROVIC 3:1 (7:11 11:9 11:5 11:6) Natalia PARTYKA – HAN Ying 0:3 (7:11 12:14 4:11) Lenka HARABASZOVA – Kinga STEFANSKA 0:3 (8:11 5:11 9:11) Renata STRBIKOVA – HAN Ying 0:3 (5:11 9:11 8:11)
ACS Dumbravita showed no mercy
Women’s ETTU Cup In the third round of the Women’s ETTU Cup Italian ASV Eppan Tischtennis Raiffeisen was the only club tonight to failed to justify the rankings. GDCS Juncal beat the odds and secured the passage to the next round. For other two favorites it was an easy ride. ACS Dumbravita with Adina DIACONU Andreea ZANFIR and Mihaela DOSPINA booked their place in next round in straight matches against Sparvagen BTK. CP Lyssois Lille Metropole in similar rhythm prevailed against Tecnigen LINARES. ACS Dumbravita – Sparvagen BTK 3:0 Adina DIACONU – Kristina ZETTERSTRÖM 3:1 (11:7 11:2 5:11 11:2) Andreea ZANFIR – Ellen HOLMSTEN 3:1 (11:5 11:8 5:11 11:3) Mihaela DOSPINA – Sannamari BÖLENIUS 3:1 (11:7 9:11 11:8 15:13) CP LYSSOIS LILLE METROPOLE – Tecnigen LINARES 3:0 YANG Xiao Xin – Xu SHIBO 3:0 (11:8 11:3 11:9) Bernadette SZOCS – Zita Melinda CIURCUI 3:0 (11:4 11:6 11:5) Agnès LE LANNIC – Isabel RODRIGUEZ BELTRAN 3:0 (11:3 11:1 11:1) ASV Eppan Tischtennis Raiffeisen – GDCS Juncal 2:3 Debora Viverelli – Tetiana GORNOVA 3:1 (11:9 11:9 7:11 11:5)Denisa ZANCANER – Yoshida MITSUKI 0:3 (2:11 9:11 9:11)Andreaa DODEAN – Raquel ANDRADE 3:1 (11:6 10:12 11:9 11:7)Debora Viverelli – Yoshida MITSUKI 1:3 (2:11 6:11 11:9 2:11)Denisa ZANCANER – Tetiana GORNOVA 0:3 (5:11 8:11 15:17)
Good night for French clubs
Men’s ETTU Cup All the favorites in Men’s ETTU Cup took a full advantage of their high seeding positions and home matches. In Sweden and France hosts Halmstad BTK Stella Sport La Romagne and Istres Tennis de Table with more or less efforts prevailed in the third round of the competition. Halmstad BTK faced the toughest challenge in the knock out match against Czech Republic’s SF SKK El Nino Praha. They were stretched to full distance after being forced to nullify two matches to one deficit. Ondrej BAJGER gave El Nino dream start by beating Fabian AKERSTROM whilst David REITSPIES gave guests second point after duel against Anders ERIKSSON. However it was not enough; Peter ANDERSSON beat both Jakub KLEPRLIK and Ondrej BAJGER in the decisive match. Elias RANEFUR entered the arena in the fourth match of the proceedings to bring the vital win for hosts. Another five matches has been seen in Istres. Hosts prevailed thanks to team effort. All three players CHEN Tianyuan Adrian CRISAN and Brice OLLIVER won one match whilst on the other side of the net Carlos MACHADO recorded both his victories. Istres Tennis de Table proved too strong for Croatia’s STK Starr Varaždin. Only Ronald REDJEP managed to bring some suspense in the duel against Omar ASSAR; Benjamin BROSSIER and Paul GAUZY showed no mercy. Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu – SPG Linz DNP Halmstad BTK – SF SKK El Nino Praha 3:2 Fabian AKERSTROM – Ondrej BAJGER 2:3 (14:12 5:11 5:11 11:3 9:11) Peter ANDERSSON – Jakub KLEPRLIK 3:2 (11:9 9:11 6:11 11:4 11:7) Anders ERIKSSON – David REITSPIES 0:3 (6:11 7:11 5:11) Elias RANEFUR – Jakub KLEPRLIK 3:1 (8:11 14:12 11:4 11:6) Peter ANDERSSON – Ondrej BAJGER 3:1 (11:7 11:4 8:11 12:10) Istres Tennis de Table – STK Starr Varaždin 3:0 Benjamin BROSSIER – Nikola HORVAT 3:0 (11:8 11:5 11:6) Omar ASSAR – Ronald REDJEP 3:2 (7:11 10:12 11:8 11:8 11:3) Paul GAUZY – Dario KRALJIC 3:0 (11:5 11:5 11:6) Stella Sport La Romagne – Cajasur Priego TM 3:2 CHEN Tianyuan –Alesandro CALVO 3:0 (11:3 11:2 11:6) Adrian CRISAN – Carlos MACHADO 2:3 (6:11 12:10 10:12 11:8 8:11) Brice OLLIVER – Jesus MACHADO 3:0 (11:4 11:2 11:5) CHEN Tianyuan – Carlos MACHADO 1:3 (4:11 7:11 11:7 9:11) Adrian CRISAN – Alesandro CALVO 3:0 (11:6 11:2 11:5)
TTCLM Round 4: Reigning champion books quarter-final berth
Three out of eight Round 4 matches were held tonight: ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS – AS PONTOISE CERGY 2:3 TTC OSTRAVA 2016 – BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI 0:3 KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN – CHARTRES ASTT 0:3 Reigning TTCLM champion AS PONTOISE CERGY booked quarter-final berth as they beat away ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS 3:2 in the reprise of the 2015/16 TTCLM final. French side now has 4-0 score in the Group B while Swedish team stays at 1-3. Chinese XU Hui as many times before provided two points for host team whilst Pontoise had a good team work as each its player contributed by one victory: Marcos FREITAS Mattias KARLSSON and Niagol STOYANOV. STOYANOV brought crucial point to his side defeating Daniel KOSIBE after full five games. The score was set at 2:1 for Pontoise in that moment. Then XU overcame FREITAS in four games to level at 2:2. Portuguese managed to reverse from 6:10 to 11:10 in the fourth set but Chinese responded by three points in a row. These two players met sixth time in last six months (3-3 mutual score). The ultimate clash confronted two Swedish players 14-year-old talent Truls MOREGARDH and runner-up of recent 2016 Swedish Open Mattias KARLSSON who won in straight games. BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI beat away TTC OSTRAVA 2016 repeating the same score as two months ago at home – 3:0. Singaporean GAO Ning overcame Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC in straight games of the opening clash as first close set determined the whole match. It could say that the second match was decisive one. Actually the fifth set between Petr KORBEL and Daniel GORAK. Guest needed seven match balls to conclude this super intense clash while host missed two match balls (13:12 16:15). After all GORAK won 3:2 (7:11 11:5 8:11 11:8 19:17). Former Angers`and Borussia`s player Panagiotis GIONIS had an easy job against Tomas TREGLER in the third match in Ostrava securing victory to his side. Bogoria now has 2-2 score while Ostrava has no any win. The 2012/13 TTCLM runner-up CHARTRES ASTT improved its score to 3-1 in the Group D as they beat away KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN 3:0. It was one of the fastest victories in the ongoing TTCLM season so far bearing in mind that all three encounters were finished in straight games. TTCLM Round 4 (November 24th) GROUP B ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS – AS PONTOISE CERGY 2:3 XU Hui – Mattias KARLSSON 3:0 (12:10 11:8 11:7) Truls MOREGARDH – Marcos FREITAS 1:3 (13:11 5:11 13:15 9:11) Daniel KOSIBA – Niagol STOYANOV 2:3 (11:5 6:11 2:11 11:9 10:12) XU Hui – Marcos FREITAS 3:1 (11:7 9:11 11:6 13:11) Truls MOREGARDH – Mattias KARLSSON 0:3 (7:11 9:11 9:11) GROUP C TTC OSTRAVA 2016 – BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI 0:3 Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC – GAO Ning 0:3 (10:12 8:11 4:11) Petr KORBEL – Daniel GORAK 2:3 (11:7 5:11 11:8 8:11 17:19) Tomas TREGLER – Panagiotis GIONIS 0:3 (7:11 8:11 6:11) GROUP D KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN – CHARTRES ASTT 0:3 Cazuo MATSUMOTO – Robert GARDOS 0:3 (7:11 11:13 7:11) Pavel SIRUCEK – Par GERELL 0:3 (7:11 6:11 9:11) Tomasz KOTOWSKI – Alexandre ROBINOT 0:3 (8:11 7:11 7:11)
ECLW Round 4: TuS bad Driburg tests UCAM Cartagena
Round 4 will be held this Friday November 25th European Champions League Women are continuing by the Round 4 having all four matches this Friday November 25th: Postas Sport Egyesulet – TTC Berlin Eastside TuS bad Driburg – UCAM Cartagena ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly – BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin – KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg. Defending ECLW champion Berlin travels to Hungary with obvious aim to preserve their unbeaten status. Two months ago Irina PALINA`s side beat Postas 3:1 at home as Ruta PASKAUSKIENE took unique point for Budapest`s team. After 0:3 home defeat against TT Saint Quentin in the Round 3 Postas seeks victory in order to take bake their chances for the quarter-finals. ECLW newcomer TuS bad Driburg awaits UCAM Cartagena in the Group B clash. Spanish side planed two wins in first two rounds but after 3:1 defeat in Linz they are determined to beat German team. Spanish club is a clear favorite having best ranked ECLW player CHENG I-Ching (world No. 7) while TuS bad Driburg showed in previous round that has a lot of energy in its squad composed on European junior champion from 2013 Nina MITTELHAM. BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR was considered as a favorite of Group C but with 0-2 score travels to France to meet ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly (1-1). This is the last chance for Turkish side that has the recently crowned individual European champion HU Melek. Shiho ONO was a hero of the first meeting between these two clubs providing two points for French side in the 3:1 away victory. SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin (0-2) hosts KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg (1-1) in the Group D match. Actual ECLW runner-up from Poland beat Hodonin`s team in the opening round 3:1 thanks to world No. 8 HAN Ying who won both her encounters against Lenka HARABASZOVA and Renata STRBIKOVA respectively. Upcoming duel will determine the final status of Czech Republic`s in this group. The 2016/17 ECLW Round 4 (November 25th) Group A 16:00 CET: Postas Sport Egyesulet – TTC Berlin Eastside Group B 19:00 CET: TuS bad Driburg – UCAM Cartagena Group C 19:30 CET: ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly – BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR Group D 18:00 CET: SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin – KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg
