JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague After six rounds at the JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague two top seeds Vladimir SIDORENKO of Russia and Swede Truls MOREGARD are unbeaten in the Cadet Boys Event. In the opening round of the day MOREGARD faced serious challenge before he beat Bilal HAMACHE. French player was unbeaten yesterday but today he managed just to take one game from Swede. It was the first one that MOREGARD lost in six rounds. “Only at the beginning of the tournament I was little bit nervous but now everything is fine. I am in good shape and I am looking forward my encounter with SIDORENKO tomorrow ” said Truls. Bilal HAMACHE also put SIDORENKO under pressure. Top seed won their encounter in six games but it was close. “It is a first time that we met. I did not know what to expect. He surprised all of us here a little bit. His service game is very good and he is good in blocking. HAMACHE’s forehand is also very dangerous. However when I lost second game my coach told me I have to put myself together. I am no. one here and I have to play that way. I gave my best to listen to the advice ” said SIDORENKO. The duel between SIDORENKO and MOREGARD will be the real jewel of the event. “I do not like to play against Swede. He is dangerous for me and he proved that already at the European Championships in Zagreb where he beat me 3:1. Also Truls won all his matches in straight games or lost only one game so he justified his status here already.” SIDORENKO concluded the day after the seven games duel against Vincent PICARD. He was always one step behind but in the close finish he won the decisive game. Cadet Boys Event Round 1 Vladimir SIDORENKO (Russia) – Maksim GREBNEV (Russia) 4:3 (11:8 3:11 9:11 11:8 5:11 11:9 11:8) Truls MOREGARD (Sweden) – Jan VALENTA (Czech Republic) 4:0 (11:4 11:9 13:11 11:6) Carlo ROSSI (Italy) – WANG Chenxi (Azerbaijan) 4:0 (11:8 11:6 11:6 11:6) Lilian BARDET (France) – Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (Austria) 4:1 (11:8 8:11 11:5 119 11:7) Vincent PICARD (France) – Bilal HAMACHE (France) 1:4 (14:16 6:11 8:11 11:8 5:11) Round 2 Vladimir SIDORENKO (Russia) – Jan VALENTA (Czech Republic) 4:3 (10:12 8:11 11:9 11:4 9:11 11:6) Truls MOREGARD (Sweden) – WANG Chenxi (Azerbaijan) 4:0 (11:5 11:6 11:3 12:10) Carlo ROSSI (Italy) – Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (Austria) 1:4 (9:11 8:11 10:12 11:8 6:11) Lilian BARDET (France) – Bilal HAMACHE (France) 3:4 (11:7 8:11 4:11 11:7 6;11 11:5 7:11) Vincent PICARD (France) – Maksim GREBNEV (Russia) 2:4 (11:6 4:11 5:11 9:11 11:6 7:11) Round 3 Vladimir SIDORENKO (Russia) – WANG Chenxi (Azerbaijan) 4:0 (11:8 11:7 11:6 11:3) Truls MOREGARD (Sweden) – Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (Austria) 4:0 (11:5 11:7 11:7 11:7) Carlo ROSSI (Italy) – Bilal HAMACHE (France) 2:4 (9:11 5:11 11:5 11:7 8:11 8:11) Lilian BARDET (France) – Vincent PICARD (France) 4:3 (5:11 11:7 11:7 9:11 11:5 12:14 11:9 11:9) Jan VALENTA (Czech Republic) – Maksim GREBNEV (Russia) 2:4 (10:12 5:11 11:7 7:11 11:8 10:12) Round 4 Vladimir SIDORENKO (Russia) – Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (Austria) 4:1 (12:10 7:11 11:8 11:9 12:10) Truls MOREGARD (Sweden) – Bilal HAMACHE (France) 4:1 (11:8 11:6 8:11 11:9 15:13) Carlo ROSSI (Italy) – Vincent PICARD (France) 4:2 (12:10 11:4 11:2 9:11 9:11 11:5) Lilian BARDET (France) – Maksim GREBNEV (Russia) 2:4 (11:8 4:11 10:12 5:11 11:6 4:11) Jan VALENTA (Czech Republic) – WANG Chenxi (Azerbaijan) 0:4 (9:11 9:11 7:11 6:11) Round 5 Vladimir SIDORENKO (Russia) – Bilal HAMACHE (France) 4:2 (11:7 8:11 11:9 8:11 11:7 11:7) Truls MOREGARD (Sweden) – Vincent PICARD (France) 4:0 (11:3 15:13 11:5 11:9) Carlo ROSSI (Italy) – Maksim GREBNEV (Russia) 1:4 (7:11 12:10 3:11 7:11 9:11) Lilian BARDET (France) – Jan VALENTA (Czech Republic) 4:0 (11:5 11:7 11:2 11:5) Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (Austria) – WANG Chenxi (Azerbaijan) 1:4 (11:8 5:11 8:11 7:11 6:11) Round 6 Vladimir SIDORENKO (Russia) – Vincent PICARD (France) 4:3 (5:11 13:11 2:11 11:3 7:11 11:6 11:6) Truls MOREGARD (Sweden) – Maksim GREBNEV (Russia) 4:0 (11:8 11:8 11:8 12:10) Carlo ROSSI (Italy) – Jan VALENTA (Czech Republic) 4:3 (11:7 7:11 9:11 7: 11 11:5 11:4 13:11) Lilian BARDET (France) – WANG Chenxi (Azerbaijan) 4:0 (11:7 11:8 11:5 11:6) Bilal HAMACHE (France) – Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (Austria) 4:1 (11:9 11:4 11:9 8:11 12:10) STANDINGS CADET BOYS Truls MOREGARD (Sweden) 6/0 Vladimir SIDORENKO (Russia) 6/0 Maksim GREBNEV (Russia) 4/2 Lilian BARDET (France) 4/2 Bilal HAMACHE (France) 4/2 Carlo ROSSI (Italy) 3/3 WANG Chenxi (Azerbaijan) 2/4 Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (Austria) 1/5 Jan VALENTA (Czech Republic) 0/6 Vincent PICARD (France) 0/6
TTCLM Round 1: Impressive comeback of UMMC
The 2016/17 TTCLM Round 1 was concluded by five tonight`s matches as all five belonged to the host teams: TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN – ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 3:2 UMMC – KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK 3:2 BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI – TTC OSTRAVA 2016 3:0 FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS – G. V. HENNEBONT TT 3:0 CHARTRES ASTT – KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN 3:1 Most exciting clash was held in Verknaya Pyshma where No. 3 seed UMMC beat No. 11 seed KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK 3:2 after an impressive comeback in Group B. Polish club led 2:0 as WANG Yang (World No. 49) and Kaii KONISHI (No. 46) defeated respectively Andrej GACINA (No. 23) and Alexander SHIBAEV (No. 26). Grigory VLASOV gave a new chance to his team mates beating former Eslov`s player Mattias OVERSJO in four games. GACINA leveled the score against KONISHI after four sets as Japanese had a decent lead in the latest one (8:4 and 9:7). Finally SHIBAEV secured victory to host side winning the ultimate fourth set against WANG by narrow margin (16:14): Russian missed four match-points in a row (10:9 – 13:12). No. 15 seed ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 extended No. 7 seed TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN to full distance at the Group A match held in Germany. Each host player won one point Simon GAUZY Yuto MURAMATSU and Hugo CALDERANO while ZHAI Yuija recorded two victories for Danish side. The 2009 TTCLM runner-up Ochsenhausen presented the youngest line-up in the opening round of 2016/17 season with one 19-year-old player (MURAMATSU) one 20-year-old (CALDERANO) and one 21-year-old (GAUZY). BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI defeated TTC OSTRAVA 2016 3:0 in the Group C as Panagiotis GIONIS GAO Ning and Daniel GORAK overcame Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC CHIANG Hung-Chieh and Tomas TREGLER respectively. It could say that the opening encounter between two newcomers determined the whole match. Ostrava`s KARAKASEVIC had advantage after third set but host GIONIS won close fourth set to stay in the game. Greek controlled the fifth set from the beginning and brought first point to Bogoria. In the other Group C game SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS was too strong for G. V. HENNEBONT TT. Patrick FRANZISKA prevaileg against CHEN Chien-An in four games of the opener Bojan TOKIC continued in same style against Liam PITCHFORD and finally Tiago APOLONIA overcame Kalinikos KREANGA in straight games. Former Borussia Dusseldorf`s player FRANZISKA debuted in Saarbrucken`s team in the TTCLM. The 2013 TTCLM runner-up CHARTRES ASTT had successful start in Group D beating at home KTS ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN 3:1. Par GERELL was man of the match as he defeated both Pavel SIRUCEK and Cazuo MATSUMOTO who was also beaten by Joao MONTEIRO. Tomasz KOTOWSKI provided unique point for guest team as he won his clash with Alexandre ROBINOT. The 2016/17 TTCLM Round 1 GROUP A TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN – ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 3:2 Simon GAUZY – Ewout OOSTWOUDER 3:0 (11:8 11:5 11:6) Yuto MURAMATSU – ZHAI Yuija 0:3 (4:11 8:11 6:11) Hugo CALDERANO – Claus NIELSEN 3:0 (11:5 11:5 14:12) Simon GAUZY – ZHAI Yujia 1:3 (6:11 9:11 11:7 5:11) Yuto MURAMATSU – Allan BENTSEN 3:0 (11:4 11:6 11:4) GROUP B UMMC – KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK 3:2 Andrej GACINA – WANG Yang 2:3 (11:9 10:12 11:6 3:11 6:11) Alexander SHIBAEV – Kaii KONISHI 1:3 (12:10 7:11 4:11 4:11) Grigory VLASOV – Mattias OVERSJO 3:1 (10:12 11:7 11:8 16:14) Andrej GACINA – Kaii KONISHI 3:1 (11:8 11:9 5:11 12:10) Alexander SHIBAEV – WANG Yang 3:1 (11:6 8:11 11:3 16:14) GROUP C BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI – TTC OSTRAVA 2016 3:0 Panagiotis GIONIS – Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC 3:2 (9:11 11:6 5:11 11:9 11:5) GAO Ning – CHIANG Hung-Chieh 3:0 (11:4 12:10 15:13) Daniel GORAK – Tomas TREGLER 3:0 (11:5 11:1 11:9) FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS – G. V. HENNEBONT TT 3:0 Patrick FRANZISKA – CHEN Chien-An 3:1 (7:11 11:5 11:7 11:9) Bojan TOKIC – Liam PITCHFORD 3:1 (15:13 11:13 11:7 11:5) Tiago APOLONIA – Kalinikos KREANGA 3:0 (11:3 11:7 11:8) GROUP D CHARTRES ASTT – KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN 3:1 Par GERELL – Pavel SIRUCEK 3:0 (11:7 11:5 11:8) Joao MONTEIRO – Cazuo MATSUMOTO 3:1 (11:8 11:6 8:11 11:5) Alexandre ROBINOT – Tomasz KOTOWSKI 2:3 (11:6 3:11 8:11 11:6 6:11) Par GERELL – Cazuo MATSUMOTO 3:1 (12:10 11:7 6:11 11:6)
Clash between DIACONU and DRAGOMAN highlighted the day
JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague Already in the opening round two top ranked players and favorites faced each other in the Junior Girls Event at the JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague. Since Adina DIACONU and Andreea DRAGOMAN both playing from Romania according to the rules they meet each other in the opening round instead in the last one. The points went on Adina’s account but not before great fight. The fierce battle and the final results ended Andreea’s fantastic record of 9 wins in the row since she was unbeaten last year on her way to the Cadet title in Buzau. In addition Andreea recorded 8 wins year earlier in France when she was also first in front of top seeded DIACONU. Adina has lost against DRAGOMAN on that occasion. In Prague today it seamed we will see the similar scenario. DRAGOMAN was two games up before Adina recovered. “I do not like to play against Andreea. She knows me very well as well as her coach. I do not feel comfortable playing against her. This morning my only thought was to win the first match and then I promised myself everything will be easier ” said DIACONU. Last year DIACONU was a member of the Romani’s senior team at the European Championships but this year she will not be on duty in Budapest in 10 days. “I will go to Tokyo as a part of ITTF team. At this point the trainings and preparations has priority. In Budapest there will not be many matches for me so it is better to prepare better for the World Junior Championships at the end of the year. I will play at Hungary and Austria Open too ” announced Adina. In another duel between two compatriots Audrey ZARIF of France beat last year’s silver medalists Marie MIGOT. Notorious for her slow start Adina stayed true to her nature and recorded another hard earned victory in six games in the second round duel against French player Marie MIGOT. Marie who beat her in Romania put Adina under severe pressure but failed to repeat the success from the previous year. Andreea DRAGOMAN and Maria MALANINA of Russia caused the upsets in the second round by beating Daria TRIGOLOS of Belarus and ZHANG Xuan of Spain. Adina concluded the day victoriously – she accounted for Maria MALANINA as well as DRAGOMAN who beat MIGOT. Junior Girls Event Round 1 Adina DIACONU (Romania) – Andreea DRAGOMAN (Romania) 4:3 (9:11 5:11 11:5 11:8 11:7 10:12 11:9) Audrey ZARIF (France) – Marie MIGOT (France) 4:0 (11:8 11:6 11:6 11:6) NING Jing (Azerbaijan) – Nikita PETROVOVA (Czech Republic) 4:1 (11:6 11:6 2:11 12:10 11:3) ZHANG Xuan (Spain) – Tin-Tin HO (England) 4:1 (9:11 11:8 11:5 12:10 11:6) Daria TRIGOLOS (Belarus) – Maria MALANINA (Russia) 4:1 (11:8 9:11 11:6 11:9 11:7) Round 2 Adina DIACONU (Romania) – Marie MIGOT (France) 4:2 (12:10 12:10 6:11 11:3 11:13 11:9) Audrey ZARIF (France) – Nikita PETROVOVA (Czech Republic) 4:2 (11:5 11:6 11:13 6:11 11:7 11:5) NING Jing (Azerbaijan) – Tin-Tin HO (England) 4:0 (11:8 11:6 15:13 12:10) ZHANG Xuan (Spain) – Maria MALANINA (Russia) 2:4 (11:7 6:11 4:11 11:4 11:13 7:11) Daria TRIGOLOS (Belarus) – Andreea DRAGOMAN (Romania) 1:4 (8:11 9:11 11:9 7:11 9:11) Round 3 Adina DIACONU (Romania) – Nikita PETROVOVA (Czech Republic) 4:0 (11:9 11:9 15:13 11:9) Audrey ZARIF (France) – Tin-Tin HO (England) 4:3 (9:11 11:8 7:11 6:11 11:8 11:5 11:6) NING Jing (Azerbaijan) – Maria MALANINA (Russia) 4:2 (11:3 11:5 11:4 7:11 9:11 11:7) ZHANG Xuan (Spain) – Daria TRIGOLOS (Belarus) 4:1 (9:11 11:5 13:11 12:10 12:10) Marie MIGOT (France) – Andreea DRAGOMAN (Romania) 3:4 (11:9 10:12 3:11 8:11 11:8 11:6 7:11)
Andreas LEVENKO in superb shape
JOOLA European Youth Top 10 The upsets in the Junior Boys Event at the JOOLA European Youth Top 10 spiced the tournament from the very beginning. In the opening round two favorites Aliaksandr KHANIN of Belarus and Cristian PLETEA of Romania both suffered defeats by the hands of lower ranked players whilst top seeded Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic was put under severe pressure before he recorded victory. Andreas LEVENKO showed perfect shape and recorded all three victories. Host nation ace Tomas POLANSKY who already won the title at the Top 10 and European Championships three years ago in his final year in Cadet category was stretched to six games in the match against Germany’s Tobias HIPPLER. “In two previous occasions I beat him in straight games but it was no way near this time ” admitted POLANSKY.” I was 1:0 and 8:4 in the lead in the second game before Tobias raised his game. I do not know what happened. I guess I was little bit under pressure. It is not easy to forget that I am playing on home soil. In addition I am the top seed here and the expectations are high. I am hoping for title in Prague. All of that affected my game from the beginning.” Last year’s winner at the Top 10 in Cadets Category Romania’s Cristian PLETEA suffered by the hands of Austria’s Andreas LEVENKO in five games whilst no. three seed Aliaksandr KHANIN lost against Carlos VEDRIEL of Spain. Carlos also showed very good performance in the second round but it was not enough to beat Joe SEYFRIED of France. However Austria’s Andreas LEVENKO continued in good rhythm and forced Aliaksandr KHANIN to leave the playing box beaten once again. In the second round HIPPLER accounted for Rares SIPOS of Romania. In the ultimate round of the day LEVENKO added another victory to his account to finish the day unbeaten. He beat Joe SEYFRIED of France after being 2:1 down. The duel between two Romania’s players PLETEA and SIPOS went in favor of higher ranked PLETEA. Junior Boys Event Round 1 Tomas POLANSKY (Czech Republic) – Tobias HIPPLER (Germany) 4:2 (11:7 9:11 11:7 7:11 11:6 11:6) Joe SEYFRIED (France) – Irvin BERTRAND (France) 4:2 (11:6 9:11 11: 8 11:7 2:11 14:12) Aliaksandr KHANIN (Belarus) – Carlos VEDRIEL (Spain) 1:4 (11:7 10:12 6:11 6:11 6:11) Cristian PLETEA (Romania) – Andreas LEVENKO (Austria) 1:4 (10:12 6:11 11:8 9:11 8:11) Rares SIPOS (Romania) – Alexandru MANOLE (Romania) 4:1 (11:8 11:9 10:12 11:7 12:10) Round 2 Tomas POLANSKY (Czech Republic) – Irvin BERTRAND (France) 4:2 (9:11 9:11 13:11 11:6 12:10 11:9) Joe SEYFRIED (France) – Carlos VEDRIEL (Spain) 4:2 (12:10 11:9 8:11 11:5 8;11 11:5) Aliaksandr KHANIN (Belarus) – Andreas LEVENKO (Austria) 1:4 (11:7 7:11 12:14 6:11 8:11) Cristian PLETEA (Romania) – Alexandru MANOLE (Romania) 4:2 (15:13 4:11 10:12 11:5 11:5 11:9) Rares SIPOS (Romania) – Tobias HIPPLER (Germany) 2:4 (12:14 10:12 15:13 6:11 6:11 11:4 9:11) Round 3 Tomas POLANSKY (Czech Republic) – Carlos VEDRIEL (Spain) 4:1 (11:8 7:11 11:6 11:8 11:6) Joe SEYFRIED (France) – Andreas LEVENKO (Austria) 2:4 (12:10 9:11 11:4 9:11 8:11 7:11) Aliaksandr KHANIN (Belarus) – Alexandru MANOLE (Romania) 4:0 (11:9 11:9 11:7 11:7) Cristian PLETEA (Romania) – Rares SIPOS (Romania) 4:1 (11:6 11;3 11:9 10:12 12:10) Irvin BERTRAND (France) – Tobias HIPPLER (Germany) 4:1 (9:11 11:5 11:4 11:6 11:4)
Prithika PAVADE upset the favorites
JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague In Cadet Girls Singles Event at the JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague very few matches concluded the way rankings predicted on the first day of the play. Even top seeded Anastasia KOLISH of Russia was among the favorites who suffered. Prithika PAVADE of France was the player to cause most of the upsets ZHOU Chuyi of Azerbaijan Anna WEGRZYN of Poland and Ekaterina ZIRONOVA followed her closely. KOLISH lost against ZHOU Chuyi of Azerbaijan her second round duel but at the end of the day she recovered well to beat Laura TIEFENBRUNNER of Germany in the last match of the day. Seeded at the position no. 6 Prithika PAVADE beat all her better-ranked adversaries today. She started the day with the seven games victory over Marta VUKELIC of Croatia continued with the five games win over Tania PLAIAN of Romania and sealed the day with the victory over Zdena BLASKOVA of Czech Republic. In the ultimate match she recovered from 2:0 in reverse. ZHOU Chuyi beat KOLISH but suffered against lower ranked Ekaterina ZIRONOVA of Russia. Cadet Girls Singles Round 1 Anastasia KOLISH (Russia) – Ekaterina ZIRONOVA (Russia) 4:2 (11:6 9:11 11:7 6:11 11:4 11:6) CHEN Xingtai (Azerbaijan) – ZHOU Chuyi (Azerbaijan) 4:0 (11:4 11:5 14:12 11:6) Zdena BLASKOVA (Czech Republic) – Laura TIEFENBRUNNER (Germany) 4:2 (11:9 11:8 6:11 11:9 8:11 11:7) Tania PLAIAN (Romania) – Anna WEGRZYN (Poland) 4:1 (14:12 10:12 11:8 11:5 13:11) Marta VUKELIC (Croatia) – Prithika PAVADE (France) 3:4 (11:6 11:9 11:5 7:11 5:11 5:11 4;11) Round 2 Anastasia KOLISH (Russia) – ZHOU Chuyi (Azerbaijan) 2:4 (5:11 5:11 11:7 8:11 11:9 6:11) CHEN Xingtai (Azerbaijan) – Laura TIEFENBRUNNER (Germany) 4:0 (11:5 11:7 11:8 11:3) Zdena BLASKOVA (Czech Republic) – Anna WEGRZYN (Poland) 1:4 (5:11 4:11 11:6 5:11 6:11) Tania PLAIAN (Romania) – Prithika PAVADE (France) 1:4 (11:9 8:11 3:11 5:11 1:11) Marta VUKELIC (Croatia) – Ekaterina ZIRONOVA (Russia) 2:4 (12:10 11:9 9:11 9:11 9:11 9:11) Round 3 Anastasia KOLISH (Russia) – Laura TIEFENBRUNNER (Germany) 4:0 (11:8 11:9 11:4 11:9) CHEN Xingtai (Azerbaijan) – Anna WEGRZYN (Poland) 4:1 (11:2 11:7 11:5 10:12 11:8) Zdena BLASKOVA (Czech Republic) – Prithika PAVADE (France) 3:4 (11:5 11:9 7:11 3:11 11:9 9:11 9:11) Tania PLAIAN (Romania) – Marta VUKELIC (Croatia) 4:0 (11:9 11:5 11:5 11:7) ZHOU Chuyi (Azerbaijan) – Ekaterina ZIRONOVA (Russia) 0:4 (12:14 8:11 6:11 7:11)
Despite troubled start Vladimir SIDORENKO justified his status
JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague The top seeded player in Cadet Boys Singles Event Vladimir SIDORENKO of Russia had a rough start today at the JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague. He was stretched to full distance in the duel against his compatriot Maksim GREBNEV but it was not surprise since Maksim is highly seeded at position no. 4. More as a surprise was the second round match against Jan VALENTA of Czech Republic. It also concluded in seven full games despite the fact that host nation representative is only ninth on the seeding. In third round SIDORENKO finally settled into less troubled rhythm and beat WANG Chenxi of Azerbaijan. Bilal HAMACHE was in charge for the biggest upset in cadet category. He overcame his compatriots Vincent PICARD and Lilian BARDET before he succeeded against Carlo ROSSI of Italy. Cadet Boys Event Round 1 Vladimir SIDORENKO (Russia) – Maksim GREBNEV (Russia) 4:3 (11:8 3:11 9:11 11:8 5:11 11:9 11:8) Truls MOREGARD (Sweden) – Jan VALENTA (Czech Republic) 4:0 (11:4 11:9 13:11 11:6) Carlo ROSSI (Italy) – WANG Chenxi (Azerbaijan) 4:0 (11:8 11:6 11:6 11:6) Lilian BARDET (France) – Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (Austria) 4:1 (11:8 8:11 11:5 119 11:7) Vincent PICARD (France) – Bilal HAMACHE (France) 1:4 (14:16 6:11 8:11 11:8 5:11) Round 2 Vladimir SIDORENKO (Russia) – Jan VALENTA (Czech Republic) 4:3 (10:12 8:11 11:9 11:4 9:11 11:6) Truls MOREGARD (Sweden) – WANG Chenxi (Azerbaijan) 4:0 (11:5 11:6 11:3 12:10) Carlo ROSSI (Italy) – Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (Austria) 1:4 (9:11 8:11 10:12 11:8 6:11) Lilian BARDET (France) – Bilal HAMACHE (France) 3:4 (11:7 8:11 4:11 11:7 6;11 11:5 7:11) Vincent PICARD (France) – Maksim GREBNEV (Russia) 2:4 (11:6 4:11 5:11 9:11 11:6 7:11) Round 3 Vladimir SIDORENKO (Russia) – WANG Chenxi (Azerbaijan) 4:0 (11:8 11:7 11:6 11:3) Truls MOREGARD (Sweden) – Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (Austria) 4:0 (11:5 11:7 11:7 11:7) Carlo ROSSI (Italy) – Bilal HAMACHE (France) 2:4 (9:11 5:11 11:5 11:7 8:11 8:11) Lilian BARDET (France) – Vincent PICARD 4:3 (France) (5:11 11:7 11:7 (;11 11:5 12:14 11:9 11:9) Jan VALENTA (Czech Republic) – Maksim GREBNEV (Russia) 2:4 (10:12 5:11 11:7 7:11 11:8 10:12)
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Jiri MARTINKO clinched the title in Vrnjacka Banja
2016 Serbian Junior & Cadet Open – ITTF Junior Circuit Jiri MARTINKO of Czech Republic clinched the title in Junior Boys Singles Event at the 2016 Serbian Junior & Cadet Open – ITTF Junior Circuit in Vrnjacka Banja. Maki SHIOMI of Japan emerged victoriously in the Junior Girls Singles Event. In the final of the Boys Event Jiri MARTINKO beat his compatriot Patrick KLOS in six games (7-11 8-11 11-9 11-7 9-11 6-11). Rashed SANAD of Bahrain and Mohammed ABDULWAHHAB of Qatar clinched bronze. In Junior Boy’s Doubles Event Filip RADOVIC of Montenegro and SANAD succeeded to the title. In the final they overcame KLOS and MARTINKO on straight games (11-7 11-9 11-7). Host nation representatives Aleksa ADAMOVIC and Niksa MARTINOVIC as well as Bulgaria’s pairings of Stefan TODOROV and Konstantin VATOV won bronze. SHIOMI overcame Izabela LUPULESKU of Serbia in the final of the Junior Girls Singles Event (11-6 11-5 11-5 11-6). LUPULESKU prevailed against Tijana JOKIC of Serbia in semis whilst Japan’s player overcame Ilka DOVAL of Norway. In Doubles LUPULESKU clinched gold with Sabina SURJAN. They beat Andreea CLAPA and Mihaela PLEASU of Romania in final (11-1 13-11 11-1). Romania’s pairings previously overcame Tijana JOKIC and Dragana VIGNJEVIC and LUPULESKU and SURJAN beat Margo DEGRAEF and Ilika DOVAL (Belgium Norway).
Olympic Team Silver medalist Petrissa SOLJA in Philadelphia
Seamaster 2016 ITTF Women’s World Cup Singapore’s FENG Tianwei the top seed at the Seamaster 2016 ITTF Women’s World Cup will be aiming for her first ever Women’s World Cup title at the prestigious event which starts tomorrow 7-9 October 2016 in Philadelphia USA. The London 2012 Bronze medalist stated in a packed press conference room “As the top seed of course I’ll do my best for the title but it won’t be easy competition is tough here and everyone is eyeing for the same title. Nevertheless I will aim to play my best here.” “After the Olympic Games I think we all haven’t been training systematically. Also thanks to the Chinese pair DING Ning and LIU Shiwen who had to pull out from the event that gave the rest of us chance to become the Women’s World Cup champion “ joked FENG in front of the media and her fellow contenders for the crown. Since its inauguration in 1996 the Women’s World Cup trophy has always been won by the Chinese. However with Rio 2016 Olympic Singles Champion DING Ning (CHN) and four time Women’s World Cup Champion LIU Shiwen (CHN) having to withdraw from the event due to injury we will witness the crowning of the first non-Chinese Women’s World Cup Champion in table tennis history. Japan’s 15-year-old Mima ITO who beat FENG at the Rio 2016 Olympic Team Bronze medal match to secure a medal for Japan and become the youngest ever table tennis Olympic medalist will be eager to add a major world title under her collection in the US. Other top contenders for the cup include world number eight CHENG I-Ching (TPE) who led the Chinese Taipei team to a medal finish at the World Team Championships earlier this year in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and world number 16 Petrissa SOLJA (GER) who won the Olympic Team Silver at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. With the last minute withdrawal of Turkey’s Melek HU due to an injury the 2016 Women’s World Cup will have 19 players instead of the usual 20 competing for the title. Kicking off the event are seeds nine to 19 who will play round robin in four groups of three players (two matches each). The top two players from each group progresses to the second round of the competition. This first round draw can be found here: http://bit.ly/2cW5Fq8. The second round which starts on Friday evening is a straight knockout with the eight players that progressed from the first round facing off against the top eight seeded players. The players play the round of 16 starting tomorrow with the semifinals and final on Monday. The Seamaster 2016 ITTF Women’s World Cup only consists of 19 (originally 20) of the world’s best players. 17 of the players competing here had to qualify through their respective Continental Cups which means only the best of the best can compete.
SIPOS and MANOLE on duty in Prague
JOOLA European Youth Top 10 The JOOLA European Youth Top 10 is underway in Czech Republic’s city of Prague. In next three days 40 players will play for four titles in Junior and Cadet Boys and Girls Events. Due the last minute cancelations the Junior Boys Event faced few changes. Seeded at position no. 8 Nolan GIVONE of France and no. 10 Anders LIND of Denmark both were forced to withdrew due the injury. It opened the doors for Rares SIPOS and Alexandru MANOLE of Romania. Both players were cadets last year and recorded three victories each at the Youth Top 10 in Romania last year. You can follow the live score here
