Saki SHIBATA and JANG Woojin newly crowned champions of the 2016 ITTF World Tour Belarus Open (Challenge) in Minsk. Konstantin CHERNOV and Sadi ISMAILOV from Russia runners-up of Men`s Doubles Event Favorite player of host audience Viktoria PAVLOVICH from Belarus and Russian Grigory VLASOV are the runners-up of the singles events at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Belarus Open (Challenge) concluded today in Minsk. Two times individual women`s champion of Europe lost to 19-year old Saki SHIBATA from Japan 4:2 although she had advantage after first three sets while VLASOV was defeated by top seeded Korean JANG Woojin who managed to recover from 0:3 to 4:3. Actual World no. 55 PAVLOVICH played 13 games in total in just few hours bearing in mind her semi-final victory against Yuka ISHIGAKI from Japan in seven sets. SHIBATA who recently jumped 57 places on the ITTF World ranking list (from 132 to 75) upset her compatriot top seeded Hitomi SATO (World no. 23). “I’m glad to have won my 1st adult title. The match was lengthy with the last set being especially tough” stated Saki SHIBATA. World no. 72 VLASOV played one of his best tournaments so far showing his strength in the semi-final clash against Japanese CHO Eonrae – 4:0 (11:8 11:9 11:7 11:5). He easily won first three games in final match but JANG responded sharply winning four sets in a row. “This is my first world tournament title and I’m very happy. The final match turned out to be difficult since I was getting used to the opponent for at least 3 sets but then was able to choose the right tactics and win the match. I really enjoyed the tournament – it was very well organized – and next year I plan to come back to Belarus” emphasized JANG Woojin. European representatives reached one more final as Russians Konstantin CHERNOV and Sadi ISMAILOV finished second at the Men`s Doubles Event. Men`s Singles semi-finals: JANG Woojin (Korea) – Hunor SZOCS (Romania) 4:1 (7:11 11:5 11:6 14:12 11:4) Grigory VLASOV (Russia) – CHO Eonrae (Korea) 4:0 (11:8 11:9 11:7 11:5). Final: JANG Woojin – Grigory VLASOV 4:3 (8:11 7:11 5:11 11:7 11:5 11:3 11:5). Women`s Singles semi-finals: Saki SHIBATA (Japan) – Hitomi SATO (Japan) 4:1 (8:11 11:7 11:9 11:5 11:9) Viktoria PAVLOVICH (Byelorussia) – Yuka ISHIGAKI (Japan) 4:3 (11:8 10:12 11:9 3:11 11:7 12:14 11:7). Final: Saki SHIBATA –Viktoria PAVLOVICH 4:2 (11:8 7:11 5:11 11:8 14:12 11:9). Men`s Doubles final: JANG Woojin/LIM Jonghoon (Korea) – Konstantin CHERNOV/Sadi ISMAILOV (Russia) 3:1 (8:11 11:7 11:2 11:6). Women`s Doubles final: Honoka HASHIMOTO/Hitomi SATO (Japan) – JUNG Yumi/PARK Seri (Korea) 3:1 (9:11 11:8 11:7 11:9).
ETTU General Secretary SCRUTON visited Minsk
ETTU Secretary General Richard SCRUTON visited Minsk to inspect the facilities for organizing official international tournaments. While SCRUTON was there he met Minister of sport and tourism Alexander SHAMKO and BTTF President and Minister of Finance Vladimir AMARIN. They visited several sports complexes which have been approved for hosting top European tournaments. Alexander SHAMKO has assured Secretary General Richard SCRUTON that he will offer full assistance in organizing the tournaments.
Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge 2016
My Hills International Trade Center Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge 2016 Asia won the My Hills International Trade Center Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge 2016. The team composed of China’s FAN Zhendong Taipei’s CHUANG Chih-Yuan Hong Kong’s WONG Chun Ting (HKG) Singapore’s GAO Ning and Korea’s JOO Saehyuk won 6:4 (4:1 and 2:3) on aggregate in the Chinese city of Dongguan. Today they lost the second leg against Vladimir SAMSONOV of Belarus Tiago APOLONIA of Portugal Andrej GACINA of Croatia Alexander SHIBAEV of Russia and CHEN Weixing of Austria. The only player who suffered defeat in Asia’s team yesterday was WONG Chun Ting. He lost his encounter against Russia’s Alexander SHIBAEV at the opening and he was once again first on the line of duty this morning. On the opposite side was CHEN Weixing of Austria who went full distance against GAO Ning day earlier before he lost. WONG was the first to made advantage at 5:3 but CHEN recovered to take the lead- 7:5. WONG leveled and until the end of the game both players failed to make a wider gap. WONG won by narrow margin 12:10. In the second game WONG was always one step behind – 6:5 9:6. At 9:8 CHEN called for time out. On his return to the table it was 10:8 and after net ball he closed the game at 11:8. In the same pace Austria’s player continued in the third game. He played point by point before he made a break at 5:4 and won the set at 11:5. In the fourth game for a first time after previous two games WONG made a lead at 6:5 and he pushed it into the decider in the great style. In fifth with the 6:6 at the score board once again both players were looking for the chance to make a break. CHEN came to the finish line first by narrow margin 11:9. Singapore’s GAO Ning beat CHEN yesterday whilst Croatia’s Andrej GACINA suffered by the hands of Korea’s JOO Saehyuk. Today it seemed the tables will turn from the beginning. GACINA was in the control from the very beginning of the match. He won the opening game by 11:6 and continued to go in winning pace in the next one. After 4:0 in third game GAO recovered and leveled at 6:6 to won that game at 11:9. Another match was pushed into the decider and GACINA had the better start of it. He had advantage at 4:1 7:5 but after 7:7 GAO took the lead. At 9:8 for GAO two net balls launched the audience from their seats and GACINA nullified the result. The pressure hit the roof as GAO reached the first match ball and converted into the victory. Portugal’s Tiago APOLONIA needed one game to settle into the rhythm against Taipei’s CHUANG Chih-Yuan. He lost opening game 8:11 but after that he started to dominate – 11:8 and 11:6. In the fourth game with 4:0 and soon 8:1 he was in the driving seat. The great gap gave him space for some risky show points and he certainly enjoyed the game as well as the fully packed audience in the hall. APOLONIA left only three points to his adversary in the closing game. The long awaited duel between two no. one players from both teams China’s FAN Zhendong and Belarus Vladimir SAMSONOV did not brought great suspense at the beginning. The two opening games concluded in favor of better ranked player in express way. The real game started in third part. From 2:2 to 5:5 no one could made a break but then FAN took off once again to seal the match in the great style. Asia was on winning track. Even the victory in the ultimate match could not change anything. Korea’s JOO Saehyuk lost against Russia’s Alexander SHIBAEV is straight games but Asia won overall. Day one Asia – Europe 4:1 WONG Chun Ting (HKG) – Alexander SHIBAEV (RUS) 1:3 (9:11 11:8 12:14 19:21) JOO Saehyuk (KOR) – Andrej GACINA (CRO) 3:0 (11:4 11:9 11:4) FAN Zhendong (CHN) – Tiago APOLONIA (POR) 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:6) CHUANG Chih-Yuan – (TPE) – Vladimir SAMSONOV (BLR) 3:2 (7:11 11:5 7:11 11:7 11:5) GAO Ning (SIN) – CHEN Weixing (AUT) 3:2 (9:11 8:11 11:9 12:10 11:7) Day two Asia – Europe 2:3 WONG Chun Ting (HKG) – CHEN Weixing (AUT) 2:3 (12:10 8:11 5:11 11:6 9:11) GAO Ning (SIN) – Andrej GACINA (CRO) 3:2 (6:11 8:11 11:9 11:9 11:9) CHUANG Chih-Yuan – (TPE) – Tiago APOLONIA (POR) 1:3 (11:8 8:11 6:11 3:11) FAN Zhendong (CHN) – Vladimir SAMSONOV (BLR) 3:0 (11:5 11:4 11:8) JOO Saehyuk (KOR) – Alexander SHIBAEV (RUS) 0:3 (4:11 7:11 5:11)
CARLSSON: Great opportunity to try something new
My Hills International Trade Center Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge 2016 Former World Champion Ulf “Tickan” CARLSSON from Sweden lead Europe’s team as a coach. He expressed great pleasure to work with such great players and gave us few thoughts before the start of the second leg of the My Hills International Trade Center Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge 2016. “We will make a fresh start today. Players are adjust a little bit to the time difference and they are not very tired from the flight any more. In addition they want to avenge yesterdays defeat ” said coach CARLSSON. The opening day concluded with 4:1 for Asia: “It could of easily be 3:2 for us. All the games were very close ” said coach. The surroundings and everything behind the scene is very impressive in Dongguan and the new details in the playing arena also catches the eye. ” The way organizers arranged everything concerning our stay is very flattering. We could learn a lot from them. In addition we have the opportunity to play at the new designed tables and with new two colors balls. It is completely new experience. Not only for us but for all players. Unfortunately we did not have time to adjust to new conditions so it affects our game but for sure it is interesting experience for the future we can use in Europe”
Rio Paralympics: The 16 year-old Sophie WALLOE reached semis in a style
Two defending champions from 2012 London Natalia PARTYKA and Kelli VAN ZON won all their games in the group stage to reach semi-finals. Jiri SUCHANEK upset defending champion Jan RIAPOS in the Men`s Class 2 The 16 year-old Sophie WALLOE from Denmark stole the show in the Riocentro Pavilion 3 securing the spot in the Women`s Singles Class 10 semi-final of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. She managed to recover from 0:2 to 3:2 in the decisive clash of the group stage against Australia`s Melissa Tapper – 3:2 (5:11 5:11 11:8 12:10 11:8). Previously they were both beaten by defending champion Natalia PARTIKA from Poland who is a main candidate for the gold. Semi-final pairs are: YANG Qian (China) – Sophie WALLOE (Denmark) Natalia PARTYKA (Poland) – Bruna COSTA ALEXANDRE (Brazil). Four European representatives will play in the semi-final of Women`s Singles Class 6: Sandra PAOVIC (Croatia) – Maryna LYTOVCHENKO (Ukraine) Steffi GREBE (Germany) – Antonina KHODZYNSKA (Ukraine). PAOVIC and GREBE reached top spots of their groups having 2-0 score. Defending champion from 2012 London Kelly VAN ZON from Netherlands and Kubra KORKUT from Turkey will play against Stephanie CHAN (Canada) and KIM Seong-Ok (Korea) respectively in the semi-finals of Women`s Singles Class 7. VAN ZON and KORKUT competed in the same Group A where Netherlands` player won all three encounters. Ingela LUNDBAECK (Sweden) beat Khetam ABUWAD from Jordan in straight games to reach the semi-final of Women`s Singles Class 5. Silver medalist four years ago Thu KAMKASOMPHOU (France) and Juliane WOLF (Germany) progressed to the semi-final of Women`s Singles Class 8 having each 2-1 score from Group A. Women`s Singles Class 1-2 bronze medalist from 2012 London Isabelle LAFAYE (France) lost to Chilchitparyak BOOTWANSIRINA (Thailand) in four games of the quarter-finals. Giada ROSSI (Italy) defeated Dorota Anna BUCLAW (Poland) 3:2 (8:11 11:5 9:11 11:5 11:7) in the most exciting game of that class so far in Rio. Karolina PEK from Poland inscribed all three wins in the Group B of Women`s Singles Class 9 Event to secure semi-final berth. She will meet Chinese LIU Meng in the penultimate stage. One more representative of Poland ensured its spot in the semis Krystyna SIEMIENIECKA in the Women`s Singles Class 11. She joined in that stage Natalia KOSMINA from Ukraine. The runner-up from Men`s Class 1 from 2012 London Jean-Francois DUCAY from France and bronze medalist Paul DAVIES from Great Britain are approaching to these achievements. Both finished second in their groups to secure their places in the quarter-final stage. Defending champion Holger NIKELIS (Germany) lost both his games in the Group D hence will not continue his way to the new medal. Four Old Continent`s players reached the semi-final of the Men`s Class 2 Event. Czech Republic Jiri SUCHANEK upset defending champion Jan RIAPOS from Slovakia coming from 0:2 to 3:2. Next SUCHANEK`s opponent will be the 2012 bronze medalist from France Fabien LAMIRAULT. The 2012 Men`s Class 3 bronze medalist German`s Thomas SCHMIDBERGER overcame Jordan`s Asama ABU JAME 3:0 (11:4 11:4 11:9) to reach quarter-final. Two his compatriots joined him Thomas BRUCHLE and Jan GURTLER as well as Frenchman Florian MERRIEN who beat Vasyl PETRUNIV (Ukraine) in full five games. Men`s Class 6 brought two amazing quarter-finals to two Spanish players but just one managed to progress in the semis. The 2012 runner-up Alvaro VALERA VARGAS beat David WETHERILL (Great Britain) in one of the longest matches (47 minutes) of the day – 3:2 (9:11 10:12 12:10 11:8 11:8) while Alberto SEOANE ALCARAZ lost to Thailand`s Rungroj THAINIYOM 3:2 (11:7 11:9 4:11 9:11 11:7). Spain has one more semi-finalist in the Men`s Class 7 Jordi GARCIA MORALES who will play against 2012 semi-finalist William BAYLEY.
Belarus Open: VLASOV and SZOCS in the semi-final
Viktoria PAVLOVICH reached semis after exciting quarter-final clash against Maki SHIOMI from Japan – 4:3 (8:11 10:12 11:7 7:11 11:9 11:5 12:10) Second seeded Russian Grigory VLASOV and World no. 117 from Romania Hunor SZOCS reached the semi-final of the Men`s Singles Event at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Belarus Open (Challenge) in Minsk. Regarding Women`s Singles Event host player Viktoria PAVLOVICH is unique European player among the best four competitors. Both VLASOV and SZOCS were confident in the quarter-finals. Russian World no. 72 beat LIM Jonghoon from Korea 4:1 (11:9 5:11 11:5 11:8 12:10) while Romanian overcame Russian Kirill SKACHKOV in straight games – 4:0 (11:4 15;13 11:8 11:9). They will play against CHO Eonrae (Korea World no. 112) and top seeded JANG Woojin (World no. 48) respectively. Viktoria PAVLOVICH defeated Maki SHIOMI (Japan) after full seven games of the quarter-final 4:3 (8:11 10:12 11:7 7:11 11:9 11:5 12:10). Two times individual champion of Europe will play against one more Japanese in the semi-final Yuka ISHIGAKI. The winner of that clash is going to play for the title against the better player from the duel between top seeded Hitomi SATO and Saki SHIBATA adversaries it the all-Japanese semis. Konstantin CHERNOV and Sadi ISMAILOV will play in the Men`s Doubles Event final as they beat compatriots from Russia Kirill SKACHKOV and Grigory VLASOV in four games. Other finalists are Korean pair JANG Woojin/LIM Jonghoon. Yana NOSKOVA and Yulia PROKHOROVA from Russia lost to JUNG Yumi and PARK Seri from Korea in the Women`s Doubles semi-final. They won first two sets but Korean pair took control of the game in the latest moments of the exciting third set.
The My Hills International Trade Center Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge 2016
The My Hills International Trade Center Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge 2016 ETTU President Ronald KRAMER and Deputy Major of Dongguang YU Lijun The first leg of the My Hills International Trade Center Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge 2016 was played today in the Chinese city of Dongguan. After five matches Asia is in the lead 4:1. The second leg is on the program tomorow. Hong Kong’s WONG Chun Ting faced Russia’s Alexander SHIBAEV in the opening match. The Europe’s representative no. 21 at the World rankings had a better start against World’s no 8 . He took a early led in the opening game – 6:4 moved to 9:7 and eventually sealed the game at 11:9. WONG Chun Ting responded promptly – 4:3 in the opening moments of the second game and he kept the safe difference until the end of the game 11:8. WONG continued in the same pace in the third game but after 5:4 SHIBAEV leveled at 6:6 and both failed to make a breakthrough – 7:7 9:9 12:12…WONG had net-edge ball but SHIBAEV eventually broke the tie to win by 14:12. SHIBAEV moved to another gear in the fourth game. He reached the match point at 10:4 but with four points in the row WONG recovered. Once again the game was to be decided by the narrowest of margins. It was 11:11 12:12 and at 13:12 WONG made his first advantage in the game. They kept the spectators at the edge of their seats until SHIBAEV finally sealed the match at 21:19. In the second match of the proceedings Korea’s JOO Saehyuk currently ranked at the position no. 13 in the World rankings played against Croatia’s Andrej GACINA placed seven positions below. GACINA lost the first game 11:4 in express way but after opening game the pace have been become slower; 6:6 7:7 before JOO made a narrow gap at 7:9. GACINA improved his game and he showed more patience against the defensive skills of his adversary. However JOO showed no mercy – 11:9 11:4. World’s no. two the best ranked players in Asia’s team China’s FAN Zhendong and World’s no 17 Portugal’s Tiago APOLONIA met at the half point of the match. The match went as the rankings predicted. FAN won the opening game 11:7 and moved forward in driving seat to seal the second game. The players exchanged good rallies spectators enjoyed thrilling exchanges but APOLONIA failed to put FAN under severe pressure. FAN played table tennis from another World to win the next two games 11:4 11:6. The best ranked player in the Europe’s team World’s no 9 Belarus Vladimir SAMSONOV faced Taipei’s CHUANG Chih-Yuan ranked at the position no. 7 in the World in the fourth match of the contest. Vladi had a better start and after 5:1 sealed the opening game at 11:7. The pendulum swung and in the next game CHUANG Chih-Yuan regain the control – 6:4 11:5. SAMSONOV got back on track with 5:0 in third game. Soon it was 7:2 and after 9:4 former European champion withstood CHUANG’s come back at 9:6 to win 11:7 in style. SAMSONOV faced 3:8 against him before managed to narrow the gap at 8:5 but CHUANG was back in match to force the decisive game. Taipei’s player made an early lead and in fantastic style won the fifth game 11:5. Austria’s CHEN Weixing no. 49 had a good start against Singapore’s GAO Ning World’s no. 31 in the opening game of the final contest of the opening leg – 11:9. Both players failed to make wider gap in the second game they played point for point until the closing stages when CHEN took off from 9:7 to win the set 11:8. In the same style the match progressed in the third game. It was 2:2 3:3 but after that GAO made a little break at 6:4 to 5:7 and turned the course of the duel. After 5:10 CHEN saved four game points GAO called for time out and it was well spent break. He won 11:9. CHEN had 9:7 at 9:8 he called for time out but GAO leveled and won a set point. CHEN saved two set points but GAO pushed to the decider 12:10. In the fifth game both players failed to secure safe gap the advantage moved from one side to another. One edge ball and another net ball gave GAO a little slight push forward and he won eventually 11:7. Asia – Europe4:1 WONG Chun Ting (HKG) – Alexander SHIBAEV (RUS) 1:3 (9:11 11:8 12:14 19:21) JOO Saehyuk (KOR) – Andrej GACINA (CRO) 3:0 (11:4 11:9 11:4) FAN Zhendong (CHN) – Tiago APOLONIA (POR) 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:6) CHUANG Chih-Yuan – (TPE) – Vladimir SAMSONOV (BLR) 3:2 (7:11 11:5 7:11 11:7 11:5) GAO Ning (SIN) – CHEN Weixing (AUT) 3:2 (9:11 8:11 11:9 12:10 11:7) Sep 11 start 1400 WONG Chun Ting (HKG) v CHEN Weixing (AUT) Gao Ning (SIN) v GACINA Andrej (CRO) CHUANG Chih-Yuan (TPE) v APOLONIA Tiago (POR) FAN zhendong (CHN) v SAMSONOV Vladimir (BLR) JOO Saehyuk (KOR) v SHIBAEV Alexander (RUS)
Easy job for Viktoria PAVLOVICH
Eight European representatives reached Women`s Singles Event Round of 16 at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Belarus Open (Challenge) in Minsk. All-Russian semi-final in the Men`s Doubles Event Favorite player of host fans at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Belarus Open (Challenge) in Minsk had an easy job in the Women`s Singles Event Round of 32 as Viktoria PAVLOVICH beat Elizaveta KHLYZOVA from Russia in straight games. Two times individual European champion who plays in her birthplace is one of eight representatives of Old Continent among the best 16. Solomiya BRATEYKO from Ukraine also was successful in the Round of 32 as well as six Russian players: Svetlana MOKHNACHEVA (Russia) Valentina SABITOVA (Russia) Anna TIKHOMIROVA (Russia) Yulia PROKHOROVA (Russia) Yana NOSKOVA (Russia) Anna BLAZHKO (Russia). Two top seeds in the Men`s Singles Event emerged successful in the Round of 32: JANG Woojin (Korea no. 1 seed) beat YANG Tzu-Yi (Taipei) in straight games while Grigory VLASOV (Russia no.2 seed) defeated Ukrainian Viktor YEFIMOV in five sets. Sadi ISMAILOV (Russia) beat Korean PARK Chan-Hyeok in seven games as four sets finished 12:10 (three in ISMAILOV`s favor). In all-Russian clash Pavel PLATONOV eliminated Andrei BAIBULDIN (4:2). Romanian Hunor SZOCS defeated Russian Maixm SHMYREV whilst Russian Kirill SKACHKOV progressed over Korean Kim MINHO. Russian Ramil MUTYGULLIN beat Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO in most exciting clash of the day recovering from 0:3 to 4:3. Ukrainian Denis KALACHEVSKYI and Russian Konstantin CHERNOV are two more European representatives who will continue in the Round of 16. Two Russian Men`s Doubles will fight one against another in the semi-final: Konstantin CHERNOV/Sadi ISMAILOV against Kirill SKACHKOV/Grigory VLASOV. Yana NOSKOVA and Yulia PROKHOROVA will play in the semi-final of Women`s Doubles Event and their opponent are JUNG Yumi and PARK Seri from Korea.
TIBHAR CUP International Tabletennis Veteran Competition
The XII TIBHAR CUP International Tabletennis Veteran Competition was played in Balatonfured in Hungary. 129 players from 7 countries participated in 19 events. The TIBHAR CUP winner in 2016 (based on the results of the former 11 competitions) is Katalin BELAFINE Dr. BAKO (HUN) „We have organised the Tibhar Cup international veteran table tennis competition in Hungary with 129 players from 7 countries. The competition was opened by the major of the city Dr Istvan BOKA. We hope those who were here have got home successfully and enjoyed the competition and the circumstances at the Lake Balaton and next year will come back again! Of course we wait and invite those too who couldn’t come this year said Istvan BAJDIK. Results: Women’s Singles 40-49: 1.TOTH Andrea (HUN) 2.BAKSA Ivett (HUN) 3.SPENGLER Krisztina (HUN) SZABO Csilla (HUN) Women’s Singles 50-59: 1.BEKE Erika (HUN) 2.SCHNEIDERNE MAHLI Ibolya (HUN) 3.MIZSEINE MESZAROS Judit (HUN) VIKTORNE VIRAG Agnes (HUN) Women’s Singles 60+: 1.ZACHER Gizella (HUN) 2.VIKOR Bea (HUN) 3.ZIMONYI Katalin (HUN) KUN Tiborne (HUN) Women’s Singles Consolation: 1.HORVATH Eszter (HUN) 2.BORDA Ilona (HUN) 3.FARKAS Laszlone (HUN) BAKOSNE SARI Adrienn (HUN) Women’s Doubles 40+: 1.SCHNEIDERNE MIZSEINE (HUN) 2.NEMETH Marta BEKE Erika (HUN) 3.SZABO Csilla LAJOS Tiborne (HUN) TOTH Andrea HORVATH Eszter (HUN) Men’s Singles 40-49: 1.IVAN Csaba (HUN) 2.SZABO Krisztian (HUN) 3.SZABO Attila (HUN) SCHMEIDL Peter (HUN) Men’s Singles 50-59: 1.NAGY Miklos (HUN) 2.ZOLTAI Zoltan (HUN) 3.ADORJAN Jozsef (HUN) MARFOLDI Istvan (HUN) Men’s Singles 40-59 Consolation: 1.KUDLIK Gabor (HUN) 2.RATFAI Attila (HUN) 3.TOROK Istvan (HUN) KAVASSY Lorand (HUN) Men’s Singles 60-64: 1.FRANK Bela (HUN) 2.BENAK Andras (HUN) 3.PITKANEN Risto (FIN) KOPASZ Tibor (HUN) Men’s Singles 65-69: 1.PETER Aladar (HUN) 2.ANTAL Zoltan (HUN) 3.Dr HEGEDUS Laszlo (HUN) JUHASZ Laszlo (HUN) Men’s Singles 70+: 1.VOLK Zlatko (GER) 2.KEPES Laszlo (HUN) 3.SZALAI Istvan (HUN) BATORFI Istvan (HUN) Men’s Singles 60+ Consolation: 1.FEKECS Laszlo (HUN) 2.GALAMBOS Pal (HUN) 3.HORVATH Imre (HUN) FARKAS Laszlo (HUN) Men’s Doubles 40-49: 1.DARU Zsolt Nyiro Jozsef (HUN) 2.POLOVICS Robert NAGY Miklos (HUN) 3.SZABO Attila KUDLIK Gabor (HUN) RATFAI Attila IVAN Csaba (HUN) Men’s Doubles 50-59: ZOLTAI Zoltan ADORJAN Jozsef (HUN) KOLAR Miroslav Dr FEHER Akos (SVK HUN) TOTH Jozsef ILLES Mihaly (HUN) FUKO Zoltan FEKETE Jozsef (HUN) Men’s Doubles 60-69: 1.FRANK Bela Dr HEGEDUS Laszlo (HUN) 2.PITKANEN Risto AUTIO Martii (FIN) 3.PALATIN Jozsef KOPASZ Tibor (HUN) SEBESTYEN Robert BENAK Andras (HUN) Men’s Doubles 70+: SZALAI Istvan BATORFI Istvan (HUN) NYOGERI Istvan Dr HORVATH Akos (HUN) HUVOSVOLGYI Peter VOLK Zlatko (HUN GER) TOLDI Janos REISZ Gyorgy (HUN) Men’s Doubles 40+ Consolation: 1.BRAUN Reinhold MOLNAR Laszlo (GER HUN) 2.HORVATH Laszlo SINKA Zsolt (HUN) 3.TARR Csaba HITTMANN Laszlo (HUN) DOSAY Tamas TOTH Laszlo (HUN) Mixed Doubles: 1.SPENGLER Krisztina Spengler Gyorgy (HUN) 2.BELAFINE BAKO Katalin BENAK Andras (HUN) 3.BAKSA Ivett BRAUN Reinhold (HUN GER) MIZSEINE TOTH Jozsef (HUN) Mixed Doubles Consolation: 1.BAKOSNE ILLES Mihaly (HUN) 2.BORDA Ilona PITKANEN Risto (HUN FIN) 3.VIKTORNE VIKTOR Gyula (HUN) SZABO Csilla SZABO Laszlo (HUN)
SAMSONOV “leads”10:8 against CHUANG
Byelorussian participates 11th time on the My Hills International Trade Center Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge 2016 (September 10-11th) Vladimir SAMSONOV`s book of records must change one of its chapters this weekend when the My Hills International Trade Center Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge 2016 (September 10-11th) starts. Byelorussian participates 11th time on that prestigious event more than any other player from both sides. Taipei`s CHUANG Chih-Yuan is the record holder in Asian team approaching to his 9th battle of two strongest table tennis continents. World no. 21 and European no. 7 Alexander SHIBAEV from Russia and Hong Kong`s WONG Chun Ting (World no. 8) will open the clash in Dongguan as game starts at 14:00 in local time (08:00 CET). Four more matches will be held on September 10th: JOO Saehyuk (Korea World no. 13) – Andrej GACINA (Croatia World no. 20 European no. 6) FAN Zhendong (China World no. 2) – Tiago APOLONIA (Portugal World no. 17 European no. 5) CHUANG Chih-Yuan (Taipei World no. 7) – Vladimir SAMSONOV (Byelorussia World no. 9 European no. 2) and GAO Ning (Singapore World no. 31) – CHEN Weixing (Austria World no. 49 European no. 20). Asia leads 8:3 in total score but European won in the latest clash 6:4 last summer in the city of Zhangjiagang. It was the very first victory of Old Continent on Asian soil. European stars also won in 2009 Istanbul (6:5) and 2012 Vendée (6:4). Upcoming event comes just three weeks after 2016 Rio Olympics where SAMSONOV was the best European participant reaching semi-final. SHIBAEV APOLONIA and GACINA lost their matches in the 3rd round but Russian must be satisfied how he played against six times individual European champion Timo BOLL playing full seven games. From the current Asian squad WONG had the best individual performances in Rio playing in the fourth round (lost to Japanese NIWA).
