The ETTU site is able to offer our visitors a new online platform with sports statistic data and results from previous competitions all at one place. After a year of building the platform the results data collected for years and they are available to the visitors fans coaches players media etc. The project has been done by the ITTF and ETTU Competition Manager Dimosthenis MESSINIS who created the platform and the Ranking Committee Chairman Igor HELLER who provided him the results data. It can be reached at: http://results.ettu.site or directly from the ETTU site at the “Players/Ranking” section. “ETTU is making history with this unique and easily accessible database. Although it is not fully finished yet at this stage it is already possible to enjoy this brand-new service. Dimos and Igor have done a tremendous job. It provides a very efficient way to rapidly find data that many of us need or want to know. My congratulations!” stated ETTU President Ronald KRAMER. Dimosthenis MESSINIS explained: “Last year in Zagreb during the European Youth Championships both Igor and I discussed about the need for a good results and statistics database of our sport at the web page. I explained him how it could be done we agreed and Igor provided me the results so I started to work on developing the website and the database ” explained MESSINIS. What we can find on this page now? “We have results from the Team’s and Individual Events from European Championships for seniors youth categories Under21 and Youth Top 10. At the moment we have the results from the European Championships 2008 until now from European Youth Championships since 2010 and so far we had only one U21 Championships since we had the first organized this year in Sochi. For the Youth Top 10 we have the results of the two previous years. With a few clicks someone can find results of his/her favourite player or even make selective searches like Head to Head! We have a special section for the statistics where everyone is able to see how many participants we had per country event and tournament in a very easy way. There is also a special section for presenting the rankings in an easier way than that we currently have in the ETTU website. With just few clicks someone will be able to see the ranking position and the ranking points of every ranked player in every age category on the same page and follow his/her progress during the year dynamically. There is no need to search for players in multiple pdf’s because all are at one place! However this was the easier part. Our goal is to “feed” the system with more and more data. We are yet to “upload” the data from previous years. Most of them are still on paper in written form so we need to digitalize and transform everything before it could be used on the system. This is only the beginning. The statistics offers endless opportunities and in time we will develop further this section.”
16 Year Old Sun Yingsha Wins ITTF Japan Open Title on Debut
Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Lion Japan Open 16-year-old SUN Yingsha (CHN) has defied all odds to take the Women’s Singles title from world number five CHEN Meng (CHN) at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Lion Japan Open today in Tokyo. Playing in her first senior event SUN started her giant slaying spree in Tokyo eliminating world number four & number one seed FENG Tianwei (SGP) two-time World Junior Champion WANG Manyu (CHN) en route to face off her teammate CHEN in the final. Trailing 1-3 against CHEN who was the favourite for the Gold medal SUN made an amazing comeback to push CHEN into the seventh game where she prevailed to take her first senior title 4-3 (9-11 11-9 8-11 8-11 11-7 11-9 11-8). “I’m excited about winning this especially having to come back from 1-3 down at the start. It never crossed my mind that I could win both the Singles & Doubles Gold here in Tokyo ” stated the Chinese teenager. “I think because it’s my first senior event I have no pressure or mental burden. I was just playing my best for each & every match.” In a rematch of the World Championship’s dramatic final reigning World & Olympic Champion MA Long (CHN) repeated his success against world number two FAN Zhendong (CHN) to finally claim his first Japan Open crown the title that has been eluding him for years. The 28-year-old completed the feat defeating FAN 4-1 (11-7 5-11 11-7 11-8 11-5) to win his 24th ITTF World Tour title just 2 short of the record of 26 held by Belarussian legend Vladimir SAMSONOV. “Of course I’m feeling very happy about this title my first Japan Open Singles title. I finished second 10 years ago so it feels great that I finally broke this curse.” With the conclusion of the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum Lion Japan Open the world’s top table tennis stars will head to Chengdu China for the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum China Open. The China Open will be the third platinum event of the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour which features 12 events across the world in 2017 plus a World Tour Grand Finals which only the top 16 male and female players from the 12 World Tour events qualify for.
The 2016/17 TTCLM finalists continue as two top seeds in 2017/18
Reigning champion Orenburg and actual runner-up Borussia have unchanged line-ups. Newcomer from Poland K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo signed world No. 7 WONG Chun Ting The 2017/18 TTCLM Seeding list displays same two names on the top. Like in the previous seven years Fakel Gazprom Orenburg tops the list will Borussia Dusseldorf is first behind. These two clubs concluded the 2016/17 season as Russian side won its fourth title in last six seasons. Orenburg signed domestic player Alexey LIVENTSOV who will replace Alexey SMIRNOV but their powerful trio who dominated in the 2016/17 edition will be in the action again: Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (World No. 5) Jun MIZUTANI (No. 6) and Vladimir SAMSONOV (No. 12). There are no significant changes in all German clubs. Borussia targets its 11th TTCLM title with Timo BOLL (World No. 8) Stefan FEGERL (No. 19) Kristian KARLSSON (No. 32) and one of promising European players Anton KALLBERG (No. 92). Third seed of 2017/18 TTCLM Ochsenhausen the 2009 runner-up showed in the previous season that future belongs to them: Simon GAUZY (No. 16) Hugo CALDERANO (No. 17) Yuto MURAMATSU (No. 21) Jakub DYJAS (No. 55) and Joao GERALDO (No. 73). No. 4 seed and Russian champion UMMC signed World No. 32 from Japan Maharu YOSHIMURA. Saarbrucken (No. 5 seed) has same four players (APOLONIA FRANZISKA TOKIC BAUM). Two new participants are inscribed on the 6th and 7th spot K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo from Poland and Stella Sport La Romagne from France. Polish side signed World No. 7 WONG Chun Ting from Hong Kong who will compose strong line-up with Kenta MATSUDAIRA (No. 18 Japan) and WANG Yang (No. 61 Slovakia). French club actual ETTU Cup winner will have big ambitions for sure. Double TTCLM winner Pontoise and no. 8 seed extended its contract with Marcos FREITAS. Two more French clubs no. 9 GV Hennebont and no. 10 Chartres ASTT are concluding the list of favorites for the quarter-final stage. However no. 14 seed Eslovs showed two years ago (finished as runner-up) that everyone can dream about finals. It was a good example for TTC Ostrava 2016 (no. 11 seed) K.S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki (no. 12) one more newcomer Sporting Clube de Portugal (no. 13) SPG Walter Wels (no. 15) and Roskilde Berdtennis BTK 61 (no. 16). The 2017/18 TTCLM Seeding list 1 Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg (RUS) 8343 2 Borussia Düsseldorf (GER) 7658 3 TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen (GER) 7556 4 TTSC UMMC (RUS) 7225 5 FC Saarbrücken TT (GER) 7130 6 K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo (POL) 7036 7 Stella Sport La Romagne (FRA) 6959 8 AS Pontoise Cergy TT (FRA) 6946 9 GV Hennebont TT (FRA) 6908 10 Chartres ASTT (FRA) 6683 11 TTC Ostrava 2016 (CZE) 6552 12 K.S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki (POL) 6390 13 Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) 6332 14 Eslövs AI BTK (SWE) 6329 15 SPG Walter Wels (AUT) 6100 16 Roskilde Berdtennis BTK 61 (DEN) 5928
BOLL experienced a shock first round Men’s Singles exit
Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum Lion Japan Open Three times the winner more than any other player in the history of an ITTF World Tour tournament in Japan Germany’s Timo BOLL experienced a shock first round Men’s Singles exit at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum Lion Japan Open in Tokyo. Timo BOLL the no.6 seed experienced an opening round defeat at the hands of China’s quicksilver 22 year old Lin Gaoyuan (11-6 11-7 6-11 11-5 11-8). In the Women’s Singles event Singapore’s FENG Tianwei and the host nation’s Kasumi ISHIKAWA both medallists at the recent LIEBHERR 2017 World Championships suffered shock defeats. Kasumi ISHIKAWA the no.3 seed was beaten in the opening round by 18 year old WANG Manyu (6-11 11-8 11-6 14-12 11-7); a confidence boosting success in the second round the teenager continued her good form. She overcame Romania’s Elizabeta SAMARA the 2015 European champion (11-7 12-10 11-7 11-7) a player in form. In the opening round she had caused Singapore more heartache by beating YU Mengyu the no.16 seed (11-7 11-8 11-6 11-5). Meanwhile for FENG Tianwei twice the champion after an opening round win against Austria’s Sofia POLCANOVA (11-8 12-10 8-11 11-2 4-11 11-5) she suffered one round later at the hands of 16 year old SUN Yingsha (11-8 8-11 11-4 11-7 12-10). In the Men’s Doubles after the conclusion of the quarter-finals the names of the nations that will contest the final are known. Japan will oppose China. At the semi-final stage Masataka MORIZONO and Yuya OSHIMA the top seeds face Japanese colleagues Koki NIWA and Maharu YOSHIMURA the no.6 seeds; MA Long and XU Xin the no.2 seed confront Asian champions and qualifiers in Tokyo FAN Zhendong and LIN Gaoyuan. Similarly in the Women’s Doubles event there is strong Chinese and Japanese interest. In the penultimate round Japan’s top seeded Honoka Hashimoto and Hitomi Sato meet Chinese qualifiers Chen Xingtong and Sun Yingsha; in the opposite half of the draw Korea’s Jeon Jihee and Yang Haeun the no.2 seeds meet Chinese Taipei’s Chen Szu-Yu and Cheng I-Ching the no.7 seeds. The semi-finals and finals of both the Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles events will be played on Saturday 17th June.
Ma Long looking for first ever Japan Open Title
Grand Slam Champion looking for the Japan Open Singles crown that has been eluding him for years Reigning World & Olympic Champion MA Long (CHN) looks at claiming his first ever ITTF World Tour Japan Open Singles title at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum LION Japan Open begins today 16 June till 18 June in Tokyo Japan. Despite having dominated the international table tennis scene since winning at the Qoros 2015 World Table Tennis Championships on home soil the Grand Slam Champion has not been able to claim a singles title so far in Japan losing to teammate XU Xin last year in the semifinals. MA who is fresh from his victory at the Liebherr 2017 World Table Tennis Championships in Düsseldorf just two weeks ago will be aiming for his 24th World Tour event titles to get another step closer to breaking the record of 26 titles set by Belarussian legend Vladimir SAMSONOV. The 28-year-old will have to fend off competition from several hot contenders for the title including Germany’s TIMO BOLL local favourite Jun MIZUTANI teammate XU Xin as well as defending Champion FAN Zhendong (CHN) whom he had a tough 4-3 match against at the World Championships final to defend his crown. In the Women’s Singles event world number four FENG Tianwei (SGP) will be heading the seeding. The 30-year-old Singapore who just claimed her tenth ITTF World Tour title at the 2017 Korea Open in April will have to fight off competition from China’s CHEN Meng Chinese Taipei star CHENG I-Ching as well as local hero Miu HIRANO (JPN) for her chance to claim her third Japan Open title. The Japanese crowd will be putting their hopes on HIRANO who was recently crowned Asian Champion after upsetting three top Chinese stars including World & Olympic Champion DING Ning as well as claiming Japan’s first Women’s Singles medal since 1969 at the recently concluded World Championships. The 17-year-old stated “I’m ready to win the event in Japan right after the World Table Tennis Championships. Never had such a good timing and many people will see the event. I’m happy to play here in Japan!” The 2017 LION Japan Open is only the second platinum event of the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour which features 12 events across the world in 2017 plus a World Tour Grand Finals which only the top 16 male and female players from the 12 World Tour events qualify for. The events are split into two tiers Regular and Platinum. The six ITTF World Tour Platinum events will have higher prize money and be of a higher level organisation which will ensure the attendance of the world’s best players resulting in more international exposure for the hosts.
UMMC defends its title in Russia
Verkhnaya Pyshma`s side beat twice actual TTCLM champion Orenburg UMMC successfully defended its crown in the Russian Premier League as they beat actual TTCLM champion Fakel Gazprom Orenburg. Final tournament of the championships was held in the Russian city of Sochi gathering the best eight clubs. In the semi-final Fakel Gazprom beat twice 3:0 Kazan while UMMC did it same against Kuban. UMMC won both final clashes first one 3:2 and second 3:1. Chinese FANG Bo current World No. 11 contributed with four points from four games defeating both Orenburg`s stars Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (World No. 5) and Jun MIZUTANI (No. 6). “We beat champions of TTCLM and it`s great achievement. This is our second title in a row. Last year we beat them with MIZUTANI in our line-up but now he was on the other side” stated after the final coach and manager of winning side Zoran PRIMORAC. World No. 28 Alexander SHIBAEV secured very important point in the second final clash as he overcame OVTCHAROV in five games. First final match Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – UMMC 2:3 Jun MIZUTANI – Alexander SHIBAEV 3:2 (11:8 12:10 3:11 3:11 11:5) Denis IVONIN – FANG Bo 2:3 (10:12 11:3 12:10 3:11 0:11) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – Andrej GACINA 3:1 (11:9 7:11 11:9 12:10) Jun MIZUTANI – FANG Bo 0:3 (4:11 8:11 6:11) Denis IVONIN – Alexander SHIBAEV 0:3 (7:11 7:11 0:11) Second final match UMMC – Fakel Gazprom Orenburg 3:1 FANG Bo – Denis IVONIN 3:0 (11:9 11:8 12:10) Alexander SHIBAEV – Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 3:2 (11:9 11:8 9:11 7:11 11:6) Grigory VLASOV – Jun MIZUTANI 0:3 (8:11 9:11 9:11) FANG Bo – Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 3:1 (11:6 5:11 11:6 11:9)
1st academic year of the University Degree Study Program in Sports Coaching
The practical course as a part of 1st academic year of the University Degree Study Program in Sports Coaching was held from 6th -13th of June The practical course as a part of 1st academic year of the University Degree Study Program in Sports Coaching (designed for table tennis coaches and players) was held in Split from 6th -13th of June with participation of 18 students from all over the world. The main theme was mainly about Methodology and basic training principles of coaching youth categories together with methodology of both technical-tactical training and long-term development/conditioning of physical abilities of youth players through planned and organized training process. For some parts of table tennis practical part of the program Faculty of Kinesiology engaged two well-known coaching names Mr. Richard Prause Sports director Of German TT association and ex Head coach of Werner Schlager Academy and Neven Cegnar ETTU Development manager. They both enthusiastically agreed to help this new study program which started last year under the patronage of ITTF and ETTU by providing students with their vast professional knowledge and coaching experience. Beside the above mentioned coaches some of the professors who have already lectured on the program or will be in charge of some courses in the later stages of the program (prof. Miran Kondrič – ITTF SSMC chairman prof. Damir Sekulić and assistant professor Goran Munivrana also provided some lectures from a different areas related to the main theme of this first practical part of the program. List of the participating students YIJIE He (China) Vasiliki FRAGOU (Greece) Matas SCKUCAS (Lithuania) Soma FEKETE (Hungary) Jovan STOJŠIN (Serbia) Alejandro APONTE (Venezuela) Bjarni BJARNASON (Iceland) Wisanu WATTAYAWONG (Thailand) Steve RILLEY (Fiji) Moatazbellah GHARIB (Egypt) 11 Jason David LUINI (Italia) Eirik ANSNES (Norway) Dominique PLATTNER (Austria) David OREŠNIK (Slovenia) Tomislav KOLAREK (Croatia) 16 Darko ARAPOVIĆ (Croatia) Patrik ROSC (Slovenia) Koji ITAGAKI (Japan)
ITTF World Tour Partners with GoDaddy
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) governing body for all international table tennis associations today announced a sponsorship agreement with GoDaddy the world’s largest cloud platform dedicated to small independent ventures. Both companies will be working together to promote Table Tennis events in countries globally. GoDaddy branding will be featured at sponsored events beginning in June. GoDaddy is the latest major brand partner secured by the ITTF since taking the rights in-house at the beginning of 2017. As a part of the sponsorship with the ITTF Marketing and Promotion office in Singapore GoDaddy comes on board as the major sponsor of five (5) events on the newly revamped Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour. The events include: 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum China Open in Chengdu China 22 to 25 June 2017 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum Australia Open in Gold Coast Australia 4 to 7 July 2017 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum Austrian Open in Linz Austria 21 to 24 September 2017 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open in Magdeburg Germany 10 to 12 November 2017 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals 14 to 17 December 2017 location to be decided This extension comes on the back of two successful ITTF events that GoDaddy sponsored in 2016; the 2016 Women’s World Cup and 2016 World Tour Grand Finals. Sharing the sentiment is Mr. Thomas WEIKERT President of the ITTF who expressed: “We are very pleased to have GoDaddy continuing as an ITTF partner and we look forward to a long term cooperation. It is fantastic to have an American partner come on board and this is a result of the USA Table Tennis organizing the outstanding 2016 Women’s World Cup the first ever ITTF world title event in North America.” “GoDaddy is pleased to be working again with the ITTF by sponsoring Table Tennis Tour Events in countries around the world. We have found ITTF events to be an effective way of building relationships with small businesses and entrepreneurs communicating the importance of having a strong online presence ” said Roger CHEN Vice President of Asia GoDaddy. “Table tennis is exceedingly popular in Asia and resonates with the population in a unique way and we are happy to extend our agreement with the ITTF for five more events this year.” GoDaddy worked with Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment (VWSE) to secure these ITTF sponsorships. The ITTF World Tour resumes tomorrow with the qualification for the Seamaster 2017 World Tour Japan Open.
Romania – Turkey 8:6 in gold medals in Albena
The 25th Balkan Youth Table Tennis Championships Albena Bulgaria Romanian National Team won eight gold medals at the 25th Balkan Youth Table Tennis Championships held in the Bulgarian city of Albena. In other six finals all top spots belonged to Turkey. Junior Boys Singles champion is Abdullah Talha YIGENLER who beat Tugay Sirzat YILMAZ in straight games of the all-Turkish final 4:0 (11:7 11:9 11:4 11:2). YINGLER lost just one set on his way to the gold. Romania`s Mihaela PLAEASU was too strong for Turkey`s Simay KULAKCEKEN in the final game of Junior Girls Singles – 4:0 (11:6 11:9 11:8 11:5). PLEASU convincingly won all her encounters except one in the Round 2 when she overcame Turkey`s Betul Nur KAHRAMAN after six sets. Second seed in the Cadet Boys Singles event Romania`s Andrei TOMICA clinched gold as he overcame his compatriot Darius MOVILEANU 4:2 (8:11 13:11 11:8 10:12 11:5 11:9). Top seeded Elena ZAHARIA from Romania secured Cadet Girls Singles gold by winning final match against Sukran CANGIR 4:0 (11:8 11:6 11:6 11:9). Double winners are: Dragos Florin OPREA / Paul MLADIN from Romania (Junior Boys) Betul Nur KAHRAMAN / Simay KULAKCEKEN from Turkey (Junior Girls) Darius MOVILEANU / Andrei TOMICA from Romania (Cadet Boys) and Elena ZAHARIA / Camelia MITROFAN from Romania (Cadet Girls). Turkey`s Abdulah Talha YIGENLER and Simay KULAKCEKEN reached gold in the Junior Mixed Doubles while Romania`s Andrei TOMICA and Elena ZAHARIA are the best Cadet Mixed Double. TEAM EVENTS Junior Boys Team final standings: 1 Turkey 2 Romania 3 Bulgaria 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 Moldova 6 FYRO Macedonia 7 Montenegro 8 Kosovo 9 Albania. Junior Boys Team final match: Turkey – Romania 3:2 Abdulah Talha YIGENLER – Paul MLADIN 3:0 (11:9 11:3 11:6) Zihni Batuhan SAHIN – Dragos Florin OPREA 2:3 (7:11 4:11 11:8 14:12 3:11) Umut Emre BASSAN – Alexandru VRABIE 0:3 (11:13 11:13 11:13) Abdulah Talha YIGENLER – Dragos Florin OPREA 3:1 (11:6 11:5 9:11 11:8) Zihni Batuhan SAHIN – Paul MLADIN 3:2 (13:11 11:5 4:11 8:11 11:7) Junior Girls Team final standings: 1 Turkey 2 Romania 3 Bulgaria 4 Serbia 5 Albania 6 Montenegro 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 Moldova 9 FYRO Macedonia 10 Kosovo. Junior Girls Team final match: Romania – Turkey 0:3 Emanuel COCINSCHI – Betul Nur KAHRAMAN 0:3 (7:11 8:11 6:11) HUDUSAN Andreea – Simay KULAKCEKEN 0:3 (6:11 2:11 10:12) Tania PLAIAN – Aybuke ONER 0:3 w.o. Cadet Boys Team final standings: 1 Romania 2 Bulgaria 3 Turkey 4 Kosovo 5 Montenegro 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 Moldova 8 Serbia 9 FYRO Macedonia 10 Albania. Cadet Boys Team final match: Bulgaria – Romania 1:3 Georgy GOGOV – Darius MOVILEANU 3:2 (17:15 7:11 7:11 11:8 11:6) Martin PETROV – Andrei TOMICA 1:3 (8:11 12:14 11:9 6:11) Georgy GOGOV / Martin PETROV – Darius MOVILEANU / Andrei TOMICA 2:3 (11:8 10:12 9:11 11:8 9:11) Georgy GOGOV – Andrei TOMICA 0:3 (5:11 5:11 9:11) Cadet Girls Team final standings: 1 Turkey 2 Moldova 3 Romania 4 Bulgaria 5 Albania 6 Montenegro 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 FYRO Macedonia 9 Kosovo. Cadet Girls Team final match: Moldova – Turkey 0:3 Natalina BRINZA – Ece HARAC 1:3 (11:9 4:11 4:11 4:11) Vitalina BRINZA – Ozge YILMAZ 0:3 (4:11 8:11 7:11) Natalina BRINZA / Vitalina BRINZA – E. HARAC / O.YILMAZ 2:3 (12:10 8:11 11:7 9:11 10:12) SINGLES EVENTS Junior Boys Singles: 1 Abdullah Talha YIGENLER (TUR) 2 Tugay Sirzat YILMAZ (TUR) 3 Paul MLADIN (ROU) 3 Zihni Batuhan SAHIN (TUR). Junior Girls Singles: 1 Mihaela PLAEASU (ROU) 2 Simay KULAKCEKEN (TUR) 3 Liridona REXHAJ (ALB) 3 Maria YOVKOVA (BUL). Cadet Boys Singles: 1 Andrei TOMICA (ROU) 2 Darius MOVILEANU (ROU) 3 Aleksandar COKIC (SER) 3 Emir CULPEDIN (ROU). Cadet Girls Singles: 1 Elena ZAHARIA (ROU) 2 Sukran CANGIR (ROU) 3 Natalina BRINZA (MDA) 3 Vitalina BRINZA (MDA).
Borussia Düsseldorf clinched 29th title in Germany
Borussia Duesseldorf beat TTC Rhönsprudel Fulda-Maberzell in the LIEBHERR TTBL final to defend the German team championship title. In front of 2 500 spectators in the Fraport Arena Frankfurt Timo BOLL LIEBHERR World Championships quarterfinalist gave his team a dream start which set the pace of the match. He beat Jonathan GROTH despite the fact that between two competitions he was tied to bed due the viral infection. It is their fourth championship in a row : “I’m proud of my boys ” said Borussia coach Danny HEISTER. “Timo’s win was certainly a bit lucky one but what the two Swedes showed was impressive.” The first Swede was Kristian KARLSSON who did not gave a chance in the second match to Fuldas veteran WANG Xi. However Karlsson’s six years younger countryman 19 years old Anton KÄLLBERG stole the attention of the crowd by beating Fulda’s World Championship hero Ruwen FILUS. FILUS was disappointed by the poor start. “Jonathan had a good chance to make advantage ” the 29-year-old defensive specialist said. “We could have put Dusseldorf under pressure. After match like that it becomes difficult especially against a team like Düsseldorf. “ TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell – Borussia Düsseldorf 0:3 Jonathan GROTH – Timo BOLL 1:3 (11:9 9:11 10:12 3:11) WANG Xi – Kristian KARLSSON 0:3 (5:11 7:11 5:11) Ruwen FILUS – Anton KÄLLBERG 1:3 (6:11 11:7 5:11 9:11)
