The best player of Borussia Dusseldorf comments on TTCLM Round 5 win against Chartres ASTT Borussia Düsseldorf record holder with 10 titles in TTCLM secured the top spot before quarterfinal stage. Timo BOLL & Co. beat again their old rival Chartres ASTT 3:1 playing Round 5 game last weekend. German club No. 2 seed stands on 5-0 score in Group D as just one of two unbeaten participants so far beside No. 1 seeded FAKEL GAZPROM Orenburg. Thanks to Borussia`s head of marketing PR and social media Alexander SCHILLING we present postgame comments… “This was a very important victory and a great performance of the team. All three of them including Stefan (FEGERL) who lost but fought incredible and had a lot of bad luck in the end. We won 3-1 and made the group victory perfect” stated Danny HEISTER Coach Borussia Düsseldorf: Timo BOLL won all his matches so far having score 7-0 (21-3 in sets): “We wanted to win the game to become group winner. We achieved this through our 3:1 success. A pity for Stefan that he lost his game. Up to 2:0 he played very well. I think it has annoyed him. Overall it was a great achievement.” Chartres ASTT will go among top 8 TTCLM clubs from the second spot of Group D. Their Coach Calin TOMA comments: “Düsseldorf was simply stronger than us. We also had a few injuries in the team for example we missed Robert GARDOS and we are trying to get them out for Tuesday’s game. We were already qualified for the quarter finals but we wanted to win. This time it just was not enough against Borussia.”
Great conditions in Opatia
Development Camp V The Croatia’s city of Opatia is the host of another Development Camp fifth in this season. In the new city sports hall 12 players from six countries alongside 12 sparing partners enjoy their time working learning and having fun. “Croatian Table Tennis Association and STK Opatia provide us with the excellent conditions. We are accommodated in the four star Milenij Grand Hotel Opatija and we are working in new hall. CTTA Director Renato CENGIC and Diego LIPOVSEK put big effort to organize everything in best possible way ” said ETTU Development Manager Neven CEGNAR. The players have trainings two time per day between 9 AM and 12 PM and from 3 to 6 PM. The evening hours are reserved for the ETTU Development program presentations. In addition all trainers and players had a three hours trip and got the opportunity to explore the beauties of the Kvarner Bay.
Great conditions in Opatia
Development Camp V The Croatia’s city of Opatia is the host of another Development Camp fifth in this season. In the new city sports hall 12 players from six countries alongside 12 sparing partners enjoy their time working learning and having fun. “Croatian Table Tennis Association and STK Opatia provide us with the excellent conditions. We are accommodated in the four star Milenij Grand Hotel Opatija and we are working in new hall. CTTA Director Renato CENGIC and Diego LIPOVSEK put big effort to organize everything in best possible way ” said ETTU Development Manager Neven CEGNAR. The players have trainings two time per day between 9 AM and 12 PM and from 3 to 6 PM. The evening hours are reserved for the ETTU Development program presentations. In addition all trainers and players had a three hours trip and got the opportunity to explore the beauties of the Kvarner Bay.
JORGIC and LUPULESKU keep Europen flag high in Mixed Doubles
Sun International 2016 World Junior Championships The Mixed Doubles medalists are decided and the only pairings from Europe is Slovenia’s Darko JORGIC and Serbia’s Izabela LUPULESKU. Tonight they will play in the semifinals against Yuki MATSUYAMA and Hina HAYATA of Japan at the Sun International 2016 World Junior Championships in Cape Town South Africa. The no.10 seeds they beat Romania’s Cristian PLETEA and Adina DIACONU the no.7 seeds in round three by the very narrowest of margins (5-11 11-9 11-7 8-11 11-9) before ousting Hong Kong’s NG Pak Nam and MAK Tze Wing the no.14 seeds in the quarter-finals. A second full distance contest was the outcome as the eventual victors after winning the first three games withstood a spirited recovery (13-11 12-10 14-12 11-13 7-11 2-11 11-6). “It was not easy. We knew that we have to fight hard to achieve our goal. It is first time that we play together. In this venue we had our first training together but it proved immediately that we are good combination. I stay close to the table and use a lot of rotation in my game whilst Darko stays out from the table and finishes the points ” explained LUPULESKU. The win against Romania’s pairings was the turning point. “We were 2:7 down in the fifth game but we recovered. We kept our spirit high until the end.” CHO Seungmin and KIM Jiho Korea Republic beat top seeds Tomokazu HARIMOTO and Miu HIRANO of Japan. They will meet China’s XU Haidong and YUAN. China’s representatives overcame CHO Daeseong and KIM Youjin of Korea.
JORGIC and LUPULESKU keep Europen flag high in Mixed Doubles
Sun International 2016 World Junior Championships The Mixed Doubles medalists are decided and the only pairings from Europe is Slovenia’s Darko JORGIC and Serbia’s Izabela LUPULESKU. Tonight they will play in the semifinals against Yuki MATSUYAMA and Hina HAYATA of Japan at the Sun International 2016 World Junior Championships in Cape Town South Africa. The no.10 seeds they beat Romania’s Cristian PLETEA and Adina DIACONU the no.7 seeds in round three by the very narrowest of margins (5-11 11-9 11-7 8-11 11-9) before ousting Hong Kong’s NG Pak Nam and MAK Tze Wing the no.14 seeds in the quarter-finals. A second full distance contest was the outcome as the eventual victors after winning the first three games withstood a spirited recovery (13-11 12-10 14-12 11-13 7-11 2-11 11-6). “It was not easy. We knew that we have to fight hard to achieve our goal. It is first time that we play together. In this venue we had our first training together but it proved immediately that we are good combination. I stay close to the table and use a lot of rotation in my game whilst Darko stays out from the table and finishes the points ” explained LUPULESKU. The win against Romania’s pairings was the turning point. “We were 2:7 down in the fifth game but we recovered. We kept our spirit high until the end.” CHO Seungmin and KIM Jiho Korea Republic beat top seeds Tomokazu HARIMOTO and Miu HIRANO of Japan. They will meet China’s XU Haidong and YUAN. China’s representatives overcame CHO Daeseong and KIM Youjin of Korea.
Japan Strikes Double Gold at ITTF World Junior Championships
Japan has claimed Gold in both the Girls’ and Boys’ Team events at the Sun International 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships today 3 December 2016 in Cape Town South Africa. In a heated final for the Girls’ Team title a decorated Japanese trio of Rio 2016 Olympic Team Bronze medalist Mima ITO 2016 Women’s World Cup Champion Miu HIRANO and 2016 ITTF World Tour Australian Open Champion Hina HAYATA ended China’s dream of retaining their hard-earned title from 2015 with a 3-1 victory against the Chinese lineup of SHI Xunyao LIU Weishan and SUN Yizhen. After HIRANO’s surprise defeat to SHI in the opening match of the final ITO and HAYATA were quick to get back on their feet to turn the tides around. 16-year-old ITO was the hero for the Japanese team securing 2 victories to seal the final victory for Japan to take home the Gold. “Our target was to win the gold medal and we are so happy winning it as our confidence will also increase ahead of other events. I will also try my best again to win the title in the singles and doubles events in this competition ” stated the 16-year-old Japanese Superstar after the emotional win. “We have not played in Africa before but winning the title in South Africa will always remind us of the victory whenever we come back to Africa.” In the Boys’ Team final the Japanese boys repeated the feat achieved by their compatriots to take the crown from Korea Republic. The Koreans were the star of the semifinals stage defeating the defending Chinese team to deny the Chinese entry into the final for the first time in the World Junior Championships’ 14-year history. The Japanese team led by Tomokazu HARIMOTO who became the youngest winner of an ITTF World Tour under-21 event at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Japan Open at the age of 12 was on fire tonight at the Grand West Grand Arena winning 3-0 and giving the 2016 Asian Junior Champions no chance to fight back. After the award ceremony 13-year-old HARIMOTO shared “I was so happy that I was able to defeat the player I have never won against in the final. I feel great winning the title in my first World Junior Championship. Tokyo 2020 is in four years and there is no time left for us so we don’t have to waste any time but start preparation now.” Knocked out in the semifinals of the Boys’ Team event by Japan and Korea Republic respectively Chinese Taipei and China claimed the Bronze medal; while Korea Republic and Hong Kong took home the Bronze in the Girls’ Team event. With the conclusion of the team events action resumes tomorrow 4 December 2016 with the singles and doubles events and the winners will be determined on 7 December.
Japan Strikes Double Gold at ITTF World Junior Championships
Japan has claimed Gold in both the Girls’ and Boys’ Team events at the Sun International 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships today 3 December 2016 in Cape Town South Africa. In a heated final for the Girls’ Team title a decorated Japanese trio of Rio 2016 Olympic Team Bronze medalist Mima ITO 2016 Women’s World Cup Champion Miu HIRANO and 2016 ITTF World Tour Australian Open Champion Hina HAYATA ended China’s dream of retaining their hard-earned title from 2015 with a 3-1 victory against the Chinese lineup of SHI Xunyao LIU Weishan and SUN Yizhen. After HIRANO’s surprise defeat to SHI in the opening match of the final ITO and HAYATA were quick to get back on their feet to turn the tides around. 16-year-old ITO was the hero for the Japanese team securing 2 victories to seal the final victory for Japan to take home the Gold. “Our target was to win the gold medal and we are so happy winning it as our confidence will also increase ahead of other events. I will also try my best again to win the title in the singles and doubles events in this competition ” stated the 16-year-old Japanese Superstar after the emotional win. “We have not played in Africa before but winning the title in South Africa will always remind us of the victory whenever we come back to Africa.” In the Boys’ Team final the Japanese boys repeated the feat achieved by their compatriots to take the crown from Korea Republic. The Koreans were the star of the semifinals stage defeating the defending Chinese team to deny the Chinese entry into the final for the first time in the World Junior Championships’ 14-year history. The Japanese team led by Tomokazu HARIMOTO who became the youngest winner of an ITTF World Tour under-21 event at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Japan Open at the age of 12 was on fire tonight at the Grand West Grand Arena winning 3-0 and giving the 2016 Asian Junior Champions no chance to fight back. After the award ceremony 13-year-old HARIMOTO shared “I was so happy that I was able to defeat the player I have never won against in the final. I feel great winning the title in my first World Junior Championship. Tokyo 2020 is in four years and there is no time left for us so we don’t have to waste any time but start preparation now.” Knocked out in the semifinals of the Boys’ Team event by Japan and Korea Republic respectively Chinese Taipei and China claimed the Bronze medal; while Korea Republic and Hong Kong took home the Bronze in the Girls’ Team event. With the conclusion of the team events action resumes tomorrow 4 December 2016 with the singles and doubles events and the winners will be determined on 7 December.
No chink in BOLL’s armour
Table Tennis Champions League Men In the penultimate Round of the Group phase in the Table Tennis Champions League Men TTC Fakel Gazprom Vaillante Sports Angers TT UMMC Borussia Düsseldorf and SPG Walter Wels recorded home victories. In the Group A favorites justified their rankings and repeated the success from the first leg in very impressive style. The players who occupies the places in World’s Top 10 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Vladimir SAMSONOV and Jun MIZUTANI secured the straight matches victory for TTC Fakel Gazprom. Unlike the Russia’s club who already secured the place in the quarterfinal TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen fought for their place among top 8. They fought hard; both Jun MIZUTANI and Dimitrij OVTCHAROV were stretched to full distance. The decisive game between OVTCHAROV and Hugo CALDERON concluded by narrow margin 19:17. In First match TTC Fakel Gazprom prevailed in four matches. Once again Vaillante Sports Angers TT beat Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 in straight matches. One of the most awaited duels was the match between Russia’s UMMC and French AS Pontoise Cergy in Group B. Reigning champions from France already booked their quarterfinal place (4:0) before this round but UMMC is still in dangerous zone. The today’s win eased the grip a little but the finalists from 2012 will have to wait for the last round and their duel against Elsovs (2:3) in Sweden to determine their fate. Today Alexander SHIBAEV was the back bone of their success with two wins over Niagol STOYANOV and Marcos FREITAS. Grigory VLASOV added third point to the scoreboard. In Group D in October Borussia Düsseldorf prevailed aganst Chartres ASTT in five matches and now they need one less to repeat the success. However one thing was the same. Again Timo BOLL won both his encounters. Both Joao MONTEIRO and Par GERELL failed to stop him. Par GERELL beat Stefan FEGERL but that was the only point guests has took from Germany’s club. Kristian KARLSSON joined BOLL on score board with victory over Alexandre ROBINOT. It semed he recovered well from the injury. Borussia Düsseldorf record holder with 10 titles in TTCLM already secured the quarterfinal. Despite defeat Chartres still have the chance. In the duel for the third position Walter Wels prevailed against KST Energa-Manekin Torun. They lost first encounter 2:3 but tonight they won in straight maches. Group A TTC Fakel Gazprom – TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3:0 Jun MIZUTANI – Joao GERALDO 3:2 (7:11 12:10 9:11 11:3 11:6) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – Hugo CALDERANO 3:2 (3:11 11:5 5:11 11:7 19:17) Vladimir SAMSONOV – Yuto MURAMATSU 3:1 (11:3 11:3 9:11 11:9) Vaillante Sports Angers TT – Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 3:0 Jens LUNDQVIST – ZHAI Yujia 3:1 (12:10 11:13 11:6 11:7) Jon PERSSON – Allan BENTSEN 3:0 (11:4 11:6 11:7) Christophe LEGOUT – Claus NIELSEN 3:1 (11:2 9:11 12:8 11:9) Group B UMMC – AS Pontoise Cergy 3:1 Alexander SHIBAEV – Niagol STOYANOV 3:1 (12:10 12:10 10:12 11:8) Andrej GACINA – Marcos FREITAS 2:3 (11:9 9:11 9:11 11:6 11:13) Grigory VLASOV – Mattias KARLSSON 3:2 (10:12 11:3 11:8 9:11 11:9) Alexander SHIBAEV – Marcos FREITAS 3:2 (9:11 11:3 11:9 11:13 11:5) Group D Borussia Düsseldorf – Chartres ASTT 3:1 Timo BOLL – Joao MONTEIRO 3:0 (11:9 13:11 11:7) Stefan FEGERL – Par GERELL 2:3 (11:7 12:10 9:11 9:11 7:11) Kristian KARLSSON – Alexandre ROBINOT 3:1 (11:7 8:11 11:3 11:5) Timo BOLL – Par GERELL 3:0 (11:9 11:8 11:6) SPG Walter Wels – KST ENERGA – MANEKIN TORUN 3:0 WANG Jianjun – Pavel SIRUCEK 3:2 (11:6 9:11 4:11 11:9 11:4) Mihai BOBOCICA – Cazuo MATSUMOTO 3:2 (6:11 10:12 11:6 11:7 13:11) PETE Zsolt – Konrad KULPA 3:0 (11:9 11:7 12:10)
No chink in BOLL’s armour
Table Tennis Champions League Men In the penultimate Round of the Group phase in the Table Tennis Champions League Men TTC Fakel Gazprom Vaillante Sports Angers TT UMMC Borussia Düsseldorf and SPG Walter Wels recorded home victories. In the Group A favorites justified their rankings and repeated the success from the first leg in very impressive style. The players who occupies the places in World’s Top 10 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Vladimir SAMSONOV and Jun MIZUTANI secured the straight matches victory for TTC Fakel Gazprom. Unlike the Russia’s club who already secured the place in the quarterfinal TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen fought for their place among top 8. They fought hard; both Jun MIZUTANI and Dimitrij OVTCHAROV were stretched to full distance. The decisive game between OVTCHAROV and Hugo CALDERON concluded by narrow margin 19:17. In First match TTC Fakel Gazprom prevailed in four matches. Once again Vaillante Sports Angers TT beat Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 in straight matches. One of the most awaited duels was the match between Russia’s UMMC and French AS Pontoise Cergy in Group B. Reigning champions from France already booked their quarterfinal place (4:0) before this round but UMMC is still in dangerous zone. The today’s win eased the grip a little but the finalists from 2012 will have to wait for the last round and their duel against Elsovs (2:3) in Sweden to determine their fate. Today Alexander SHIBAEV was the back bone of their success with two wins over Niagol STOYANOV and Marcos FREITAS. Grigory VLASOV added third point to the scoreboard. In Group D in October Borussia Düsseldorf prevailed aganst Chartres ASTT in five matches and now they need one less to repeat the success. However one thing was the same. Again Timo BOLL won both his encounters. Both Joao MONTEIRO and Par GERELL failed to stop him. Par GERELL beat Stefan FEGERL but that was the only point guests has took from Germany’s club. Kristian KARLSSON joined BOLL on score board with victory over Alexandre ROBINOT. It semed he recovered well from the injury. Borussia Düsseldorf record holder with 10 titles in TTCLM already secured the quarterfinal. Despite defeat Chartres still have the chance. In the duel for the third position Walter Wels prevailed against KST Energa-Manekin Torun. They lost first encounter 2:3 but tonight they won in straight maches. Group A TTC Fakel Gazprom – TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3:0 Jun MIZUTANI – Joao GERALDO 3:2 (7:11 12:10 9:11 11:3 11:6) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – Hugo CALDERANO 3:2 (3:11 11:5 5:11 11:7 19:17) Vladimir SAMSONOV – Yuto MURAMATSU 3:1 (11:3 11:3 9:11 11:9) Vaillante Sports Angers TT – Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 3:0 Jens LUNDQVIST – ZHAI Yujia 3:1 (12:10 11:13 11:6 11:7) Jon PERSSON – Allan BENTSEN 3:0 (11:4 11:6 11:7) Christophe LEGOUT – Claus NIELSEN 3:1 (11:2 9:11 12:8 11:9) Group B UMMC – AS Pontoise Cergy 3:1 Alexander SHIBAEV – Niagol STOYANOV 3:1 (12:10 12:10 10:12 11:8) Andrej GACINA – Marcos FREITAS 2:3 (11:9 9:11 9:11 11:6 11:13) Grigory VLASOV – Mattias KARLSSON 3:2 (10:12 11:3 11:8 9:11 11:9) Alexander SHIBAEV – Marcos FREITAS 3:2 (9:11 11:3 11:9 11:13 11:5) Group D Borussia Düsseldorf – Chartres ASTT 3:1 Timo BOLL – Joao MONTEIRO 3:0 (11:9 13:11 11:7) Stefan FEGERL – Par GERELL 2:3 (11:7 12:10 9:11 9:11 7:11) Kristian KARLSSON – Alexandre ROBINOT 3:1 (11:7 8:11 11:3 11:5) Timo BOLL – Par GERELL 3:0 (11:9 11:8 11:6) SPG Walter Wels – KST ENERGA – MANEKIN TORUN 3:0 WANG Jianjun – Pavel SIRUCEK 3:2 (11:6 9:11 4:11 11:9 11:4) Mihai BOBOCICA – Cazuo MATSUMOTO 3:2 (6:11 10:12 11:6 11:7 13:11) PETE Zsolt – Konrad KULPA 3:0 (11:9 11:7 12:10)
KTS Siarka ZOT Tarnobrzeg avenged the defeat against Metz TT
European Champions League Women In today’s duels in European Champions League Women only Polish KTS Siarka ZOT Tarnobrzeg prevailed on home soil whilst Linz and Szekszard succeeded as guests. In Group B Linz repeated the October’s success and beat UCAM Cartagena for a second time this season but it did not affected their place in the quarterfinal. Both teams progressed to the knock out phase but still the battle for the top position added some extra flavor to the duel. Spanish club needed at least 3:1 win to reach the top but they failed. LIU Jia returned to the table after she has recovered from the injury. The 2005 European Champion beat Iulia NECULA in the last match. Previously ZHANG Mo and Sofia POLCANOVA secured two more points. Before the match Cartagena organized small celebration in honor of SHEN Yanfei. SHEN lead the team on their way to two titles in ETTU Cup in 2009 and 2010. In Group C Turkish Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor extending their losing streak to four matches. On the home soil they failed to post the first victory in this year’s competition. Hungarian Szekszard beat them for a second time this year. Like in the match in October Polina MIKHAILOVA’s role was pivotal in their success. She secured both points against Alexandra PRIVALOVA and Busra YILDIZ. European champion HU Melek beat Leila IMRE but it was insufficiently. In Group D both Polish KTS Siarka ZOT Tarnobrzeg and French Metz TT secured the place in the quarterfinal but the duel was important for determinate who will finish at the top in the group. Tarnobrzeg showed no mercy and avenged the 1:3 defeat from their first encounter this year. In October Elizabeta SAMARA beat HAN Ying and LI Qian but this time LI Qian prevailed. With always dangerous Victoria PAVLOVICH and World’s no. 8 HAN Ying hosts posted straight matches victory. Group B UCAM Cartagena – Linz AG Froschberg 1:3 Tetiana BILENKO – ZHANG Mo 0:3 (9:11 9:11 6:11) WANG Zhipei: LIU Jia 3:1 (9:11 12:10 11:4 11:6) Maria XIAO – Sophia POLCANOVA 0:3 (9:11 8:11 10:12) Iulia NECULA – Jia LIU 1:3 (12:10 9:11 7:11 3:11) Group C Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor – Szekszard AC 1:3 Alexandra PRIVALOVA – Dora MADARASZ 1:3 (8:11 11:8 15:17 6:11) Busra YILDIZ – Polina MIKHAILOVA 0:3 (3:11 2:11 1:11) HU Melek – Leila IMRE 3:0 (11:4 11:8 11:5) Alexandra PRIVALOVA – Polina MIKHAILOVA 1:3 (10:12 11:8 9:11 7:11) Group D KTS Siarka ZOT Tarnobrzeg -Metz TT 3:0 Victoria PAVLOVICH – Pauline CHASSELIN 3:0 (11:6 11:5 11:9) LI Qian – Elizabeta SAMARA 3:1 (11:5 7:11 11:8 11:5) HAN Ying – FU Yu 3:0 (11:8 11:19 13:11)
