The draw for the LIEBHERR 2015 ITTF European Championships was held today The draw for the forthcoming LIEBHERR 2015 ITTF European Championships (25 September – 4 October 2015) was held today. In Ekaterinburg next month Russia will organize the “full package” – Team’s and Single’s Events. In the Men’s Championships Division – Group A leading name is title holder team of Portugal. Marcos FREITAS Tiago APOLONIA Joao MONTEIRO Diogo CHEN and Joao GERALDO are listed in the champions’ team; they will face challenge from the players from France Hungary and Serbia. From this group only France reached round of 8 last year in Portugal. Lisbon’s runner ups team of Germany with Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Timo BOLL Bastian STEGER Patrick BAUM and Patrick FRANZISKA will face Spain Poland and Ukraine. Spain also played in the quarterfinal last year. Top seeded team in Group C is Sweden. Bronze medalists will be representing by Pär GERELL Anton KALLBERG Kristian KARLSSON Mattias KARLSSON Jon PERSSON. They will have tough task to face hosts Austria and Romania. Croatia also won bronze in Portugal. They are coming in Russia with Andrej GACINA Tomislav Frane KOJIC Tomislav KOLAREK Tomislav PUCAR and TAN Ruiwu. In the Group D are also: Belarus Greece and Czech Republic. In Women’s Championships Division – Group A title holders team of Germany will face Belarus Czech Republic and Slovakia. For Germany will play HAN Ying Irene IVANCAN SHAN Xiaona Petrissa SOLJA and Sabine WINTER. Runners up Austria is in the Group B with Romania France and Serbia. For Austria will play LI Qiangbing LIU Jia Karoline MISCHEK Sofia POLCANOVA and Amelie SOLJA. In Group C is Poland represented by Natalia BAJOR Katarzyna GRZYBOWSKA LI Qian and Natalia PARTYKA. They will meet Hungary Russia and Luxembourg. Sweden’s Linda BERGSTRÖM Matilda EKHOLM Jennifer JONSSON LI Fen and Daniela MOSKOVITS are in the Group D with Netherlands Portugal and Ukraine. The complete draw you can see here
ETTU COMPETITION MANAGER
European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) is seeking to appoint a Competition Manager based at home with some travel to the ETTU office in Luxembourg together with travel to the ETTU events and appropriate venue inspection visits. We are looking for an experienced motivated enthusiastic Competition Manager with excellent technical IT and communication skills table tennis event experience and the capability to work under pressure. The successful candidate will be appointed Competition Manager for the 2016 and 2017 European Youth Championships the 2016 and 2017 Europe Youth Top 10 and the 2017 European Veterans Championships and will work as Assistant Competition Manager at the 2016 and 2017 ITTF European Championships. Closing date for applications 30th September 2015 Further information can be provided by the Secretary General Richard Scruton ( rcsettu@pt.lu ). Applications must be submitted in English including a detailed CV salary expectation and a recent photograph to The Secretary General European Table Tennis Union 73 rue Adolphe Fischer L-1520 Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG.
Team work of the reigning ECLW champion
Fenerbahce beat at home Postas 3:2 in the Round 1 of Group C. LI Jiao easily brought two points to Hungarian side Reigning ECLW champion Fenerbahce had a hard job in the beginning of the new season but prevailed against Postas 3:2 playing on front of its fans at Istanbul`s Ulker Arena Energy Hall. Double individual European champion LI Jiao from Netherlands caused a big problem for the host side but after all team work was decisive. Elizabeta SAMARA defeated Krisztina AMBRUS in straight games of the opening encounter. LIJiao leveled against Irene IVANCAN as just third set was close. Yana NOSKOVA brought new lead for the Turkish champion defeating Mercedesz NAGYVARADI in four sets. Two best ranked players met in the fourth match and again well experienced Dutch Woman easily get her opponent: SAMARA – LI 0:3 (8:11 8:11 5:11). In the same way IVANCAN overcame AMBRUS to secure victory for the defending ECLW champion who had a perfect 10-0 score in the latest season. ECLW Round 1 Group c Fenerbahce Sport Club – Postas Sport Egyesulet 3:2 Elizabeta SAMARA – Krisztina AMBRUS 3:0 (11:7 11:6 11:1) Irene IVANCAN – LI Jiao 0:3 (6:11 6:11 11:13) Yana NOSKOVA – Mercedesz NAGYVARADI 3:1 (11:8 11:8 7:11 11:5) Elizabeta SAMARA – LI Jiao 0:3 (8:11 8:11 5:11) Irene IVANCAN – Krisztina AMBRUS 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:8)
Niederosterreich confirms its class
The 2008 TTCLM champion beat at home Olimpia Unia Grudziadz 3:1 in the Round 1 of Group B Wienviertel Niederosterreich had a successful start of the 2015/16 TTCLM as it overcame at home Olimpia Unia Grudziadz 3:1 in Round 1 of Group B. Chinese HOU Yingchao former world`s Top 10 player brought two points to the Austrian side. HOU opened the clash in Wolkersdorf against WANG Yang. Well known defender took six points in a row in the fourth set (4:6 10:6) to open the way to the victory. Daniel HABESOHN defeated Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO in the straight games. But Ukrainian missed good chance in the second set having two set balls after Habesohn`s 9:5 lead. Host managed to survive in that game after amazing return (11:11) which has determined the final outcome. Patryk ZATOWKA reached unique point for Polish club as he beat Dominik HABESOHN in straight games. Finally HOU secured victory for the 2008 TTCLM champion. Chinese prevailed against ZHMUDENKO in four games. TTCLM Round 1 Group B Wienviertel Niederosterreich – Olimpia Unia Grudziadz 3:1 HOU Yingchao – WANG Yang 3: 1 (8:11 11:6 11:8 11:7) Daniel HABESOHN – Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 3:0 (11:5 13:11 11:5) Dominik HABESOHN – Patryk ZATOWKA 0:3 (5:11 11:13 3:11) HOU Yingchao – Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 3:1 (11:8 11:7 8:11 11:8)
First Round of the men’s ETTU Cup – Group Stage
The results of the first round of the Men’s ETTU Cup are completed now. In each Group the team ranked at position no. one and two are qualified for the second round (October 9th to 11th). Group A (Irun) CTT Royal Alpa Ixelles Schaerbeek – Ted Sports Club 3:2 Florian CNUDDE – Deniz FORTUNA 0:3 (9:11 5:11 10:12) Matis SKUCAS – Konstantin PARAPANOV 2:3 (4:11 7:11 13:11 11:4 4:11) Rodrigue JAMIN – Ugur AKBABA 3:2 (5:11 11:8 11:9 8:11 11:7) Florian CNUDDE – Konstantin PARAPANOV 3:2 (6:11 4:11 11:7 11:5 11:9) Matis SKUCAS – Deniz FORTUNA 3:0 (12:10 11:4 11:7) CTT Royal Alpa Ixelles Schaerbeek – Irun Leka Enea 0:3 Florian CNUDDE – Jaime VIDAL 0:3 (9:11 7:11 9:11)Matis SKUCAS – Djordje BORCIC 1:3 (10:12 3:11 11:8 4:11)Rodrigue JAMIN – Daniel PALACIOS 0:3 (2:11 9:11 6:11) Ted Sports Club – GDCS Junical 3:1 Deniz FORTUNA – ZHAO Tian Ming 3:1 (11:5 9:11 11:1 12:10) Konstantin PARAPANOV – Mihai SARGU 2:3 (10:12 11:7 12:10 8:11 7:11) Ugur AKBABA – Luis SOUSA 3:0 (11:5 11:3 11:2) Deniz FORTUNA – Mihai SARGU 3:1 (9:11 11:7 14:12 11:7) GDCS Junical – Irun Leka Enea 3:2 ZHAO Tian Ming- Endika DIEZ 1:3 (11:6 10:12 7:11 6:11) Mihai SARGU – Jaime VIDAL 3:1 (11:5 9:11 11:5 11:8) Luis SOUSA – Djordje BORCIC 0:3 (5:11 8:11 1:11) ZHAO Tian Ming- Jaime VIDAL 3:2 (8:11 11:9 11:9 5:11 11:3) Mihai SARGU – Endika DIEZ 3:1 (11:8 13:11 7:11 14:12) Ted Sports Club – Irun Leka Enea 1:3 Deniz FORTUNA – Jaime VIDAL 1:3 (8:11 11:9 8:11 6:11) Konstantin PARAPANOV – Djordje BORCIC 1:3 (9:11 11:8 4:11 7:11) Ugur AKBABA -– Daniel PALACIOS 3:2 (6:11 17:15 11:9 9:11 11:7) Deniz FORTUNA – Djordje BORCIC 2:3 (7:11 12:10 7:11 11:5 3:11) GDCS Junical – CTT Royal Alpa Ixelles Schaerbeek 3:1 Mihai SARGU – Matis SKUCAS 3:0 (11:1 11:9 11:8) ZHAO Tian Ming- Florian CNUDDE 3:0 (11:2 11:3 14:12) Luis SOSA – Rodrigue JAMIN 0:3 (3:11 5:11 5:11) Mihai SARGU – Florian CNUDDE 3:1 (11:7 6:11 11:7 11:1) Irun Leka Enea 3 2 1 8:4 5 GDS Junical 3 2 1 7:6 5 Ted Sport Klub 3 1 2 6:7 4 Schaerbeek 3 1 2 4:8 4 GROUP B (North Ayrshire) Yalova Belediye G.S.K. – CS Mioveni 0:3 Ibrahim GÜNDÜZ – Alexandru CAZACU 1:3 (11:9 8:11 3:11 7:11)Ziver GÜNDÜZ – Ionut SENI 1:3 (3:11 5:11 11:9 7:11)Umut Emre BASSAN – Alexandru PETRESCU 2:3 (5:11 8:11 11:5 11:7 5:11) North Ayrshire Table Tennis Club – Arteal Tenis De Mesa 0:3 Christopher MAIN – Enio MENDES 0:3 (6:11 3:11 2:11)Colin DALGLEISH – Diogo CARVALHO 0:3 (1:11 8:11 8;11)Richard MAIN – Rafael TABOADA 0:3 (7:11 5:11 8:11) T. T. Vedrinamur – North Ayrshire Table Tennis Club 3:1 Tomas NIKUTIS – Richard MAIN 3:0 (11:5 11:7 11:6) Thibaut DARCIS – Chris MAIN 3:1 (12:10 12:10 9:11 11:4) Maxime GUYOT – Colin DALGLEISH 0:3 (7:11 8:11 9:11) Tomas NIKUTIS – Chris MAIN 3:0 (11:2 11:6 11:3) CS Mioveni – Arteal Tenis De Mesa 0:3 Ionut SENI – Diogo CARVALHO 1:3 (7:11 7;11 11:9 8:11) Alexandru CAZACU – Enio MENDES 1:3 (11:5 6:11 8:11 13:15) Alexandru PETRESCU – Rafael TABOADA 1:3 (7:11 6:11 11:7 6:11) T. T. Vedrinamur – Yalova Belediye G.S.K. 2:3 Tomas NIKUTIS – Ziver GÜNDÜZ 3:0 (11:8 11:8 11:6) Thibaut DARCIS – Ibrahim GÜNDÜZ 0:3 (7:11 6:11 8:11) François GOBEAUX – Umut Emre BASSAN 3:1 (11:8 8:11 11:4 11:8) Tomas NIKUTIS – Ibrahim GÜNDÜZ 2:3 (9:11 11:7 11:8 1:11 9:11) Thibaut DARCIS – Ziver GÜNDÜZ 2:3 (9:11 13:15 11:8 11:2 9:11) CS Mioveni – North Ayrshire Table Tennis Club 3:1 Alexandru CAZACU – Colin DALGLEISH 3:0 (11:7 11:9 11:8) Ionut SENI – Chris MAIN 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:6) Alexandru PETRESCU – Richard MAIN 2:3 (8:11 11:5 11:5 15:17 6:11) Alexandru CAZACU – Chris MAIN 3:1 (8:11 11:6 11:2 11:9) North Ayrshire Table Tennis Club – Yalova Belediye G.S.K. 0:3 Richard MAIN – Ibrahim GÜNDÜZ 0:3 (3:11 5:11 6:11) Colin DALGLEISH – Ziver GÜNDÜZ 0:3 (5:11 10:12 7:11) Chris MAIN – Umut Emre BASSAN 2:3 (9:11 11:7 11:2 4:11 8:11) T. T. Vedrinamur – Arteal Tenis De Mesa 3:1 Tomas NIKUTIS – Diogo CARVALHO 3:1 (11:9 11:4 7:11 11:4) Thibaut DARCIS – Enio MENDES 3:1 (8:11 11:9 11:8 11:9) François GOBEAUX – Rafael TABOADA 2:3 (7:11 12:10 5:11 11:8 8:11) Tomas NIKUTIS – Enio MENDES 3:2 (7:11 11:9 14:12 12:14 11:8) T. T. Vedrinamur – CS Mioveni 0:3 Thibaut DARCIS – Alexandru CAZACU 0:3 (11:13 9:11 8:11) Tomas NIKUTIS – Ionut SENI 2:3 (11:6 11:8 9:11 10:12 9:11) François GOBEAUX – Alexandru PETRESCU 1:3 (10:12 11:4 7:11 9:11) Yalova Belediye G.S.K. – Arteal Tenis De Mesa 3:1 Ibrahim GÜNDÜZ – Enio MENDES 3:0 (11:8 11:9 12:10) Umut Emre BASSAN – Diogo CARVALHO 0:3 (8:11 3:11 6;11) Ziver GÜNDÜZ – Rafael TABOADA 3:1 (11:6 11:7 9:11 11:6) Ibrahim GÜNDÜZ – Diogo CARVALHO 3:2 (11:2 9:11 11:9 8:11 11:8) CS Mioveni 4 3 1 9:4 7 Yalova Belediye 4 3 1 9:6 7 Arteal 4 2 2 8:6 6 Vedrinamur 4 2 2 8:8 6 North Ayrshire 4 0 4 2:12 4 GROUP C (Istanbul) Istanbul BBSK – ASD Marcozzi 3:1 Menge GENCAY – Maurizio MASSARELLI 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:4)Avci SAFA – Stefano TOMASI 3:0 (11:8 11:2 11:9)Haci HALIF – Alessandro DI MACINO 0:3 (8:11 5:11 7:11)Menge GENCAY – Stefano TOMASI 3:0 (11:7 11:7 11:9) Montuotojas – NTK Ilirija 3:2 Valdas MARTINKUS – Tomaž ROUDI 3:1 (11:13 13:11 11:7 11:5)Paulius GURA – Tom SFILIGOJ 3:2 (12:10 8:11 11:8 6:11 11:5)Arunas KULIKAUSKAS – Kim DAYBELL 0:3 (9:11 6:11 3:11)Valdas MARTINKUS – Tom SFILIGOJ 2:3 (11:9 11:5 9:11 10:12 10:12)Paulius GURA – Tomaž ROUDI 3:0 (11:3 11:8 11:2) ASD Marcozzi – Toledos 3:0 Stefano TOMASI – Vasco FIALBO 3:0 (11:7 11:8 11:6) Maurizio MASSARELLI – Joao PEREIRA 3:0 (11:9 11:6 11:2)
Great night for STEGER and Werder
In tonight`s TTCLM Round 1 matches winners are Borussia Werder Bremen UMMC Angers and Chartres Five more TTCLM Round 1 matches were held tonight and winners are Borussia Dusseldorf Werder Bremen UMMC Angers and Chartres. In Group D the no. 2 seed Borussia beat Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 3:1 as Timo BOLL was man of the match beating OH Sang Eun and Daniel GORAK. Greek Panagiotis GIONIS provided third point for the host side in the sold out ARAG CenterCort (1100 spectators). One more German club was successful. The 2014 Bundesliga winner Werder Bremen defeated on its soil the 2014 TTCLM champion AS Pontoise Cergy 3:2. The hero was Bastian STEGER who prevailed against two strong players WANG Jian Jun and Marcos FREITAS twice in straight games. It was maybe STEGER`s best TTCLM performance so far. Saarbrucken spoiled perfect German night losing 3:2 at home from Angers. Jon PERSSON was a crucial man in French side beating Tiago APOLONIA and Bojan TOKIC. The winning point secured Jens LUNDQVIST who was better than Slovenian player. World`s no. 6 Jun MIZUTANI led UMMC to the victory against Hennebont in the Group B. Japanese stretched Kalinikos KREANGA to full distance in the opener taking one more point against Dmitrij PROKOPCOV in four games. French Chartres overcame STEN HB Ostrov 3:1 to join Borussia on the top of the Group D after Round 1. TTCLM Round 1 GROUP A FC Saarbrucken – Vaillante Angers 2:3 Tiago APOLONIA – Jens LUNDQVIST 3:2 (11:8 10:12 11:3 9:11 11:7) Bojan TOKIC – Jon PERSSON 0:3 (9:11 10:12 11:13) Adrien MATTENET – Christophe LEGOUT 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:6) Tiago APOLONIA – Jon PERSSON 1:3 (11:8 11:13 10:12 7:11) Bojan TOKIC – Jens LUNDQVIST 1:3 (6:11 11:2 9:11 8:11) Group B UMMC – Hennebont 3:1 Jun MIZUTANI – Kalinikos KREANGA 3:2 (9:11 11:8 10:12 11:9 11:7) Alexander SHIBAEV – Dmitrij PROKOPCOV 1:3 (13:15 11:7 8:11 4:11) Grigory VLASOV – Quentin ROBINOT 3:0 (11:7 11:6 13:11) Jun MIZUTANI – Dmitrij PROKOPCOV 3:1 (5:11 14:12 11:4 11:7) GROUP C Werder Bremen – AS Pontoise Cergy 3:2 Bastian STEGER – WANG Jian Jun 3:0 (11:3 11:7 12:10) Kirill SKACHKOV – Marcos FREITAS 1:3 (9:11 11:8 8:11 3:11) Constantin CIOTI – Kristian KARLSSON 2:3 (14:16 11:4 11:7 9:11 6:11) Bastian STEGER – Marcos FREITAS 3:0 (11:6 11:8 13:11) Kirill SKACHKOV – WANG Jian Jun 3:1 (11:8 11:3 9:11 11:7) GROUP D Borussia Dusseldorf – Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 3:1 Timo BOLL – OH Sang Eun 3:1 (6:11 11:7 11:7 11:6) Patrick FRANZISKA – Daniel GORAK 1:3 (11:9 7:11 8:11 6:11) Panagiotis GIONIS – Pawel FERTIKOWSKI 3:1 (11:8 8:11 11:5 11:8) Timo BOLL – Daniel GORAK 3:0 (11:5 11:3 11:9) Chartres ASTT – STEN Ostrov HB 3:1
Lille shines in Poland
Two ECLW Round 1 matches were held tonight: Zamek Tarnobrzeg – CP Lyssois Lille Metropole 1:3 TTC Berlin Eastside – TT Saint Quentin 3:1 Just one out of two top seeded clubs in the ECLW fulfilled expectations tonight in the Round 1 of 2015/16 season: TTC Berlin Eastside – TT Saint Quentin 3:1 (Group A) KTS SPAR-Zamek Tarnobrzeg – CP Lyssois Lille Metropole 1:3 (Group D). Actual ETTU Cup winner and no. 2 seed of ECLW didn`t find solution for YANG Xiaoxin who secured two points for Lille Metropole. In the decisive encounter YANG beat in straight games HAN Ying the best ranked ECLW participant current world`s no. 12. In the opening game HAN defeated WANG Yuting in three sets. Natalia PARTYKA was on good way to imrpove the lead of the host side but YANG prevailed against her after five dramatical games. Talented Bernadette SZOCS streached LI Qian to full distance for Lille`s 2:1 lead. HAN who many times provided two wins to Zamek tonight had no answer for YANG`s play. SHAN Xiaona dominated in the Berlin`s clash. She won both her games against Sanja KORAK and Aurore DESSAINT both in four games. Third point came from Georgina POTA who overcame DESSAINT in straight sets. ECLW Round 1 GROUP A TTC Berlin Eastside – TT Saint Quentin 3:1 SHAN Xiaona – Sanja KORAK 3:1 (11:7 11:13 11:3 11:6) Georgina POTA – Aurore DESSAINT 3:0 (11:9 11:1 12:10) Petrissa SOLJA – RAN Li Kath 1:3 (6:11 10:12 11:8 5:11) SHAN Xiaona – Aurore DESSAINT 3:1 (11:5 6:11 11:4 11:8) GROUP D KTS SPAR-Zamek Tarnobrzeg – CP Lyssois Lille Metropole 1:3 HAN Ying – WANG Yuting 3:0 (11:4 11:7 11:7) Natalia PARTYKA – YANG Xiaoxin 2:3 (11:8 12:14 11:8 10:12 9:11) LI Qian – Bernadette SZOCS 2:3 (7:11 5:11 12:10 11:7 7:11) HAN Ying – YANG Xiaoxin 0:3 (6:11 6:11 5:11)
Walter Wels` astonishing victory
Austrian club beat away reigning TTCLM champion Orenburg 3:1 in the opening round of TTCLM One of the most astonishing victories in the recent history of TTCLM has happened today in the Russian city of Orenburg where the 2013/14 champion of Austrian league beat actual TTCLM winner in the Round 1 of Group A: Fakel Gazproma – SPG Walter Wels 1:3. It doesn’t happen too often that two world`s Top 8 players lost all their matches in the same round but this time it was case with Dimitrij OVTCHAROV and Vladimir SAMSONOV. Serbian Zsolt PETO announced big victory for his side beating world`s no 5 and current individual European champion OVTCHAROV in four games. German was two points up in the middle of the fourth set but guest managed to provide very important point to Walter Wels. After surprising victory against Dima OVTCHAROV in the Round of 32 of the recent China Open Yuya OSHIMA continued his winning streak against Orenburg`s players. Today he defeated both SAMSONOV (in five games) and OVTCAROV (in straight sets) showing that Walter Wels could be one of the biggest challengers in the 2015/16 TTCLM. Fedor KUZMIN brought unique point for the host side in front of about 900 spectators. TTCLM Round 1 Group A Fakel Gazproma Orenburg – SPG Walter Wels 1:3 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – Zsolt PETO 1:3 (8:11 11:8 4:11 8:11) Vladimir SAMSONOV – Yuya OSHIMA 2:3 (10:12 11:8 11:6 6:11 4:11) Fedor KUZMIN – Mihai BOBOCICA 3:0 (11:8 11:6 14:12) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – Yuya OSHIMA 0:3 (8:11 9:11 9:11)
Superb start for Eslovs
TTCLM Round 1 Group C: KST Energa-Manekin – Eslovs AI Bordtennis 0:3 The 2014/15 ETTU Cup winner had an easy job in Poland playing Round 1 game of TTCLM: KST Energa-Manekin Torun – Eslovs AI Bordtennis 0:3. Swedish champion needed just two hours to beat newcomer in this competition. The opening game has determined the whole clash when Robert SVENSSON beat Cazuo MATSUMOTO in five games. Brazilian MATSUMOTO who arrived in Torun just few days ago missed two set balls in the opening set and soon he was two sets down. But he managed to level the score after four sets. Finally SVENSSON secured important victory for his side. In the next two matches Eslovs` players showed how is important an experience from TTCLM. First XU Hui easily overcame Tomas KOTOWSKI in straight games. Konrad KULPA was the last hope for the Torun`s team but he just took one set from Mattias OVERSJO. TTCLM Round 1 Group C KST Energa-Manekin – Eslovs AI Bordtennis 0:3 Cazuo MATSUMOTO – Robert SVENSSON 2:3 (11:13 9:11 11:4 11:8 7:11) Tomasz KOTOWSKI – XU Hui 0:3 (9:11 4:11 3:11) Konrad KULPA – Mattias OVERSJO 1:3 (7:11 8:11 11:5 8:11)
Michael MAZE beat MA Lin in exhibition match
In front of 500 spectators in the City Hall in Odense Denmark beat China in exhibition match as the part of the Hans Christian Andersen Festival. Michael MAZE who has just returned after almost a year long break due the injury won 4-2 (11-8 11-5 6-11 11-2 8-11 12-10) against the Chinese legend the triple Olympic gold medalist MA Lin. MA beat Michael MAZE in the World Championships semi-final in Shanghai in 2005. Ruben S. JENSEN opened the evening by winning 2-0 (13-11 13-11) against ZOU Huaren. In the next match Trine GRAUHOLM lost 1-2 to the former Asian champion TANG Weiyi. Trine Grauholm won the first set 11-8 but lost the next two 9-11 and 6-11. Rasmus KLEIN-DØSSING beat 2-0 (16-14 11-6) Zhang Hua. “It was amazing to play Tsingtao Table Tennis Tour in front of more than 500 people in Odense yesterday and of course winning against Ma Lin again.It was a great event and thank You once again for all the support. I’m so grateful to be back playing the sport I love!” wrote MAZE on his Facebook account.
