UMMC player explains how he managed to keep his side in the game playing TTCLM Round 1 match against Mattias OVERSJO from KS UNIA AZS AWFIS GDANSK Russian club TTSC UMMC actual No. 3 seed of 2016/17 Table Tennis Champions League Men was faced with a huge challenge in the opening round being two matches down against No. 11 seed KS UNIA AZS AWFIS GDANSK. But Tatiana KUTERGINA`s side managed to recover and win mostly thanks to Grigory VLASOV who beat Mattias OVERSJO in the third clash. “When you come out to the table of course you fight to the end knowing that the result of the entire team depends on your game” stated VLASOV. “We all should have a little patience; I was able to overcome the opponent and myself. I want to say thank you to the fans: the energy in the hall was extraordinary. My victory set the team off because we understood that we did not have the right to step back. This victory is an excellent foundation for the new season we are very happy. As for me the game turned out to be a little nervous probably because it was the season starter and because two games were lost before my game. Later I played out and so to say the game got rolling.” TTSC UMMC Coach Tatiana KUTERGINA stressed: “I want to congratulate all fans with the first victory of the season! I want to specially thank Grigory VLASOV. I must say it is not the first time he gets into hot water and goes out a winner. He has proved it many times that he is a real fighter. I was almost sure that we would win.” Player of KS UNIA AZS AWFIS GDANSK WANG Yang had a nice beginning as he beat Andrej GACINA in five games but he lost to Alexander SHIBAEV in the decider. “It was a very long 4-hours match plus 4-hours difference with Poland. We are very tired. Yes we lost the match but we did our best” said WANG Yang.
MURAMATSU enjoyed in his TTCLM debut
TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen`s player had 1-1 score against ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 winning decisive point for the 3:2 victory This Friday October 14th TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen`s player Yuto MURAMATSU will turn 20. Last Friday he debuted in the Table Tennis Champions League Men having 1-1 score. Japanese lost his first match from ZHAI Yujia in straight games but beat in the fifth one Allan BENTSEN to secure 3:2 to his side against ROSKILED BORDTENNIS BTK61. “I lost my first match against Chinese player. He is a good player but I played so bad. I am happy that I made a victory for my team in my second match. After all I enjoyed in my debut in the Champions League’ stated World No. 33 Yuto MURAMATSU from Japan MURAMATSU is one of the youngest players at the Top 50 on ITTF World Ranking list. Two years ago he lost to nowadays World No. 2 FEN Zhendong in six games of gold match contest at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing China. He was also second youngest in the TTCLM Round 1 behind Tomasz KOTOWSKI from KTS ENERGA-MANEKIN TOURN.
Table tennis in the sky in Greece
The sport club ALPHA Kallithea had the idea to organize unique event in Athens with a captain of the national team and champion of Greece Kostas PAPAGEORGIOU in main role Delightful impressive scenery projected and advertised table tennis in Greece with a different manner. The sport club ALPHA Kallithea had the idea to organize event for the sport “in the sky” and made it a reality in the best way. In cooperation with the Dinner in the Sky made event for three hours in Athens and a special platform that handles the crane placed a ping pong table that stood 30 meters high! It was something completely new for the Greek data. Chosen one guest was the captain of the national team and champion of Greece Kostas PAPAGEORGIOU who gave a mini show with today’s athlete of ALPHA and former champion of Greece Archontoula VOLAKAKI. The platform rose a total of 20 people from the club. They took pictures and have the opportunity to play in different conditions while about 100 friends of the sport passed by the area. The small celebration had charity and amount concentrated on strengthening the organization “The child’s smile”. “It was very nice experience an event properly organized and enjoyed it. The weather helped and blew little. The view was beautiful and the sense of playing table tennis at 30 meters height truly unique” said PAPAGEORGIOU.
More than 70 coaches in Prague
ETTU / ITTF –Europe Development Program Well attended ETTU 2016 Coaching Conference in Prague gathered 71 coaches from 18 counties in past three days. Interesting subjects attracted the huge attention of the Continental experts. On Monday Dr. Med. Danijel BORKOVIC (SLO) opened the Conference with the lecture “Nutrition in Table Tennis”. He talked about the basic anatomy and physiology of digestive system basis of healthy nutrition and food supplements. Ph.D. Makis CHAMALIDIS (FRA) had the lecture named “Coaching is a Mental Game”. Among various subjects Consultant for the French Tennis Federation since 1997 explained why Coach should be much more of a Mental Coach. Today Anders JOHANSSON (SWE) at he closing session will highligt the problem that changes might bring. During three days Conference organizers CTTA offered perfect conditions.
16-Year-Old Hirano Makes History in Philadelphia as Youngest World Cup Champion
16-year-old Japanese sensation Miu HIRANO has made history at the Seamaster 2016 ITTF Women’s World Cup in Philadelphia USA as the youngest ever World Cup Champion. In front of a capacity crowd at the Liacouras Center at the Temple University HIRANO stunned the world as she beat world number eight CHENG-I- Ching (TPE) 4-0 in the final (11-9 11-5 11-4 11-8) to be crowned the Champion of the Seamaster 2016 Women’s World Cup on her maiden trip. After missing out on the Japanese Rio 2016 line-up the Japanese teenager was determined to prove herself on the international stage beating teammate Mima ITO who was chosen as the third player for the Rio 2016 Japanese team and won Bronze in the Olympic team event. After her quarterfinal win over ITO HIRANO proceed to defeat top seeded and 2010 World Team Champion FENG Tianwei (SGP) before overcoming CHENG the second seed to become the first Japanese player to become the Women’s World Cup champion. “I am very happy with the victory it all felt like a dream to me ” shared an elated HIRANO after her historic victory.”I’m doing to do some shopping for my family coaches and friends with the prize money that I just won!” In its 20th edition the prestigious Women’s World Cup title has only been won historically by the Chinese National Women’s Team since its inauguration in 1996. With her win in Philadelphia HIRANO is also the first non-Chinese player to ever lift the Women’s World Cup after the world number one and two respectively DING Ning and LIU Shiwen pulled out with injury. Missing on the chance to reach the final after losing to HIRANO world number six FENG had to face off Hong Kong’s TIE Yana to fight for the Bronze medal. The match was a repeat of their encounter at the 2016 ITTF-Asian Cup third place playoff being familiar with each other’s strengths and playing styles the duo pulled off their best performance against each other. Eventually it was the higher seeded FENG who prevailed to win 4-1 (12-10 7-11 11-6 11-8 11-9) and take home the Bronze medal.
Seamaster 2016 ITTF Women´s World Cup: SHEN LIU and WINTER lost in quarter-finals
Spain`s SHEN Yanfei Austria`s LIU Jia and Germany`s Sabine WINTER were beaten by Hong Kong`s TIE Yana Taipei`s CHENG I-Ching and Singapore`s FENG Tianwei respectively There are no European players in the semi-finals of the Seamaster 2016 ITTF Women´s World Cup in Philadelphia USA. SHEN Yanfei from Spain LIU Jia from Austria and Sabine WINTER from Germany lost their games against Hong Kong`s TIE Yana Taipei`s CHENG I-Ching and FENG Tianqei respectively. Top seeded FENG Tianwei from Singapore (World No. 6) won both her matches in a straight games beating in the Round of 16 Egypt`s Dina MESHREF (No. 120). In same stage Sabine WINTER (No. 56) prevailed against Korea`s YANG Haeun (No. 28) after full seven games. It was an impressive comeback as German`s player was three sets down – 4:3 (10:12 9:11 10:12 11:8 12:10 11:4 11:7). Round of 16 brought two all-European clashes: the 2005 individual European champion LIU Jia (AUT No. 21) beat Georgina POTA (HUN No. 34) in five sets while SHEN Yanfei (ESP No. 57) was better than Olympic Team Silver medalist Petrissa SOLJA (GER No. 16) in six games. One of four countries will go down in history having a very first non-Chinese winner after 20 years dominancy of China. Semi-final pairs are FENG Tianwei (SGP) vs. Miu HIRANO (JPN) TIE Yana (HKG) vs. CHENG I-Ching (TPE). Rio 2016 Olympic Singles Champion DING Ning (CHN) and four time Women’s World Cup Champion LIU Shiwen (CHN) were forced to withdraw from the event due to injury. Round of 16 FENG Tianwei (SGP) – Dina MESHREF (EGY) 4:0 (11:9 11:8 11:6 11:5) Sabine WINTER (GER) – YANG Haeun (KOR) 4:3 (10:12 9:11 10:12 11:8 12:10 11:4 11:7) Miu HIRANO (JPN) – Elizabeta SAMARA (ROU) – 4:2 (11:9 11:4 3:11 11:9 7:11 11:8) Sofia POLCANOVA (AUT) – Mima ITO (JPN) 2:4 (11:8 9:11 11:7 8:11 11:13 8:11) Petrissa SOLJA (GER) – SHEN Yanfei (ESP) 2:4 (11:5 5:11 11:9 8:11 4:11 2:11) JIANG Huajun (HKG) – TIE Yana (HKG) 1:4 (7:11 9:11 6:11 11:7 9:11) LIU Jia (AUT) – Georgina POTA (HUN) 4:1 (11:9 8:11 11:8 11:9 11:8) ZHANG Lily (USA) – CHENG I-Ching (TPE) 1:4 (8:11 6:11 10:12 13:11 12:14) Quarter-finals FENG Tianwei (SGP) – Sabine WINTER (GER) 4:0 (11:7 15:13 13:11 11:9) Miu HIRANO (JPN) – Mima ITO (JPN) 4:1 (11:13 11:4 11:8 11:4 11:8) SHEN Yanfei (ESP) – TIE Yana (HKG) 1:4 (7:11 11:5 7:11 5:11 7:11) LIU Jia (AUT) – CHENG I-Ching (TPE) 1:4 (8:11 11:9 3:11 8:11 9:11) Semi-finals FENG Tianwei (SGP) – Miu HIRANO (JPN) TIE Yana (HKG) – CHENG I-Ching (TPE)
Audrey ZARIF won the title in photo finish
Romania’s DRAGOMAN and DIACONU second and third Audrey ZARIF of France won the title in the Junior Girls Singles Event at the JOOLA European Top 10 in Prague. In the very last match Adina DIACONU of Romania the leading player throughout the whole tournament suffered first defeat and lost her crown; she finished third. Andrea DRAGOMAN of Romania is second. Audrey ZARIF of France kept her spirit high. She started the last round with one defeat and odds against her but she did not hold back. In the ultimate match she beat Adina in straight games. “I never beat Adina before. I still remember her victory in the semi final of the European Championships last year. Even now when everything is finished I cannot believe I won the match. And I won it in superb style!” said ZARIF. The fact that she has nothing to lose helped. “I knew who is on the other side of the net. She was the favorite from the very first minute of the game. It gives me freedom to be less stressed. I just went there to show my best.” Audrey’s service game was very powerful. “I put a lot of variation and surprised Adina. She did not know what to expect and that give me certain advantage. Also my attitude was very important. I was brave I believed in my game and I attacked. I did not let Adina control the game.” ZARIF suffered defeat in only one match at the tournament. She lost her encounter against Andreea DRAGOMAN of Romania. “This is the tournament where everything can happen. Every girl can beat every one. It was difficult when I lost against Andreea but I was very happy after my victory over Tin Tin Ho. She beat me in quarterfinal of the European Championships in seven games duel. It was very important victory for me here ” said ZARIF. Audrey is playing for French St. Quentin in French Pro A but she lives in Belgium. “I moved to Belgium because my coach lives there ” explained ZARIF. “ 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) (9:11 11:8 7:11 6:11 11:8 11:5 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) Round 4 Adina DIACONU (Romania) – Tin-Tin HO (England) 4:2 (11:8 11:4 11:7 8:11 8:11 11:7) Audrey ZARIF (France) – Maria MALANINA (Russia) 4:2 (11;8 15:13 6:11 11:6 6:11 11:9) NING Jing (Azerbaijan) – Daria TRIGOLOS (Belarus) 4:0 (11:7 11:8 11:2 11:2) ZHANG Xuan (Spain) – Andreea DRAGOMAN (Romania) 0:4 (6:11 4:11 9:11 11:13) Marie MIGOT (France) – Nikita PETROVOVA (Czech Republic) 4:3 (11:5 11:13 7:11 9:11 11:8 11:7 12:10) Round 5 Adina DIACONU (Romania) – Maria MALANINA (Russia) 4:0 (11:7 11:5 12:10 12:10) Audrey ZARIF (France) – Daria TRIGOLOS (Belarus) 4:3 (9:11 11:9 11:4 12:14 11:4 13:15 11:5) NING Jing (Azerbaijan) – Andreea DRAGOMAN (Romania) 1:4 (11:9 4:11 8:11 8:11 10:12) ZHANG Xuan (Spain) – Marie MIGOT (France) 1:4 (7:11 11:9 5:11 5:11 9:11) Tin-Tin HO (England) – Nikita PETROVOVA (Czech Republic) 4:0 (11:6 11:2 13:11 11:4) Round 6 Adina DIACONU (Romania) – Daria TRIGOLOS (Belarus) 4:0 (11:5 11:8 11:8 11:4) Audrey ZARIF (France) – Andreea DRAGOMAN (Romania) 2:4 (11:5 7:11 3:11 12:10 7:11 4:11) NING Jing (Azerbaijan) – Marie MIGOT (France) 2:4 (11:13 4:11 9:11 11:8 7:11) ZHANG Xuan (Spain) – Nikita PETROVOVA (Czech Republic) 4:0 (11:1 11:9 11:8 11:8) Maria MALANINA (Russia) – Tin-Tin HO (England) 4:2 (7:11 7:11 11:8 11:9 11:9 11:5) Round 7 Adina DIACONU (Romania) – ZHANG Xuan (Spain) 4:0 (11:7 11:0 11:0 11:0) Audrey ZARIF (France) – NING Jing (Azerbaijan) 4:1 (11:8 11:7 12:10 8:11 11:6) Daria TRIGOLOS (Belarus) – Marie MIGOT (France) 4:2 (8:11 11:8 4:112 14:12 11:9 12:10) Maria MALANINA (Russia) – Nikita PETROVOVA (Czech Republic) 4:0 (11:6 11:9 11:9 12:10) Tin-Tin HO (England) – Andreea DRAGOMAN (Romania) 2:4 (9:11 11:5 8:11 11:2 211 12:14) Round 8 Adina DIACONU (Romania) – NING Jing (Azerbaijan) 4:0 (11:5 13:11 11:6 11:6) Audrey ZARIF (France) – ZHANG Xuan (Spain) 4:0 Daria TRIGOLOS (Belarus) – Nikita PETROVOVA (Czech Republic) 4:1(11:6 11:8 11:7 10:12 11:1) Maria MALANINA (Russia) – Andreea DRAGOMAN (Romania) 2:4 (11:13 12:10 11:8 4:11 7;11 1:11) Tin-Tin HO (England) – Marie MIGOT (France) 4:1 (12:10 7:11 11:8 11:9 11:3) Round 9 Adina DIACONU (Romania) – Audrey ZARIF (France) 0:4 (6:11 7:11 5:11 8:11) NING Jing (Azerbaijan)- ZHANG Xuan (Spain) 4:0 Daria TRIGOLOS (Belarus) – Tin-Tin HO (England) 1:4 (11:9 8;11 10:12 2:11 3:11) Maria MALANINA (Russia) – Marie MIGOT (France) 2:4 (11:6 7:11 11:6 6:11 3:11 7:11) Nikita PETROVOVA (Czech Republic) – Andreea DRAGOMAN (Romania) 0:4 (5:11 8:11 3:11 10:12) Audrey ZARIF (France) 8/1 Andreea DRAGOMAN (Romania) 8/1 Adina DIACONU (Romania) 8/1 NING Jing (Azerbaijan) 5/4 Marie MIGOT (France) 4/5 Tin-Tin HO (England) 3/6 Daria TRIGOLOS (Belarus) 3/6 Maria
Tomas POLANSKY clinched the title at the home soil
LEVENKO clinched silver bronze for SEYFRIED Top seeded in the Junior Boys Singles Event at the JOOLA European Top 10 in Prague Tomas POLANSKY was spared from agonizing wait for the last round to be sure he is the winner. Already in the opening round of the day in round 7 host nation ace secured the title in Czech Republic by recording the seventh victory at the tournament against Cristian PLETEA of Romania. Andreas LEVENKO of Austria is second and Joe SEYFRIED of France is third. The winner of the Top 10 tournament in 2013 as cadet repeated the success by clinching the top prize as junior. Earlier this year he won silver in Team’s Event and Mixed Doubles Event at the European Championships in Zagreb as well as bronze in Singles. He was also three times champion at the European championships as cadet and once he won silver. In 2014 he won bronze in doubles also at the Continental gathering. His good results did not go unnoticed. From August he is the member of Germany’s 1. FC Saarbrucken. “I made a great step forward. I am very happy the way that the things are going now. Having the opportunity to play and to work with the top players in Bundesliga is wonderful thing ” said POLANSKY. Tomas was very happy with his performance in Prague as well. “I was challenged in two matches but for the rest I think I did not faced great obstacles. In the first match against Tobias HIPPLER of Germany I was little nervous. It is always hard to play the opening match at the tournaments. In addition I was not used to the venue and playing in front of home crowd added some extra pressure ” admitted POLANSKY. The pressure did not eased on in the next duel against Irvin BERTRAND. “It is always hard for me to play against him. Only at the European championships I beat him in straight games all other duels were much longer. I was down 0:2 and 4:7 when I called for time out. It proved to be good decision. Everything changed after that. He lost his momentum; I played much better.” Carlos VEDRIEL of Spain was next in line. “It was not very close match. I beat him at the World Junior Championships and I knew what to do ” said POLANSKY.” The most important and worthy win was against Andreas LEVENKO. We were both unbeaten up to that point and he proved he is in splendid shape. We were the major contenders to the title. He managed to put every ball on the table from the beginning of the match. When I beat him it was very important for me.” Alexandru MANOLE of Romania lost recently against POLANSKY at the European Championships. “He does not like playing against me but I love to play against him ” laughed Tomas.” After that victory I had to play against Rares SIPOS the last match on the second day. It was very hard and exhausting match. Sipos was two games up and he played fantastic match. I had to work hard to level the score and after that I played ball for ball. I succeeded and that was very important win. I made it in a very hard match; went full distance but it gave me extra confidence for the ultimate day. I started as unbeaten player.” However the beginning of the third day was by no mean easier. “Both Cristian PLETEA and me started very bad. We were cautious and we just took care to make as fewer mistakes as it was possible. I got confused; I lost the game because I gave too much easy balls… We forgot about tactics we just wanted to play safe and to try to win.” The victory in the seventh round against PLETEA meant POLANSKY secured the crown. The duels against Aliaksandr KHANIN of Belarus and Joe SEYFRIED of France could not change anything. “Against KHANIN I won the opening game 11:0 and that is dangerous situation for me. The lack of motivation cost me a lot few times. That is why KHANIN managed to find his way back into the match. Luckily I woke up before it was late and won.” In the last duel against Joe SEYFRIED of France POLANSKY had a shaky start. “I had a problem with his service game. When I managed to receive better I managed to control the duel.” Next stops for POLANSKY are the European Championships in Budapest and World Junior Championships in cape Town. 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) Round 4
Anastasia KOLISH underlined her status at Top 10
PLAIAN finished second and ZIRONOVA is third Anastasia KOLISH of Russia clinched the title at the Cadet Girls Singles Event at the JOOLA European Top 10 in Prague. Tania PLAIAN of Romania finished second and Ekaterina ZIRONOVA is third. The last round duel between Anastasia KOLISH and CHEN Xingtai of Azerbaijan was the re-run of the European Championships clash in Singles Event in Round of 16. “In Zagreb I was so sad. CHEN Xingtai halted my progress much earlier then I expected. I came there with big hopes but the team of Azerbaijan surprised us. I won gold with my team and silver in Doubles but I regret I could not go further in singles. Here I had my revenge ” said KOLISH. At least Anastasia was ready for the challenge in Prague. “I let her play her game in Zagreb. Here I surprised her. I changed the rhythm; I used a lot of variations and spins. She just did not know what to do to stop me. She could not see what is coming. I left no space to my adversary to beat me ” said KOLISH. Also the duel against Tania PLAIAN of Romania was the difficult one. “I was 3:1 in the lead but she recovered to level. I lost two games by narrowest margins. She put me under severe test. But I won it.” On her way to the title Anastasia lost two matches. One of them was against Polish player Anna WEGRZYN. “Last time we played against each other I won 3:1 but here she caught me on the wrong foot. Also I lost against ZHOU Chuyi of Azerbaijan. Last time I beat her in Team’s Event at the European Championships. It seams I forgot what I had to do” said Anastasia laughing. Anastasia will be the part of the European team that will play at the World Cadet Challenge in Shanghai. Last year she won two silver medals in Team’s and Doubles Events and bronze in Singles. 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) Round 4 Anastasia KOLISH (Russia) – Anna WEGRZYN (Poland) 1:4 (2:11 5:11 11:7 10:12 7:11) CHEN Xingtai (Azerbaijan) – Prithika PAVADE (France) 4:1 (8:11 11:5 11:6 11:9 11:8) Zdena BLASKOVA (Czech Republic) – Marta VUKELIC (Croatia) 4:3 (8:11 11:7 11:5 7:11 11:8 6:11 11:5) Tania PLAIAN (Romania) – Ekaterina ZIRONOVA (Russia) 4:3 (8:11 11:8 11:6 12:10 8:11 8:11 11:4) ZHOU Chuyi (Azerbaijan) – Laura TIEFENBRUNNER (Germany) 4:0 (13:11 11:6 11:8 15:13) Round 5 Anastasia KOLISH (Russia) – Prithika PAVADE (France) 4:2 (6:11 11:6 11:8 6:11 11:9 13:11) CHEN Xingtai (Azerbaijan) – Marta VUKELIC (Croatia) 4:1 (5:11 11:5 11:7 11:6 11:8) Zdena BLASKOVA (Czech Republic) – Ekaterina ZIRONOVA (Russia) 1:4 (9:11 11:13 5:11 12:10 2:11) Tania PLAIAN (Romania) – ZHOU Chuyi (Azerbaijan) 4:0 (11:4 11:8 15:13 11:3) Anna WEGRZYN (Poland) – Laura TIEFENBRUNNER (Germany) 0:4 (8:11 9:11 5:11 9:11) Round 6 Anastasia KOLISH (Russia) – Marta VUKELIC (Croatia) 4:0 (12:10 11:9 11:7 11:7) CHEN Xingtai (Azerbaijan) – Ekaterina ZIRONOVA (Russia) 1:4 (12:10 6:11 10:12 4:11 9:11) Zdena BLASKOVA (Czech Republic) – ZHOU Chuyi (Azerbaijan) 4:2 (11:8 6:11 11:7 11:9 10:12 11:5) Tania PLAIAN (Romania) – Laura TIEFENBRUNNER (Germany) 4:0 (11:3 11:6 11:9 11:3) Prithika PAVADE (France) – Anna WEGRZYN (Poland) 1:4 (8:11 4:11 13:11 3:11 7:11) Round 7 Anastasia KOLISH (Russia) – Tania PLAIAN (Romania) 4:3 (11:9 5:11 11:3 13:11 9:11 9:11 11:6) CHEN Xingtai (Azerbaijan) – Zdena BLASKOVA (Czech Republic) 3:4 (11:8 2:11 11:4 11:9 9:11 4:11 6:11) Marta VUKELIC (Croatia) – ZHOU Chuyi (Azerbaijan) 0:4 (5:11 7:11 6:11 8:11) Prithika PAVADE (France) – Laura TIEFENBRUNNER (Germany) 4:3 (9:11 5:11 11:5 11:6 11:7 10:12 13:11) Anna WEGRZYN (Poland) – Ekaterina ZIRONOVA (Russia) 4:3 (11:6 14:16 11:5 6:11 8:11 13:11 11:4) Round 8 Anastasia KOLISH (Russia) – Zdena BLASKOVA (Czech Republic) 4:2 (11:6 11:6 7:11 12:10 9:11 11:9) CHEN Xingtai (Azerbaijan) – Tania PLAIAN (Romania) 0:4 (9:11 10:12 7:11 7:11) Marta VUKELIC (Croatia) – Laura TIEFENBRUNNER (Germany) 0:4 (7:11 6:11 8:11 8:11) Prithika PAVADE (France) – Ekaterina ZIRONOVA (Russia) 4:3 (9:11 12:10 11:2 9:11 11:8 9:11 11:5) Anna WEGRZYN (Poland) – ZHOU Chuyi (Azerbaijan) 3:4 (7:11 6:11 13:11 11:5 11:8 11:13 4:11) Round 9 Anastasia KOLISH (Russia) – CHEN Xingtai (Azerbaijan) 4:0 (11;9 11:8 11:6 11:8) Zdena BLASKOVA (Czech Republic) – Tania PLAIAN (Romania) 4:3 (10:12 10:12 11:6 7:11 11:7 11:7 11:6) Marta VUKELIC (Croatia) – Anna WEGRZYN (Poland) 1:4 (11:4 12:14 10:12 1:11 4:11) Prithika PAVADE (France)- ZHOU Chuyi (Azerbaijan) 2:4 (6:11 11:5 12:10 8:11 8:11 9:11) Laura TIEFENBRUNNER (Germany) – Ekaterina ZIRONOVA (Russia) 3:4 (9:11 5:11 6;11 11:4 12:10 12:10 2:11) Anastasia KOLISH (Russia) 7/2 Tania PLAIAN (Romania) 6/3 Ekaterina ZIRONOVA (Russia) 5/4 CHEN Xingtai (Azerbaijan) 5/4 Anna WEGRZYN (Poland) 5/4
Truls MOREGARD conquered Prague
Vladimir SIDORENKO second and Maksim GREBNEV third at JOOLA Top 10 Truls MOREGARD of Sweden is the newly crowned champion of the Cadet Boys Event at the 2016 JOOLA European Top 10 in Prague. Vladimir SIDORENKO of Russia is second and Maksim GREBNEV third after three days of fierce battles. The winner of the event was decided in the last match. Both MOREGARD and SIDORENKO started the last round with seven wins and one defeat. After nail biting seven games the well-deserved victory went to Swede. Top seeded SIDORENKO had his consolation in silver. MOREGARD is the member of Sweden’s TTCLM member Eslovs Al and he also compete in the second division for the same club. This year at the European Championships in Zagreb he won three silver medals in singles doubles and team’s events. “In Prague I was nervous at the beginning against Jan VALENTA but I beat him. In next round I expect the closer match against WANG Chenxi of Azerbaijan since we already met in Zagreb. When I won in straight game it was relief “ said TRULS. Next on line was Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK of Austria. “I had never played against him. I did not know what to expect. Especially his service game worried me. At the end he failed to put the pressure on me. I concluded that duel in straight games. My confidence boosted after the match against Bilal HAMACHE of France in fourth round. He was unbeaten day before and he made few upsets on his way to the fourth round. Against Vincent PICARD of France I expected harder challenge because I always had problem with his game. It was not a case this time. His coach complained about my service game and there were a lot of talking in between points but it ended with my 4:0 victory.” Maksim GREBNEV of Russia also failed to stop Truls. “That was important win for me.” The only match Truls lost was against Carlo ROSSI of Italy. “I was 3:1 up before I felt the pain in the knee. It affected my game but I managed to win in seven games. However in next match against Lilian BARDET of France I was not at the top of the game. I calculated and I decided to save some energy for the last match at the tournament against the top seed.” The last match against SIDORENKO was direct clash for the title. “I study his game set the tactics but I had to change it. My first plan was to play spin on his forehand but then I went for backhand and I tried to stay as safe as I could. We went full distance in very nice clash. I won it in big style.” Trules will go to Shanghai where he will be part of the Cadet World Challenge. “Last year I won silver medal after unfortunate defeat against Chinese player I had 3:2 and 11:10 before I lost in the final. I also won the medal in Doubles and Mixed Doubles…I hope this year it will be better. We have great team and I expect good results.” 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) 3:4 (5:11 13:11 2:11 11:3 7:11 11:6 6:11) 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) Round 7 Vladimir SIDORENKO (Russia) – Lilian BARDET (France) 4:2 (8:11 11:7 15:13 8:11 11:8 11:9) Truls MOREGARD (Sweden) – Carlo ROSSI (Italy) 4:3 (11:7 11:8 9:11 11:9 10:12 7:11 11:5) Vincent PICARD (France)- Jan VALENTA (Czech Republic) 4:0 (11:5 13:11 11:8 11:6)
