2016 Serbia and Junior Cadet Open in Vrnjacka Banja Serbia clinched both the Junior Girls’ Team and Cadet Girls’ Team titles at the 2016 Serbia and Junior Cadet Open in Vrnjacka Banja. The trio comprising Tijana JOKIC Izabela LUPULESKU and Dragana VIGNJEVIC emerged victorious in the Junior Girls; in the Cadets the top honours were bestowed on the shoulders of Reka BEZEG and Kalina HRISTOVA. Tijana JOKIC Izabela LUPULESKU and Dragana VIGNJEVIC occupying the top seeded position in the event recorded a three matches to nil win in opposition to their Serbia ‘B’ Team colleagues Ana ALEKSANDRIC Edina BENKO and Andjela MENGER before recording the same margin of victory in the final. They showed no mercy when confronting the outfit formed by Portugal’s Raquel ANDRADE who joined forces with Nadezhda BOGDANOVA of Belarus and Norway’s Ilka DOVAL. Star of the Cadet Girls’ Team competition was Radmila TOMINJAK. At the semi-final stage against Serbia ‘B’ she beat Danijela KARKUSOVA whilst combining with Reka BEZEG to secure the doubles at the expense of Lilla KOVACS-KATONA and Anna FEJOS. Later in the final in opposition to Bulgaria ‘A’ in a second three matches to one victory she overcame both Kalina HRISTOVA and Kalina HRISTOVA. Winner of the Junior Boys’ Singles title two days earlier Jiri MARTINKO added to his list of success by guiding the Czech Republic to success in the Junior Boys’ Team event. Joining forces with Patrik KLOS the player he had beaten in the Junior Boys’ Singles final and Tomas KOLDAS he remained unbeaten as the second seeds claimed the top prize. In contests that went the full five match distance; at the semi-final stage against Serbia ‘A’ Jiri MARTINKO beat both Pero TEPIC and Aleksa GACEV; before in the final accounting for Bahrain’s Rashed SANAD in a titanic five games duel and in an equally closely fought duel Montenegro’s Filip RADOVIC to seal the Czech win. Patrik KLOS accounted for Pero TEPIC in the vital fifth and deciding match of the fixture. Later in the final in the opening match of the engagement he defeated Filip RADOVIC. Success for the Czech Republic in the Junior Boys’ Team event; in the Cadet Boys’ Team event it was success for the Croatian partnership of Ivor BAN and Jakov JAKELIC. At the final hurdle a three-one success was recorded against Romania with Ivor BAN the mainstay of the victory. Earlier at the semi-final stage Ivor Ban and Jakov JAKELIC had accounted for the Qatari duo of Abdulaziz Al-ABDULLA and Nawaf Al-MALKI by three matches to nil.
Seven players selected for Eurotalents Development group 2016
ETTU Eurotalents (TI&S) The final selection camp in Slovenia’s Otocec concluded successfully. ETTU Eurotalents (TI&S) invited 35 players selected from Pre-Selection Camps 2016 and Eurominichamp’s tournament 2016 in Schiltingheim to Otočec. In Slovenia 27 of them were on duty; after evaluations seven of them are chosen for the Eurotalents Development group 2016. “After very complex analyses done by Istvan KORPA Joze URH and me we selected seven players. We used six criteria. Those players will be part of our ETTU Eurotalents Development U-15 project in 2017 together with the players selected in 2014 and 2015 ” said ETTU Development Manager Neven CEGNAR. The selected players are: Ionescu Eduard (ROM) Tomica Andrej (ROM) Badea Bogdan (ROM) Oleskevych Jaroslav (UKR) Papadimitriou Malammatenia (GRE) Santos Patricia (POR) Carnovale Miriam (ITA) The players who were not able to come to Otocec will still have the chance to be selected based on their results and quality.
Adina DIACONU preserved unbeaten status
JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague Adina DIACONU is the leading player after six rounds of play in the Junior Girls Event at the JOOLA European Top 10 in Prague. She beat all her adversaries on her way to the final day of the tournament in Czech Republic. Audrey ZARIF of France and Andreea DRAGOMAN of Romania followed her closely with one defeat. “After six round still the match against DRAGOMAN was the hardest for me. I am the only player to beat her here and it speaks a lot too. I have to be ready for tomorrow. I have to play against Audrey ZARIF NING Jing and ZHANG Xuan. It is going to be hard but I will start the day with great confidence that I have after those victories. In addition I beat them all already so I am not afraid ” said DIACONU. Today Audrey ZARIF faced Maria MALANINA of Russia in the opening round of day two but she highlighted the victory over Tin Tin Ho day earlier as a most important in first four rounds. “I lost against Tin Tin in the quarterfinal of the European Championships and it was important for me to nullified that defeat. It has not started good for me. I was 3:1 in reverse before I recovered to win in seven games ” explained ZARIF. Audrey is the no. three seed. For me here it is most important to take my chances. I am trying to be as much aggressive in my approach to the game as I can. Also I must keep my spirit high and preserve good attitude ” said ZARIF. Strong nerves helped her in the fifth round. She won the nail biting marathon against Daria TRIGOLOS of Belarus. 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) Adina DIACONU (Romania) 6/0 Audrey ZARIF (France) 5/1 Andreea DRAGOMAN (Romania) 5/1 NING Jing (Azerbaijan) 4/2 Marie MIGOT (France) 3/3 ZHANG Xuan (Spain) 3/3 Maria MALANINA (Russia) 2/4 Daria TRIGOLOS (Belarus) 1/5 Tin-Tin HO (England) 1/5 Nikita PETROVOVA (Czech Republic) 0/6
Joe SEYFRIED found the fine rhythm
JOOLA European Youth Top 10 Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic is still unbeaten in the Junior Boys Event at the JOOLA European Top 12 in Prague but he made a narrow escape today facing two match balls against himself in the sixth round against Rares SIPOS. Seeded no two Joe SEYFRIED of France lost two matches in six rounds. After the fourth round victory over Alexandru MANOLE of Romania and Tobias HIPPLER of Germany he is still in game for the title. “Despite the defeat against Andreas LEVENKO I will give my best to reach the medal rostrum and even to win the gold. It was hard for me to play against Irvin BERTRAND at the opening and I also faced tough time against Carlos VEDRIEL of Spain but I am happy with my shape. I have not space for mistakes but I can still reach the goal ” said SEYFRIED. However his confidence was shaken after thrilling seven gams duel against Rares SIPOS. He lost it and spoiled his chances for gold. Rares SIPOS came to Prague as a fourth reserve and it seamed he needed the time to get into the rhythm. “Only two days ago I was informed I would play here. I was very happy to get a chance to be in Czech Republic but my game was not at the top level yesterday. I beat my teammate Alexandru MANOLE but despite very good match I lost close encounter against Tobias HIPPLER of Germany. It affected by moral and certainly made a great damage to my performance against Cristian PLETEA. I could not find my game. Before I settled properly it was 3:0 for him. I raised my game after that but it was too late ” said SIPOS. In the fourth round he beat Aliaksandr KHANIN of Belarus. “After yesterday’s defeats it was most important thing to find the motivation to come back into the playing arena. I lift my spirit and kept on fighting.” He preserved good spirit to beat Joe for sure. Latter SIPOS stretched Tomas POLANSKY the top seeded player to full distance in the sixth round. POLANSKY even faced two match balls but survived. Long days in the venue and lot of matches troubled Andreas LEVENKO. In the opening match of the day he lost his first match at the tournament against top seeded Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic. “It is hard to find the focus early in the morning. I needed the time to settle into the rhythm but after that defeat I was back in shape. Carlos VEDRIEL played good but I was not under pressure “ said LEVENKO. 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 Tomas POLANSKY (Czech Republic) – Andreas LEVENKO (Austria) 4:3 (11:1 11:5 8:11 11:8 8:11 9:11 11:6) Joe SEYFRIED (France) – Alexandru MANOLE (Romania) 4:0 (11:1 11:4 11:7 11:5) Aliaksandr KHANIN (Belarus) – Rares SIPOS (Romania) 1:4 (11:13 12:14 7:11 11:5 5:11) Cristian PLETEA (Romania) – Tobias HIPPLER (Germany) 4:1 (7:11 11:9 12:10 11:7 11:7) Irvin BERTRAND (France) – Carlos VEDRIEL (Spain) 4:0 (11:5 11:6 13:11 11:3) Round 5 Tomas POLANSKY (Czech Republic) – Alexandru MANOLE (Romania) 4:0 (11:6 11:5 11:8 11:1) Joe SEYFRIED (France) – Rares SIPOS (Romania) 3:4 (13:11 8:11 11:7 10:12 11:9 7:11 8:11) Aliaksandr KHANIN (Belarus) – Tobias HIPPLER (Germany) 1:4 (9:11 9:11 2:11 11:8 14:16) Cristian PLETEA (Romania) – Irvin BERTRAND (France) 4:2 (11:6 6:11 11:13 11:7 11:7 11:8) Andreas LEVENKO (Austria) – Carlos VEDRIEL (Spain) 4:2 (11:6 11:7 5:11 11:7 9:11 11:7) Round 6 Tomas POLANSKY (Czech Republic) – Rares SIPOS (Romania) 4:3 (9:11 9:11 11:8 5:11 11:5 11:8 15:13) Joe SEYFRIED (France) – Tobias HIPPLER (Germany) 4:0 (12:10 13:11 11:3 11:9) Aliaksandr KHANIN (Belarus) – Irvin BERTRAND (France) 4:0 (11:9 11:5 11:7 11:7) Cristian PLETEA (Romania) – Carlos VEDRIEL (Spain) 3:4 (11:9 8:11 17:15 7:11 8:11 8:11) Alexandru MANOLE (Romania) – Andreas LEVENKO (Austria)4:2 (11:9 8:11 13:11 6:11 11:8 11:8) Tomas POLANSKY (Czech Republic) 6/0 Cristian PLETEA (Romania) 4/2 Joe SEYFRIED (France) 4/2 Andreas LEVENKO (Austria) 4/2 Rares SIPOS (Romania) 3/3 Irvin BERTRAND (France) 2/4 Tobias HIPPLER Germany) 2/4 Aliaksandr KHANIN (Belarus) 2/4 Carlos VEDRIEL (Spain) 2/4 Alexandru MANOLE (Romania) 1/5
Tania PLAIAN rose the bar after five victories
JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague There are no unbeaten players in the Cadet Girls Event at the 2016 JOOLA European Top 10 in Prague. After six rounds two players holds the top with one defeat -CHEN Xingtai of Azerbaijan and Tania PLAIAN of Romania. Tania PLAIAN started the tournament at the position no. four at the seeding but after two days of play her ambition followed her good record. “When I came her I was not thinking of medal but with good results and good position on the standings now I become more ambitious ” admitted PLAIAN. Today she beat Laura TIEFENBRUNNER ZHOU Chuyi and Ekaterina ZIRONOVA. After poor start Laura TIEFENBRUNNER of Germany recorded first win in the fifth round against Anna WEGRZYN of Poland. “I am aware I am not among top 10 players in Europe; I came as no. 12 so my expectations are not very high. All I was wanted is to win few games. I was not able to record the victory on the opening day but today I was more relaxed. I realized I had nothing to lose I was under less pressure and it paid off ” said TIEFENBRUNNER. 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) CHEN Xingtai (Azerbaijan) 5/1 Tania PLAIAN (Romania) 5/1 Ekaterina ZIRONOVA (Russia) 42 Anastasia KOLISH (Russia) 4/2 Zdena BLASKOVA (Czech Republic) 3/3 Prithika PAVADE (France) 3/3 Anna WEGRZYN (Poland) 3/3 ZHOU Chuyi (Azerbaijan) 2/4 Laura TIEFENBRUNNER (Germany) 1/5 Marta VUKELIC (Croatia) 0/6
Truls MOREGARD showed no mercy in Prague
JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague After six rounds at the JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague two top seeds Vladimir SIDORENKO of Russia and Swede Truls MOREGARD are unbeaten in the Cadet Boys Event. In the opening round of the day MOREGARD faced serious challenge before he beat Bilal HAMACHE. French player was unbeaten yesterday but today he managed just to take one game from Swede. It was the first one that MOREGARD lost in six rounds. “Only at the beginning of the tournament I was little bit nervous but now everything is fine. I am in good shape and I am looking forward my encounter with SIDORENKO tomorrow ” said Truls. Bilal HAMACHE also put SIDORENKO under pressure. Top seed won their encounter in six games but it was close. “It is a first time that we met. I did not know what to expect. He surprised all of us here a little bit. His service game is very good and he is good in blocking. HAMACHE’s forehand is also very dangerous. However when I lost second game my coach told me I have to put myself together. I am no. one here and I have to play that way. I gave my best to listen to the advice ” said SIDORENKO. The duel between SIDORENKO and MOREGARD will be the real jewel of the event. “I do not like to play against Swede. He is dangerous for me and he proved that already at the European Championships in Zagreb where he beat me 3:1. Also Truls won all his matches in straight games or lost only one game so he justified his status here already.” SIDORENKO concluded the day after the seven games duel against Vincent PICARD. He was always one step behind but in the close finish he won the decisive game. 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) 4:3 (5:11 13:11 2:11 11:3 7:11 11:6 11:6) 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) STANDINGS CADET BOYS Truls MOREGARD (Sweden) 6/0 Vladimir SIDORENKO (Russia) 6/0 Maksim GREBNEV (Russia) 4/2 Lilian BARDET (France) 4/2 Bilal HAMACHE (France) 4/2 Carlo ROSSI (Italy) 3/3 WANG Chenxi (Azerbaijan) 2/4 Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (Austria) 1/5 Jan VALENTA (Czech Republic) 0/6 Vincent PICARD (France) 0/6
TTCLM Round 1: Impressive comeback of UMMC
The 2016/17 TTCLM Round 1 was concluded by five tonight`s matches as all five belonged to the host teams: TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN – ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 3:2 UMMC – KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK 3:2 BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI – TTC OSTRAVA 2016 3:0 FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS – G. V. HENNEBONT TT 3:0 CHARTRES ASTT – KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN 3:1 Most exciting clash was held in Verknaya Pyshma where No. 3 seed UMMC beat No. 11 seed KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK 3:2 after an impressive comeback in Group B. Polish club led 2:0 as WANG Yang (World No. 49) and Kaii KONISHI (No. 46) defeated respectively Andrej GACINA (No. 23) and Alexander SHIBAEV (No. 26). Grigory VLASOV gave a new chance to his team mates beating former Eslov`s player Mattias OVERSJO in four games. GACINA leveled the score against KONISHI after four sets as Japanese had a decent lead in the latest one (8:4 and 9:7). Finally SHIBAEV secured victory to host side winning the ultimate fourth set against WANG by narrow margin (16:14): Russian missed four match-points in a row (10:9 – 13:12). No. 15 seed ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 extended No. 7 seed TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN to full distance at the Group A match held in Germany. Each host player won one point Simon GAUZY Yuto MURAMATSU and Hugo CALDERANO while ZHAI Yuija recorded two victories for Danish side. The 2009 TTCLM runner-up Ochsenhausen presented the youngest line-up in the opening round of 2016/17 season with one 19-year-old player (MURAMATSU) one 20-year-old (CALDERANO) and one 21-year-old (GAUZY). BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI defeated TTC OSTRAVA 2016 3:0 in the Group C as Panagiotis GIONIS GAO Ning and Daniel GORAK overcame Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC CHIANG Hung-Chieh and Tomas TREGLER respectively. It could say that the opening encounter between two newcomers determined the whole match. Ostrava`s KARAKASEVIC had advantage after third set but host GIONIS won close fourth set to stay in the game. Greek controlled the fifth set from the beginning and brought first point to Bogoria. In the other Group C game SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS was too strong for G. V. HENNEBONT TT. Patrick FRANZISKA prevaileg against CHEN Chien-An in four games of the opener Bojan TOKIC continued in same style against Liam PITCHFORD and finally Tiago APOLONIA overcame Kalinikos KREANGA in straight games. Former Borussia Dusseldorf`s player FRANZISKA debuted in Saarbrucken`s team in the TTCLM. The 2013 TTCLM runner-up CHARTRES ASTT had successful start in Group D beating at home KTS ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN 3:1. Par GERELL was man of the match as he defeated both Pavel SIRUCEK and Cazuo MATSUMOTO who was also beaten by Joao MONTEIRO. Tomasz KOTOWSKI provided unique point for guest team as he won his clash with Alexandre ROBINOT. The 2016/17 TTCLM Round 1 GROUP A TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN – ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 3:2 Simon GAUZY – Ewout OOSTWOUDER 3:0 (11:8 11:5 11:6) Yuto MURAMATSU – ZHAI Yuija 0:3 (4:11 8:11 6:11) Hugo CALDERANO – Claus NIELSEN 3:0 (11:5 11:5 14:12) Simon GAUZY – ZHAI Yujia 1:3 (6:11 9:11 11:7 5:11) Yuto MURAMATSU – Allan BENTSEN 3:0 (11:4 11:6 11:4) GROUP B UMMC – KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK 3:2 Andrej GACINA – WANG Yang 2:3 (11:9 10:12 11:6 3:11 6:11) Alexander SHIBAEV – Kaii KONISHI 1:3 (12:10 7:11 4:11 4:11) Grigory VLASOV – Mattias OVERSJO 3:1 (10:12 11:7 11:8 16:14) Andrej GACINA – Kaii KONISHI 3:1 (11:8 11:9 5:11 12:10) Alexander SHIBAEV – WANG Yang 3:1 (11:6 8:11 11:3 16:14) GROUP C BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI – TTC OSTRAVA 2016 3:0 Panagiotis GIONIS – Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC 3:2 (9:11 11:6 5:11 11:9 11:5) GAO Ning – CHIANG Hung-Chieh 3:0 (11:4 12:10 15:13) Daniel GORAK – Tomas TREGLER 3:0 (11:5 11:1 11:9) FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS – G. V. HENNEBONT TT 3:0 Patrick FRANZISKA – CHEN Chien-An 3:1 (7:11 11:5 11:7 11:9) Bojan TOKIC – Liam PITCHFORD 3:1 (15:13 11:13 11:7 11:5) Tiago APOLONIA – Kalinikos KREANGA 3:0 (11:3 11:7 11:8) GROUP D CHARTRES ASTT – KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN 3:1 Par GERELL – Pavel SIRUCEK 3:0 (11:7 11:5 11:8) Joao MONTEIRO – Cazuo MATSUMOTO 3:1 (11:8 11:6 8:11 11:5) Alexandre ROBINOT – Tomasz KOTOWSKI 2:3 (11:6 3:11 8:11 11:6 6:11) Par GERELL – Cazuo MATSUMOTO 3:1 (12:10 11:7 6:11 11:6)
Clash between DIACONU and DRAGOMAN highlighted the day
JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague Already in the opening round two top ranked players and favorites faced each other in the Junior Girls Event at the JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague. Since Adina DIACONU and Andreea DRAGOMAN both playing from Romania according to the rules they meet each other in the opening round instead in the last one. The points went on Adina’s account but not before great fight. The fierce battle and the final results ended Andreea’s fantastic record of 9 wins in the row since she was unbeaten last year on her way to the Cadet title in Buzau. In addition Andreea recorded 8 wins year earlier in France when she was also first in front of top seeded DIACONU. Adina has lost against DRAGOMAN on that occasion. In Prague today it seamed we will see the similar scenario. DRAGOMAN was two games up before Adina recovered. “I do not like to play against Andreea. She knows me very well as well as her coach. I do not feel comfortable playing against her. This morning my only thought was to win the first match and then I promised myself everything will be easier ” said DIACONU. Last year DIACONU was a member of the Romani’s senior team at the European Championships but this year she will not be on duty in Budapest in 10 days. “I will go to Tokyo as a part of ITTF team. At this point the trainings and preparations has priority. In Budapest there will not be many matches for me so it is better to prepare better for the World Junior Championships at the end of the year. I will play at Hungary and Austria Open too ” announced Adina. In another duel between two compatriots Audrey ZARIF of France beat last year’s silver medalists Marie MIGOT. Notorious for her slow start Adina stayed true to her nature and recorded another hard earned victory in six games in the second round duel against French player Marie MIGOT. Marie who beat her in Romania put Adina under severe pressure but failed to repeat the success from the previous year. Andreea DRAGOMAN and Maria MALANINA of Russia caused the upsets in the second round by beating Daria TRIGOLOS of Belarus and ZHANG Xuan of Spain. Adina concluded the day victoriously – she accounted for Maria MALANINA as well as DRAGOMAN who beat MIGOT. 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) 4:3 (9:11 11:8 7:11 6:11 11:8 11:5 11:6) 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)
Andreas LEVENKO in superb shape
JOOLA European Youth Top 10 The upsets in the Junior Boys Event at the JOOLA European Youth Top 10 spiced the tournament from the very beginning. In the opening round two favorites Aliaksandr KHANIN of Belarus and Cristian PLETEA of Romania both suffered defeats by the hands of lower ranked players whilst top seeded Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic was put under severe pressure before he recorded victory. Andreas LEVENKO showed perfect shape and recorded all three victories. Host nation ace Tomas POLANSKY who already won the title at the Top 10 and European Championships three years ago in his final year in Cadet category was stretched to six games in the match against Germany’s Tobias HIPPLER. “In two previous occasions I beat him in straight games but it was no way near this time ” admitted POLANSKY.” I was 1:0 and 8:4 in the lead in the second game before Tobias raised his game. I do not know what happened. I guess I was little bit under pressure. It is not easy to forget that I am playing on home soil. In addition I am the top seed here and the expectations are high. I am hoping for title in Prague. All of that affected my game from the beginning.” Last year’s winner at the Top 10 in Cadets Category Romania’s Cristian PLETEA suffered by the hands of Austria’s Andreas LEVENKO in five games whilst no. three seed Aliaksandr KHANIN lost against Carlos VEDRIEL of Spain. Carlos also showed very good performance in the second round but it was not enough to beat Joe SEYFRIED of France. However Austria’s Andreas LEVENKO continued in good rhythm and forced Aliaksandr KHANIN to leave the playing box beaten once again. In the second round HIPPLER accounted for Rares SIPOS of Romania. In the ultimate round of the day LEVENKO added another victory to his account to finish the day unbeaten. He beat Joe SEYFRIED of France after being 2:1 down. The duel between two Romania’s players PLETEA and SIPOS went in favor of higher ranked PLETEA. 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)
Prithika PAVADE upset the favorites
JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague In Cadet Girls Singles Event at the JOOLA European Youth Top 10 in Prague very few matches concluded the way rankings predicted on the first day of the play. Even top seeded Anastasia KOLISH of Russia was among the favorites who suffered. Prithika PAVADE of France was the player to cause most of the upsets ZHOU Chuyi of Azerbaijan Anna WEGRZYN of Poland and Ekaterina ZIRONOVA followed her closely. KOLISH lost against ZHOU Chuyi of Azerbaijan her second round duel but at the end of the day she recovered well to beat Laura TIEFENBRUNNER of Germany in the last match of the day. Seeded at the position no. 6 Prithika PAVADE beat all her better-ranked adversaries today. She started the day with the seven games victory over Marta VUKELIC of Croatia continued with the five games win over Tania PLAIAN of Romania and sealed the day with the victory over Zdena BLASKOVA of Czech Republic. In the ultimate match she recovered from 2:0 in reverse. ZHOU Chuyi beat KOLISH but suffered against lower ranked Ekaterina ZIRONOVA of Russia. 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)
