This Friday all four Round 1 games will be held as TTC BERLIN EASTSIDE E.V plays against POSTAS SPORT EGYESULET (19:00 CET). Second seeded KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg against SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin (live on LAOLA1.tv 18:00) The 2016/17 European Champions League Women commences this Friday September 30th with all four Round 1 matches together: TTC Berlin Eastside – Postas Sport Egyesulet (Group A 19:00) UCAM Cartagena – TuS bad Driburg (Group B 19:00) BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR – ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly (Group C 18:30) and KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg – SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin (Group D 18:00). Defending champion from Berlin is clear favorite against Hungarian side having five players ranked among the best 46 at the ITTF World Ranking list: Petrissa SOLJA (No. 14) SHAN Xiaona (No. 25) Georgina POTA (No. 36) Yui HAMAMOTO (No. 37) and Miyu KATO (no. 46 TTC BERLIN EASTSIDE E.V.). German side is composed to reach new ECLW crown starting again as No. 1 seed. They will play for their fourth ECLW title. Last year they finished unbeaten. Postas changed its squad last summer as now has two former individual European champions LI Jiao (current World No. 34) and Ruta PASKAUSKIENE (No. 111). In Group B No. 3 seed UCAM Cartagena hosts newcomer from Germany TuS bad Driburg. Spanish side is much stronger than last season signing three Top 50 players CHENG I Ching (World No. 8) Matilda EKHOLM (No. 42) and Tetyana BILENKO (No. 49). Cartagena is huge favorite against last placed team on the seeding list. Current ETTU Cup runner-up Turkey’s BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR starts new season on its soil against ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly from France. Turkish side engaged strong Singaporean player YU Mengyu (No. 16) to make respectable line-up with HU Melek (No. 24) and Alexandra PRIVALOVA (No. 97). On the opposite side most familiar name is the 2013 individual European champion LI Fen (No. 39). Second seed and actual ECLW runner-up KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg did one change in its line-up: two times individual European champion Viktoria PAVLOVICH (World No. 55) replaced Natalia PARTYKA (No. 80) who became a new member of Czech Republic’s SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin. And these two clubs will meet in the Group D Round 1 game. The upcoming ECLW season gathers many top class players. Among them are: HAN Ying (World No. 7 KTS – TARNOBRZEG) CHENG I Cheng (No. 8 UCAM CARTAGENA) YU Mengyu (No. 16 BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR) Petrissa SOLJA (No. 14 TTC BERLIN EASTSIDE E.V.) LIU Jia (No. 18 LINZ AG FROSCHBERG) HU Melek (No. 24 BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR) SHAN Xiaona (No. 25 TTC BERLIN EASTSIDE E.V.) ZENG Jian (No. 27 TT SAINT QUENTIN) Elizabeta SAMARA (No. 28 METZ TT) FU Yu (No. 30 METZ TT) LI Qian (No. 33 KTS – TARNOBRZEG) LI Jiao (No. 34 POSTAS SPORT EGYESÜLET) Georgina POTA (No. 36 TTC BERLIN EASTSIDE E.V.) Yui HAMAMOTO (No. 37 TTC BERLIN EASTSIDE E.V.) LI Fen (No. 39 ALCL TT GRAND QUEVILLY) Matilda EKHOLM (No. 42 UCAM CARTAGENA) Polina MIKHAILOVA (No. 45 SZEKSZARD AC) Miyu KATO (No. 46 TTC BERLIN EASTSIDE E.V.) Tetyana BILENKO (No. 49 UCAM CARTAGENA). The 2016/17 ECLW Round 1 (September 30th) Group A 19:00 TTC Berlin Eastside – Postas Sport Egyesulet Group B 19:00 UCAM Cartagena – TuS bad Driburg Group C 18:30 BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR – ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly Group D 18:00 KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg – SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin (live on LAOLA1.tv)
Men’s Championships Division RESULTS
ITTF European Championships Qualification Team Event In ten matches nine group leaders emerged victoriously after the first round of the competition in the Men’s Championships Division in ITTF European Championships Qualification Team Event. It was only the Slovenian team to beat the odds and prevailed against no. one seed Poland. Experienced Bojan TOKIC lost his encounter against WANG Zeng Yi but on his second enter in arena he sealed the duel with the victory over Jakub DYJAS. Fresh from the big success at the ITTF Junior Open in Otocec Darko JORGIC gave Slovenia a dream start and beat Jakub DYJAS in the opening match. In every group there are three teams and they will play against each other in two matches (home and away). Ten group winners will qualify for the Championships division. The teams who finished the opening stage at poistion no. three in their respective groups will qualify for the Challenge division. Ten teams at position no. two will drawn into five play off matches. Five play off winners will qualify for the Championships division. Men’s Team Group A Austria – Denmark 3:0 Robert GARDOS – Tobias RASMUSSEN 3:0 (11:8 15:13 12:10) Daniel HABESON – Jonathann GROTH 3:1 (15:13 11:5 6:11 11:4) Stefan FEGERL – Claus NIELSEN 3:0 (11:9 11:6 11:4) Group B Germany – Switzerland 3:0 Patrick FRANZISKA – Lionel WEBER 3:0 (11:6 11:3 11:3) Benedikt DUDA – Elia SCHMID 3:0 (11:8 11:3 11:7) Ricardo WALTHER – Nickolas CHAMPOD 3:0 (11:7 11:7 11:6) Group C France – Finland 3:0 Tristan FLORE – Benedek OLAH 3:1 (11:7 12:14 11:4 11:7) Simon GAUZY – Otto TENNILA 3:0 (11:9 11:2 11:5) Emmanuel LEBESSON – Miikka O’CONNOR 3:0 (11:3 11:8 11:4) Group D Belarus – Israel 3:0 Vladimir SAMSONOV – Simon MATAN 3:1 (9:11 11:9 11:4 11:7) Pavel PLATONOV – Tauber MICHAEL 3:2 (11:4 11:7 6:11 5:11 11:8) Aliaksandr KHANIN – Omri BEN ARI 3:1 (9:11 11:9 11:6 11:9) Group E Sweden – Estonia 3:0 Mattias KARLSSON – Rino Sartemne 3:0 (11:6 11:8 11:6) Hampus SODERLUND – Aleksandr SMIRNOV 3:0 (11:8 11:1 15:13) Simon ARVIDSSON – Aleksandr LUSIA 3:0 (11:9 11:9 11:5) Group F Portugal – Lithuania 3:0 João GERALDO – Alfredas UDRA 3:0 (11:7 11:8 11:7) Diogo CHEN – Tomas MIKUTIS 3:1 (11:9 11:9 4:11 11:4) André SILVA – Arnoldas DOMENKA 3:0 (11:6 11:5 11:8) Group G Greece – Netherlands 3:0 Panagiotis GIONIS – Ewort OSTERWOOD 3:0 (11:6 11:8 11:8) Konstantinos PAPAGERGIU – Laurens TROMER 3:0 (11:8 11:8 11:1) Kalinikos KREANGA – Rajko GOMMERS 3:0 (11:3 11:8 11:9) Group H Poland – Slovenia 1:3 Jakub DYJAS – Darko JORGIC 2:3 (9:11 3:11 11:6 11:6 6:11) WANG Zeng Yi – Bojan TOKIC 3:2 (11:6 12:10 6:11 7:11 11:8) Daniel GORAK – Deni KOZUL 2:3 (9:11 5:11 11:7 11:7 6:11) Jakub DYJAS – Bojan TOKIC 0:3 (8:11 10:12 5:11) Group I Russia – Bulgaria 3:0 Grigori VLASOV – Teodor ALEXANDROV 3:1 (8:11 11:7 11:4 11:3) Kuril SKACHKOV – Petjo KRASTEV 3:2 (11:7 6:11 9:11 11:7 14:12) Sadi ISMAILOV – Stanislav GOLOVANOV 3:2 (11:8 11:7 5;11 9:11 11:8) Group J Czech Republic – Turkey 3:1 Lubomir JANCARIK – Ibrahim GUNDUZ 0:3 (7:11 5:11 9:11) Tomas KONECNY – Abdullah YIGENLER 3:0 (11:3 11:7 11:6) Dimitrij PROKOPCOV – Batuhan ULUCAK 3:0 (11:7 11:9 11:7) Lubomir JANCARIK – Abdullah YIGENLER 3:1 (7:11 11:7 11:1 17:15)
Women’s Championships Divisions RESULTS
ITTF European Championships Qualification Team Event The teams seeded on top position in their respective groups all 10 concluded the first round encounters in Women’s Championships Division in ITTF European Championships Qualification Team Event victoriously. In addition nine matches concluded in straight matches only Lithuania gave Czech Republic hard time and stretched hosts to full distance. In every group there are three teams and they will play against each other in two matches (home and away). Ten group winners will qualify for the Championships division. The teams who finished the opening stage at poistion no. three in their respective groups will qualify for the Challenge division. Ten teams at position no. two will drawn into five play off matches. Five play off winners will qualify for the Championships division. Women’s Team Group A Germany – England 3:0 HAN Ying – Tin Tin HO 3:0 (11:8 11:2 11:7) Nina MITTELHAN – Kelly SIBLEY 3:2 (4:11 5:11 11:6 13:11 11:8) HAN Yuan – Karina LE FEURE 3: 1(6:11 11:2 11:3 11:6) Group B Romania – Greece 3:0 Bernadette SZOCS – Georgia ZAVITSANOU 3:0 (11:6 11:7 11:4) Elizabeta SAMARA – Katerina TOLIOU 3:0 (13:11 11:5 11:8) Irina CIOBANU – Maria CHRISTOFORAKI 3:0 (11:5 11:5 11:7) Group C Russia – Bulgaria 3:0 Yana NOSKOVA – Krasimira YOVKOVA 3:0 (11:3 11:5 11:1) Maria DOLGIKH – Maria YOVKOVA 3:0 (11:1 11:6 11:4) Maria MALANINA – Anelica KAROVA 3:0 (11:9 11:7 13:11) Group D Round one Ukraine – Finland 3:0 Tetyana BILENKO – Anna KIRICHENKO 3:0 (11:2 11:4 11:5) Ganna GAPONOVA – Annika LUNDSTROM 3:0 (12:10 11:5 11:6) Ievgenia VASYLIEVA – Sofie ERIKSSON 3:0 (11:6 11:5 11:5) Round four Finland – Ukraine 0:3 Anna KIRICHENKO – Ievgenia VASYLIEVA 1:3 (13:11 7:11 6:11 2:11) Annika LUNDSTROM – Ganna GAPONOVA 0:3 (6:11 9:11 10:12) Sofie ERIKSSON – Veronika PEREBEINOS 0:3 (5:11 4:11 9:11) Group E Poland – Switzerland 3:0 Natalia PARTYKA – Rahel ASCHWANDEN 3:1 (11:5 4:11 11:7 11:8) Katarzyna GRZYBOWSKA FRANZ – Rachel MORET 3:1 (11:6 13:15 11:9 11:4) Klaudia KUSINSKA – Celine REUST 3:1 (11:8 11:8 8:11 11:7) Group F Austria – Kosovo 3:0 Sofia POLCANOVA – Linda ZEQIRI 3:0 (11:1 11:1 11:2) LI Qiang Bing – Lona MALOKU 3:0 (11:2 11:5 11:6) Karoline MISCHEK – Nehare JANJEVA 3:0 (11:5 11:8 11:6) Group G Czech Republic – Lithuania 3:2 Renata STRBIKOVA – Kornelija RILISKYTE 3:0 (11:5 11:6 11:6) Hana MATELOVA – Ruta PASKAUSKIENE 1:3 (7:11 5:11 11:8 6:11) Dana CECHOVA – Egle STUCKYTE 3:0 (11:4 11:4 11:8) Renata STRBIKOVA – Ruta PASKAUSKIENE 2:3 (11:9 2:11 6:11 11:5 10:12) Hana MATELOVA – Kornelija RILISKYTE 3:0 (11:1 11:5 11:4) Group H First Round Portugal : Azerbaijan 3:0 FU Yu – MARYAM Imanova 3:0 (11:4 11:6 11:2) SHAO Jieni – DENG Simeng 3:0 (11:4 11:7 11:5) Cátia MARTINS – ZHOU Chuyi 1:3 (15:13 5:11 5:11 11:13) FU Yu – DENG Simeng 3:0 (11:8 11:5 11:5) Third Round Azerbaijan – Portugal 0:3 DENG Simeng – SHAO Jieni 0:3 (6-11 3-11 8-11) ZHOU Chuyi – FU Yu 0:3 (5-11 6-11 8-11) Maryam IMANOVA – Leila OLIVEIRA 2:3 (11-7 9-11 11-8 3-11 8-11) Group I France – Italy 3:0 Stéphanie LOEUILLETTE – Chiara COLANTONI 3:0 (11:4 11:4 11:4) Audrey ZARIF – Debora VIVARELLI 3:0 (11:5 11:7 11:5) Océane GUISNEL – Giorgia PICCOLIN 3:2 (11:2 11:8 6:11 9:11 11:6) Group J Hungary- Belgium 3:0 Szandra PERGEL – Lisa LUNG 3:0 (11:6 11:7 12:10) Dora MADARASZ – Eline LOYEN 3:0 (11:6 11:7 11:7) Kristina AMBRUS – Nathalie MARCHETTI 3:2 (12:10 11:5 8:11 7:11 11:5)
Portugal secured valuable points at home soil
European Championships Qualifications In the Group H in the first match of the Women’s Championships Division in European Championships Qualifications top seeded Portugal overcame Azerbaijan in straight matches. In Pavilhão dos Desportos de Vila Real in Portugal tonight the host showed no mercy in front of 150 spectators. Maryam IMANOVA won two games against Leila OLIVEIRA but SHAO Jieni and FU Yu finished their matches in straight games. In next round on November 1st Portugal will play against Turkey. Azerbaijan – Portugal 0:3 DENG Simeng – SHAO Jieni 0:3 (6-11 3-11 8-11) ZHOU Chuyi – FU Yu0:3 (5-11 6-11 8-11) Maryam IMANOVA – Leila OLIVEIRA 2:3 (11-7 9-11 11-8 3-11 8-11)
Deadline for ETTU 2016 Coaching Conference – October 3rd
ETTU / ITTF – Europe Development Program The annual Coaching Conference will be held in Prague (CZE) from Sunday 9th to Tuesday 11 th October 2016. The deadline for entries is Monday October 3rd. Entries please send to Mrs. Marta NOVOTNA (novotnova@email.cz) with cc to Zita PIDL (zpidl.ettu@gmail.com) PROGRAM Monday 10th October 9:00-13:00 Nutrition in Table Tennis – Danijel BORKOVIC (SLO) Dr. Med. Basic anatomy and phisiology of digestive system Basis of healthy nutrition Food supplements: do we really need them or they are just waste of money What to eat and drink before during and after exertion Monday 10th October 15:00 – 19:00 Coaching is a Mental Game – Makis CHAMALIDIS (FRA) Ph.D. (Sport Psychologist having worked with more than 500 athletes from 20 different disciplines. Consultant for the French Tennis Federation since 1997) Why Coaches should be much more of a Mental Coach Helping players produce information: identify parasitic thinking and create mental firewalls Creating mental routines that are stronger than emotions Finding the right words and attitude to reach the player Tuesday 11th October 9:00-13:00 and 15:00-19:00 The century of changes- what do we KNOW-Anders JOHANSSON (SWE) Changes- possibilities or problems? Development- what does it mean? Asia – to hunt or to passé? Coaches – theory and praxis
The season closing in Opatija
Eurotalents Development Camp December 4th – 11th 2016 Croatian Table Tennis Association in cooperation with ETTU Eurotalents Programme supported by ITTF and Tibhar will organise the last Eurotalents Development Camp in 2016 in Opatija. The camp in Croatia will be held from December 4th to 11th. ETTU invites selected players from Eurotalents Selection 2014/2015: 1. Kolish A. (RUS) 2. Grebnev M. (RUS) 3. Abramian E. (RUS) 4. Zaderova L. (CZE) 5. Isreali T. (ISR) 6. Liu J. (ENG) 7. Kubik M. (POL) 8. Van Oost K. (NED) 9. Rassenfosse A. (BEL) 10. Li T. (POR) 11. Riliskyte K. (LTU) 12. Riliskyte E. (LTU) 13. Abrahamsson T. (SWE) 14. Hast K. (SWE) 15. Belik S. (CZE) 16.Weatherby J. (ENG) 17. Miastowsky M. (POL) 18. Karkusova D. (SRB) 19. Muskantor R. (SWE) 20. Mitrofan C. (ROM) 21. Zaharia E. (ROM) 22. Hollo M. (GER) 23. Klee S. (GER) 24. Šantek L. (CRO). In Opatija coaches on duty will be Marko Habijanec (Croatia) as a Head Coach Mladen Škrapac (Croatia) as a Assistant Coach (Organizer) and ETTU Development Manager Neven Cegnar (ETTU). Opatija elegant tourist destination lies at the centre of the Riviera with the longest tradition of tourism in Croatia. The very attractive geographic position enabling its warm seas to be quickly reached from many cities in Central Europe (only about 500 km from Milan Vienna and Münich) lush green scenery and a pleasant climate (45° 20’ north latitude) were some of the main reasons for its beginning and the quick development of its tourism at the end of the 19th century.
Emmanuel KOLYMPADIS leads Greek Federation for another four years
Emmanuel KOLYMPADIS will be the chair of Greek Table Tennis Federation for four more years. It is the outcome of the elections that took place last Saturday in Athens. Emmanuel KOLYMBADIS was re-elected and for the third time since October 2008 he will be the main person in charge in Greek Federation management. The club-members of H.T.T.F. renewed the trust in the person of KOLIMPADIS and his colleagues and expects from the administration to continue with the same passion the extremely difficult task to keep the sport strong in times of economic crisis. “I am very touched. I feel blessed. The large family of Greek table tennis with an incredible unanimity and unity made to my colleagues and to me the great honor to put us in another 4 years at the head of the sport. Thanks everyone who attended the elections for their love and trust. I promise that I will try with my associates to move our sport forward and higher. For me personally I’m happy as I was when I was elected for the first time. I thank them all from my heart” said the chairman of the board. Emmanuel KOLIMPADIS 44 votes Konstantinos MAKRAS 36 George PAPAGEORGIOU 36 Vasiliki ERINAKI 35 Christos TRIGONAS 35 Aikaterini SPANOU 35 Xanthi KIOUFI 33 Panagiotis TZOVOLOS 33 Theodoros RAIDESTINOS 33 Nikolaos FILIPPAKOPOULOS 32 Christakis KANARIS 30 After the elections the board met immediately and was constituted with the following composition: President: Emmanuel KOLYMBADIS First Vice President: Konstantinos MAKRAS Second Vice President: Vasiliki ERINAKI General Secretary: Christos TRIGONAS Treasurer: Aikaterini SPANOU Technical Committee: Panagiotis TZOVOLOS Members: George PAPAGEORGIOU Nikolaos FILIPPAKOPOULOS Xanthi KIOUFI Christakis KANARIS and Theodore RAIDESTINOS
Crown for Darko JORGIC in Otocec
2016 Slovenia Junior & Cadet Open – ITTF Junior Circuit The top seeded Darko JORGIC justifed his status and delighted the home crowd by wining the crown in Junior Boys Singles Event at the 2016 Slovenia Junior & Cadet Open – ITTF Junior Circuit in Otocec. In the final he overcame Yu KAYAMA of Japan in five games (12-10 11-9 7-11 11-7 11-3). In semis Slovenia’s player beat LI Hsin-Yang of Taipei (12-10 11-5 8-11 11-3 11-1). Japan’s Yuko KATO beat Amy WANG of USA in the final of the Junior Girls Singles Event (15-13 7-11 10-12 6-11 8-11). Previously WANG halted the progress of Andrea PAVLOVIC of Croatoa (12-10 8-11 11-4 13-11 10-12 11-7). KATO beat Jamila LAURENTI of Italy (11-9 7-11 11-3 6-11 12-14 9-11). FENG Yi-Hsin of Taipe clinched the crown in the Cadet Boys Singles Event. He beat Victor LIU of USA in the final (11-5 11-13 6-11 9-11). In the penultimate stage LIU overcame Takeru KASHIWA of Japan (11-7 10-12 9-11 11-5 10-12) whilst FENG beat Sharon ALGUETTI of USA (9-11 11-8 7-11 11-13). The title in Cadet Girls Singles Event went to USA. Amy WANG beat Celia SILVA of France in the final (11-13 11-6 11-8 11-5). In semis WAND prevailed against another French representative Cloe CHOMIS (11-2 8-11 11-8 11-6); SILVA beat Jamila LAURENTI of Italy (11-13 11-8 11-5 11-5). Yu KAYAMA of Japan with Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK of Austria won the title in Junior Boys Doubles Event after the beat Fanbo MENG and Jannik HU of Germany in full distance match (11-6 6-11 6-11 11-6 6-11). German players beat Ivor BAN and Jakov JAKELIC of Croatia in semis (8-11 8-11 5-11) and KAYAMA and KOLODZIEJCZYK beat FENG Yi-Hsin and LI Hsin-Yang of Taipei (11-6 11-9 7-11 11-13 5-11). SU Pei-Ling and WEN Ruei-Ling of Taipei succeded to the gold in Junior Girls Doubles Event. On final hurdle they prevailed against Slovenia’s Ana TOFANT and Aleksandra VOVK (11-8 11-13 11-6 13-11). Previously SU Pei-Ling and WEN Ruei-Ling beat Germany’s Janina KAMMERER and Serbia’s Sabina SURJAN (11-7 11-8 11-7) and TOFANT and VOVK prevailed against Caroline HAJOK and Jennie WOLF of Germany (11-7 7-11 11-3 11-9).
Romania prepares the spectacular opening match in the EC Qualifications
European Championships Qualification Team Events The match between Austria and Kosovo three days ago opened the European Championships Qualification Team Events before the official start. The official kick off in 10 groups in men’s and women’s Championships Divisions will be on Tuesday. Only one match the clash between the teams ranked at the top position and in the place no. three in their respective groups will be played on 27th. In every group there are three teams and they will play against each other in two matches (home and away). Ten group winners will qualify for the Championships division. The teams who finished the opening stage at poistion no. three in their respective groups will qualify for the Challenge division. Ten teams at position no. two will drawn into five play off matches. Five play off winners will qualify for the Championships division. For the opening round the match between Romania and Greece will be arranged in unusual manner. Romanian Federation announced that the match will be broadcasted live by national television and it will be played inside one of the main studios of RTV. Men’s Team Group A: Austria vs. Denmark Group B: Germany vs.Switzerland Group C: France vs. Finland Group D: Belarus vs. Israel Group E: Sweden vs.Estonia Group F Portugal vs. Lithuania Group G: Greece vs. Netherlands Group H. Poland vs. Slovenia Group I: Russia vs.Bulgaria Group J: Czech Republic vs.Turkey Women’s Team Group A: Germany vs. England Group B: Romania vs. Greece Group C: Russia vs. Bulgaria Group D: Ukraine vs. Finland Group E: Poland vs. Switzerland Group F: Austria vs Kosovo 3:0 Group G: Czech republic vs. Lithuania Group H. Portugal vs. Azerbaijan Group I: France vs. Italy Group J: Hungary vs. Belgium
Cedric NUYTINCK clinched silver on home soil
2016 Belgium Open Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN of India inflicted the pain in the hart of the host nation’s supporters by beating Cedric NUYTINCK at the final hurdle in the Men’s Singles Event at the 2016 Belgium Open in De Haan. Seeded no. 25 succeeded to the gold in straight matches (13-15 6-11 2-11 15-17) against the player who occupies seeded position no. 15. At the penultimate stage NUYTINCK beat Germany’s Benedikt DUDA in thrilling seven games match (11-7 1-11 11-13 12-10 11-8 11-13 12-10); GNANASEKARAN overcame Swede Harald ANDERSSON in another full distance thriller (10-12 11-8 1-11 11-4 8-11 11-9 6-11). Georgina POTA of Hungary no four seed beat no. three seed Yui HAMAMOTO of Japan (11-9 12-14 11-9 11-7 11-9). Previously POTA beat Romania’s Bernadette SZOCS in five games (7-11 10-12 8-11 11-6 3-11). It was bad round for Romania’s player. Elizabeta SAMARA no. two seed also suffered five games defeat (11-3 12-10 7-11 12-10 12-10). Russia‘s Mikhail PAIKOV and Alexey LIVENTSOV won the Men’s Doubles title. The Russian pairing have looked in unbeatable form in De Haan and came through the event without dropping a game across their four matches. Their opponents in the final Adam SZUDI and Tamas LAKATOS suffered in straight games (11-4 11-7 11-8). In semi final Russia’s duo overcame Germany’s Benedikt DUDA and Dennis KLEIN whilst SZUDI and LAKATOS beat Viktor BRODD and Anthony TRAN of Sweden (11-8 5-11 11-9 7-11 11-8). Georgina POTA and Yulia PROKHOROVA clinched the top prize in Women’s Doubles Event. They overcame Japan’s Marina MATSUZAWA and Mariko TAKAHASHI (9-11 11-8 11-9 5-11 5-11). At the penultimate stage POTA and PROKHOROVA overcame Swiss Slovenian combination of Alex GALIC and Rachel MORET. In the U 21 Event LIAO Cheng Ting of Taipei beat Florent LAMBIET of belgium in the final whilst Japan’s Kyoka KATO overcame Bernadette SZOCS.
