The winner of the Cadets Singles Event at the European Youth Top 10 in Tours held this weekend is Romania’s Cristian PLETEA. During the three-days competition for the prestige title in youth category PLETEA recorded wins and defeats. Irvin BERTRAND of Fr The winner of the Cadets Singles Event at the European Youth Top 10 in Tours held this weekend is Romania’s Cristian PLETEA. During the three-days competition for the prestige title in youth category PLETEA recorded wins and defeats. Irvin BERTRAND of France clinched silver whilst Germany’s Gerrit ENGEMANN is third. The list goes on with Denis IVONIN and Artur ABUSEV of Russia Rares SIPOS of Romania Andrei PUTUNTICA of Moldova Nolan GIVONE of France Andreas DILLING of Denmark and Tom JARVIS of England. The member of the L.P.S. Constanca admitted the he had perfect season so far. PLETEA won gold in Mixed Doubles Event silver in Doubles and Team’s Event at the 2014 European Youth Championships. “I also clinched the titles in France and Italy on junior circuit ” added 14-years old ace. PLETEA had a bit shaky start in France.“I am not happy with my performance on the first day of the competition. The problem is that we came by car- we traveled 3.000 kilometers to get here ” explained Cristian. The opening duel against his teammate went on Rares SIPOS’s account. “I lost 1:4 and next two matches I went full distance. I suffered defeat against Denis IVONIN of Russia; it was 3:4 with 9:11 in the decisive game. The next one against Tom JARVIS of England I won in straight matches.” On day two Cristian was once again severely tested. Against Andrei PUTUNTICA he was stretched to full distance. “And again I won that match with 11:9 in last set. I felt better and that was important before the duel against Gerrit ENGEMANN of Germany. Artur ABUSEV came next and I beat him ” explained PLETEA. The closing day starting with another thrilling seven games duel against Andreas DILLING of Denmark but he clinched the crown after great victory over Irvin BERTRAND of France. “I had my revenge for the defeat in the quarterfinal of the Singles Event at the European Youth Championships.” PLETEA proved his well capable to deal with the pressure. “I think my main strength is my mentality. I am brave on crucial points.” Next stop for youg player is World Cadet Challenge at Barbados. “I go there as the member of the European team. ENGEMANN ABUSEV and PUTUNTICA will also play. Immediately after that we have Hungarian open and Junior World Championships. I hope we can make good result in Doubles there.” Cadet Boys First round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Denis IVONIN (RUS) 1:4 (10 -9 -8 -10 -8); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Cristian PLETEA (ROU) 1:4 (10 -8 -9 -11 -8); Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 4:1 (4 -9 3 4 4); Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA)- Andreas DILLING (DEN) 4:2 (4 -11 9 4 -4 8); Nolan GIVONE (FRA)- Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) 2:4 (-7 -10 7 -5 8 -13) Second round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 4:1 (5 -6 5 6 7); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Andreas DILLING (DEN) 2:4 (-9 -10 12 -8 6 -10); Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) – Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) 0:4 (-11 -4 -6 -8); Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA)- Nolan GIVONE (FRA) 3:4 (-6 7 -5 3 -8 10 -6); Cristian PLETEA (ROU) – Denis IVONIN (RUS) 3:4 (9 10 -9 -9 6 -11 -9) Third round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Andreas DILLING (DEN) 4:3 (6 -9 -9 9 9 -6 7); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) 0:4 (-9 -12 -9 -5); Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) – Nolan GIVONE (FRA) 4:0 (9 3 8 11); Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA)- Denis IVONIN (RUS) 4:2 (-9 9 6 6 -10 16); Cristian PLETEA (ROU) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 4:0 (7 7 3 4) Fourth Round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) 4:0 (6 5 10 10); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Nolan GIVONE (FRA)2:4 (-7 -3 5 -4 12 -8); Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) – Denis IVONIN (RUS) 4:3 (-8 10 -6 5 -9 5 19); Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA)- Cristian PLETEA (ROU) 3:4 (-5 9 -9 8 5 -3 -9); Andreas DILLING (DEN) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 4:1 (-10 6 14 7 7) Fifth round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Nolan GIVONE (FRA) 4:3 (-10 9 -5 -7 8 9 8); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Denis IVONIN (RUS) 0:4 (-3 -11 -7 -7); Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) – Cristian PLETEA (ROU) 2:4 (-13 -5 -5 7 4 -10); Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 3:4 (8 1- -8 8 -8 -8 -9); Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) – Andreas DILLING (DEN) 4:3 (-12 -6 7 -9 6 7 6) Sixth round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Cristian PLETEA (ROU) 2:4 (-6 -5 4 5 -10 -5); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 4:2 (6 7 -10 4 -7 5); Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) – Andreas DILLING (DEN) 4:0 (3 7 4 9); Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA)- Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) 4:2 (11 8 -9 6 -7 9); Denis IVONIN (RUS) – Nolan GIVONE (FRA) 4:3 (-8 6 5 8 -10 -14 6) Seventh round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA) 4:2 (9 -7 6 7 9); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) 4:2 (8 6 -8 -7 8 8); Cristian PLETEA (ROU) – Andreas DILLING (DEN) 4:3 (6 -5 4 -8 1- -8 9); Denis IVONIN (RUS) – Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) 0:4 (-9 -8 -6 -7); Nolan GIVONE (FRA) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 2:4 (-12 9 7 -12 -1 -7) Eighth round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) 2:4 (8 -10 -4 9 -5 -9); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA) 4:3 (6 -9 -9 -6 8 13 12); Cristian PLETEA (ROU) – Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) 4:3 (-9 7 -8 10 -7 6 15); Denis IVONIN (RUS) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 0:4 (3 5 -9 18 9); Nolan GIVONE (FRA) – Andreas DILLING (DEN) 3:4 (-2 8 11 5 -10 -9 -11) Nineth round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Rares SIPOS (ROU) 1:4 (10 -8 -7 -10 -8); Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER)- Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA) 4:1 (-9 11 8 3 6); Cristian PLETEA (ROU) – Nolan GIVONE (FRA) 0:4 (-11 -5 -7 -9); Denis IVONIN (RUS) – Andreas DILLING (DEN)
Filip ZELJKO emerged in thrilling finish
Filip ZELJKO emerged as a surprising winner of the European Top 10 in Tours. Junior from Croatia clinched the title after superb performance in past three days in France. Alexandre CASSIN of France and his teammate Can AKKUZU clinched silver and bronze. A Filip ZELJKO emerged as a surprising winner of the European Top 10 in Tours. Junior from Croatia clinched the title after superb performance in past three days in France. Alexandre CASSIN of France and his teammate Can AKKUZU clinched silver and bronze. At the lower positions are: Killian ORT of Germany Patryk ZATOWKA of Poland Anton KALLBERG of Sweden Tomislav PUCAR of Croatia Diogo CHEN of Portugal Nandor ECSEKI of Hungary and David REITSPIES of Czech Republic. Bronze medalists from Italy already felt the thrill of standing at the medal rostrum. Three years ago in Austria he won bronze at the Cadets Top 10. “In the opening match against PUCAR I had 3:0 advantage but he recovered to level the match. It was very close and at 9:9 I had lucky ball. It was much easier in the match against REITSPIES. I beat him 4:1 ” explained 17-year-old ZELJKO. The pendulum swung in the duel against ZATOWKA. “I was in the lead against Patryk 3:1 but I lost. After that KALLBERG left me without chances at the beginning of our duel. He had 2:0 but I kept fighting. I saved match ball in fourth game in sixth I had yellow card lost that game but it worked in my favor. Swede played less aggressive after that so I won.” The matches against hosts were the most difficult. “I did not expect much from this tournament. The competition was fierce. French players were favorites. I just played point for point. However I think that CASSIN was not on top of his game. His performance was far from the one from European Championships. Against Diogo I was once again in reverse. I was 1:3 down before I recovered. At the final stage of the match Digo lost his focus and I seized the opportunity” Against AKKUZU Filip played last match at the tournament. It was direct clash for gold. “There were lot of combinations before the start of the round. At that point top 5 positions were open but I did not think about the math. I just played and succeeded.” Filip is the member of Croatia’s team for the forthcoming Junior World Championships. Junior Boys First round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 4:2 (-4 7 4 -7 4 8); David REITSPIES (CZE) – Nandor ECSEKI (HUN) 4:1 (6 -2 3 8 11); Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) – Filip ZELJKO (CRO) 3:4 (-10 6 -10 9 5 1 -9); DIOGO Chen (POR) – Killin ORT (GER) 3:4 (-4 -7 2 6 8 -5 -10); Anton KALLBERG (SWE) – Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) 3:4 (9 -2 -7 -6 9 4 -11) Second round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA)– Nandor ECSEKI (HUN) 1:4 (-11 -9 -3 9 -12); David REITSPIES (CZE) – Filip ZELJKO (CRO) 1:4 (2 -7 -9 -5 -9); Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) – Killin ORT (GER) 4:3 (8 -6 5 -4 -6 8 7); DIOGO Chen (POR) – Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) 3:4 (9 8 10 -7 -7 -7 -9); Anton KALLBERG (SWE) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 2:4 (-5 -8 4 11 -9 -6) Third round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA)– Filip ZELJKO (CRO) 1:4 (10 -7 -6 -9 -4); David REITSPIES (CZE) – Killin ORT (GER) 2:4 (-9 -9 -10 8 7 -6); Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) – Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) 4:3 (-5 -9 -8 6 15 5 7); DIOGO Chen (POR) – Anton KALLBERG (SWE) 1:4 (-8 9 -13 -14 -10); Nandor ECSEKI (HUN)- Can AKKUZU (FRA) 2:4 (-10 11 11 -10 -5 -13) Fourth round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA)– Killin ORT (GER) 4:1 (3 -6 5 7 5); David REITSPIES (CZE) – Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) 0:4 (-11 -4 -6 -5); Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) – Anton KALLBERG (SWE) 4:2 (9 -8 7 8 -9 2); DIOGO Chen (POR) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 3:4 (-9 -5 7 2 7 -7 -5); Filip ZELJKO (CRO) – Nandor ECSEKI (HUN) 4:1 (7 -9 7 7 3) Fifth round; Alexandre CASSIN (FRA)– Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) 4:0 (3 8 8 5); David REITSPIES (CZE) – Anton KALLBERG (SWE) 1:4 (-9 -8 6 -10 -11); Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 2:4 (10 -9 -9 5 -7 -9); DIOGO Chen (POR) – Nandor ECSEKI (HUN) 4:1 (-10 8 7 8 7); Killin ORT (GER) – Filip ZELJKO (CRO) 4:1 (-7 5 5 5 8) Sixth round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA)– Anton KALLBERG (SWE) 0:4 (-10 -6 -8 -11); David REITSPIES (CZE) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 2:4 (-3 6 3 -7 10 -12); Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) – Nandor ECSEKI (HUN) 1:4 (-8 3 -10 -7 -3); DIOGO Chen (POR) – Filip ZELJKO (CRO) 4:3 (-8 2 7 11 -6 -7 10); Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) – Killin ORT (GER) 3:4 (4 8 6 -9 -8 -3 -8) Seventh round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA)– DIOGO Chen (POR) 4:2 (4 -11 5 -10 6 9); David REITSPIES (CZE) – Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) 1:4 (5 -8 -9 -7 -7); Anton KALLBERG (SWE) – Nandor ECSEKI (HUN) 4:2 (-9 5 -7 9 4 7); Patryk ZATOWKA (POL)- Filip ZELJKO (CRO) 4:3 (-7 8 -13 -5 8 6 4); Killin ORT (GER) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 3:4 (4 5 -7 8 -14 -7 -9) Eighth round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA)– Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) 4:1 (-9 5 9 8 3); David REITSPIES (CZE) – DIOGO Chen (POR) 3:4 (-8 9 -7 6 4 -8 -10); Anton KALLBERG (SWE) – Filip ZELJKO (CRO) 3:4 (2 1 -6 8 -11 -11 -9); Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 4:0 (6 5 9 7); Killin ORT (GER) – Nandor ECSEKI (HUN)4:0 (8 3 5 9) Nineth round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA)– David REITSPIES (CZE) 4:1 (-13 11 9 7 6); Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) – DIOGO Chen (POR) 3:4 (-8 -6 -10 7 7 8 -5); Anton KALLBERG (SWE) – Killin ORT (GER) 2:4 (4 9 -11 -11 -5 -9); Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) – Nandor ECSEKI (HUN) 1:4 (-6 -9 3 -12 -9); Filip ZELJKO (CRO) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 4:3 (6 9 -10 4 -9 -8 4)
Lea RAKOVAC wins Junior Girls Top 10 gold
Croatia’s Lea RAKOVAC took Junior Girls title at the Top 10 in Tours with storm. RAKOVAC managed to preserve unbeaten status during three days of competition in France. Pauline CHASSELIN of France clinched silver whilst Natalia BAJOR is third. The list Croatia’s Lea RAKOVAC took Junior Girls title at the Top 10 in Tours with storm. RAKOVAC managed to preserve unbeaten status during three days of competition in France. Pauline CHASSELIN of France clinched silver whilst Natalia BAJOR is third. The list goes on with WAN Yuan of Germany Tin Tin Ho of England Ekaterina GUSEVA of Russia Audrey ZARIF of France Bernadett BALINT of Romania Laura PFEFER of France . Lea started the tournament under pressure. “Due the withdrawal of Chantal MANTZ organizers were forced to change the playing order. I was ready to play against Natalia BAJOR but at the last moment it was changed. I played against Pauline CHASSELIN in the first round. CHASSELIN was the player who beat me in the second round of the Singles Event at the European Youth Championships so it was not very good match to start the competition. However I beat her ” said RAKOVAC. Against WAN Yuan of Germany Lea shined. “After the match WAN told me that I played mistake-free game against her. She was good but I dominated all the time ” said Lea.”Hardest matches were against Natalia BAJOR and Ekaterina GUSEVA. Against Audrey ZARIF I was very tired.” At the beginning of the season Lea moved from Croatia to SVS Strock. “I am so happy there. The conditions are perfect. This was the best thing that could happen to me. The practice is supervised and conducted by experts. Coaches doctors physiotherapists they are all involved in our work. We all have programs made to fit our individual needs and skills. Our flat is close to the Werner SCHLAGER Academy and that is very important for our afternoon rest. We have everything ” said Lea. And the results follow. “I finally won gold this year at the European Youth Championships after few silver and bronze medals. It was in in Mixed Doubles. I look that video over and over. I lost only one match in team’s event and I was in Nanjing at the Youth Olympic Games. In both Events Singles and Team’s I reached quarterfinal ” shined Lea RAKOVAC. Junior Girls First round: Laura PFEFER (FRA) – Audrey ZARIF (FRA) 1:4 (-6 -5 -7 10 -8); Lea RAKOVAC (CRO)– Pauline CHASSELIN (FRA) 4:1 (7 -9 5 5 9); Bernadett BALINT (FRA) -WAN Yuan (GER)1:4 (7 -3 -3 -6 -7); Tin Tin HO – Natalia BAJOR (POL) 1:4 (9 -8 -9 -5 -6); Ekatarina GUSEVA (RUS) – Maria MALANINA (RUS) 4:0 (9 7 4 8) Second Round: Laura PFEFER (FRA) – Pauline CHASSELIN (FRA) 2:4 (-6 -4 7 -8 5 -9); Lea RAKOVAC (CRO)– WAN Yuan (GER) 4:1 (-8 7 7 7 7); Bernadett BALINT (ROU) – Natalia BAJOR (POL)3:4 (6 11 -10 -4 5 -9 -7); Tin Tin HO – Maria MALANINA (RUS) 4;1 (-7 9 8 3 7); Ekatarina GUSEVA (RUS) – Audrey ZARIF (FRA) 4:1 (10 -5 5 7 12) Third round: Laura PFEFER (FRA) – WAN Yuan (GER) 3:4 (-11 6 -9 8 -7 5 -9); Lea RAKOVAC (CRO)– Natalia BAJOR (POL) 4:2 (-9 8 3 7 -10 10); Bernadett BALINT (ROU) – Maria MALANINA (RUS) 4:2 (5 7 6 -7 5); Tin Tin HO (ENG) – Ekatarina GUSEVA (RUS) -4 10 -13 5 9 6); Pauline CHASSELIN (FRA) – Audrey ZARIF (FRA) 4:2 (6 -6 4 8 9) Fourth round: Laura PFEFER (FRA) – Natalia BAJOR (POL) 2:4 (-8 8 -8 12 -9 -3); Lea RAKOVAC (CRO)– Maria MALANINA (RUS) 4:1 (7 -11 7 6 9); Bernadett BALINT (ROM) – Ekatarina GUSEVA (RUS) 0:4 (-7 -6 -9 -7); Tin Tin HO (ENG) – Audrey ZARIF (FRA) 4:2 (6 -10 -6 11 7 9); WAN Yuan (GER) – Pauline CHASSELIN (FRA) 2:4 (8 -6 -8 -7 8 -4) Fifth round: Laura PFEFER (FRA) – Maria MALANINA (RUS) 4:3 (-4 2 -10 5 9 -6 7); Lea RAKOVAC (CRO)– Ekatarina GUSEVA (RUS) 4:3 (-6 -10 4 8 -8 4 7); Bernadett BALINT (ROM) – Audrey ZARIF (FRA) 4:3 (7 -5 5 -7 8 -9 9); Tin Tin HO (ENG) – Pauline CHASSELIN (FRA) 1:4 (-8 10 -9 -9 -7); Natalia BAJOR (POL) – WAN Yuan (GER) 4:0 (8 8 10 4) Sixth round: Laura PFEFER (FRA) – Ekatarina GUSEVA (RUS) 0:4 (-6 -4 -5 -6); Lea RAKOVAC (CRO)– Audrey ZARIF (FRA) 4:1 (9 9 -9 10 4); Bernadett BALINT (ROM) – Pauline CHASSELIN (FRA) 4:3 (8 -7 -8 7 -10 9 9); Tin Tin HO (ENG) – WAN Yuan (GER) 2:4 (-7 5 -6 -4 4 -3); Maria MALANINA (RUS) – Natalia BAJOR (POL) w.o. Seventh round: Laura PFEFER (FRA) – Tin Tin HO (ENG) 3:4 (9 4 -7 -7 -8 10 -9); Lea RAKOVAC (CRO)– Bernadett BALINT (ROM) 4:2 (6 -10 -7 11 9 10); Ekatarina GUSEVA (RUS) – Pauline CHASSELIN (FRA) 2:4 (-14 8 -6 -9 8 -9); Maria MALANINA (RUS) – WAN Yuan (GER) w.o.; Natalia BAJOR (POL) – Audrey ZARIF (FRA) 3:4 (10 -6 2 -11 7 -10 -8) Eighth round: Laura PFEFER (FRA) – Bernadett BALINT (ROM) 4:0 (10 4 5 10); Lea RAKOVAC (CRO) – Tin Tin HO (ENG) 4:0 (9 11 6 8); Ekatarina GUSEVA (RUS) – WAN Yuan (GER) 2:4 (-12 5 -5 7 -9 -8); Maria MALANINA (RUS) – Audrey ZARIF (FRA) w.o.; Natalia BAJOR (POL) – Pauline CHASSELIN (FRA) 3:4 (11 -7 9 9 -7 -2 -8) Nineth round: Laura PFEFER (FRA) – Lea RAKOVAC (CRO) 2:4 (-3 -6 10 7 -3 -12); Bernadett BALINT (ROM) – Tin Tin HO (ENG) 3:4 (-6 7 -8 7 -8 9 – 9); Ekatarina GUSEVA (RUS) – Natalia BAJOR (POL) 4:2 (9 9 -8 -9 8 9); Maria MALANINA (RUS) – Pauline CHASSELIN (FRA) w.o.; WAN Yuan (GER) – Audrey ZARIF (FRA) 2:4 (-5 -12 -1 6 11 -8)
AKKUZU and RAKOVAC hold the top
Can AKKUZU reached the top position at the end of day two at the Europe Top 10 in Tours. Filip ZELJKO of Croatia and Killian ORT of Germany are on positions two and three. Most likely we will have to wait until the last round tomorrow to see the winner Can AKKUZU reached the top position at the end of day two at the Europe Top 10 in Tours. Filip ZELJKO of Croatia and Killian ORT of Germany are on positions two and three. Most likely we will have to wait until the last round tomorrow to see the winner of the Event. The clash between two leading players will decide the winner. In the last round of the day Anton KALLBERG of Sweden overcame Alexandre CASSIN of France but most thrilling game was the one between DIOGO Chen and Filip ZELJKO. ZELJKO recovered from 1:3 I reverse to level the match before Diogo won the last game 12:10. This tournament had exhausting start for Patryk ZATOWKA but today he spent little less time in playing box. “First day was very hard. I played 21 games. All my matches concluded in seven games. The strangest of all was the match against Diogo CHEN. I was 0:3 down before I recovered to win. It never happened before for me. Against Tomislav PUCAR I was 3:0 up before I lost. He really rose his game to another level after third game ” explained ZATOWKA. Todays encounters brought little less stress. “Against David REITSPIES I played very well but against Alexandre CASSIN it was different story. I was not at the top of my game. I did not feel I could win that.” In the last round today Killian ORT managed to beat ZATOWKA after seven games. In junior Girls Category Lea RAKOVAC of Croatia has impressive run whilst Poland’s Natalia BAJOR and Pauline CHASSELIN of France follow her closely. Ekaterina GUSEVA is third. Today Lea beat Maria MALANINA of Russia and Ekaterina GUSEVA of Russia; both matches went full distance. Pauline CHASSELIN overcame WAN Yuan and Tin Tin HO of England. “Yesterday was much harder. I played against Lea RAKOVAC very difficult match. I could not find the answer to her service game. In addition I had to meet two French players Laura PFEFER and Audrey ZARIF. I beat them both but it is hard when you play against the players you know so well ” explained Pauline. Pauline played against WAN Yuan recently at the German Open. “I was aware how she play so it was easer to prepare the tactics. Against Tin Tin HO I had not played since mini cadets days so I was not sure what to expect. “ Natalia BAJOR also overcame German representative as well as Laura PFEFER in the first round of the day. “I feel good here and I am happy with my game. After Italy I had not playing that much. I was in Nanjing and that was good experience but I am not happy with the result in China ” explained Natalia. Maria MALANINA of Russia was forced to withdraw. She has flue and high fever. Junior Boys Fiirst round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 4:2 (-4 7 4 -7 4 8); David REITSPIES (CZE) – Nandor ECSEKI (HUN) 4:1 (6 -2 3 8 11); Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) – Filip ZELJKO (CRO) 3:4 (-10 6 -10 9 5 1 -9); DIOGO Chen (POR) – Killin ORT (GER) 3:4 (-4 -7 2 6 8 -5 -10); Anton KALLBERG (SWE) – Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) 3:4 (9 -2 -7 -6 9 4 -11) Second round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA)– Nandor ECSEKI (HUN) 1:4 (-11 -9 -3 9 -12); David REITSPIES (CZE) – Filip ZELJKO (CRO) 1:4 (2 -7 -9 -5 -9); Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) – Killin ORT (GER) 4:3 (8 -6 5 -4 -6 8 7); DIOGO Chen (POR) – Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) 3:4 (9 8 10 -7 -7 -7 -9); Anton KALLBERG (SWE) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 2:4 (-5 -8 4 11 -9 -6) Third round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA)– Filip ZELJKO (CRO) 1:4 (10 -7 -6 -9 -4); David REITSPIES (CZE) – Killin ORT (GER) 2:4 (-9 -9 -10 8 7 -6); Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) – Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) 4:3 (-5 -9 -8 6 15 5 7); DIOGO Chen (POR) – Anton KALLBERG (SWE) 1:4 (-8 9 -13 -14 -10); Nandor ECSEKI (HUN)- Can AKKUZU (FRA) 2:4 (-10 11 11 -10 -5 -13) Fourth round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA)– Killin ORT (GER) 4:1 (3 -6 5 7 5); David REITSPIES (CZE) – Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) 0:4 (-11 -4 -6 -5); Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) – Anton KALLBERG (SWE) 4:2 (9 -8 7 8 -9 2); DIOGO Chen (POR) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 3:4 (-9 -5 7 2 7 -7 -5); Filip ZELJKO (CRO) – Nandor ECSEKI (HUN) 4:1 (7 -9 7 7 3) Fifth round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA)– Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) 4:0 (3 8 8 5); David REITSPIES (CZE) – Anton KALLBERG (SWE) 1:4 (-9 -8 6 -10 -11); Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 2:4 (10 -9 -9 5 -7 -9); DIOGO Chen (POR) – Nandor ECSEKI (HUN) 4:1 (-10 8 7 8 7); Killin ORT (GER) – Filip ZELJKO (CRO) 4:1 (-7 5 5 5 8) Sixth round: Alexandre CASSIN (FRA)– Anton KALLBERG (SWE) 0:4 (-10 -6 -8 -11); David REITSPIES (CZE) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 2:4 (-3 6 3 -7 10 -12); Tomislav PUCAR (CRO) – Nandor ECSEKI (HUN) 1:4 (-8 3 -10 -7 -3); DIOGO Chen (POR) – Filip ZELJKO (CRO) 4:3 (-8 2 7 11 -6 -7 10); Patryk ZATOWKA (POL) – Killin ORT (GER) 3:4 (4 8 6 -9 -8 -3 -8) Junior Girls Laura PFEFER (FRA) – Audrey ZARIF (FRA) 1:4 (-6 -5 -7 10 -8) Lea RAKOVAC (CRO)– Pauline CHASSELIN (FRA) 4:1 (7 -9 5 5 9) Bernadett BALINT (FRA) -WAN Yuan (GER)1:4 (7 -3 -3 -6 -7) Tin Tin HO – Natalia BAJOR (POL) 1:4 (9 -8 -9 -5 -6) Ekatarina GUSEVA (RUS) – Maria MALANINA (RUS) 4:0 (9 7 4 8) Second Round Laura PFEFER (FRA) – Pauline CHASSELIN (FRA) 2:4 (-6 -4 7 -8 5 -9) Lea RAKOVAC (CRO)– WAN Yuan (GER) 4:1
Christian PLETEA at the top in Cadets
Christian PLETEA of Romania concluded day two of the competition at the Cadet Boys Event at European Top 10 in Tours on leading position. After six rounds his score is 5:1. Denis IVONIN of Russia is second whilst Gerrit ENGEMANN of Germany occupies posit Christian PLETEA of Romania concluded day two of the competition at the Cadet Boys Event at European Top 10 in Tours on leading position. After six rounds his score is 5:1. Denis IVONIN of Russia is second whilst Gerrit ENGEMANN of Germany occupies position no. three. The day in Municipal Center of Sports in Tours started with the thrilling duel between Gerrit ENGEMANN of Germany and Denis IVONIN of Russia 4:3 (-8 10 -6 5 -9 5 19). “It is the first time that I beat IVONIN. I am happy I did it in great style. It was unbelievable match – 21:19 in the decisive game ” said ENGEMANN. In next round three matches went full distance. Artur ABUSEV of Russia needed seven games to overcame Nolan GIVONE of France. Tomas JARVIS of England upset the favorite; player from England beat Andrei PUTUNTICA of Moldova. In the morning Irvin BERTRAND of France suffered first defeat at the tournament in the match against top seed Artur ABUSEV but he returned on the winning tracks against Andreas DILLING. However he also had to go through agonizing seven games. In next two rounds PLETEA succeeded against Gerrit ENGEMANN and Artur ABUSEV to justifies his position. Two matches went full distance in the fifth round: Artur ABUSEV beat Nolan GIVONE and Andrei PUTUNTICA lost against Tom JARVIS in decisive seventh game. At the top of the Cadet Girls list is Andrea DRAGOMAN of Romania. Another Romania’s player follows – Adina DIACONU is placed at position no. two whilst ZHANG Xuan of Spain is third. Andrea DRAGOMAN of Romania upset the top favorite for the title Adina DIACONU in the opening round and she continued with the good games on the second day of the tournament in Tours. In fourth round she beat Maria TAYLAKOVA of Russia. “Last time I suffered defeat against her. Now I played much better. For me it was also surprise to beat DIACONU. Now I think I can win the tournament ” said DRAGOMANN. In very close duel Izabela LUPULESKU of Serbia overcame Belarus Daria TRIGOLOS. She needed full seven games. It was the longest match in the fourth round. Anastasia KOLISH had mixed record against Serbian players today. First she overcame Sabina SURJAN and then lost against Izabela LUPULESKU. “Izabela controlled the game perfectly. She had all the answers for Anastasia’s change of pace of rotation…On the other side we have great problem with Sabina’s injury. It is getting worst and she is far from her top play ” said coach Slobodan STOJANOV. In last round of the day Adina beat Daria TRIGOLOS but the most thrilling game was the one between Lisa LUNG and Anastasia KOLISH. Belgium’s player succeeded in seven games. Cadet Boys First Round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Denis IVONIN (RUS) 1:4 (10 -9 -8 -10 -8); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Cristian PLETEA (ROU) 1:4 (10 -8 -9 -11 -8); Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 4:1 (4 -9 3 4 4); Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA)- Andreas DILLING (DEN) 4:2 (4 -11 9 4 -4 8); Nolan GIVONE (FRA)- Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) 2:4 (-7 -10 7 -5 8 -13) Second round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 4:1 (5 -6 5 6 7); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Andreas DILLING (DEN) 2:4 (-9 -10 12 -8 6 -10); Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) – Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) 0:4 (-11 -4 -6 -8); Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA)- Nolan GIVONE (FRA) 3:4 (-6 7 -5 3 -8 10 -6); Cristian PLETEA (ROU) – Denis IVONIN (RUS) 3:4 (9 10 -9 -9 6 -11 -9) Third round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Andreas DILLING (DEN) 4:3 (6 -9 -9 9 9 -6 7); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) 0:4 (-9 -12 -9 -5); Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) – Nolan GIVONE (FRA) 4:0 (9 3 8 11); Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA)- Denis IVONIN (RUS) 4:2 (-9 9 6 6 -10 16); Cristian PLETEA (ROU) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 4:0 (7 7 3 4) Fourth Round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) 4:0 (6 5 10 10); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Nolan GIVONE (FRA)2:4 (-7 -3 5 -4 12 -8); Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) – Denis IVONIN (RUS) 4:3 (-8 10 -6 5 -9 5 19); Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA)- Cristian PLETEA (ROU) 3:4 (-5 9 -9 8 5 -3 -9); Andreas DILLING (DEN) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 4:1 (-10 6 14 7 7) Fifth round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Nolan GIVONE (FRA) 4:3 (-10 9 -5 -7 8 9 8); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Denis IVONIN (RUS) 0:4 (-3 -11 -7 -7); Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) – Cristian PLETEA (ROU) 2:4 (-13 -5 -5 7 4 -10); Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 3:4 (8 1- -8 8 -8 -8 -9); Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) – Andreas DILLING (DEN) 4:3 (-12 -6 7 -9 6 7 6) Sixth round: Artur ABUSEV (RUS) – Cristian PLETEA (ROU) 2:4 (-6 -5 4 5 -10 -5); Rares SIPOS (ROU) – Tom JARVIS (ENG) 4:2 (6 7 -10 4 -7 5); Gerrit ENGEMANN (GER) – Andreas DILLING (DEN) 4:0 (3 7 4 9); Andrei PUTUNTICA (MDA)- Irvin BERTRAND (FRA) 4:2 (11 8 -9 6 -7 9); Denis IVONIN (RUS) – Nolan GIVONE (FRA) 4:3 (-8 6 58 -10 -14 6) Cadet Girls First round: Adina DIACONU (ROM) – Andrea DRAGOMAN (ROM) 1:4 (-5 -9 -9 6 -4); Lisa LUNG (BEL) – Daria TRIGOLOS (BLR) 4:1 (9 2 -6 10 9); Maria TAYLAKOVA (RUS) – Anastasia KOLISH (RUS) 4:0 (8 6 1 10); Izabela LUPULESKU (SRB) – Sabina SURJAN (SRB) 4:1 (9 3 7 -9 6); ZHANG Xuan (ESP) – Lucie GAUTHIER (FRA) 4:0 (13 5 9 15) Second round: Adina DIACONU (ROM) – Anastasia KOLISH (RUS) 4:0 (6 9 11 4); Lisa LUNG (BEL) – Sabina SURJAN (SRB) 4:1 (-9 7 3 4 10); Maria TAYLAKOVA (RUS) – Lucie GAUTHIER (FRA) 4:2 (6 6 4 -7 -7 8); Izabela LUPULESKU (SRB) – ZHANG Xuan (ESP) 2:4 (6 -6 -7 4 -7 -9); Daria TRIGOLOS (BLR) –
Orenburg`s revenge in France
Both Group A matches of MECL Round 2 were finished with comfortable wins of visitors: Roskilde Bordtennis – Olimpia Unia Grudziadz 0:3 AS Pontoise Cergy – Fakel Gazproma Orenburg 0:3. Olimpia Unia Grudziadz beat away Roskide 3:0 in first Group A Round 2 Both Group A matches of MECL Round 2 were finished with comfortable wins of visitors: Roskilde Bordtennis – Olimpia Unia Grudziadz 0:3 AS Pontoise Cergy – Fakel Gazproma Orenburg 0:3. Olimpia Unia Grudziadz beat away Roskide 3:0 in first Group A Round 2 match of 2014/15 Men`s European Champions League. It was first victory for Polish club whilst Danish side now has 0-2 score. Allan BENTSEN was unique from his side able to resist to Olimpia`s player. He had a lead after three sets in game against WANG Yang but lost in five sets. Other two encounters were ended in straight games. World`s no 36 Yoshida KAII defeated Finn TUGWELL in second clash while Bartos SUCH overcame Claus NIELSEN. The remake of last MECL final was held in France where Orenburg easily beat Pontoise 3:0. French club shocked Vladimir SAMSONOV & Co. in battle for 2013/14 title and that was the reason why Russian champion looked like so motivated. Vladimir SAMSONOV defeated Marcos FREITAS in four games of opening clash. These two players concluded last final`s no. 1 leg when Portuguese secured victory for his side. Dimitrij OVTCHAROV overcame WANG Jian Jun also in four sets. First two sets was tight but in other two German controlled the game from the very first moment. Alexey SMIRNOV the best no. 3 MECL player in last couple of seasons confirmed Orenburg`s win beating Peter FRANZ. Former Euro Top 12 winner had special motivation knowing that in last season`s final lost both his games (one in each of two legs) something that was not happen before. Next Friday in Round 3 Roskilde plays in Orenburg against two times MECL winner. Polish club will meet on its soil current MECL champion AS Pontoise Cergy. Men`s European Champions League Round 2 Group A Roskilde Bordtennis – Olimpia Unia Grudziadz 0:3 Allan BENTSEN – WANG Yang 2:3 (5:11 11:8 11:8 6:11 4:11) Finn TUGWELL – Yoshida KAII 0:3 (7:11 4:11 4:11) Claus NIELSEN – Bartosz SUCH 0:3 (6:11 5:11 9:11) AS Pontoise Cergy – Fakel Gazproma Orenburg 0:3 Marcos FREITAS – Vladimir SAMSONOV 1:3 (3:11 11:6 8:11 4:11) WANG Jian Jun – Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 1:3 (10:12 11:9 6:11 4:11) Peter FRANZ – Alexey SMIRNOV 1:3 (11:8 3:11 9:11 11:13)
China on top of Asia after claiming both Singles golds
World number one XU Xin showed why he is officially the best in the world by coming from 1-2 down to beat his teammate 17 year old FAN Zhendong. The pen holder was able to cope with the pressure better in the crucial points than the Youth Olympic Games World number one XU Xin showed why he is officially the best in the world by coming from 1-2 down to beat his teammate 17 year old FAN Zhendong. The pen holder was able to cope with the pressure better in the crucial points than the Youth Olympic Games champion and won the Asian Games’ titanic battle 11-6 5-11 11-13 12-10 11-8. Overcame with emotion that he fell to the ground after match point the 24 year old shared: “This is an important platform for me to prove myself and move closer to my Rio Dream. Hence this victory is really meaningful to me.” Facing tough resistance in the finals he added: “The finals was very tough both of us played at the highest level. I think the most important factor lies in the crucial points and my mentality. In the third game I missed my game point and lost the game but I was able to adjust fast to play the fourth game. I believe that is the key to the victory.” The losing semi finalists CHUANG Chih Yuan (TPE) and JOO Saehyuk (KOR) took home the bronze medals. LIU Shiwen made up for losing the world number one ranking to compatriot DING Ning in the latest October rankings by being crowned Asian Games Women’s Singles Champion which happened to be China’s 150th gold medal of the 17th Asian Games. LIU Shiwen blew her less experienced opponent ZHU Yuling off the table in a scintillating table tennis performance. The 23 year old from Liaoning China won 11-6 11-4 13-11 11-7 to add the singles gold to the team gold and doubles silver she won earlier in the week. A delighted LIU Shiwen said after the match: “I’m very excited to have won the title! I didn’t think too much on how the final score will be and I never thought that I would win 4-0. During the match I kept telling myself to stay focus and fight for every point. I think I performed better than I expected for both my matches today. I felt nervous during the past few days including my team matches. But it’s the final day of competition today and I could go all out to play in the games.” Bronze went to local favourite YANG Haeun (KOR) and FENG Tianwei (SIN). XU Xin and LIU Shiwen’s gold medals today brought China’s tally up to six for the Asian Games table tennis event after claiming gold in the Men’s & Women’s team as well as the Men’s & Women’s doubles earlier in the week. The seventh gold medal went to North Korea who won the Mixed Doubles event. The best Asian table tennis player’s focus now turns to the 2014 ITTF Women’s World Cup which will take place on 17-19 October 2014 in Linz Austria and the LIEBHERR 2014 ITTF Men’s World Cup to be held in Dusseldorf Germany on 24-26 October 2014.
Berlin beat Linz to evoke Lisbon`s final
In the clash of two times WECL champions Berlin Eastside beat at home Linz AG Froschberg 3:2. It was like “bonus” episode of German–Austrian table tennis rivalry after the final of 2014 TMS European Championships in Lisbon last weekend when German ladies In the clash of two times WECL champions Berlin Eastside beat at home Linz AG Froschberg 3:2. It was like “bonus” episode of German–Austrian table tennis rivalry after the final of 2014 TMS European Championships in Lisbon last weekend when German ladies won gold. Tonight`s battle cancelled two players who fought for the crown in Portugal SHAN Xiaona and LIU Jia. The 2005 individual European champion LIU Jia missed set ball to catch the fifth set whilst SHAN took three points in a row to provide important win for defending WECL champion. Other three Round 2 games outcome was: Postas Sport Egysulet – Metz 1:3 Szekszard AC – SVNO STROCK 3:2 Zamek Tarnobrzeg – Fenerbahce 0:3. Metz beat away Postas Sport Egysulet 3:1 in Group B thanks first of all to FU Yu who took two points but also to well experienced Yunli SHREINER the winner of tight game no. 3. Host hoped LI Jiao being able to secure two wins for them but two times individual European champion brought just one defeating WU Jiaduo in four games of opening match. It was a clash between two former single gold medalists from European Championships. World`s no. 18 FU Yu easily leveled against Rita KERTAI. Host took just 13 points in total. After that the most experienced player in the competition Yunli SCHREINER managed to overcome Krisztina AMBRUS in five sets. Finally FU Yu prevailed in encounter between two leading players. LI Jiao had no chance this time losing in straight games. Metz continues with 1-1 score while Postas has 0-2. Hungarian Szekszard reached its very first WECL victory defeating at home SVNO STROCK 3:2. Two points for the host secured LI Fen the 2013 European individual champion who played last season for Schwechat`s side. In fifth match two Hungarian players met as well experienced Petra LOVAS defeated talented Dora MADARASZ. Austrian club led 2:1 after three encounters and Matilda EKHOLM had 2:0 against LI in all-Swedish clash. But Szekszard`s player took next three sets in a row. Petra LOVAS WECL champion with Berlin two years ago was unstoppable for Dora MADARASZ in decisive encounter. Two finalists of 2013 ETTU Cup met in Poland as top WECL seed Fenerbahce defeated Zamek Tarnobrzeg 3:0. Turkish champion changed its squad last summer but kept the strength. Excellent defender Irene IVANCAN secured lead against LI Qian in five games. It could say that second match was decisive knowing how much HAN Ying means to the best Polish club. But this time she couldn’t stop JIA Wen. IVANCAN and HAN played five days ago in the winning German team on 2014 TMS European Championships in Lisbon. Zamek`s newcomer Natalia PARTYKA started excellent against Elisabeta SAMARA having 2:0 lead and just nine lost points but guest answered in same style in next two games. Last set was full of upside-downs as both had several match points. Finally SAMARA won 20:18. WECL Round 2 – Group A Szekszard AC – SVNO STROCK 3:2 LI Fen – Dora MADARASZ 3:1 (10:12 11:9 11:5 13:11) Petra LOVAS – Matilda EKHOLM 1:3 (8:11 9:11 11:8 4:11) Kata TOTH – Tetyana BILENKO 0:3 (2:11 4:11 9:11) LI Fen – Matilda EKHOLM 3:2 (6:11 10:12 11:8 11:4 11:6) Petra LOVAS – Dora MADARASZ 3:0 (12:10 11:8 11:6) Zamek Tarnobrzeg – Fenerbahce 0:3 LI Qian – Irene IVANCAN 2:3 (11:8 4:11 10:12 17:15 3:11) HAN Ying – JIA Wen 1:3 (4:11 11:9 6:11 9:11) Natalia PARTYKA – Elisabeta SAMARA 2:3 (11:7 11:2 8:11 8:11 18:20) WECL Round 2 –Group B Postas Sport Egysulet – Metz 1:3 LI Jiao – WU Jiaduo 3:1 (12:10 1:11 11:7 11:8) Rita KERTAI – FU Yu 0:3 (7:11 3:11 3:11) Krisztina AMBRUS – Yunli SCHREINER 2:3 (8:11 11:9 7:11 11:4 5:11) LI Jiao – FU Yu 0:3 (8:11 7:11 7:11) Berlin Eastside – Linz AG Froschberg 3:2 Georgina POTA – LIU Jia 3:1 (11:7 11:6 6:11 11:4) SHAN Xiaona – LI Xiaodan 0:3 (4:11 4:11 9:11) Petrissa SOLJA – Iveta VACENOVSKA 3:2 (2:11 13:11 11:7 9:11 11:4) Georgina POTA – LI Xiaodan 2:3 (11:6 8:11 6:11 11:9 10:12) SHAN Xiaona – LIU Jia 3:1 (11:13 11:8 11:3 12:10)
Angers dead set on win in Havlickuv Brod
Two clubs from Group C of Men`s European Champions League will fight for their first victory in new season today in Czech Republic city Havlickuv Brod: Sten Marketing HB Ostrov – Vaillante Angers (19h00 CET). Angers` president Gerard SARAZIN thinks that t Two clubs from Group C of Men`s European Champions League will fight for their first victory in new season today in Czech Republic city Havlickuv Brod: Sten Marketing HB Ostrov – Vaillante Angers (19h00 CET). Angers` president Gerard SARAZIN thinks that the top spot in this group is “reserved” for Russian UMMC explaining why today`s game is important for his side: “For Angers this round is very important because if we beat Sten normally we will finish minimum in third and could continue in ETTU Cup and it is also the possibility to have a match with Saarrbrucken for the qualification for the quarters. I really think that UMMC will finish on first place”. SARAZIN added why he is looking forward this game: “This round is also the possibility for us to see the first match of Kenji MATSUDAIRA just arrived from Japan. Last pleasure is to see again Josef SIMONCIK who played one season with Angers two years ago and played a final in ETTU Cup”. Vaillante Angers achieved its best result in MECL last season. They played for the very first time in semi-final and lost from future champion Pontoise.
Perfect Chartres overwhelms Bremen
First five Round 2 games of 2014/15 Men`s European Champions League were finished as biggest surprise was seen in Sweden where Eslovs beat the 2008 MECL champion Wienviertel Niederosterreich 3:2. Other results are: Hennebont – Borussia 0:3 Werder Bremen First five Round 2 games of 2014/15 Men`s European Champions League were finished as biggest surprise was seen in Sweden where Eslovs beat the 2008 MECL champion Wienviertel Niederosterreich 3:2. Other results are: Hennebont – Borussia 0:3 Werder Bremen – Chartes 0:3 Saarbrucken – UMMC 0:3 Sten HB Ostrov – Vaillante Angers 2:3. Ten times European champion Borussia Dusseldorf had easy job in France. Timo BOLL & Company beat Hennebont 3:0 in Round 2 of Men`s European Champions League to secure leading place in Group D. These two clubs were unbeaten after opening round. Sharat Kamal ACHANTA overcame CHO Eon Rae in straight games of the first match. French rising star Quentin ROBINOT forced great Timo BOLL to play four games. Host surprised German in second set but after that Borussia`s star controlled the game. Former Angers`player Panagiotis GIONIS Borussia`s newcomer used to play against Hennebont in French Pro A League. Tonight he defeated Dimitrij PROKOPCOV in straight games to provide victory for his side. The best French club in last couple of years managed to beat away the 2013 German champion in straight games playing without its best player Singaporean GAO Ning: Werder Bremen – Chartres ASTT 0:3. Austrian Robert GARDOS brought first lead beating Warder’s newcomer Bastian STEGER in straight games. Former Saarbrucken`s no. 1 was very close in first and third set but guest showed that he is able to kept his side in good way although GAO is not there. Par GERELL used to be Chartres` „secret weapon” many times as it was today. Swede overcame Adrian CRISAN playing confidently all the time. Most experienced player in the game Damien ELOI secured win for French club. He was better than Constantin CIOTI after five games. Both sides are continuing with 1-1 score. Chartres leveled bad experience from opening round when surprisingly suffered 3:0 home defeat from Neiderosterreich playing with GAO Ning in the line-up. In the reprise of the 2012 MECL semis UMMC beat away Saarbrucken 3:0 but it wasn’t easy win. In first two matches each player could win but both five-sets encounters belonged to Russian side. Bojan TOKIC and Alexander SHIBAEV used to play with a lot of hart when they are staying one against another. Two seasons ago they had one amazing match and repeated it tonight. Tall Russian again was better although Slovenian had 1:0 and 2:1 lead. Joao MONTEIRO who reached gold with Portugal in European Championships last week increased UMMC`s lead beating Adrien MATTENET in five games. Finally former runner-up of individual continental championships TAN Ruiwu defeated Marc Rode in four sets. Eslovs shocked Wienviertel Niederosterreich in Group B – 3:2! Austrian team the 2008 MECL champion was clear favorite especially knowing that in great style beat away Chartes in opening game. The hero of Swedish club is XU Hui who secured two points for his side defeating one offensive and one defensive player Stefan FEGERL and HOU Yingchao. Robert SVENSSON took third point for Eslov beating Stefan FEGERL in five games. The 2013/14 MECL semi-finalist played for the very first time with its newcomer Kenji MATSUDAIRA. Japanese lost one of his matches but Angers beat Sten Marketing HB Ostrov in Czech Republic 3:2. Sten`s player Pavel SIRUCEK was perfect winning two points (second one against MATSUDAIRA) but it wasn’t enough for host team. Angers`Jon PERSSON secured win for his side defeating Tomas TREGLER. Men`s European Champions League Round 2 Group B Werder Bremen – Chartres 0:3 Bastian STEGER – Robert GARDOS 0:3 (9:11 5:11 9:11) Adrian CRISAN – Par GERELL 0:3 (7:11 9:11 6:11) Constantin CIOTI – Damien ELOI 2:3 (9:11 11:8 5:11 11:5 8:11) Eslovs – Niederosterreich 3:2 XU Hui – Stefan FEGERL 3:1 (11:4 4:11 12:10 11:8) Robert SVENSSON – HOU Yingchao 0:3 (10:12 7:11 13:15) Mattias OVERSJO – Daniel HABESOHN 0:3 (10:12 12:14 6:11) XU Hui – HOU Yingchao 3:1 (8:11 11:7 11:8 11:7) Robert SVENSSON – Stefan FEGERL 3:2 (5:11 11:9 11:6 8:11 11:7) Group C Saarbrucken – UMMC 0:3 Bojan TOKIC – Alexander SHIBAEV 2:3 (11:7 11:13 11:6 6:11 5:11) Adrien MATTENET – Joao MONTEIRO 2:3 (9:11 16:14 7:11 12:10 6:11) Marc RODE – TAN Ruiwu 1:3 (7:11 10:12 11:9 9:11) Sten Marketing HB Ostrov – Vaillante Angers 2:3 Pavel SIRUCEK – Jon PERSSON 3:0 (11:5 11:9 11:9) Tomas TREGLER – Kenji MATSUDAIRA 1:3 (11:9 6:11 5:11 8:11) Petr KORBEL – Christophe LEGOUT 0:3 (6:11 8:11 5:11) Pavel SIRUCEK – Kenji MATSUDAIRA 3:1 (9:11 14:12 12:10 11:8) Tomas TREGLER – Jon PERSSON 1:3 (11:8 8:11 10:12 10:12) Group D Hennebont – Borussia Dusseldorf 0:3 CHO Eon Rae – Sharat Kamal ACHANTA 0:3 (8:11 8:11 5:11) Quentin ROBINOT – Timo BOLL 1:3 (7:11 11:7 5:11 3:11) Dimitrij PROKPOCOV – Panagiotis GIONIS 0:3 (6:11 6:11 11:13)
