At the quarterfinal stage of the Men’s and Women’s Singles Event at the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour China Open (Super) in Chengdu only Asians will play. Bastian STEGER of Germany was the last European representative in the Round of 16 of the Men’s Sin At the quarterfinal stage of the Men’s and Women’s Singles Event at the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour China Open (Super) in Chengdu only Asians will play. Bastian STEGER of Germany was the last European representative in the Round of 16 of the Men’s Singles Event but for the place in the quarterfinal he faced top seeded XU Xin of China. Previously XU overcame FENG Xiaoquan of Austria whilst STEGER accounted for SUN Chia-Hung of Taipei. In same round Germany’s Steffen MENGEL lost against Koki NIWA of Japan. In Women’s Singles Event HAN Yang of Germany suffered by the hands of WU Yang of China in the Round of 16. In Women’s Doubles Event Germany’s HAN Ying and WU Jiaduo won bronye they reached semi final after victory over LIN Chia-Hui and LIU Hsing-Yin of Taipei but failed to halt the progress of their compatriots CHENG I-Ching and HUANG Yi-Hua.
Trinko KEEN joins Enjoy & Deploy Taverzo
Enjoy & Deploy Taverzo Dutch champion announced the names of the players for next season and submitted their forms for the Europeans Club Competition. Talented Roel BOGIE (13) and Rajko GOMMERS (18) will stay in the club. After many years in Germany Enjoy & Deploy Taverzo Dutch champion announced the names of the players for next season and submitted their forms for the Europeans Club Competition. Talented Roel BOGIE (13) and Rajko GOMMERS (18) will stay in the club. After many years in Germany best Dutch male player of the last decades in the team is Trinko KEEN. Trinko will play in the ECC but above all he will be important to help the young talented group to improve. KANG Donghoon (KOR) Benedek OLAH (FIN) and YANG Ming (CHN) are the foreign players in the team. Donghoon is ranked within the top 10 in Korea and winner of the 2012 Australian Open ITTF world tour. Benedek OLAH is nr 1 player in Finland and will join the Olympic talent team in the Netherlands for practice as well. Yang Ming is a young left-handed player of the Shandong Province. Trinko KEEN: “It is good to be back in my own country and to contribute in the development of young talents. Last year I joined this group to prepare for the matches in the German Bundesliga and decided that I want to stay connected to the sport. Besides this men team young Britt EERLAND is part of the group of talented players I will invest in. This is a new challenge for me.”
Seven Europeans in Round of 32 in China
There are only two European nation’s represents in the main draw of the Man’s and three in the Women’s Singles Event at the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour China Open in Chengdu. Players from Germany and Austria will play in both events whilst Netherlands There are only two European nation’s represents in the main draw of the Man’s and three in the Women’s Singles Event at the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour China Open in Chengdu. Players from Germany and Austria will play in both events whilst Netherlands will have representative in Women’s Event in the round of 32. For the place among 16 Bastian STEGER of Germany will meet SUN Chia Hung of Taipei and Steffen MENGEL will play against Koki NIWA of Japan. Austria’s FENG Xiaoquan will play against top seeded XU XIn of China. Amelie SOLJA of Austria will meet DOO Hoi Kem of Korea in the opening round of the main draw. WU Jiaduo of Germany the highest ranked player in the first stage of the Women’s Singles event also reached main draw. Former European champion will play against LEE Ho Ching of Hong Kong. HAN Ying of Germany will meet another Hong Kong player NG Wing Nam whilst LI Jie of Netherlands will play against WU Yang of China. abbigliamento uomo donna vivienne westwood sale
The search for the world’s best TT trick shot begins
Table tennis enthusiasts across the world are again invited to send in their best most creative and outrageous table tennis trick shot to ITTF.com/TrickShot for their chance to prove to the world that they have the best trick shot on earth. In addition t Table tennis enthusiasts across the world are again invited to send in their best most creative and outrageous table tennis trick shot to ITTF.com/TrickShot for their chance to prove to the world that they have the best trick shot on earth. In addition to the prestigious title of owning the world’s best table tennis trick shot the winner will also walk away with US$4 000 one-year STIGA Sponsorship and a 4 day 3 night trip to the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Bangkok Thailand to meet TOP table tennis stars. STIGA’s President and CEO Mats BANDSTIGEN stated: “It feels great that the STIGA Trick Shot Showdown is back again. STIGA is very proud to be the sponsor of this 2014 Showdown and we hope that table tennis lovers from all around the World will participate! We are sure it will become even bigger/better compared to the previous success and it will surely show how fantastic the sport of table tennis is!“ All the videos from the STIGA 2014 ITTF Trick Shot Showdown will be put on ITTF’s YouTube (YouTube.com/ITTFChannel) and Youku channels (http://bit.ly/ITTFYouKu) with the views on these platforms plus fan polls going a long way to determining the winner. ITTF Marketing Director Steve DAINTON is hoping to exceed the overwhelming success of last year’s competition which saw 80 entries and over 2 million views on YouTube: “It’s great that we have STIGA on board again for this fun competition. I am sure this will be even better than last year and break all the records. I want people to amaze all of with their unbelievable trick shots. Show us what you have got!” The deadline for submitting your table tennis trick shot is 5 September 2014 0900 GMT so get out your video camera or mobile phone racket ball props and your imagination and let’s make table tennis VIRAL online! For more information on the STIGA 2014 ITTF Trick Shot Showdown please click here. mulberry purse
SVS STROCK the new ETTU Cup champion
SVS STROCK is the new champion of the ETTU Cup. In the second leg they lost against Club Pongiste Lyssois Lille Metropole after five close games but they managed to reach the overall victory. Club Pongiste Lyssois Lille Metropole lost their first encount SVS STROCK is the new champion of the ETTU Cup. In the second leg they lost against Club Pongiste Lyssois Lille Metropole after five close games but they managed to reach the overall victory. Club Pongiste Lyssois Lille Metropole lost their first encounter at home soil by same margin 2:3. The both teams scored 17 games each so at the end points difference counts. It was 319: 298 for Austrian team. LI Fen European singles champion crowned in Austria last year shined once again in Schwechat. At the beginning of the duel Swede beat young rising star always dangerous Romania’s Bernadette SZOCS. SZOCS managed to took one game by narrow margin from experienced adversary but in the last set LI showed no mercy. YANG Xiao Xin brought back suspense in the game. She overcame Tatyana BILENKO after losing first game. In the duel between Petra LOVAS and Agnes Le LANNIC experience prevailed. Agnes failed to settle into the game before Hungarian player sealed the match. Like two weeks before the duel between same adversaries concluded in three games. In first leg LI Fen beat YANG Xiao Xin in straight games to give her team good start and this time YANG had her revenge. She beat LI in four games. LI recovered after 0:2 won third set 11:0 before in close game YANG concluded the match in her favor. Once again Bernadette SZOCS was in charge to close the match. She did it in great style. SZOCS beat Tatyana BILENKO in straight games to give her team victory in second leg. 2013/14 ETC final leg2 SVS STRÖCK – Club Pongiste Lyssois Lille Metropole 2:3 (8:10) 1st leg 3:2 (9:7) aggregate 17:17 (points 319: 298) LI Fen – Bernadette SZOCS 3:1 (11:9 11:9 10:12 11:1) Tatyana BILENKO -YANG Xiao Xin 1:3 (11:7 7:11 6:11 9:11) Petra LOVAS – Agnes Le LANNIC 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:4) LI Fen – YANG Xiao Xin 1:3 (9:11 8:11 11:0 10:12) Tatyana BILENKO – Bernadette SZOCS 0:3 (10:12 7:11 8:11)
Table tennis party in Austria
Austria’s SVS STROCK secured great advantage before home match (this Thurday ion Schwechat 19h00 CET live on Laola1.tv) in second leg of the Women’s ETTU Cup final. In Lys-Lez-Lannoy they overcame Club Pongiste Lyssois Lille Metropole. LI Fen European Austria’s SVS STROCK secured great advantage before home match (this Thurday ion Schwechat 19h00 CET live on Laola1.tv) in second leg of the Women’s ETTU Cup final. In Lys-Lez-Lannoy they overcame Club Pongiste Lyssois Lille Metropole. LI Fen European singles champion crowned in Schwechat last year beat YANG Xiaoxin. Duel between Daniele DODEAN and Bernadette SZOCS went on young starts account. Petra LOVAS faced no problems in the duel against Agnes LE LANNIC whilst Tayana BILENKO lost against YANG Xiaoxin. Bernadette SZOCS opened the final match with 1:0 advantage but LI Fen did not back off. In next three games Swede prevailed by very narrow margin. “First leg was impressive from few points. The game was very exciting and it matched the organization. Lille organized it perfectly it was not a match it was big table tennis party. The great number of supporters made unforgettable atmosphere and at the end they were rewarded with the great play but unfortunately for them we left the hall with victory ” said SVS STROCK manager Martin SOROS. SOROS had nothing but words of praised for adversaries. “Bernadette SZOCS proved once again that she is the player with unbelievable power and fighting spirit. She put us under severe pressure in first leg. YANG Xiaoxin with her style give LI Fen not so easy time. Her blocks and unexpected shots forced every adversary to give 100 percent in game against her. However girls worked very hard in between two matches. IMAMURA and BOROS prepared the team for the challenge and I hope we will celebrate the title at the end.” SOROS promised that SVS STROCK will try to match French great hospitality. “It will be another great table tennis party for the end of the competition. Generally women’s table tennis deserves it. This year showed great improvement in that sector. We had very good clubs from Istanbul France Poland…We are on the way to enjoy very hi quality sport in near future. It proves that people in the clubs works on development and further improvement of women sport.” Franck SEYNHAEVE also underlined the great atmosphere in the opening leg. “First match was an important event for our club. Our hall was full with more than 800 spectators and the match was extraordinary ” said French Manager SEYNHAEVE. “The composition of STRÖCK was a big surprise for us because Li Fen has played the first match against our best player YANG Xiao Xin. With this composition we could have lost by 3-0 but Bernadette has played a big match against DODEAN.” SZOCS was also close to victory against LI Fen. “She has won the first set against LI Fen and she has lead in the second set 7-5.But LI Fen is an impressive player. at the end we know that it will be difficult for us in Austria but our players have shown that they can beat them”.
WC teammates become rivals on the ITTF World Tour
The GAC Group World Tour Super Series gets back underway after a 2-month break with the qualification for the China Open hosted in Chengdu China beginning tomorrow. 7 out of the top 10 ranked men and 9 out of the top 10 ranked women will be present in The GAC Group World Tour Super Series gets back underway after a 2-month break with the qualification for the China Open hosted in Chengdu China beginning tomorrow. 7 out of the top 10 ranked men and 9 out of the top 10 ranked women will be present in the Sichuan Province to battle it out for vital “Race to Bangkok” ranking to earn their place at the 1 million dollar World Tour Grand Finals to be held in Bangkok Thailand at the end of the year. Members of the Chinese Team who were crowned World Team Champions last month on the back of a strong team unity will have to change their mentality as they now find their team mates on the other side of the table. Defending champion and world number two MA Long (CHN) does not see this as a problem: “We are all professionals and we are used to playing against each other regularly. It was amazing winning the World Championships with this great team but now we all want to beat our team mates to win the China Open.” Despite MA Long being the defending champion and favourite for the event the 25 year-old will face stiff competition from his team mate and good friend XU Xin (CHN) who now sits one place higher in the world ranking and has won 7 out of 7 matches played on the ITTF World Tour this year. If all the matches go to seeding they will meet each other in the finals which will be a repeat of the GAC Group 2013 World Tour Grand Finals where XU Xin was triumphant. World number seven CHUANG Chih-Yuan (TPE) and Youth Olympic Games champion Koki NIWA (JPN) will lead the international charge to take the China Open gold medal out of China. History will be made if Olympic champion LI Xiaoxia (CHN) can stand on the top of the podium in Chengdu. A victory on the weekend will be her sixth China Open triumph which will be an all time record for the event. Like her Chinese male counterparts LI Xiaoxia will have to overcome her team mates who together with her won the World Team Championships title in Tokyo Japan. After the draw where LI Xiaoxia found out that she is due to play world number one LIU Shiwen (CHN) in the semi finals stated: “After Tokyo I had a bit of rest but I am back into action now playing in the Chinese Super League. I will have to play at my best to win here as there are fantastic players present especially LIU Shiwen who I have to play in the semi finals but hopefully I can do it.” Olympic bronze medalist FENG Tianwei (SIN) will also be pushing for gold after winning back-to-back at World Tour Challenge events (3rd tier of the GAC Group World Tour) in Philippines and Australia last month. Qualification for the 16 positions available in the main draw starts tomorrow the 4th of June at the Sichuan Province Gymnasium. The 16 players who secure qualification together with the 16 seeded players will start the round of 32 knock out on Friday 6 June. In addition to the men’s and women’s singles there are also men’s and women’s doubles as well as men’s and women’s under 21 singles titles on offer in Chengdu. corriere hermes
SAMSONOV regrets first game in France
The main candidate for the title in 2013/14 Men`s European Champions League Fakel Gazproma Orenburg didn`t manage to take third crown in a row. Last year they lifted the trophy thanks to better points ratio (315:311) against Charleroi but this time they The main candidate for the title in 2013/14 Men`s European Champions League Fakel Gazproma Orenburg didn`t manage to take third crown in a row. Last year they lifted the trophy thanks to better points ratio (315:311) against Charleroi but this time they were beaten according set ratio (16:18) in battle with AS Pontoise Cergy. Russian club was in very good position after two games in returning home match having 2:0 advantage (OVTCHAROV beat WANG SAMSONOV overcame FREITAS both took five sets). “We had a good chance to win but it didn’t work out well. The rival was very strong. All games were very tense we fought to the very last ball. We started well and outscored 2:0 after two matches and hoped for the victory but our bad performance in France affected it” stressed Vladimir SAMSONOV who is still MECL record holder with total 10 titles (3 with Borussia 5 with Charleroi 2 with Orenburg). French side had 3:1 (10:5) advantage from the first leg but young Kristian KARLSSON was not considered as favorite against Alexey SMIRNOV the best no. 3 player in MECL in last couple of seasons. However Swede beat him in five tense games. It meant that Pontoise is the new champion “The game was very difficult. We lost in sets finally. That’s sports. It was bad luck” emphasizes Alexey SMIRNOV (37 year) the 2005 Europe Top 12 winner It was the first ever Pontoise`s final and title too and fifth ETTU final in a row for Orenburg (2010 ETTU Cup winner 2012 2013 MECL winner 2011 2014 MECL runner-up).
Meo Arena awaits European best
From 24th to 28th September 2014 Meo Arena will be the venue of the European Championships. In Portugal’s Lisbon only team’s Event will be played. The Championship will also be used as a qualification for the first ever European Games. The event’s From 24th to 28th September 2014 Meo Arena will be the venue of the European Championships. In Portugal’s Lisbon only team’s Event will be played. The Championship will also be used as a qualification for the first ever European Games. The event’s prospectus has been released today. There will be a Championship Division with 16 teams a Challenge Division with 16 teams and all other remaining teams will play in the Standard Division. All matches will be determined by the best of 5 games. Final results and placements for each team will be used as qualifications for 2015 European Games which will be held in Baku (Azerbaijan). Top 14 teams from Championship division will be directly qualified together with the winner of Challenge division and host – Azerbaijan Table Tennis Association. All qualified Associations must have respective NOC´s confirmation for participation not later than March 01 2015. Reigning European Champions in both Men’s Team and Women’s Team Events is Germany. The draw for the team events will be held on August 24th at the Hotel Tivoli Oriente at 10:00 am.Dead line for preliminary entry form is June 30th 2014 and for final on-line form August 15th 2014.The ETTU Congress will take place on September 26th 2014 at Hotel Tivoli Oriente. Official Website of the 2014 European Championships www.2014eurotabletennis.com Official facebook page of 2014 European Championships https://www.facebook.com/pages/Euro-Table-Tennis-2014/1434244660167042?fref=ts
Titles for Belarus and Romania in Wladyslawowo
The Junior Boys and Girls Team’s Event at the 2014 Polish Junior & Cadet Open – ITTF Premium Junior Circuit concluded with upsets. Complete outsiders Belarus the no.6 seeds won the Junior Boys’ Team title in Wladyslawowo whilst Romania the The Junior Boys and Girls Team’s Event at the 2014 Polish Junior & Cadet Open – ITTF Premium Junior Circuit concluded with upsets. Complete outsiders Belarus the no.6 seeds won the Junior Boys’ Team title in Wladyslawowo whilst Romania the fourth seeds emerged as the surprise winners of the Junior Girls’ Team event. At the final hurdle the trio of Aleksiandr KHANIN Vadim YARASHENKA and Gleb SHAMRUK overcame the top seeded Hungarian outfit of Nandor ECSEKI Adam SZUDI amd Bence MAJOROS by three matches to nil to claim the crown. In the penultimate round Aleksiandr KHANIN Vadim YARASHENKA and Gleb SHAMRUK posted a three-nil win against the Japan ‘B’ Team of Ryotaro OGATA Masato KAKITSUKA amd Tomo MIYAZAKI. Girls from Romania overcame the Czech Republic the sixth seeds by three matches to one at the final hurdle to arrest the title. Backbone of the success was Bernadett BALINT the winner earlier in the year of the Junior Girls’ Singles event at the Czech Junior and Cadet Open. She beat both Karolina MYNAROVA and Krystina STEFCOVA to set Romania on the road to victory. The one further win for the Romanians came from Diana LUPU in the second match of the fixture against Kristyna STEFCOVA; whilst for the Czech Republic the one success was recorded by Barbora KAPOUNOVA. In the third match of the contest she defeated Bianca CRISAN. A 3:1 success in the final the same margin of victory as had been recorded against Poland ‘A’ the no.10 seeds in the quarter-finals and in opposition to Russia ‘A’ the top seeds in the penultimate round.
