Messesporthalle Dornbirn will be the venue for the Austria’s National Championships this weekend. Defending champions in Women’s Singles LIU Jia and in Men’s Singles Daniel HABESOHN will be on line of duty once again as a top seeds. In Women&#, Messesporthalle Dornbirn will be the venue for the Austria’s National Championships this weekend. Defending champions in Women’s Singles LIU Jia and in Men’s Singles Daniel HABESOHN will be on line of duty once again as a top seeds. In Women’s Singles the contenders are LIU Yuan, Sofia POLCANOVA and Amelie SOLJA. Also LI Qiangbing will participate after her baby break. The main favorites besides Daniel HABESOHN in Men’s Singles are Robert GARDOS, Stefan FEGERL and CHEN Weixing. In Men’s Doubles Stefan FEGERL and Daniel HABESOHN is the top seeded pair. In Women’s Doubles Sofia POLCANOVA and Amelie SOLJA the defending champions are seeded as No. 1. With LIU Jia and LIU Yuan there is a strong contending double pair. In Mixed Doubles LIU Jia and Bernhard PRESSLMAYER are the defending champions. They won the 10 titles already starting from 1999. Stefan FEGERL and LI Qiangbing are seeded as No. 2. They won the title 2011 and 2012. Mathias NEUWIRTH Courtesy of OTTV
LI Jie is back for Dutch National Champs
Dutch National Championships is scheduled for the weekend. Best players will fight for titles in the Venue of Landstede Sportcentrum, Zwolle, home for basketball and volleyball matches. More than 2000 spectators will be able to enjoy fierce battles for na, Dutch National Championships is scheduled for the weekend. Best players will fight for titles in the Venue of Landstede Sportcentrum, Zwolle, home for basketball and volleyball matches. More than 2000 spectators will be able to enjoy fierce battles for national titles. In the women’s tournament there is a short list of favorites. LI Jiao is topping the list, and there is LI Jie who makes her comeback to the table after giving birth to her son. They will be challenged by Britt EERLAND, Linda CREEMERS and Yana TIMINA The list of favorites for the men’s tournament can almost be as long as the list of participants. The quality of the players is so leveled that anyone can win. However, there are few to be mentioned: Laurens TROMER, Martin KHATCHANOV, Barry WIJERS, Casper ter LUUN, Ewout OOSTWOUDER en Michel de BOER. But upsets are always unpredictable in Dutch table tennis. Last years winners are: Casper ter LÜÜN in Men’s Singles, LI Jiao in Women’s Singles, Casper ter LÜÜN and Jelle BOSMAN in men’s Doubles, Linda CREEMERS and LI Jiao in Women’s Doubles and Martijn de VRIES and Nicky ZETSEN in Mixed Doubles Event.
Top names confirmed in Czech Republic
Czech Republic’s National Championship 2014, will be held in in Pilsen (from 28. February – 2. March 2014). The best table tennis players of the Czech Republic already confirmed their appearance. The favorites are Dmitrij PROKOPCOV, Pavel ŠIRUČEK, T, Czech Republic’s National Championship 2014, will be held in in Pilsen (from 28. February – 2. March 2014). The best table tennis players of the Czech Republic already confirmed their appearance. The favorites are Dmitrij PROKOPCOV, Pavel ŠIRUČEK, Tomas KONECNY, Petr KORBEL, Iveta VACENOVSKÁ, Renata ŠTRBÍKOVÁ, Hana MATELOVÁ or Dana ČECHOVÁ. Judging by the names the competition will be fierce. Title holders in their respective Man’s and Women’s Singles Events are Dmitrij PROKOPCOV (winner at 2010, 2011, 2013) and Hana MATELOVÁ. In 2013 titles in Doubles won: Tomáš KONEČNÝ and Tomáš TREGLER , Lenka HARABASZOVÁ and Martina SMIŠTÍKOVÁ, as well as Michal OBEŠLO and Hana MATELOVÁ
Naomi OWEN and Stephen JENKINS aiming high
Naomi OWEN and Stephen JENKINS are hoping to return to the Welsh National Championships again in 2014 and do exactly what they planned 12 months prior winning the women’s and men’s singles respectively. For Naomi it was 9 titles, for Stephen, the first. F, Naomi OWEN and Stephen JENKINS are hoping to return to the Welsh National Championships again in 2014 and do exactly what they planned 12 months prior winning the women’s and men’s singles respectively. For Naomi it was 9 titles, for Stephen, the first. For the very first year the Championships have been taken from Cardiff down to West Wales in Carmarthen. “Charlotte CAREY, who is based in Germany, has recently jumped over Naomi into top seeded spot on the Welsh rankings, after a rise on the ITTF world list. Also waiting for their glory is German based Megan and Angharad Phillips, Swedish Elite league player Chloe THOMAS and Belgian league player Nicole HALL. On the men’s side Conor EDWARDS (seeded 2 and last year’s finalist) Dan O’CONNELL (Germany based), Dean CUNDY and Patrick THOMAS are all hoping for this year to be their year in Carmarthen”, added National Coaching Manager Ryan JENKINS Conor EDWARDS is hoping get 4 in a row in the junior boy’s category, but from the number 2 seeded position, whilst Charlotte CAREY is hoping for a senior and junior title combination of her own this year (seeded 1 in both events) Jac JENKINS is seeded 1 in the cadet boy’s event with Lydia John hoping to add the cadet girl’s title to the U13’s she won in 2013 Callum EVANS (15 years old) is number 1 seed in the U21 event, but the 2013 title is owned by Daniel O’CONNELL. The women’s is held by Charlotte CAREY. Mark FARROW won the Vets Open in 2013 and will hope a second title is added in 2014. Follow the action on twitter – @walesTT Facebook it is – https://www.facebook.com/pages/TT-Wales/432508220096105
WSA-“baby” qualifies for the YOG in China
In summer of 2009 – sent by ITTF, a small 11-year-old girl from Thailand appeared at the WSA-on-Tour Course in Faak am See: Tamolwan KHETKUEN. There were no doubts after just a few training sessions: this is an exceptional talent at the table. The W, In summer of 2009 – sent by ITTF, a small 11-year-old girl from Thailand appeared at the WSA-on-Tour Course in Faak am See: Tamolwan KHETKUEN. There were no doubts after just a few training sessions: this is an exceptional talent at the table. The WSA reacted quickly. In agreement with the ITTF, the Thai association and Butterfly the little lady from Thailand was taken under the wings of the Werner SCHLAGER Academy in Austria. For now more than three years Tamolwan KHETKUEN lives and trains in Schwechat at the Werner SCHLAGER Academy. She’s playing for the WSA partner Club SVS STRÖCK, and she is managed by Schwechat on her way to the top. The 16 years old WSA “baby” KHETKUEN has now been placed in the world rankings from position 572 to 284 in the general and is already ranked at number 30 in the under-18 ranking. And just now she received the confirmation of the ITTF for the qualification for the Youth Olympic Games (17th to 28th August 2014) in Nanjing, China. An outstanding success for Tamolwan KHETKUEN and the coaching staff of the Werner Schlager Academy, headed by the WSA women head coaches Aya UMEMURA and Tamara BOROŠ, who care in a motherly way about the girl from Far East. More successes seem guaranteed. On duty of SVS STRÖCK, or in Nanjing ….
Titles for XU Xin and HU Limei in Doha
China’s XU Xin, the second seed once again celebrated in the Gulf region of the World. XU won the Men’s Singles title at the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open in Doha. In the Women’s Singles final, HU Limei emerged victorious in Doha to complete t, China’s XU Xin, the second seed once again celebrated in the Gulf region of the World. XU won the Men’s Singles title at the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open in Doha. In the Women’s Singles final, HU Limei emerged victorious in Doha to complete the China’s success In the final XU Xin beat Chinese Taipei’s CHUANG Chih-Yuan, the no.6 seed, in five games (13-11, 11-4, 4-11, 11-6, 11-5). It was the tenth time that XU Xin had appeared in an ITTF World Tour Men’s Singles final; it was the eighth time that he had won. Meanwhile, for CHUANG Chih-Yuan it was his 14th ITTF World Tour Men’s Singles final, the 11th time he finished as the silver medallist. Playing in her first ever ITTF World Tour Women’s Singles final, China’s HU Limei won the title. In a gruelling final that was both physically and mentally exhausting she overcame Austria’s LIU Jia the no.12 seed to secure the top prize. HU Limei succeeded in six games ( 11-9, 9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 14-12). It was for LIU Jia her tenth appearance in an ITTF World Tour Women’s Singles final, it was the sixth time she had finished in runners up spot.
Titles for FLORE and SOLJA in Qatar
Tristan FLORE of France won the Under 21 Men’s Singles title and Germany’s Petrissa SOLJA had secured the counterpart Under 21 Women’s Singles crown at the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open in Doha. In the final Tristan FLORE beat India’s Harmeet , Tristan FLORE of France won the Under 21 Men’s Singles title and Germany’s Petrissa SOLJA had secured the counterpart Under 21 Women’s Singles crown at the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open in Doha. In the final Tristan FLORE beat India’s Harmeet DESAI (11-9, 11-5, 11-8, 11-4), after Petrissa SOLJA, the no.2 seed, had recovered from an opening game reverse, to defeat Singapore’s LIN Ye, the no.6 seed (9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6). Tristan FLORE had beaten compatriots Romain LORENTZ and Benmjamin BROSSIER in the quarter and semi-finals respectively. It was the first ITTF World Tour Under 21 Men’s Singles title of his career, for Petrissa Solja, she won last year on home soil in Germany. LIU Jia of Austria reached the semifinal of the Women’s Singles Event. The winner of the recently played DHS 2014 Europe Cup overcame SEO Hyowon of Korea in full distance match (11-5,7-11,9-11,11-7,7-11,12-10,9-11). In semis she will meet DOO Hoi Kem of Hong Kong. In the quarterfinal of the Men’s Singles Event CHUANG Chih-Yuan of Taipei overcame Dimitrij OVTCHAROV of Germany 4:1 (5-11,11-9,11-8,11-3,11-9), whilst CHEN Chien-An of Taipei beat Adrian CRISAN in six games (11-8,11-9,7-11,7-11,11-5,11-2). At the semi-final stage of both the Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles events not one of the four matches went according to seeding. In the Men’s Doubles event, the French partnership Tristan FLORE and Emmanuel LEBESSON, a pairing who had been required to compete in the preliminary rounds overcame the combination of China’s FAN Zhendong and Robert GARDOS, the no.7 seeds, in five games (9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6). Sweden’s Kristian KARLSSON in partnership with YAN An, occupying the no.5 seeded position in the draw, experienced a five games reverse against the Korean combination of CHO Eonrae and SEO Hyundeok (11-7, 11-13, 11-2, 6-11, 11-7). China’s LIU Gaoyang and LIU Xi, not seeded, beat Germany’s SHAN Xiaona and Petrissa SOLJA, the no.7 seeds (5-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-8); whilst Hong Kong’s LEE Ho Ching and NG Wing Nam, the no.3 seeds, saved one match point against the Korean partnership of PARK Youngsook and YANG Haeun, the no.2 seeds to secure victory (10-12, 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10).
Petrissa SOLJA in Qatar Open’s Round of 16
At the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour, Qatar Open (Super) five men and six women from Europe will play in Round of 16 of their respective Men’s and Women’s Singles Event. In the Round of 32 Vladimir SAMSONOV of Belarus, the no.7 seed, defeated Portugal’s , At the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour, Qatar Open (Super) five men and six women from Europe will play in Round of 16 of their respective Men’s and Women’s Singles Event. In the Round of 32 Vladimir SAMSONOV of Belarus, the no.7 seed, defeated Portugal’s João MONTEIRO (11-9, 15-13, 8-11, 11-3, 10-12, 11-8); whilst Germany’s Dimitrij OVTCHAROV overcame Korea’s LEE Sangsu, the no.31 seed (13-11, 3-11, 11-8, 8-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7) after fierce battle. On the lower half of the draw XU Xin, the no.2 seed, defeated Panagiotis GIONIS of Greece (11-7, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8); Yan An, also from China ended the hopes of Belgium’s Jean-Michel SAIVE (9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8); whilst Japan’s Jun MIZUTANI, the no.8 seed, ousted Turkey’s Ahmet LI (12-10, 9-11, 4-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-3). Adrian CRISAN of Romania overcame JUNG Youngsik of Korea (11-8,11-5,13-11,5-11,11-9) and WONG Chun Ting of Hong Kong stretched Robert GARDOS of Austria to full seven games (11-6,9-11,11-13,11-9,9-11,11-6,3-11). Another Austrian, CHEN Weixing is still in game after victory over Jonathan GROTH of Denmark 4:1 (11-8, 11-8,11-5,10-12,11-6). In Women’s Singles Event Germany’s HAN Ying, the no.4 seed, was beaten by Chinese qualifier, LIU Fei (9-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9); whilst Viktoria PAVLOVICH of Belarus, the no.5 seed, suffered at the hands of Portugal’s YU Fu (11-5, 11-2, 10-12, 11-13, 12-10, 11-9). SEOK Hajung, the no.7 seed, overcame Austria’s Sofia POLCANOVA who, after losing the opening game (11-9), conceded the match through injury. Germany’s Petrissa SOLJA the no.25 seed, accounted for Chinese Taipei’s CHENG I-Ching, the no.11 seed (9-11, 15-13, 12-10, 11-8, 11-7); whilst LIU Gaoyang, the no.17 seed, defeated Turkey’s HU Melek, the no.17 seed (11-8, 11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8). Meanwhile, for the Czech Republic’s Katerina PENKAVOVA, who one day earlier had ousted Japan’s Kasumi ISHIKAWA, it was defeat. She was beaten by LI Xue of France, the no.21 seed (11-6, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7). LI Fen of Sweden overcame Iveta VACENOVSKA of Czech Republic (13-11, 11-6,11-6,11-1), whilst LIU Jia of Austria succeeded against HUANG Yi-Hua of Taipei. Elizabeta SAMARA beat LIU Xi of China after seven games duel (11-9,8-11,11-8,9-11,11-4,11-13,11-3)
Albania to host international TT event for a first time
During the European Championships in Schwechat (Austria) on 11 October 2013 Congress of Balkan Table Tennis Union discussed about the organizers of the Balkan Table Tennis Championships in year 2014. Youth BTT Championships will be held in Romania’s Buzau, During the European Championships in Schwechat (Austria) on 11 October 2013 Congress of Balkan Table Tennis Union discussed about the organizers of the Balkan Table Tennis Championships in year 2014. Youth BTT Championships will be held in Romania’s Buzau, whilst Albania will be organizer for Senior BTT Championships. “With great pleasure we would like to emphasize that first time in history of ATTA, Albania will organize the international competition. We sincerely hope that, together, we will be able to organize this championship on a high level,” said BTTU General Secretary Milorad TRPKOVSKI.
Japan’s duo clinched the titles in Orebro
Tonin RYUZAKI of Japan and his compatriot Ayane MORITA are the winners of their respective Junior Boys’ and Girls’ Singles event at the Swedish Junior and Cadet Open in Örebro. In the final RYUZAKI beat Carl AHLANDER of Sweden. Previously, in the semi fin, Tonin RYUZAKI of Japan and his compatriot Ayane MORITA are the winners of their respective Junior Boys’ and Girls’ Singles event at the Swedish Junior and Cadet Open in Örebro. In the final RYUZAKI beat Carl AHLANDER of Sweden. Previously, in the semi final, new champion overcame QIU Dang of Germany. Swede was better in the duel against Masato KAKITSUKA of Japan. Ayane MORITA overcame Rira ISHIKAWA in all-Japan final. In semis Audrey ZARIF of France, stretched ISHIKAWA to full distance, but eventually lost.
