Singapore’s GAO Ning and Korea’s KIM Kyung Ah, clinched the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Chile Open in Santiago. GAO Ning, the no.2 seed overcame Kazuhiro CHAN of Japan in the fi,
Chile Open in Santiago: Europeans halted in quarters
Both players from Germany failed to reach semi final of the men’s Singles Event at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITT World Tour Chile Open in Santiago. Ruwen FILUS suffered by the hands of Cazuo MATSUMOTO of Brazil 2:4 (7:11, 6:11, 11:7, 11:5, 9:11, 9:11), whilst St,
Bundesliga playoff: Saarbrücken overcame Ochsenhausen
FC Saarbrücken TT overcame TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen in the opening leg of the Bundesliga semi final play off. Guests recorded 3:2 victory. Andrej GACINA overcame Bojan TOKIC in the first match to give hosts the lead. Kirill SKACHKOV stretched Joao MONTEI,
Fakel GAZPROM Russian champion for the 5th time
The fourth round of the Premier League of Russian club championships 2011-2012 in Verkhnaya Pyshma is finished. Two clubs were leveld on points. In the last round UMMC club has beaten their main rival Fakel GAZPROM in a fierce match, 4:2. In the first mat, The fourth round of the Premier League of Russian club championships 2011-2012 in Verkhnaya Pyshma is finished. Two clubs were leveld on points. In the last round UMMC club has beaten their main rival Fakel GAZPROM in a fierce match, 4:2. In the first match Alexey SMIRNOV couldn’t win the decisive point over HOU Yingchao, and the chinese legionnaire scored 3:2. Alexander SHIBAEV turned into a superplayer. Hard battles in Dortmund and European champions league gave him a priceless experience. This time Alexander’s power was tested by Dimitry OVTCHAROV, the 10th world racket. SHIBAEV played in a fantastic way, so OVTCHAROV could not create many chances to win, and the match finished with the great victory of Alexander – 3:0. Then Vladimir SAMSONOV has beaten Michael MAZE. This victory was a key one. Despite the victory with the score 4:2, UMMC did not manage to clinch the 1st place. By a superior single’s difference Orenburg is the champion. The gold went to: Vladimir SAMSONOV, Dimitrij OVTCHAROV, Alexey SMIRNOV, Fedor KUZMIN, Sergey ANDRIANOV and the team coach Valery SALABAEV. UMMC was upset, but they are looking forward to the European Champions League (5th anf 17th of May) to make a revenge. By the way, Orenburg is their rival! Kamdor Kazan, the newcomer of the championships, is on the third place. The line up is: Alexey LIVENTZOV, Vasily LAKEEV, CHEN Hao, Evgeny PETRUKHIN and Semen SHEVCHENKO. There is a big merit of their coach, Valery SHEVCHENKO. On the 4th place is also a Kazan’ club – Bars (Grigory VLASOV, Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO, Ramil MUTYGULLIN, Alexander OLONOV, and their coach Sergey VLASOV). In Women’s Premier League Dal’EnergoSet’Project from Vladivostok has won, and they did not lost a match. This club will represent Russia in the final of ETTU Cup. (by Ekaterina LOMAEVA)  Photo: GAZPROM Orenburg celebrating the 5th title (Photo Lomaev)
Bundesliga play off: Borussia Düsseldorf beat Fulda-Maberzell
In the first leg of the Bundesliga semi final playoff match Borussia Düsseldorf overcame TTC RS Fulda-Maberzell. In front of 770 spectators in guests recorded 3:1 victory. WANG Xi was the only player who scored for host club. He overcame Patrick BAUM in s,
Chile Open in Santiago: FILUS and MENGEL in quarters
In the quarterfinal of the men’s Singles Event at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITT World Tour Chile Open in Santiago two players from Germany reached quarterfinal stage. Ruwen FILUS will meet Cazuo MATSUMOTO of Brazil, whilst Steffen MENGEL will play against seeded,
Orenburg and UMMC get started to neverending duel
Tomorrow, around16h00, it will clear who is the new Russian champion in table tennis. In next three weeks we’ll know the name of the European Champions League’s winner. In both case two Russian clubs play one against another: UMMC and Orenburg. Reigning R,
91 year-old table tennis star to be torch bearer
She was 28 the last time the Olympics came to Great Britain just after World War Two – and now a Swansea table tennis legend has been picked to represent her home city in the build-up to the London 2012 Games. Betty GRAY, a 91-year-old from Treboeth, has ,
Chile Open in Santiago: good qualification run for Europeans
The qualifications at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITT World Tour Chile Open in Santiago concluded yesterday and favorites safely progressed to the next stage. In Men’s Singles Event Philipp FLORITZ of Gerrmany are safely through with two wins over Ignacio AMARO of,
Europe Top-12 the World Cup’s gateway from 2013
International Table Tennis Federation and European Table Tennis Union finalized an important agreement concerning Europe-Top-12, one of most coveted and glorious Old Continent’s events with over 40-year history. From 2013 onwards, the tournament tradition,
