Top seed MA Long of China halted Alexey LIVENTSOV superb run at the ITTF World Tour Korean Air Korean Open in Incheon. Russia’s player reached Round of 16, but it was MA who progressed to the quarters after straight games duel. Adrien MATTENET of France s, Top seed MA Long of China halted Alexey LIVENTSOV superb run at the ITTF World Tour Korean Air Korean Open in Incheon. Russia’s player reached Round of 16, but it was MA who progressed to the quarters after straight games duel. Adrien MATTENET of France suffered from the same faith. WANG Hao of China needed five games to overcame Adrien. In the quarter final MA Long will meet RYU Seungmin of Korea. WANG will play against MA Lin of China. Another Chinese representative YAN An will meet Taku TAKAKIWA of Japan, and seeded no. two XU Xin will play against Japan’s Jun MIZUTANI. World Champion ZHANG Jike lost his encounter against YAN An after seven games great battle. In the Round of 16 of the Women’s Singles Event Asoan adversaries also proved too strong for Europeans. WU Jiaduo of Germany failed to hlt the progress of CHENG I Ching of Taipei, whilst Kasumi ISHIKAWA of Japan beat LI Xue of France. SEO Hyowon of Korea upset the main favorite, FENG Tianwei of Singapore and reached quarter final. For the place in the semis she will meet CHEN I Ching. Chinese French combination of XU Xin and Adrien MATTENET lost their semi final duel against Korean SEO Hyundeok and Chinese ZHANG Jike after five games.
England dominated in Cottonera
England dominated proceedings on the second day of action, at the Malta Junior and Cadet Open in Cottonera. They won both the Junior Boys’ Team and Junior Girls’ Team events. The partnership of Sam WALKER and Helshan WEERASINGHE ruled supreme in the Jun, England dominated proceedings on the second day of action, at the Malta Junior and Cadet Open in Cottonera. They won both the Junior Boys’ Team and Junior Girls’ Team events. The partnership of Sam WALKER and Helshan WEERASINGHE ruled supreme in the Junior Boys’ Team competition, whilst in the counterpart Junior Girls’ Team competition; there was no stopping the trio of HO Tin Tin, Maria TSAPTSINOST and Lois PEAKE. In both events the English teams occupied the top seeded position in the draw, in both events that status was thoroughly justified. At the final hurdle of the Junior Boys’ Team event, England posted a three-one win over the Norwegian duo formed by Espen FLAGLIEN and Eskild JORGENSEN; the one contest to go astray being the doubles with Espen FLAGLIEN and Eskild JORGENSEN posting a straight games victory. However wins for Sam WALKER over FLAGLIEN and in opposition to Eskild JORGENSEN guided England to victory; the crucial win being that recorded by Helshan WEERASINGHE in the second match of the contest. He beat Eskild by the very narrowest of margins in a thrilling five games duel. At the semi-final stage England had beaten the Slovak Republic duo of Adam BRAT and Tomas KAPONYI by three matches to nil, whilst Norway had overcome the Qatari pairing of Mohammed Al-HADDAD and Mohammed Al-SULAITI by the same comprehensive margin. HO Tin Tin, Maria TSAPTSINOST and Lois PEAKE also succeeded in superb style. One group of five teams with matters conducted on an all-play-all basis; the English girls concluded their schedule of fixtures with a three-nil win over the partnership of Czech Republic’s Veronika TUSLOVA and Denmark’s Sofie EGEHOLT followed by a similar success against the Swedish combination of Anette LUND and Hedda EGERLID. The Swedes finished in third place, with the Polish duo of Katarzyna GALUS and Sara PYTEL being the runners up. They completed their series of contests with a three-nil win over the Malta partnership of Therese GENOVESE and Amy de GAETANO followed by a three-one success in opposition to Veronika TUSLOVA and Sofie EGEHOLT. Winners of the Cadet Boys’ Team event at the Bahrain Junior and Cadet Open in early February, the Qatari duo of Abdulrahman Al-NAGGAR and Jassim Al-SANADI repeated the feat at the Malta Junior and Cadet Open. In Cottonera, the margin of victory was somewhat more comfortable; a three-one success was posted against Denmark with Jassim Al-SANADI, once again, the mainstay of success. He beat both Andreas DILLING and Anders LIND , whilst pairing with Abdulrahmam Al-NAGGAR to secure the doubles against Andreas DILLING and Nicolai de VOSS . The one win for Denmark came in the opening match of the fixture; Anders LIND overcame Abdulrahmam Al-NAGGAR in a full distance five games duel. Both Qatar and Denmark were stretched the full five match distance in the penultimate round. The Greek duo of Andreas TSOPELAS and Nikolaos ANTONIDIAS gave Qatar a severe examination. Similarly, it was a hard fought semi-final win for Denmark against Belarus with Aliaksandr KHANIN the player to cause the problems. He beat both Andreas DILLING and Nicolai de VOSS.
Small town got big table tennis success
For many table tennis people it was huge surprise to see Budaorsi 2i SC as runner-up of 2012/13 Women’s European Champions League. But, everyone in that club are emphasizing that wasn’t a matter of coincidence. “We think this year was so successful , For many table tennis people it was huge surprise to see Budaorsi 2i SC as runner-up of 2012/13 Women’s European Champions League. But, everyone in that club are emphasizing that wasn’t a matter of coincidence. “We think this year was so successful in Champions League, but we have to be focused on next big events that we are playing”, says Budaorsi`s manager Krisztina SZVITAN. “We would like to reach a good result in the next year too, but every time our goal is to well represent the town of Budaörs, and take opportunity to develop our players. This is why we can handle the economic crisis, because we have a fantastic town behind us and some sponsors who are very close friends too. But, of course, as we develop, we need more serious sponsors, and we always work on that, but it’s not an easy work.” In the final clash against actual champion Froschberg, Hungarian side showed strong character in the rematch at Linz, leading 2:0 (the opponent won 1st leg 3:1), but Petrissa SOLJA and LIU Jia managed to secure second crown for Austrian side. However, the leading Budaorsi`s player Szandra PERGEL is satisfied. “This season was very exciting, useful, giving us biggest chance for developing. In every case playing in the final it is a big honor. We worked a lot for this title, and of course we are a little bit disappointed, but finally we realized, this is the biggest success in our life and club’s history”. Promising, 19-year-old Dora MADARASZ shares opinion of her experienced team mate. But, she still is returning on the moment when she won opening set against famous LIU Jia 11:0… “I exactly knew after the first set that is not reality and that I must fight more if I want to win. Above all, cognition that will not be the same if I won 3:0, 3:1 or 3:2, made me a little bit nervous, while on the other side LIU Jia played very well after the opening set, and she was very professional.” Krisztina SZVITAN believes that Dora MADARASZ has a real chance to be top European player if she stays in this way and she sees Szandra PERGEL higher on ITTF World ranking list: “Szandra`s table tennis also improved a lot in last two years, and nowadays in Europe nobody can be sure against her! We saw her big improvement in this season and we are so proud of her.” Budapest’s side Statisztika is the most successful European club ever, but new Hungarian club in Women’s ECL has different goals. SZVITAN answers on the question to compare these two clubs: “We absolutely appreciate the Statisztika, and we are sure that nobody can repeat these results what they reached in the past, but we have other way, our special way, what is different. We started as a little special atmosphere club, and of course we want to win big titles, but it’s a little town Budaörs, and we would like to be the team of Budaörs. After 16 years developing, we are here, and we can say thank to the City Council of Budaörs and club`s president Gergely SOMLYÓ, the man who did the most for the table tennis in our city”.
Alexey LIVENTSOV in superb shape
Alexey LIVENTSOV stole the show on the third day of play at the ITTF World Tour Korean Air Korean Open in Incheon. After ousting Chinese Taipei’s CHIANG Hung-Chieh in the first round (11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-8), he caused a major upset in the second ro, Alexey LIVENTSOV stole the show on the third day of play at the ITTF World Tour Korean Air Korean Open in Incheon. After ousting Chinese Taipei’s CHIANG Hung-Chieh in the first round (11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-8), he caused a major upset in the second round by overcoming Japan’s Seiya KISHIKAWA, the no.14 seed, in five games (11-9, 11-7, 11-2, 5-11, 12-10). Alexey LIVENTSOV, had emerged successful in the qualification stage of affairs before upsetting the global order . Adrien MATTENET of France also booked his place in next round by overcoming JEONG Sangeun of Korea in five games. Another qualifier, Slovak Republic’s Thomas KEINATH lost to China’s MA Lin, the no.5 seed (11-5, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6) In Women’s Singles Event WU Jiaduo of Germany beat Amelie SOLJA of Austria in straight games to secure her place among best 16. LI Xue of France joined her after success over Shiho MATSUDAIRA of Japan. Fedor KUZMIN and Kirill SKACHKOV of Russia will play against SEO Hyundeok of Korea and ZHANG Jike of China for the place in the semi final of the Men’s Doubles Event. MATTENET teamed up with XU Xin of China and he will meet CHO Eonrae of Korea and MA Lin of China on their way to the semis. In Women’s Doubles Event Yana NOSKOVA and Elizabeta SAMARA reached quarterfinal. They will play against FENG Tianwei and YU Mengyu of Singapore.
Europeans on heavy test in Korea
Most of the places at the main draw of the 2013 ITTF World Tour, Korean Air Korea Open in Incheon City are filled with the Asian names, but tomorow there will be few Europeans in the game as well. Russia’s Alexey LIVENTSOV recorded both victories in the q, Most of the places at the main draw of the 2013 ITTF World Tour, Korean Air Korea Open in Incheon City are filled with the Asian names, but tomorow there will be few Europeans in the game as well. Russia’s Alexey LIVENTSOV recorded both victories in the qualifying stage and tomorrow he will meet CHIANG Hung-Chieh of Taipei. Fedor KUZMIN also from Russia suffered one defeat, but still booked leading place in his group so he will play against RYU Seungmin of Korea for the place among best 32. Thomas KEINATH of Slovakia also progressed to the main draw despite one defeat. He will play against YANG Zi of Singapore. Simon GAUZY of France will meet JEONG Sangeun of Korea. Russia’s Viacheslav BUROV will play against Jun MIZUTANI of Japan. Seeded no.13 Adrien MATTENET of France will play against MAK King Ho of Hong Kong, whilst another Frenchman Emmanuel LEBESSON, seeded no. 30 will play against host nation representative CHOI Doekhwa. Seeded no. 29 VANG Bora will face Maharu YOSHIMURA of Japan. no. 19 at the list Kirill SKACHKOV of Russia will meet KIM Kyungmin of Korea. Theere are more two European in game: Mikhail PAYKOV of Russia who will play against Koki NIWA of Japan and Gencay MENGE of Turkey who will play against ZHAN Jian of Singapore. Seeded no. two Spain’s SHEN Yanfei will face host nation representative JO Yujin at the beginning of the tournament. In the round of 64 will also play WU Jiaduo and Petrissa SOLJA of Germany, Amelie SOLJA of Austria, Elizabeta SAMARA of Romania, Elena TROSHEVNA and Yana NOSKOVA of Russia, LI Xue of France and HU Melek of Turkey.
Hot table tennis summer in Ostrava and Buzau
This summer, from 14th to 16th of June Buzau will host European Mixed Championships 2013, whilst from 12th to 21st July European Youth Championships 2013 will be held in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Romanian Table Tennis Federation announced that the venue fo, This summer, from 14th to 16th of June Buzau will host European Mixed Championships 2013, whilst from 12th to 21st July European Youth Championships 2013 will be held in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Romanian Table Tennis Federation announced that the venue for the Event will be Sala Sporturilor “Romeo Iamandi” in Buzau. Dedline for preliminary entries is 9th May, and for final, 5th June. Prospectus and entries forms you can find here. Czech Table Tennis Association will organize 56th European Table Tennis Youth Championships. The venue will be Sareza Hall in Ostrava. Associations may enter only 1 team in each team event. Each other Association shall be entitled to enter up to 18 players, consisting of not more than 5 junior boys, 5 junior girls, 4 cadet boys and 4 cadet girls. Final entries must be submitted on the ETTU online entry system by providing all necessary information. Final entries will be open from 1st of May and entries must be sent to the ETTU not later than 31st of May 2013. Prospectus and entries forms you can find here.
Ochsenhausen extends contract with PITCHFORD
The leading club of German national championship, 2009 MECL finalist, TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen has extended the contract for two years with 19-year-old Englishman Liam PITCHFORD. He signed first professional contract two years ago, until the end of this , The leading club of German national championship, 2009 MECL finalist, TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen has extended the contract for two years with 19-year-old Englishman Liam PITCHFORD. He signed first professional contract two years ago, until the end of this season. Promising Englishman is actual world’s no. 121 (European no. 61), the 2011 Cetniewo World Junior Circuit runner-up and the 2011 Manama World Junior Championship quarter finalist. This year he managed to beat several strong players in Bundesliga, as German Christian SUSS and Japanese Koki NIWA (no. 21), without dropping a set.
Next stop for youngsters: Malta
The Malta Junior and Cadet Open starts tomorrow in Cottonera. It will be chance for few players to qualify for the ITTF Junior Circuit Finals in January 2014. A total of 45 boys and 13 girls will be on duty in Cottonera with 14 countries represented: Bela, The Malta Junior and Cadet Open starts tomorrow in Cottonera. It will be chance for few players to qualify for the ITTF Junior Circuit Finals in January 2014. A total of 45 boys and 13 girls will be on duty in Cottonera with 14 countries represented: Belarus, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Greece, Malta, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Scotland, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Wales. Top seeds in Junior Boys and Girls Events is England, whilst Denmark holds the flag in Cadet Boys Team. Play commences on Thursday 4th April with the Cadet Boys’ and Cadet Girls’ Team events, followed immediately by the Junior Boys’ and Junior Girls’ Team competitions.
Korea Air Korean Open started with the upsets
At the ITTF 2013 World Tour Korea Air Korean Open in Incheon few battles in qualifications marked the opening day. The Slovak Republic’s Thomas KEINATH, alongside the Russian duo of Fedor KUZMIN and Mikhail PAYKOV were the players to suffer unexpected def, At the ITTF 2013 World Tour Korea Air Korean Open in Incheon few battles in qualifications marked the opening day. The Slovak Republic’s Thomas KEINATH, alongside the Russian duo of Fedor KUZMIN and Mikhail PAYKOV were the players to suffer unexpected defeats on day one. All three made promising starts to their schedule of matches, as play began in the qualification stage of the Men’s Singles event; all recorded victories in their opening duels. However, when they returned to the table for their second encounters, it was a very different story; the anguish of defeat was experienced. Listed at no.114 on the current Men’s World Rankings, 35 year old Thomas KEINATH accounted for the host nation’s KANG Minho in four straight games. But on KEINATH’s next visit to the table it was defeat; he was beaten by Singapore’s XIN Zhaoxu, the player who occupies the no.361 spot on the Men’s World Rankings. XIN Zhaoxu recorded a seven games win over the European to cause an upset of note. Similarly both Fedor KUZMIN and Mikhail PAYKOV made fine starts. KUZMIN, World ranked no.116, accounted for Japan’s 17 year old Naoki MATSUDA in four straight games.He appears at no.538 on the current Men’s World Rankings. Mikhail PAYKOV, accounted for Chinese Taipei’s SUN Chia-Hung in four straight games; Sun Chia-Hung is listed at no.707 on the Men’s World Rankings, as opposed to Mikhail PAYKOV who appears at no.123. On the second visit to the table, both losing to Korean adversaries. KUZMIN was beaten by 16 year old KIM Minheok in seven games; whilst PAYKOV experienced defeat at the hands of 17 year old Jang Woojin, in six games. Presently KIM Minheok stands at no.359 on the Men’s World Rankings, JANG Woojin is at no.309. Russia’s Alexey LIVENTSOV upheld Russian honour to finish in first place in his group, as did Simon GAUZY of France. In the Women’s Singles event three leading names faced problems but for the others there were no such heartaches; Russia’s Yana NOSKOVA completed her first staged matches unbeaten.
LIEBHERR European Champs, 6 months to go
At April 4th – exactly six months before the LIEBHERR European Table Tennis Championships 2013 at the Multiversum Schwechat/Werner SCHLAGER Academy the final contract was signed today. Austrian Table Tennis Association (ÖTTV) together with its partn, At April 4th – exactly six months before the LIEBHERR European Table Tennis Championships 2013 at the Multiversum Schwechat/Werner SCHLAGER Academy the final contract was signed today. Austrian Table Tennis Association (ÖTTV) together with its partner, the Werner SCHLAGER Academy (WSA), agreed in 2010 to host the European Championships. And this is an important step towards the LIEBHERR European Table Tennis Championships. In the agreement, all issues have been resolved in detail. For the organizers, most importantly, all the rights regarding the title sponsorship, TV rights and the general advertising guidelines are determined; the setup at the Werner SCHLAGER Academy and the event hall of the Multiversum Schwechat, especially the setup of the TV Courts. Also a provisional timetable for the event was created after the number of tables were determined – at the European Table Tennis Championships 2013 it will be played on twelve tables at the same time. Stefano BOSI, President of the European Table Tennis Union attended the press conference today in Vienna: “I am pleased that today we meet here to sign a contract between the ETTU and the Organizing Committee. The European Championships are the most important event on our continent. Because of the huge number of teams and players, as well as the thousands of fans, it is a challenge to organize such an event. The ETTU is happy to have a perfect team with the ÖTTV and the WSA as a partner. Austria has proved on several events and tournaments as an excellent organizer and we are confident that we will bring the tournament in October on the highest level.” Rudolf SPORRER, General Secretary of the Austrian Table Tennis Association said: “Organizationally, we are already very far. By signing the agreement, we can now work on many aspects, such as accommodation, catering and finalize the schedule and TV coverage. ” Martin SÖRÖS, CEO Werner SCHLAGER Academy: “We are not here to organize the second best European Championships. We want to celebrate an event. The European Championships are an important impulse for the Werner SCHLAGER Academy and for Table Tennis in Austria for the next decades. “ The LIEBHERR family business was established in 1949 by Hans LIEBHERR. The great success of his first mobile, easy-to-assemble and affordable crane was the foundation on which the company flourished. Today LIEBHERR is not only one of the world’s leading manufacturers of construction machinery but is also an acknowledged supplier of technically innovative user-oriented products and services in numerous other fields. The company has now grow into a Group with more than 35,000 employees in more than 130 companies across all continents. The LIEBHERR Group’s holding company is LIEBHERR-International AG in Bulle, Switzerland, which is entirely owned by members of the LIEBHERR family. The family business is currently being managed in the second generation by Dr. h.c. Isolde LIEBHERR and her brother Dr. h.c. Willi LIEBHERR. Sophie ALBRECHT, Jan LIEBHERR, Patricia RÜFAND Stéfanie WOHLFARTH have been actively involved in the management of individual divisions as representatives of the third generation since 2012 in order to help set the company’s course for the future.
