04/04/2011 – WANG Hao and LI Xiaoxia regain top positions on the latest International Table Tennis Federation World Ranking List following successful performances at the recent VOLKSWAGEN Cup Guangzhou. WANG Hao defeated Germany’s Timo BOLL 04/04/2011 – WANG Hao and LI Xiaoxia regain top positions on the latest International Table Tennis Federation World Ranking List following successful performances at the recent VOLKSWAGEN Cup Guangzhou. WANG Hao defeated Germany’s Timo BOLL and LI Xiaoxia’s impressive victory against another German player WU Jiaduo assured the two superstars from China enough points for each to respectively become world number one. WANG Hao was world number one in December 2009 before being usurped by colleague MA Long. He first held the position in December 2004. Timo BOLL the man who has held the number one spot for the first three months of 2011 drops one place to number two. The next four places are occupied by Chinese players. ZHANG Jike and MA Lin both climb one place; the former is now at number three the latter at number four; the man to make way is MA Long. He drops two places from three to five. XU Xin remains at six and there is no position change for the next four who complete the top ten line up. LEE Sang Su the surprise winner of the Men’s Singles title at the Polish Open in Wladyslawowo in March climbs from 70 to 42 and thus enjoys the highest ranking of his career; his previous best was number 50 in April and March last year. Other improvements to note are Russia’s Alexander SHIBAEV he jumps from 75 to 50 and the speedy 16 Year old from China LIn Gaoyuan moves from 94 to 77. China’s LI Xiaoxia was previously at number one in February she once again changes places with 28 year old GUO Yan. GUO Yan occupied the number one spot in January and March. All change at the very top but in the immediate ensuing places there is no change. Japan’s Ai FUKUHARA who beat Hong Kong’s JIANG Huajun at the VOLKSWAGEN Cup before losing to LI Xiaoxia climbs one place to seven the highest world ranking of her career. She changes places with the Korean defender Kim Kyung Ah who drops one place to eight. The World Ranking List was published on Monday 4th April. Mens World Ranking1 WANG Hao CHN (2)2 Timo BOLL GER (1)3 ZHANG Jike CHN (4)4 MA Lin CHN (5)5 MA Long CHN (3)6 XU Xin CHN (=)7 Jun MIZUTANI JPN (=)8 Vladimir SAMSONOV BLR (=)9 WANG Liqin CHN (=)10 JOO Se Hyuk KOR (=) Womens World Ranking 1 LI Xiaoxia CHN (2)2 GUO Yan CHN (1)3 DING Ning CHN (=)4 GUO Yue CHN (=)5 LIU Shiwen CHN (=)6 FENG Tianwei SIN (=)7 Ai FUKUHARA JPN (8)8 KIM Kyung Ah KOR (7)9 WU Yang CHN (11)10 WANG Yuegu SIN (9) (courtesy ITTF)
Jacques H?LAINE new President of the French Federation
04/04/2011 – The French national Association had accepted the resignation from President of the FFTT Alain DUBOIS. On Saturday Federal office appointed Mr Jacques H?AINE in accordance with the statutes to manage the daily affairs until the next FF
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SHARARA and BOSI in Rome clearing the ground to new projects
31/03/2011 – During ITTF President Adham SHARARA’s stay in Rome for several meetings with Italian Association President Franco SCIANNIMANICO (because of promotional activities Fitet planned in cooperation with ITTF) ETTU President Stefano BOS
Werner SCHLAGER Academy to host national team of China
01/04/2011 – Werner Schlager Academy in Schwechat announced that China national team will be its guest a week before World championships in Rotterdam (8-15 May). Top Chinese players as WANG Hao MA Long WANG Liqin GUO Yan and LI Xioaxia will tra
Happy birthday Mr. Hans GAEB the “right man at the right place”
31/03/2011 – High ranked sports official journalist manager in auto industry multiple German champion and DTTB Honorary President are only few lines from the extraordinary and successful biography of Mr. Hans Wilhelm GAEB . Mr. GAEB who was calle
European leagues: untouchable Borussia Dusseldorf
29/03/2011 – In the regular season of Denmark‘s Women league Vedbek finished on top four points ahead of Ballerup despite suffering defeat in the very last match against Kobenhavn. Ballerup and Kobenhavn are second and third respectively. In
ITTA BUTTERFLY National Junior Championships in Dublin
27/03/2011 – The ITTA has announced details of the forthcoming BUTTERFLY National Junior Championships which take place this year in ALSAA Sports Complex Old Airport Road Dublin on the 9th and 10th of April 2011. Entries are now open and will rem https://www.ettu.org 27/03/2011 – The ITTA has announced details of the forthcoming BUTTERFLY National Junior Championships which take place this year in ALSAA Sports Complex Old Airport Road Dublin on the 9th and 10th of April 2011. Entries are now open and will remain open until Saturday 2nd April 2011. “Underage table tennis is vitally important to the ITTA Board – and we are looking forward to the BUTTERFLY National Junior Championships the final event of the season for our junior players. Besides the prestige of being crowned a National Champion players will be seeking to gain as many ranking points as possible for the End of Season Ranking Lists. All of this augurs well for an exciting and very competitive 2 days at ALSAA ” stated ITTA Secretary Kenneth STRONG In the Junior Boys section a number of key protagonists are ineligible to compete. This leaves this event wide open with Eastpoint’s Ryan FARRELL probably the favourite. Leinster is very strong in this age category with Conor BEADES Conor MULLALLY and Kevin HUTCHINSON also in contention. Farrell will also be keen to retain his National Cadet title and could very well do the double. In the Under 12 Boys Ulster’s Zak WILSON and Ryan MCCONKEY have shared the 4 Ranking titles between them this year and will be favourites for the title. The Junior Girls will present yet another chance for Ashley GIVAN to shine on the National stage. She will be pushed to her limits by Ballincollig’s Edel O’REILLY and Connacht’s Sarah TIMLIN. GIVAN though having just retained her National Senior title will be keen to repeat last year’s heroics by claiming both the Junior and Senior National titles. It will take an incredible performance to deny her. In the Cadet Girls Katie MCGLONE leads the rankings but this is an open category and the winner could come from Ulster’s Emma LUDLOW or Hannah-Lynch DAWSON or indeed the strong Leinster tio of Elayna MCGLONE Meabh SLATTERY and Amy-Lou HAYES. The Under 12 Girls category is also very difficult to call – Katie MCGLONE will be favourite if entered to this age group. (courtesy ITTA) Photo: Ryan FARRELL (courtesy ITTA)
USA TODAY predicts BOLL will be third at the London Olympics
26/03/2011 – According to a virtual medal table that USA TODAY launched this month the USA is on track to edge China for overall medal supremacy. The USA is No. 1 with 88 medals ahead of China (84) in the Olympic Medal Tracker which uses an algorit
?Physical preparation in TT? main topic of Coaches? seminar in Athens
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