Great night for STEGER and Werder

August 22, 2015
1:11 am
Champions League Men

In tonight`s TTCLM Round 1 matches winners are Borussia Werder Bremen UMMC Angers and Chartres

Five more TTCLM Round 1 matches were held tonight and winners are Borussia Dusseldorf Werder Bremen UMMC Angers and Chartres.

In Group D the no. 2 seed Borussia beat Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 3:1 as Timo BOLL was man of the match beating OH Sang Eun and Daniel GORAK. Greek Panagiotis GIONIS provided third point for the host side in the sold out ARAG CenterCort (1100 spectators).

One more German club was successful. The 2014 Bundesliga winner Werder Bremen defeated on its soil the 2014 TTCLM champion AS Pontoise Cergy 3:2. The hero was Bastian STEGER who prevailed against two strong players WANG Jian Jun and Marcos FREITAS twice in straight games. It was maybe STEGER`s best TTCLM performance so far.

Saarbrucken spoiled perfect German night losing 3:2 at home from Angers. Jon PERSSON was a crucial man in French side beating Tiago APOLONIA and Bojan TOKIC. The winning point secured Jens LUNDQVIST who was better than Slovenian player.

World`s no. 6 Jun MIZUTANI led UMMC to the victory against Hennebont in the Group B. Japanese stretched Kalinikos KREANGA to full distance in the opener taking one more point against Dmitrij PROKOPCOV in four games.

French Chartres overcame STEN HB Ostrov 3:1 to join Borussia on the top of the Group D after Round 1.

TTCLM Round 1

GROUP A

FC Saarbrucken – Vaillante Angers 2:3

Tiago APOLONIA – Jens LUNDQVIST 3:2 (11:8 10:12 11:3 9:11 11:7)

Bojan TOKIC – Jon PERSSON 0:3 (9:11 10:12 11:13)

Adrien MATTENET – Christophe LEGOUT 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:6)

Tiago APOLONIA – Jon PERSSON 1:3 (11:8 11:13 10:12 7:11)

Bojan TOKIC – Jens LUNDQVIST 1:3 (6:11 11:2 9:11 8:11)

Group B

UMMC – Hennebont 3:1

Jun MIZUTANI – Kalinikos KREANGA 3:2 (9:11 11:8 10:12 11:9 11:7)

Alexander SHIBAEV – Dmitrij PROKOPCOV 1:3 (13:15 11:7 8:11 4:11)

Grigory VLASOV – Quentin ROBINOT 3:0 (11:7 11:6 13:11)

Jun MIZUTANI – Dmitrij PROKOPCOV 3:1 (5:11 14:12 11:4 11:7)

GROUP C

Werder Bremen – AS Pontoise Cergy 3:2

Bastian STEGER – WANG Jian Jun 3:0 (11:3 11:7 12:10)

Kirill SKACHKOV – Marcos FREITAS 1:3 (9:11 11:8 8:11 3:11)

Constantin CIOTI – Kristian KARLSSON 2:3 (14:16 11:4 11:7 9:11 6:11)

Bastian STEGER – Marcos FREITAS 3:0 (11:6 11:8 13:11)

Kirill SKACHKOV – WANG Jian Jun 3:1 (11:8 11:3 9:11 11:7)

GROUP D

Borussia Dusseldorf – Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 3:1

Timo BOLL – OH Sang Eun 3:1 (6:11 11:7 11:7 11:6)

Patrick FRANZISKA – Daniel GORAK 1:3 (11:9 7:11 8:11 6:11)

Panagiotis GIONIS – Pawel FERTIKOWSKI 3:1 (11:8 8:11 11:5 11:8)

Timo BOLL – Daniel GORAK 3:0 (11:5 11:3 11:9)

Chartres ASTT – STEN Ostrov HB 3:1

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