Japanese forced to withdraw from Asia –Europe All Stars Challenge due to injury
Coach QIN Zhijan was forced to make one change in Asian team five days before the 2015 Asia-Euro All Stars Challenge in Zhang Jiagang (China). He replaced Jun MIZUTANI with GAO Ning because of an injury of Japanese player. Singaporean is currently no. 16 on ITTF World Ranking List while MIZUTANI is no. 5. Both know very well the best European players having many encounters against them in Table Tennis Champions League.
Asia-Euro All Stars Challenge in Zhang Jiagang (China) will be held on August 1st and 2nd. Five players in each Continental teams will fight for honor and 100.000 Euros in total. Winning team will earn 60.000 whilst losing team will left the field 40.000 Euros richer. New schedule announced after Jun MIZUTANI withdrawal is the next:
Asia – Europe Day 1 August 1st
CHUANG Chih-Yuan – Bastian STEGER
GAO Ning – Robert GARDOS
MA Long – Marcos FREITAS
TANG Peng – Vladimir SAMSONOV
Nshad ALAMIYAN – Andrej GACINA
Asia-Europe Day 2 August 2nd
CHUANG Chih-Yuan – Andrej GACINA
Nshad ALAMIYAN – Robert GARDOS
TANG Peng – Marcos FREITAS
MA Long – Vladimir SAMSONOV
GAO Ning – Bastian STEGER
