TTCLM Round 1: Walter Wels upsets Roskilde

September 12, 2019
11:40 pm
Champions League Men

The 2019/20 Table Tennis Champions League Men Round 1

Four out of eight 2019/20 TTCLM Round 1 games held tonight September 12th were successful for three visiting sides: Leka Enea TDM – Post SV Muhlhausen 0:3 TTC Ostrava 2016 – TTSC UMMC 0:3 Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 – SPG Walter Wels 2:3 Saarbrucken TT – Ping Pong Club Villeneuvois 3:0.

Austrian Walter Wels upset no. 4 seed Roskilde thanks to Korean KANG Dongsoo who beat both Bojan TOKIC and ZHAI Yujia. Four out of five encounters have been extended to full distance: ZHAI vs. Frane KOJIC 3:2 Michael MAZE vs. Adam SZUDI 3:2 Bojan TOKIC vs. Frane KOJIC 2:3 and ZHAI vs. KANG 2:3. Korean paved the way to Walter Wels’ victory by winning the opener against TOKIC in straight games.

Two TTCLM debutants were beaten by strong German teams in straight matches: Leka Enea TDM – Post SV Muhlhausen 0:3 Saarbrucken TT – Ping Pong Club Villeneuvois 3:0. Actual TTCLM runner-up UMMC of Verkhnaya Pyshma had an easy job in Czech Republic as they lost just one set in total: Ondrej BAJGER – Aleksandr SHIBAEV 1:3 Felipe OLIVARES – Jonathan GROTH 0:3 Šimon BELIK – Andrej GACINA 0:3.

2019/20 TTCLM Round 1

Group A

Leka Enea TDM – Post SV Muhlhausen 0:3

Hampus SODERLUND – Lubomir JANCARIK 1:3 (8:11 11:9 3:11 6:11)

Endika DIEZ – Steffen MENGEL 0:3 (8:11 5:11 3:11)

Daniel PALACIOS – Ovidiu IONESCU 0:3 (11:13 5:11 10:12)

Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – VS Angers TT (Sep 13 15:00)

Group B

TTC Ostrava 2016 – TTSC UMMC 0:3

Ondrej BAJGER – Aleksandr SHIBAEV 1:3 (11:6 4:11 10:12 5:11)

Felipe OLIVARES – Jonathan GROTH 0:3 (7:11 5:11 10:12)

Šimon BELIK – Andrej GACINA 0:3 (5:11 5:11 5:11)

Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 – SPG Walter Wels 2:3

Bojan TOKIĆ – KANG Dongsoo 0:3 (4:11 10:12 8:11)

ZHAI Yujia – Frane KOJIC 3:2 (11:13 11:4 10:12 11:9 11:9)

Michael MAZE – Adam SZUDI 3:2 (8:11 11:4 11:3 8:11 11:9)

Bojan TOKIC – Frane KOJIC 2:3 (11:4 7:11 6:11 11:2 6:11)

ZHAI Yujia – KANG Dongsoo 2:3 (4:11 11:9 9:11 11:7 7:11)

Group C

Saarbrucken TT – Ping Pong Club Villeneuvois 3:0

Darko JORGIC – Vassily LAKEEV 3:2 (13:15 11:6 11:5 9:11 11:6)

Patrick FRANZISKA – Yevhen PRYSHCHEPA 3:0 (11:5 12:10 11:1)

Tomas POLANSKY – Vildan GADIEV 3:0 (11:6 11:7 11:5)

GDSC Juncal – KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki (Sep 13 21:30)

Group D

STK Starr Croatia – GV Hennebont TT (Sep 13 18:30)

Borussia Dusseldorf – Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sep 13 19:00)

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