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)
