Champions League Men | 12 Oct 2018
TTCLM Round 2: UMMC shows no mercy in Poland
Photo: Courtesy UMMC
Friday, October 12th: Dekorglass Dzialdowo – UMMC 0:3, Stella Sport La Romagne – Walter Wels 3:1, Dartom Bogoria – Saarbrucken 3:0, Hennebont – Fakel Gazprom 0:3
The 2012 TTCLM runner-up UMMC made a huge step towards 2018/19 quarter-finals, as they beat in straight games their strongest opponent in Group B: K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo - TTSC UMMC 0:3. Three more Round 2 games were held tonight, October 12th: Stella Sport La Romagne – Walter Wels, Dartom Bogoria – Saarbrucken 3:0, Hennebont – Fakel Gazprom
UMMC recorded its second win in straight games in Group B, playing without Chinese FANG Bo, while Dekorglass Dzialdowo couldn’t count on Hong Kong`s WONG Chun Ting. Actual World No. 90 Alexander SHIBAEV beat No. 60 WANG Yang in four sets of the opener, winning ultimate game by a narrow margin. Jonathan GROTH and Andrej GACINA won their encounters in straight sets, against Pawel FERTIKOWSKI and Jiri VRABLIK respectively.
The 21-year-old Marek BADOWSKI was Bogoria`s hero against Saarbrucken, as he defeated current World No. 15 Patrick FRANZISKA after full five games. Poland`s player made his biggest step on the ITTF list last week, jumping from No. 181 to No. 145. Pavel SIRUCEK (No. 79) also had a big contribution, bearing in mind that he managed to conclude the match against World No. 45, Chinese Taipei`s LIAO Cheng Ting. Well experienced Greek Panagiotis GIONIS opened the clash by his win against rising star from Slovenia Darko JORGIC.
Four-time TTCLM winner, Orenburg prevailed against Hennebont in straight wins, but it wasn’t as easy as result is showing. Actual World No. 4 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV showed strong character against No. 23 Liam PITCHFORD in the second match, reversing the score from 0:2 to 3:2. But, this is not all! In each of last three games he was few points behind host, but he refused to give up. Marcos FREITAS and Vladimir SAMSONOV beat FAN Sheng Peng and Cedric NUYTNICK respectively.
CHEN Tianyuan has provided two points for 2017 ETTU Cup winner Stella Sport La Romagne, to seal victory against Walter Wels 3:1. Third point came from Daniel GORAK who was extended to full distance by Adam SZUDI in the third encounter.
2018/19 TTCLM Round 2
GROUP B
K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo - TTSC UMMC 0:3
WANG Yang – Alexander SHIBAEV 1:3 (6:11,6:11, 12:10, 10:12)
Pawel FERTIKOWSKI – Jonathan GROTH 0:3 (8:11, 9:11, 8:11)
Jiri VRABLIK – Andrej GACINA 0:3 (5:11, 11:13, 8:11)
Stella Sport La Romagne - SPG Walter Wels 3:1
CHEN Tianyuan – Dominique PLATTNER 3:0 (11:9, 11:8, 11:8)
Daniel GORAK – Adam SZUDI 3:2 (8:11, 11:7, 11:8, 9:11, 11:8)
Brice OLLIVIER – Deni KOZUL 1:3 (13:11, 13:15, 9:11, 3:11)
CHEN Tianyuan – Adam SZUDI 3:1 (9:11, 11:4, 12:10, 11:7)
GROUP C
K.S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki - FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis 3:0
Panagiotis GIONIS – Darko JORGIC 3:1 (11:7, 5:11, 11:7, 11:9)
Marek BADOWSKI – Patrick FRANZISKA 3:2 (7:11, 11:6, 12:10, 5:11, 11:5)
Pavel SIRUCEK – LIAO Cheng Ting 3:1 (9:11, 11:4, 11:6, 11:7)
GROUP D
G.V. Hennebont T.T. - TTC Fakel Gazprom 0:3
FAN Sheng Peng – Marcos FREITAS 0:3 (8:11, 8:11, 5:11)
Liam PITCHFORD – Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 2:3 (11:9, 13:11, 9:11, 12:14, 12:14)
Cedric NUYTNICK – Vladimir SAMSONOV 0:3 (10:12, 7:11, 11:7, 9:11)
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