Tag: ITTF
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Xu Xin and Li Xiaoxia Capture Shanghai Crowns
Shanghai-China, May 29, 2012: The host nation’s XU Xin and LI Xiaoxia won the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour China Open in Shanghai on Sunday 27th May. It was for XU Xin, the no.4 seed, his second such title of the year and a reversal of…
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Major Award for ITTF Women’s Development Programme
Lausanne-Switzerland, May 27, 2012: Major Award, The ITTF Women’s Development Programme gained second place in the Spirit of Sport Awards at the SportAccord Convention in the Quebec city, Canada on Thursday 24th May 2012. Three Spirit of Sport Project Awards from a total of 19 nominations were made; in addition to an individual award. First…
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Shock Defeats for Olympic Medalists in Shanghai
Shanghai-China, May 27, 2012: Shock Defeats, MA Lin and WANG Hao, the respective gold and silver medallists in the Men’s Singles event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, both suffered shock third round defeats at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour China Open in Shanghai on Saturday 26th May. Both departed in the third…
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Teenagers Steal the Limelight in Shanghai
Teenagers, Chinese Taipei’s 16 year old LEE Chia-Sheng, a player who one week earlier in Korea, failed to progress beyond the qualification stage of the Men’s Singles event, was the sensation of the third day’s play, Friday 25th May, at the GAC GROUP 2011 ITTF World Tour China Open in Shanghai. He accounted for Singapore’s…
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Iranian Teenager Continues to Defy World Rankings in Shanghai
Lausanne-Switzerland, May 25, 2012: The cause of a major upset on the first day of play at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour China Open in Shanghai; one day later on Thursday 24th May, Iran’s 19 year old Nima ALAMIAN continued his amazing run of form and continued to upset the odds. On day…
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Youth Prevails Swedish Hero Departs in Opening Stage
Lausanne-Switzerland, May 24, 2012: Swedish Hero, Crowned European champion in 1986, five years later anointed World champion; Sweden’s Jorgen PERSSON was the major casualty, as proceedings commenced on Wednesday 23rd May, in the qualification stage of the Men’s Singles event at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour China Open in Shanghai. The indefatigable Swede,…
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Top Names Head Seeding but Focus on Local Heroes
Lausanne-Switzerland, May 23, 2012: Local Heroes, The host nation’s MA Long and DING Ning, the two players whose names stand at the very top of current World rankings, are the top seeds respectively in the Men’s and Women’s Singles events at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour China Open, which starts in Shanghai on…
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Brazilian Moves to Top of Standings
Lausanne-Switzerland, May 22, 2012: Victory in the Junior Boys’ Singles event at the Slovak Junior Open in Senec on Sunday 20th May 2012, sees Brazil’s 18 year old Eric JOUTI climb to the top of the ITTF Junior Circuit Boys’ Standings. He progresses from tenth position and replaces Hong Kong’s CHIU Chung Hei, the man…
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Two Titles for Liu Shiwen, China Completes Clean Sweep in Incheon
Lausanne-Switzerland, May 21, 2012: LIU Shiwen, 21 years old and currently listed at no.2 on the Women’s World Rankings, emerged as the most successful player at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour KRA Korean Open in Incheon on Sunday 20th May. She partnered Chinese national team colleague, DING Ning to success in the Women’s…
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Russian Duo Secure Inaugural ITTF Euro Africa Circuit Titles
Lausanne-Switzerland, May 21, 2012: Russia’s Vasily LAKEEV and Polina MIKHAILOVA won the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the Belarus Open in Minsk on Sunday 20th May 2012, the first ever tournament to be staged on the newly inaugurated ITTF Euro Africa Circuit. Vasily LAKEEV, the no.5 seed, overcame compatriot Mikhail PAYKOV, the no.2…