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  • Injury Opens Door for World Champion to Compete in London Olympics

    Injury Opens Door for World Champion to Compete in London Olympics

    Lausanne, May 11, 2012: Injury Opens Door for World Champion to Compete in London Olympics Currently listed at no.1 of the Women’s World Rankings, 21 year old DING Ning will replace GUO Yan in the Chinese Team for the forthcoming London 2012 Olympic Games. The decision was confirmed by the Chinese National Olympic Committee on…

  • Agreement Extended with Donic for Men’s World Cup

    Agreement Extended with Donic for Men’s World Cup

    Lausanne, May 03, 2012: Selected for the LIEBHERR Men’s World Cup, staged in Paris in November 2011, the German manufacturer DONIC will once again be the table sponsor and supplier in 2012 when the tournament is staged in Liverpool from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th September. Not only will DONIC be the sponsor in 2012;…

  • Quarter-Final Defeat but Jun Mizutani Retains Top Spot on Standings

    Quarter-Final Defeat but Jun Mizutani Retains Top Spot on Standings

    A surprise quarter-final defeat in the Men’s Singles event at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Chile Open, which concluded on Sunday 29th April; nevertheless Japan’s 22 year old Jun MIZUTANI retains his place at the top of the Men’s Singles Standings. He leads the race for a place in the million dollar GAC…

  • Gao Ning and Kim Kyung Ah Crowned Champions in Chile

    Gao Ning and Kim Kyung Ah Crowned Champions in Chile

    Lausanne-Switzerland, April 30, 2012: Singapore’s GAO Ning and Korea’s KIM Kyung Ah, both players who have qualified to compete in the forthcoming London Olympic Games, won the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Chile Open in Santiago on Sunday 29th April 2012. It was for 29 year…

  • Top Seeds Crash in Chile Quarter-Finals

    Top Seeds Crash in Chile Quarter-Finals

    Lausanne-Switzerland, April 30, 2012: Top Seeds Crash, Japan’s Jun MIZUTANI and Singapore’s FENG Tianwei, the top two seeds in the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles events at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Chile Open in Santiago, both crashed to defeat at the quarter-final stage on Saturday 28th April. Jun MIZUTANI was beaten by…

  • Second Seed Falls at Second Hurdle in Santiago

    Second Seed Falls at Second Hurdle in Santiago

    Lausanne-Switzerland, April 28, 2012: No international success of note to her name, 24 year old ZHENG Jiaqi from the United States, was the player to cause the biggest upset on the third day of action, Friday 27th April, at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Chile Open in Santiago. She recovered from a three…

  • London Bound, Brazilian Teenager Hits Form in Santiago

    London Bound, Brazilian Teenager Hits Form in Santiago

    Lausanne-Switzerland, April 27, 2012: Brazil’s 16 year old Caroline KUMAHARA was the one player to cause a surprise on the second day of play, Thursday 26th April, at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITT World Tour Chile Open in Santiago. In the qualification stage of the Women’s Singles event, she beat WU Yue of the United…

  • Brazilians Make Fine Start in Santiago

    Brazilians Make Fine Start in Santiago

    Lausanne-Switzerland, April 26, 2012: A journey from east to west across the South American continent bore fruit for Brazil on the opening day of action, Wednesday 25th April, at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Chile Open in Santiago. In the group qualification stage of the Women’s Singles event the trio of Ligia SILVA,…

  • Chuang Chih-Yuan and Kim Kyung Ah Succeed in Spain on GAC GROUP World Tour

    Chuang Chih-Yuan and Kim Kyung Ah Succeed in Spain on GAC GROUP World Tour

    Lausanne (SUI), April 23, 2012: Chinese Taipei’s CHUANG Chih-Yuan and Korea’s KIM Kyung Ah won the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Spanish Open in Almeria on Sunday 22nd April. Both were surprise winners and both were stretched to the limit. Seeded no.3, CHUANG Chih-Yuan overcame Jun…

  • World Number One and Former Gold Medallist Beaten in Olympic Qualifier

    World Number One and Former Gold Medallist Beaten in Olympic Qualifier

    China’s MA Long, the player who stands at the top of the current Men’s World Ranking list and Korea’s RYU Seung Min, the Athens 2004 Olympic champion, were both sensationally beaten at the semi-final stage of the Men’s event at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong on Saturday 21st April 2012. In the…