Tag: Dimitrij Ovtcharov
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14 Year Olds Create History at ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Bangkok, Dec 13, 2014: 14 year olds Mima ITO and Miu HIRANO from Japan have made history by becoming the youngest ever ITTF World Tour Grand Finals champions today in Bangkok, Thailand. The duo, whose peers would have been at school instead of a $1,000,000 table tennis event, became the World Tour Grand Final women’s…
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Hosts Japan Avoids Favorites China in Main Draw
Tokyo, Japan, May 1, 2014 – Japan looks on course to secure a place in the finals of the ZEN-NOH 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships, after a good draw ensured that they will not meet top seeds China until then. The Japanese emerged top of Group C of the men’s event after recovering from…
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Record Number of Teams to Compete
Lausanne, Mar 10, 2014: A record 125 associations submitted their final entry to compete in Tokyo at the ZEN-NOH 2014 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championship on 28 April to 5 May 2014. The 125 countries include 120 men’s and 100 women’s teams who will be battling it out to be crowned the best table…
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China’s XU Xin earned the title of LIEBHERR 2013
Verviers – Belgium, Oct 27, 2013: China’s XU Xin earned the title of LIEBHERR 2013 Men’s World Cup Champion after beating Belarusian Vladimir SAMSONOV 4-1 (11-6, 12-14, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7) in Verviers, Belgium. The 23 year old, whose victory here is his first at a major World Title event (Olympics, World Championships and World Cups)…
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Ovtcharov & Li Claim Maiden European Titles
Schwechat – Austria, Oct 14, 2013: Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (GER) and Fen LI (SWE) are the respective men’s and women’s champions at the LIEBHERR 2013 European Championships which concluded today in Schwechat, Austria. The London 2012 bronze medalist OVTCHAROV showed nerves of steel in the final, as he powered past three-time champion Vladimir SAMSONOV (BEL) 4-0…
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LIU Breaks Ning’s 22-Month Streak as World #1
Lausanne, Sept 6, 2013: LIU Shiwen (CHN) is table tennis’s new women’s world number one, knocking her team mate DING Ning (CHN) off top spot, which she had held for a record 22 months. The 22 year old, who last held the number one spot back in October 2010 as a fresh-faced 19 year old,…
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China in Control, European Hopes Vanquished
Suzhou – China, August 26, 2012: European hopes faded on the penultimate day of play, Saturday 25th August, at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Harmony China Open in Suzhou. Germany’s Dimitrij OVTCHAROV and Vladimir SAMSONOV of Belarus both suffered quarter-final defeats at the hands of host nation adversaries. Dimitrij OVTCHAROV, the no.5 seed,…
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ZHANG Jike is New Olympic Champion
London – GBR, August 02, 2012: ZHANG Jike (CHN) earned his first Olympic table tennis title when he beat compatriot WANG Hao (CHN) in the men’s singles at ExCel on Thursday. ZHANG won 4-1 (18-16, 11-5, 11-6. 10-12, 13-11) and celebrated China’s second gold medal of the competition by leaping out of the court and…
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OVTCHAROV and CHUANG Enter into the Semies
London – GBR, July 31, 2012: Chuang, Top seed DING Ning (CHN) will play LI Xiaoxia (CHN) in the final of the women’s singles, after both players breezed through their semifinals in the afternoon session at Excel on Tuesday. A chinese player will succeed Zhang Yining to become the title holder : she was crowned…
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Lucky Loser, Li Xue Ousts Third Seed in Opening Round
Not in the best of form in the qualification phase and having to rely on a stroke of fortune to gain a place in the main draw, LI Xue of France caused the biggest upset on the third day of play, Friday 20th April 2012, at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Spanish Open…