Tag: FAN Zhendong
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18 year old Fan Zhendong Dominates Asian Table Tennis Championships
Pattaya, Oct 3, 2015: 18 year old FAN Zhendong is the king of Asian table tennis, winning every possible title on offer at the Suzuki 2015 Asian Table Tennis Championships, which concluded today in Pattaya, Thailand. The 2014 Youth Olympic Games champion beat world number two XU Xin in an epic men’s singles final to…
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China Completes Clean Sweep of the Youth Olympic Games
Nanjing, August 23, 2014: China has capped off a dream Youth Olympic Games by claiming gold in the Mixed Teams event to add to their Men’s and Women’s singles crown they won earlier in the week. The Chinese team, made up of Men’s and Women’s singles champion FAN Zhendong and LIU Gaoyang, were too strong…
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FAN Zhendong Not Just Looking for Youth Olympic Games Gold
Lausanne, August 17: Fresh from reading the Olympic oath on behalf of the Youth Olympic Games athletes, FAN Zhendong (CHN) has announced that winning Youth Olympic Games gold is not the 17 year old’s only goal. The senior world number three stated today, on the first day of the table tennis event here in Wutaishan…
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GAC Group ITTF World Tour Kuwait Open
Kuwait, Feb 16, 2014: 17-year-old FAN Zhendong (CHN) has created history by winning his third ITTF World Tour title at the GAC Group ITTF World Tour (Super Series) Kuwait Open. FAN defeated teammate and close friend YAN An 11-7, 11-7, 13-15, 11-3,11-8 to seal an emotional victory in the first ITTF World Tour event of…
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FAN Zhendong of china the One to Beat at First
Kuwait City, Kuwait, Feb 11, 2014: The first Super Series event, the highest and most prestigious tier of the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour, is set to get underway this week in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The qualification at the Kuwait Open starts tomorrow, 12 February 2014, while the main knockout draw starts on Friday,…
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Last World Junior Championships for Bill Gates
Rabat – Morocco, Dec 1, 2013: The most important international junior table tennis event of the year, the 2013 ITTF World Junior Championships, has kicked off today in Rabat, Morocco. The event, which is heading to Africa for the second time, sees 192 players from 39 countries battle for 7 gold medals on offer: boys’…
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FAN Zhendong Prodigy Wins German Open
Berlin, Nov 18, 2013: 16-year-old FAN Zhendong (CHN) has taken the table tennis world by storm, by winning the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Super Series German Open on 17 November 2013 in Berlin, Germany. FAN, who made history last week by becoming the youngest ever ITTF World Tour Champion after winning the Polish…
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China Completes Clean Sweep at Volkswagen
Hyderabad – India, Dec17: China completed a clean sweep of titles at the Volkswagen World Junior Championships in the Indian city of Hyderabad on Sunday 16th December 2012. Earlier in the week they had secured both the Boys’ and Girls’ Team titles; on the concluding day of proceedings they collected all five individual titles on…