Tag: Kenta MATSUDAIRA
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Greece silences home crowd with day one upset
Tokyo – Japan, Apr 28, 2014: Greece’s Kalinikos KREANGA, Gionis PANAGIOTIS and Konstantinos PAPAGEORGIOU beat Japan’s Jun MIZUTANI, Seiya KISHIKAWA and Kenta MATSUDAIRA 3-2, a result that raised eyebrows even amongst the Greek players themselves. Home crowd hopes were dealt a huge dent today as the Japanese men’s national team suffered a shocking defeat by…
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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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ZEN-NOH Unveiled as Title Sponsor of ITTF
Lausanne, Oct 18, 2013: ZEN-Noh has been officially unveiled as the title sponsor of the 2014 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships to be held in Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan on 28 April – 5 May 2014. During the unveiling ceremony, which was attended by over 30 press agencies, the World Championship’s logo was…
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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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Japanese Siblings stop Chinese Clean Sweep
Lausanne, August 18, 2013: The GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour, Harmony Open, successfully concluded after 5 days of exciting competition in Suzhou, China on 18 August 2013. The top Chinese players did not disappoint the very supportive local crowd at the event in Suzhou, which drew more than 23,000 spectators in total, as they…
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Upsets Continue on Day 4 in LIEBHERR World
Paris – France, May 16, 2013: The upsets continued on a dramatic day four of the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, France.