Ukraine’s 17 year old Margaryta Pesotska was the player to cause the
major upset in the second round of the Women’s Singles event at the
Stag Belarus Open in Minsk on Saturday 30th May 2009 and, in so doing,
broke the hearts of the host nation’s supporters.
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31May
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30May
The leading names in the opening round of the Women’s Singles event
at the Stag Belarus Open in Minsk, all enjoyed success early in the
evening of Friday 29th May 2009. -
30May
Austria’s Mathias Habesohn was the player in form on the third day
of action, Friday 29th May 2009, at the Belarus Open in Minsk;
furthermore, he caused the biggest shock of the tournament to date. -
26May
Top seeds, Singapore’s Gao Ning and Wang Yue Gu showed their class
to win the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the 18th
Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Glasgow on Monday 25th May
2009. -
22May
A railway enthusiast will tell it is no. 4472; in the Scotstoun
Leisure Centre in Glasgow on the evening of Wednesday 20th May 2009, it
was no.79; that was the number of the engine that brought the train to
a successful journey’s end and secured a place for Scotland in the
second stage of the Men’s Team event at the Commonwealth Table Tennis
Championships. -
22May
China dominated matters at the quarter-final stage of both the Men’s
and Women’s Singles events at the Cheng Shin Tire 22nd Asian Cup in the
Chinese city of Hangzhou on Tuesday 19th May 2009;Three players in each event, three winners in each event.
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22May
Only one month after the Chinese delegation showed an impressive
performance at the 2009 H.I.S. World Table Tennis Championships
sweeping 17 medals from the possible 20, there is yet another chance
again for the rest of the world to challenge the champions. -
19May
Somewhat against the odds, Borussia Düsseldorf clinched the European
Champions League Men’s title on Sunday 17th May 2009 to win the
prestigious crown for the second time in the 16 year history of the
club competition; the previous success being in 2000.They beat TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen by three matches to nil.
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18May
Nothing catches the attention like the tradition duels between arch rivals.
Contests
such as golf’s Ryder Cup, which sees the Europeans face the Americans,
the Ashes cricket Test Matches as England plays Australia or the Old
Firm football match in Scotland, when the city of Glasgow forms into
two distinctive camps to support either Celtic or Rangers. -
15May
The H.I.S, World Championships are over, the table tennis family
gathered, the table tennis family has now departed, returning home to
the four corners of the world to retell memories of eight days in Japan.Even
though the physical gathering of the global family may only take place
annually; that family remains strong wherever the members reside.
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