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Latest Table Tennis newsFor the first time in the history of the European Men’s Table Tennis
Champions League the Belarusian world number six, Vladimir Samsonov,
will not compete in the final.
After the departure in the
quarter-finals, the two German teams from Düsseldorf and Ochsenhausen
have the best prospects for the most prestigious European club trophy.
Participation at the H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships in
Yokohama is not in danger but a pain in the lumbar region has forced
the 28 year old German to take a break during the next days.
Timo
Boll, who has played on top level for almost one year, is considered
one of the toughest opponents for the Chinese favourites.
Winner of the Women’s Singles event at the German Open in March,
Japan’s Sayaka Hirano, is the player to make the most notable strides
in the Women’s World Rankings published by the International Table
Tennis Federation on Thursday 2nd April 2009.
Japan’s Jun Mizutani and Germany’s Christian Süss, two players who
enjoyed glittering junior careers are producing increasingly consistent
performances in international tournaments, most noticeably on the ITTF
Pro Tour.
At the recent German Open, both reached the semi-final
stage of the Men’s Singles event, Mizutani losing to Timo Boll and Süss
to Vladimir Samsonov.
Chinese table tennis queen, the owner of 24 world titles, Wang Nan opened a new chapter of her career in late March. After the glorious retirement after the Beijing Olympic Games and a grand wedding, Wang Nan moved on to a brand new area – now she is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Young League.
“The finger of my right hand was badly hurt due to overexert in recent practice, and according to diagnosis, it is fracture! Regrettably, I have to quit the world championships in Yokohama” announced Ai Fukuhara, painfully and almost in tears. That was the scenario on a press conference on 1st April, held by the Japan Table Tennis Association (JTTA), to release their new uniform for the up-coming big event.
| Double Happiness (DHS) from Shanghai, China, won the Bid for the Officical Ball of the ITTF Pro Tour & Pro Tour Grand Finals, starting in 2010 and will run until 2012. | |
The ticket pre-sale for the H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama, Japan has started successfully.
A day pass for the event being staged from 28th April to 5th May 2009 costs between 800 and 6,000 Japanese Yen (approximately 9 to 65 US dollars) and can be purchased online. How to Get Your Ticket
Before submitting your Ticket Application Form, please read carefully and agree to the following International Ticket Sales Regulations (PDF).
Good news for the 2009 ITTF Pro Tour: the year long competition series is offering now more than US$ 2.8 million dollars.
During the Sportaccord conference in Denver, United States, ITTF Executive Director Jordi Serra signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Peace and Sport’s President Mr. Joël Bouzou.
The MoU aims to build peace-promotion and peace-building programmes worldwide through table tennis.
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