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Latest Table Tennis newsThe last non Chinese player to win the Women’s Singles event at a
World Championships was Hyun Jung Hwa of Korea; the next to achieve the
feat will also be from Korea.
It will not be in 2009 and it
may well be when Zhang Yining has hung up her racket and arthritis
invalides my right forefinger but note the name Yang Ha Eun.
Germany’s medal hope and world number four Timo Boll has withdrawn
from the Men’s Doubles event at the H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis
Championships starting on Tuesday.
Problems during the
preparation with his lumbar column forced Boll to take this
precautionary measure. Boll is not the only male top player focusing on
the Singles.
The Netherlands national team has set off for Asia in order to make
the final preparations for the H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis
Championships. Linda Creemers, Li Jiao, Li Jie and Carla Nouwen are
fully recovered from their injuries.
After Trinko Keen’s retirement from international events, the Dutch team constists of four women but no male players.
The H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama will
set a new standard for internet television. On itTV, the internet
channel of the ITTF, one table will be continually covered.
All matches on the TV table will be available on demand. From 2nd May, the broadcast from the Yokohama Arena will be live.
After many years as President of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, Mr. Xu Yinsheng has retired from his post recently.
The H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships have not yet
started, but there is already a deception for the French delegation.
Abdel-Kader Salifou will not be in Yokohama due to back pain.
For 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.
For 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.
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