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Latest Table Tennis newsThe host nation’s Timo Boll, the no.1 seed, captured the Men’s
Singles crown at the German Open in Bremen on Sunday 22nd March 2009
beating Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus, seeded no.2, in four straight
games at the final hurdle.
Boll won 11-8, 12-10, 11-6, 11-9.
The reigning national champion, Japan’s Sayaka Hirano, won the
Women’s Singles title at the German Open in Bremen on Sunday 22nd March
2009 beating Viktoria Pavlovich of Belarus in five games at the final
hurdle.
Hirano, seeded no.9, overcame the no.11 seed by the margin of 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6.
Winner of the Men’s Singles title earlier in the afternoon of Sunday
22nd March 2009, Timo Boll concluded a most successful day in Bremen’s
AWD Dome by partnering national team colleague Christian Süss to
victory in the Men’s Doubles competition.
Thus the pair brought the host country’s gold medal hall at the German Open to three in total.
Ruwen Filus delighted the home fans at the German Open in Bremen on
Saturday 21st March 2009 by winning the Under 21 Men’s Singles event
overcoming the Czech Republic’s Tomas Tregler at the final hurdle.
Combining
solid defence with the occasional attack, Filus overcame Tregler in
four straight games to clinch gold. He won 11-6, 11-6, 11-9, 11-9.
Four players from China on duty in the Men’s Singles event and all
new to the international scene was a source of attraction on the
opening day of play, Thursday 19th March 2009, at the German Open in
Bremen.
Experience told in the opening matches in the qualification stage of
the Women’s Singles event at the German Open in Bremen on the morning
of Thursday 19th March 2009.
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Small ideas can have a big impact. The second edition of the Friendship Trophy to encourage girls and women to participate in the sport of table tennis has become a worldwide dimension. The event was staged in all continents and the United Nations and its Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Germany’s Willi Lemke, will not regret their support. Table Tennis around the World
In far away lands of the world, as far as one can get from where we were in the little town of Morges on the shores of the Lac Leman of Switzerland, table tennis was played on 8th March 2009, to celebrate women’s day.
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The ITTF Women’s Working Group will organise a forum dedicated to the players during the H.I.S. 2009 World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama on 4th of May from 09:00 to 13:00.
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Table tennis was very much to the fore on Saturday 7th March 2009 at the second session of the 11th National People’s Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Chinese Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi, highlighted table tennis as one of his hobbies at the press conference held prior to the opening.
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