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2 hours ago, MatiReimundo said:

why not? internal requirements or he lost some sort of national trial?

Not sure on the factors, but if I had to guess, I’d think that the German table tennis federation decided their entries in men’s singles based off the World Rankings, and their 3rd player based off team event pedigree. Boll, who will only compete in the team event was actually ranked 27th, behind Franziska in 16th, but since he’s known to perform well during the team event that really helps Germany’s medal chances. IMO if it were up to me I would’ve picked Franziska instead of Ovtcharov for singles, even if he’s the reigning Olympic bronze medalist. He hasn’t been in the greatest of form so far this year.

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Table tennis legend :GER Timo Boll has officially announced his retirement. :cry::cry:
 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7emmgHt-7A/?igsh=Y3VnaWR2YTdydWFi

 

Paris 2024 will be his final tournament. I’ll post a bit about him “Athletes Retirements” thread when the time comes.

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WTT Champions Macau :MAC

 

Men

1. :CHN Lin Shidong

2. :GER Dang Qiu

3. :CHN Wang Chuqin

3. :TPE Kao Cheng-Jui

 

Women

1. :CHN Sun Yingsha 

2. :CHN Wang Yidi

3. :JPN Miwa Harimoto

3. :CHN Wang Manyu

 

Shidong and Harimoto are only 19 and 16 respectively! Qiu creates a little bit of history becomes the first European to reach the final. 
 

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WTT China Smash :CHN

 

Men’s Singles

1. :CHN Lin Shidong

2. :CHN Ma Long

3. :CHN Xiang Peng

3. :CHN Liang Jingkun

 

Women’s Singles

1. :CHN Sun Yingsha 

2. :CHN Wang Manyu

3. :CHN Chen Xingtong

3. :CHN Fan Siqi

 

Men’s Doubles

1. :CHN Liang Jingkun/Wang Chuqin

2. :CHN Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong

3. :CHN Yuan Licen/Xiang Peng

3. :FRA Alexis Lebrun/Felix Lebrun

 

Women’s Doubles

1. :CHN Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong

2. :CHN Wang Yidi/Sun Yingsha

3. :CHN Chen Yi/Xu Yi

3. :TPE Chen I-Ching/Li Yu-Jhun

 

Mixed Doubles

1. :CHN Lin Shidong/Kuai Man

2. :CHN Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Yidi

3. :CHN Xue Fei/Qian Tianyi

3. :SWE Kristian Karlsson/Christina Kallberg
 

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I assume this is one of the biggest surprises ever in this sport :d

 

World #1 :CHN Wang Chuqin lost to 14 years old :IRI Benyamin Faraji at the Asian Championships today. :hyper::yikes: China still survived the team match 3-1

(OK I know Wang is not playing well recently but still)

 

ps: it's unbelievable but Iran actually had a chance to do the impossible and beat China, Noshad was competitive in both of his matches against Lin Shidong and Wang Chuqin.

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Dramatic men´s quarter finals in european championship. Felix Lebrun elimnated after dominating first 2 sets. Lost 2 sets, and then a 3rd after having a match point in 6th set. And Duda won the final set 11-6.

 

In the all-swede quarter final Möregårdh dominated first two, before Källberg dominated the next 2, the 6th set went to 16 points before Möregårdh finally won. But they both play together tomorrow in the doubles final.

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