August 2008
23rd Aug - Olympics – Ma Lin Crowned – Sweden's
Persson Cannot Spoil China's Party
China’s MA Lin is Olympic table tennis champion in
the Men’s Singles event. MA overcame his compatriot
WANG Hao in five games 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9.
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22nd Aug - Olympics – A Champion's Story
The four top seeded players of the Women’s Singles
event contested the semi-finals in the morning session on
Friday 22nd August.
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22nd Aug - Olympics – Mens Singles
Sweden’s Jörgen PERSSON is about to add another
chapter to his incredible career.
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21st Aug - Olympics – Three Chinese in the Women's
Semis
For the Olympic Women’s Singles event, the ITTF World
Ranking was the perfect indicator for the effective results.
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19th Aug - Olympics – Tops and Flops of the First
Singles Round
After the Olympic Team events, the men and women played on
four tables match after match today.
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18th Aug - Olympics – Chinese Players Merciless with
German Challengers
It was the dream final of the first Men’s Team event
at Olympic Games. The top seeded Chinese team against the
first challenger Germany, Asia against Europe.
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18th Aug - Olympics – Korea Republic Wins also the
Second Team Bronze Medal
YOO Nam Kyu’s (KOR) team fulfilled its mission; the
Korean trio will be awarded with the bronze medal tonight
after beating Austria in the afternoon 3-1
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17th Aug - Olympics – China's Women Resist the Pressure
and Win Gold
Under the eyes of China’s President HU Jintao and IOC
President Jacques ROGGE, the Chinese women’s team overcame
Singapore in the final of the Women’s Team event.
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17th Aug - Olympics – Austria Plays the Korean Republic
for Bronze
The two contests in the Men’s Team event bronze medal
playoff today at Peking University Gymnasium had a very high
playing level.
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16th Aug - Olympics – Germany's Men in the Final against
China
The German men are in the Olympic final of the Men’s
Team event. Team leader and world number 6 Timo BOLL won both
singles against KISHIKAWA Seiya and MIZUTANI Jun.
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16th Aug - Olympics – Korea Republic and Japan will
Play for the Bronze Medal
The 2nd playoff round, which leads the teams towards the
bronze medal, took place this morning.
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15th Aug - Olympics Men – Hong Kong and Austria Can
Still Win the Bronze Medal
Austria’s and Hong Kong China’s male players
will have to wait until tomorrow evening to know their opponents.
Both teams passed their first hurdle on the way to the bronze
medal.
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15th Aug - Olympics – Singapore Fighting Hard –
Chinese Express Unstoppable
The women’s team from Singapore is in the Olympic final
of the Women’s Team event. The team from coach LIU Guodong
beat Korea Republic 3-2 after 3 hours and 13 minutes.
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14th Aug - Olympics – Korea and China Represented
with Two Teams in the Semis
At the conclusion of the preliminary stage which gathered
sixteen teams, the qualification of the Chinese teams for
the semi-finals was awaited.
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13th Aug - Olympics – Top Seeds Make Big Steps to
Reach the Semis
With more than 6,000 spectators, it has become very hot in
the competition hall at the first day of the table tennis
events. The Peking University Gymnasium was full with a lot
of media coming to cover one of the most popular sports in
China
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11th Aug - Olympic Update – Schlager vs. Wang
Liqin and Fukuhara vs. Zhang Possible
The team draw held this afternoon at Park Plaza Beijing Science
Park may have an impact on who will have an Olympic medal
in the end and who not. Germany’s Timo BOLL for sure
has not a simple draw.
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July 2008
31st Jul - Olympic Team Events – Seeding, Draw and
Alternate Players
For the first time in the Olympic history, table tennis will
be played in a team event format. A team consists of three
players. Each team can nominate one alternate player that
can replace another one in case of injury or sickness.
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June 2008
25th Jun - DML Woolwell - Four years in the top 2!
It went to the wire but unfortunately DML Woolwell “A”
were unable to secure victory from London for the second consecutive
season.
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9th Jun - Singapore Open - Back-to-Back Titles for Chinese
Teenager
The winner at the Volkswagen Open Korea seven days earlier,
China’s nineteen year old Ma Long won his second consecutive
Men’s Singles title on the ITTF Pro Tour
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6th Jun - Singapore Open - European Champions Suffer in
Singapore
Germany’s Timo Boll and Christian Süss suffered
a shock defeat in the preliminary stages of the Men’s
Doubles event at the TMS Singapore Open on Thursday 5th June
2008.
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May 2008
31st May - Volkswagen Open Korea - German Teenager
Causes Sensation of the Year
Germany’s nineteen year old Dimitrij Ovtcharov caused
the sensation of the year when on Saturday 31st May 2008,
at the Volkswagen Open Korea in Daejeon, he beat China’s
Wang Liqin in the third round of the Men’s Singles event
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30th May - Volkswagen Open Korea - Star Names Exit
and Defending Champion Falls
China’s Li Xiaoxia the number two seed and Liu Shiwen,
the number twelve seed both suffered unexpected defeats in
the second round of the Women’s Singles event at the
Volkswagen Open Korea in Daejeon on Friday 30th May 2008.
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29th May - Volkswagen Open Korea - Defeat for Former Olympic
Silver Medallist
Elena Timina, the former Russian international now resident
and playing in the Netherlands, was the player to raise the
eyebrows on the opening day of play
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27th May - No Hearing on the Court of Arbitration for Sport
The Belgium Table Tennis Association and Jean-Michel Saive
withdrew the claim against the International Table Tennis
Federation from the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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26th May - Stag Belarus Open - A Perfect Day for Belarus
It was a perfect ending to proceedings for the host nation
at the Belarus Open in Minsk on Sunday 25th May 2008; their
leading male and female players struck gold.
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25th May - Volkswagen Open Japan - Ten Years Later the Same
Names Clinch Gold
China’s Ma Lin and Zhang Yining won their first ever
singles titles on the ITTF Pro Tour, when they succeeded in
Kota Kinobalu at the Malaysian Open in 1998
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25th May - Stag Belarus Open - Second Seeds Fall to Compatriot
in Minsk
China’s Hou Yingchao, the second seed in the Men’s
Singles event at the Stag Belarus Open in Minsk, suffered
defeat in the second round, being beaten in five games by
his compatriot, the teenager Xu Xin.
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24th May - Volkswagen Open Japan - China Imperious in Yokohama
China won both the Men’s and Women’s Team titles
at the Volkswagen Open Japan in Yokohama on Saturday 24th
May 2008 without the loss of a single individual match at
any stage of the proceedings.
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24th May - Stag Belarus Open - Xu Xin Fulfils Potential
at Stag Belarus Open
In October 2004, Xu Xin demonstrated the fact that he was
a player of great promise when he won the Boys’ Singles
title at the ITTF World Cadet Challenge in Funchal, Madeira;
a tournament for players under the age of fifteen.
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24th May - Volkswagen Open Japan - Dang Ye Seo Repeats Earlier
Success
At the Asian General Zone Olympic Qualification Tournament
in Hong Kong in March, Korea’s Dang Ye Seo caused the
major upset of proceedings by beating China’s Wang Nan
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23rd May - Stag Belarus Open - Successful Day for Host Nation
in Minsk
It was a successful day for the host nation at the Stag Belarus
Open in Minsk on Thursday 22nd May 2008; in both the Men’s
Team and Women’s Team events their leading players remained
unbeaten.
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23rd May - Volkswagen Open Japan - Croatian Men Continue
to Cause Upsets
On the opening day of play, Croatia caused one of the major
surprises by beating fourth seeds Japan at the quarter-final
stage of the Men’s Team event at the Volkswagen Open
Japan in Yokohama; one day later, Thursday 22nd May 2008,
they did even better.
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21st May - Sensational Win for Brazil in Yokohama
Brazil, the rank outsiders in the Men’s Team event
at the Volkswagen Open Japan in Yokohama, caused the major
surprise on the opening day of play, Wednesday 21st May 2008,
when they ousted third seeds Chinese Taipei at the quarter-final
stage.
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18th May - Volkswagen Open China, Top Seeds Prevail
The number one seeded players in both the Men’s Singles
and Women’s Singles events at the Volkswagen Open China
in Changchun emerged victories on Sunday 18th May 2008 in
all-Chinese finals.
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16th May - Volkswagen Open China - Day 1
Sweden’s Pär Gerell was the player to cause the
biggest upset in the opening round of the singles events at
the Volkswagen Open China in Changchun on Friday 16th May
2008.
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15th May - Volkswagen Open China, Success for China but
Problems for Guo Yue
China duly succeeded in their semi-final contests in the
team events at the Volkswagen Open in Changchun on Thursday
15th May 2008, the latest stop on the ITTF Pro Tour.
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11th May - Final World Olympic Qualification Tournament
- Day 4
On the last day of the Final Olympic Qualification Tournament
in Budapest, the match for the third ranking was crucial for
the qualification of the female Olympic Team event.
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10th May - Final World Olympic Qualification Tournament
- Day 3
The penultimate day of the Final World Qualification Tournament
in Budapest was fiercely contested. Also thanks to the Hungarian
spectators, local hero Janos Jakab reached the top sixteen.
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9th May - Final World Olympic Qualification Tournament -
Day 2
The second stage of the tournament in Budapest was the final
destination for many hopes. Mexico’s Marcos Madrid,
who played convincing in the morning session, had no chance
against Latvia’s Matiss Burgis
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9th May - Racket Control – a “Necessary Evil”
for a Fair Competition
Odd Gustavsen is Chairman of the Equipment Committee. The
Norwegian is on site in Budapest at the World Final Qualification
Tournament to test if the rackets of the players are alright.
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8th May - Serbian Discovery and African Hopes
The first stage of the tournament in Budapest is played in
a round robin system. The best two players of each group will
go through.
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5th May - The Last Change for an Olympic Table Tennis Ticket
From 8th to 11th May 2008, table tennis players from all
around the world are trying to qualify for the Olympic Games
Singles events.
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April 2008
27th Apl - Chile Open - A Good Sign for Reigning Olympic
Champion
Korea’s Ryu Seung Min won two ITTF Pro Tour Men’s
Singles titles in 2004, the only two of his career. At the
Chile Open in Santiago on Sunday 27th April 2008 he won his
third, when he beat Korean compatriot Yoon Jae Young in the
final.
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26th Apl - Chile Open - Olympic Champion on Course in Santiago
Korea’s Ryu Seung Min, the reigning Olympic champion,
secured his place in the semi-final stage of the Men’s
Singles event at the Chile Open in Santiago with a brace of
typically athletic victories on Saturday 26th April 2008.
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25th Apl - Chile Open - Top Seed Suffers Second Round Exit
in Santiago
Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus, the number one seed and the
most successful player on the ITTF Pro Tour in 2008, was beaten
in the second round of the Men’s Singles event at the
Chile Open in Santiago
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23rd Apl - Chile Open - Try, Try Again Works for
Indian Star
The suffering for twenty-two year old Pathik Mehta came to
an end on Wednesday 23rd April 2007 at the Chile Open in Santiago.
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19th Apl - Brazil Open - Top Two Men's Singles Seeds Depart
Singapore’s Gao Ning and Chinese Taipei’s Chuan
Chih-Yuan, seeded numbers one and two respectively in the
Men’s Singles event at the Brazil Open in Belo Horizonte,
both departed proceedings in the opening round
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March 2008
22nd Mar - Erke Qatar Open - Ma Lin Retains Crown, Consecutive
Wins for Zhang Yining
China’s Ma Lin and Zhang Yining emerged as the most
successful players at the Erke Qatar Open Championships in
Doha on Saturday 22nd March 2008.
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21st Mar - Erke Qatar Open - Quarter-Final Exit
for World Champion
China’s Guo Yue, the reigning World champion, departed
proceedings in the Women’s Singles event at the Erke
Qatar Open in Doha on Friday 21st March 2008 at the quarter-final
stage.
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20th Mar - Erke Qatar Open - Sixth Seed Falls to
ITTF Pro Tour Newcomer
Singapore’s Wang Yue Gu, the number six seed in the
Women’s Singles event at the Erke Qatar Open in Doha,
suffered defeat in the opening round of proceedings on Thursday
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19th Mar - Erke Qatar Open - Hong Kong Casualty
Hong Kong’s Zhang Rui was the one casualty amongst
the leading players in the qualification stage of the singles
events at the Erke Qatar Open in Doha on Wednesday 19th March
2008.
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18th Mar - Erke Qatar Open - Koreans Steal Limelight
Korea’s Kim Ga Ram and Seok Ha Jung were the players
to steal the show on the first day of play, Tuesday 18th March
2008, at the Erke Qatar Open in Doha
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18th Mar - Olympic Direct Qualification
The ITTF selected twenty male and twenty female players as
Olympic direct qualifiers according to the ITTF 2008 January
World Ranking with a maximum of two players per National Olympic
Committee (NOC).
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18th Mar - Erke Qatar Open - Preview
Chinese players occupy the top four positions on the current
ITTF Men’s and Women’s World Ranking lists and
thus their names appear in the top four seeded positions in
the Men’s and Women’s Singles events at the Erke
Qatar Open
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16th Mar - Salwa Cup Kuwait Open - Perfect Record
on ITTF Pro Tour for Vladimir Samsonov
Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus, the number five seed, maintained
his perfect record on the ITTF Pro Tour in 2008 when he won
the Men’s Singles title at the Salwa Cup Kuwait Open
beating sixth seed, China’s Chen Qi in the final.
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16th Mar - Salwa Cup Kuwait Open - Top Two World
Ranked Stars Suffer Defeat in Kuwait
China’s Wang Hao and Ma Lin, the players who currently
occupy the number and two ranked positions on the ITTF Men’s
World Ranking list, suffered defeat in the Men’s Singles
event
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14th Mar - Salwa Cup Kuwait Open - World Champion
Suffers at French Hands
Thirty-four year old Frenchman, Christophe Legout, caused
the major shock on the second day of play, Friday 14th March
2008, at the Salwa Cup Kuwait Open
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13th Mar - Salwa Cup Kuwait Open - Russian Teenager
Steals Opening Day Limelight
Russia’s twenty year old Yulia Prokhorova was the player
to impress on the opening day of proceedings, Thursday 13th
March 2008, at the Salwa Cup Kuwait Open, the latest stop
on the ITTF Pro Tour
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12th Mar - Salwa Cup Kuwait Open - Preview
Croatia’s Tamara Boros and Wang Chen of the United
States, players who have on three occasions won Women’s
Singles titles on the ITTF Pro Tour are both required to compete
in the qualification stage
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11th Mar - ITTF eNews: 11th March 2008
The ITTF Board of Directors allocated the World Junior Championships
organisation to Bahrain in 2011 and to Cape Town (South Africa)
in 2012
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1st Mar - World Team Table Tennis Championships in Guangzhou,
China - Day 7
Top seeds, China retained their women’s crown at the
Evergrande World Team Championships on Saturday 1st March
2008 when they beat second seeds, Singapore, by three matches
to one.
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February 2008
29th Feb - World Team Table Tennis Championships in Guangzhou,
China - Day 6
The top two seeds in the women’s event reached the
final of the Evergrande World Team Championships in Guangzhou
following penultimate round victories
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28th Feb - World Team Table Tennis Championships in Guangzhou,
China - Day 5
China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan; the top four seeds
booked their places in the semi-finals of the women’s
event at the Evergrande World Team Championships in Guangzhou
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27th Feb - World Team Table Tennis Championships in Guangzhou,
China - Day 4
There were problems for both the third and fourth seeds in
the group stage matches of the Championship Division of the
Men’s Team event at the Evergrande World Team Championships
in Guangzhou
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27th Feb - The Netherlands Will Host the World Championships
2011
The Dutch city of Rotterdam was the only remaining application
city after Qatar withdrew its candidature recently and supported
the bid of the Netherlands Table Tennis Association.
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26th Feb - World Team Table Tennis Championships in Guangzhou,
China - Day 3
Twenty-two year old Sayaka Hirano and twenty-six year old
Michael Maze were the stars of proceedings at the Evergrande
World Team Championships in Guangzhou on Tuesday
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25th Feb - World Team Table Tennis Championships in Guangzhou,
China - Day 2
The host nation finished the second day of play, Monday 25th
February 2008, unbeaten in both the Men’s and Women’s
Team events at the Evergrande World Team Championships in
Guangzhou.
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24th Feb - World Team Table Tennis Championships in Guangzhou,
China - Day 1
The top four seeds in both the Men’s and Women’s
Team event at the Evergrande World Team Championships in Guangzhou,
China came through the opening day, Sunday 24th February 2008
successfully.
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15th Feb - Olympic Preview China
One winner in Beijing will surely be table tennis itself.
The event in the fantastic venue at Peking University promises
to become one of the most splendid in table tennis ever.
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January 2008
28th Jan - Interview with Croatia's Zoran Primorac
Zoran Primorac is one of twenty direct qualifiers for the
table tennis event at the forthcoming Olympic Games in Beijing.
The thirty-eight year old Croat is a living legend not only
in his country but also all over the world.
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21st Jan - New Title Sponsor for Three Pro Tour Events
Hongxing Erke Sports Goods Co., Ltd. is on board of the 2008
ITTF Pro Tour. The fast growing Chinese sports goods manufacturer
and TMS International signed a contract for three events of
the Pro Tour outside of China.
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19th Jan - Slovenian Open, Adding to Collection and Opening
Account
Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus, the number one seed, won the
Men’s Singles title at the Slovenian Open in Velenje
on Saturday 19th January 2008 to collect his sixteenth such
career crown on the ITTF Pro Tour
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18th Jan - Slovenian Open, Rising Polish Star Ousts Top
Seed
Poland’s twenty-one year old Li Qian was the player
to cause the biggest upset at the Slovenian Open in Velenje
on Friday 18th January 2008
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17th Jan - Slovenian Open, Seeds Fall Like Ten Pins
Seeds fell like ten pins in a bowling alley at the Slovenian
Open in Velenje on Thursday 17th January 2008; in both the
Men’s and Women’s Singles event four of the top
eight seeds departed proceedings.
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16th Jan - Slovenian Open, German Progress Checked in Velenje
The Czech Republic’s Hana Bartosova caused the principal
upset on the second day of play, Wednesday 16th January 2008,
at the Slovenian Open in Velenje.
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15th Jan - Slovenian Open, Austrian Teenager Causes Opening
Day Shock
Austria’s nineteen year old, Stefan Fegerl was the
player to cause the major surprise on Tuesday 15th January
2008 at the Slovenian Open in Velenje
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6th Jan - Olympic Direct Qualification
The ITTF January ranking is the basis for the nomination
of twenty male and twenty female direct qualifiers for the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
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5th Jan - No Harmful Glues for ITTF Juniors
To protect the health of all players, the ITTF is about to
implement a glue ban for harmful speed glues.
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3rd Jan - Five Year Reign Ends
The five year reign of China’s Zhang Yining as the
number one ranked female table tennis in the world, came to
an end
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