International Table Tennis Federation 28 Jun 2021
An unprecedented eighth men’s singles title for Timo Boll, gold in both women’s singles and women’s doubles for Petrissa Solja, the top step of the mixed doubles podium reserved by Qiu Dang and Nina Mittelham two days earlier; at the Liebherr 2020 European Individual Championships in Warsaw, proceedings concluding on Sunday 27th June, Germany set new standards.
Timo Boll, number eight
By Ian Marshal
They clinched four of the five titles on offer, a record unequalled by any nation since the tournament was first staged in 1958 in Budapest.
The only crown to elude their grasp was the mixed doubles secured by Russia’s Maksim Grebnev and Lev Katsman.
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International Table Tennis Federation 21 Apr 2021
The second-highest seeded competitor involved in men’s singles group stage action at the 2020 European Olympic Singles Qualification Tournament in Guimarães, Romanian no.6 seed Ovidiu Ionescu has been put on the backfoot in Group C after experiencing defeat in his opening encounter on Wednesday 21st April.
Not the start Ovidiu Ionescu was hoping for (Photo: Hussein Sayed)
by Simon Daish
Ovidiu Ionescu entered his meeting with Jesus Cantero seeded 18 positions above the Spaniard and was the considerable favourite to prevail, but the end result couldn’t have been further from reality. Leading from start to finish, Cantero cut a composed figure throughout and emerged the deserved winner across the five games (11-7, 12-10, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5).