Winner just over one year ago, Germany’s Timo Boll will defend his men’s singles title at the forthcoming 2022 European Championships. Staged in Munich, play in the nine day tournament starts in the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle on Saturday 13th August. On Thursday 11th August, Jörg Rosskopf, the German men’s national team coach, dismissed any speculation that injury […]
by Simon Daish Sweden’s downfall came at the hands of a brilliant young Russian team. In an exciting clash of youth, Lev Katsman, 20, stunned Truls Moregard, 19, in a dramatic full distance opener (12-10, 7-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7) to put Russia 1-0 up. 19-year-old Maksim Grebnev produced another remarkable showing for the team as […]
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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