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Chirita defies expectations to land U-17 title in Vila Real 13 May 2021 Packed with drama, the second day of play at WTT Youth Contender Vila Real saw the event’s first champions being crowned with Romania’s Iulian Chirita providing the headline act with his success in the Under-17 Boys’ Singles tournament. Iulian Chirita lands U17 title in Vila Real by Simon Daish Earlier than anticipated departures for Puerto Rico’s Angel Naranjo and Belgium’s Louis Laffineur blew the title race wide open, ready for an ambitious outsider to capitalise. Step forward Iulian Chirita! Nego...

International Table Tennis Federation 25 Apr 2021 Seeded 37th for the women’s singles draw, Polina Trifonova has been one of the outstanding performers at the European Olympic Singles Qualification Tournament in Guimarães with a host of shock victories throughout the five-day event. On the morning of Sunday 25th April, the Bulgarian moved one step closer to dreamland with a ticket to Tokyo 2020 now within reach. Polina Trifonova needs just one more win to claim an unlikely place at Tokyo 2020 (Photo courtesy of organising committee) by Simon Daish Taking on Luxembourg’s Sarah...

By Simon Daish Amongst the final four names in the second women’s singles knock-out event, Maria Xiao, seeded sixth, met Slovak no.2 seed Barbora Balazova in the all-important qualification match, a contest which went right down to the wire. Boasting a commanding 3-1 lead, Xiao required just one further game to cross the finish line […]

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 ...

International Table Tennis Federation 21 Apr 2021 Play underway in Guimarães, Great Britain’s Charlotte Carey has opened her account at the 2020 European Olympic Singles Qualification Tournament in impressive fashion, toppling one of the leading names competing in the women’s singles group stage on Wednesday 21st April. Dream start for Charlotte Carey (Photo: Rémy Gros) by Simon Daish Challenged with the most difficult match on paper with the highest seeded group stage player Debora Vivarelli providing the opposition for no.25 seed Charlotte Carey, but sport isn’t decided ...