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Bence Majoros joins list of Tokyo 2020 qualifiers with knock-out final victory 16 Mar 2021 The morning of Tuesday 16th March played host to three important battles in the race to reach the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, one of which saw Hungary’s Bence Majoros celebrate his qualification with victory over Belgium’s Florent Lambiet (11-6, 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8) at the World Singles Qualification Tournament in Doha. Bence Majoros celebrates Tokyo qualification (Photo: Rémy Gros) by Simon Daish Meeting in the men’s singles knock-out 2 final, Majoros and Lambiet, seeded 15th and 3...

International Table Tennis Federation 16 Mar 2021 Seeded second for the women’s singles draw and one of the big favourites to seal qualification at the Tokyo 2020 World Singles Olympic Games Qualification Tournament, Ukraine’s Margaryta Pesotska leaves Doha with an air of disappointment after falling at the semi-final hurdle of the second stage knock-out event on Tuesday 16th March. Campaign ends in defeat for Margaryta Pesotska (Photo: Rémy Gros) by Simon Daish No margin for error having lost out to Sweden’s Linda Bergström in the knock-out 1 final, Pesotska was well awa...

International Table Tennis Federation 15 Mar 2021 Swedish no.17 seed Linda Bergström successfully claimed her ticket to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Monday 15th March with a mighty 4-1 win over second seed from Ukraine, Margaryta Pesotska (11-7, 13-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9) landing her top spot in the women’s singles knockout 1 category at the World Singles Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar. Linda Bergström books her flight to Tokyo! (Photo: Rémy Gros) by Simon Daish A truly magnificent showing from the Swede who showcased some of her best table tennis to date, Bergströ...

International Table Tennis Federation 15 Mar 2021 Seeded 30th for the men’s singles event at the World Singles Qualification Tournament, Czech Republic’s Lubomir Jancarik is through to the knockout 1 final in Doha following a remarkable 4-2 win over the no.1 seed from Great Britain, Liam Pitchford (11-6, 2-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-7, 12-10) on Monday 15th March. Jancarik and Pitchford pictured in action (Photo: Rémy Gros) by Simon Daish Jancarik, who lodged an impressive comeback from two games down to beat Spain’s Alvaro Robles in the previous round, needed no such luck in his ...

International Table Tennis Federation 20 Dec 2020 The highest Spanish entry on the ITTF World Rankings list and an experienced head on the world stage, Alvaro Robles has been the pacesetter for his nation’s efforts over the past decade with numerous appearances at the sport’s most prestigious events. Robles pulled off one of his finest international achievements last year when he combined with Romania’s Ovidiu Ionescu to claim men’s doubles silver at the Liebherr 2019 World Championships in Budapest. One year on the ITTF caught up with the Spaniard to discuss all things ta...