Malmö. Germany’s table tennis mass continued to brilliantly staged at the 1.55 million dollar Europe Smash in Malmö (14th to August 24th). After the European Championships of the European Championships was the first DTTB representative in the afternoon of the top eight, followed by Dang Qiu in the evening to his national team colleague. The European champion of Munich in 2022 won the German duel against Dimitrij Ovtcharov in five sets. However, Sabine Winter provided a bang. The Dachauer achieved the quarter-finals through a well-deserved 3: 1 success over the world ranking third Chen Xingong from China, in which the opponent Chen Yi will be on Friday. Duda meets Hugo Calderano (Brazil) on the World Cup, Qiu challenges the world ranking list of Lin Shidong (China), who defeated the Grünwettersbach Ricardo Walther in the round of 16.
Sabine Winter creates the sensation
Sabine Winter did the sensation. Just four months after the clear 0: 4 defeat at the World Cup in Macau, number 40 in the world in the round of 16 of the Europe Smash against the world ranking third Chen Xingong with a well-deserved 3: 1 success. It is the first victory of the Dachauer over one of the top chines. The 8:11, 11: 8, 11: 5 and 11: 6 triumph is also perfectly fine in its clarity. With its unconventional new game system-a mixture of a defensive backhand and brachial, almost flawless forehand spins carried out near the table-Winter always presented one of the best players in the world in high-class, often long ball changes.
Next task: Chen Yi
The result underlines the progress that winter has achieved with big steps every week since its system change in December. Just a few weeks ago, the third place of the Europe Top 16 had also developed two match balls against the world rankings fifth Wang Yidi (China). Winter cheered her success right: “I had a little chance when I play very well and it was a little worse. I used my chances against them perfectly today. The fact that I was able to win against one of the top choirs for the first time gives me a lot of confidence and even more confidence in my game system.”
Winter’s next opponent also comes from the Middle Kingdom. On Friday at 1:30 p.m., the Bavarian will now meet Chen Yi. In doubles, however, the tournament for winter and her partner Yuan Wan ended. The World Cup quarter-finalists missed moving into the semi-finals in the 1: 3 defeat against Shin Yubin/Miyu Nagasaki (South Korea/Japan).
Qiu wins German duel
With his 3-2 success in the duel of the national team colleagues, Dang Qiu returned for the 1: 3 defeat suffered two and a half weeks ago at the WTT Star Contender in Brazil. In the competitive encounter, the third round initially looked like Ovtcharov could use its six-point lead to a 2-1 set lead. In the key moments of the game, however, the world rankings 13. The crucial points. “To win against Dima, I really have to perform at the limit. Dima is sustainable and now again in an insanely good shape.”
Ovtcharov struggled with the lost round: “At 1: 1 and 8: 2 I would have had to bring the sentence home. But there were also a few unfortunate situations, I couldn’t make a lot of allegations. I was bitter. In the decision set, I also played 5: 2, but then I didn’t play well enough. Interfer on the cervical spine again play a pretty good level. ”
Walther strong despite defeat
The European champion of Munich in 2022 will now meet the world ranking list of Lin Shidong on Friday at 6 p.m., who today stopped the triumphal march of Anton-Källberg-Werzer Ricardo Walther. After all: The ball artist from Grünwettersbach pulled out of the affair with a strong performance with a strong performance and not only presented the number 1 with its variable, grind-rich game again and again, but also had the 2-1 lead on the racket in the third round.
Lin Shidong, which is only superior in the fourth set against Walther, is undoubtedly a favorite in the encounter with Dang Qiu. However, the Düsseldorfer is one of the few players who have already kept the upper hand over the number 1 in the world twice – 2024 at the WTT finals and only a week and a half at the WTT Champions in Yokohama. With appropriate self-confidence, Qiu goes into the match: “The success against Dima and my good performance give me a lot of confidence. I look forward to the re-match against Lin Shidong. I hope I can annoy him again and make the game closely. I am happy to be able to play against one of the top chinese again on one of the biggest stages in the world table tennis.” The challenger also receives moral support from Dimitrij Ovtcharov: “I wish Dang the best of luck. Maybe he can repeat his coup from Yokohama against Lin Shidong.”
Duda meets Calderano
Previously, Benedikt Duda had continued its impressive series of success in the afternoon: the Bergneustädter moved into the quarter-finals through a sovereign 3-0 over Yukiya Uda (Japan). Only in the first of the three rounds had to worry about Uda: after a 3: 7 and 6: 9 deficit, the world ranking tenth turned the sentence to 11: 9. After that, he left his opponent only seven points in the following two rounds.
In the quarter-finals there is now a reunion with World Cup winner Hugo Calderano, the current number four in the world. Only two and a half weeks ago both faced each other in the final of the WTT Star Contender Foz Do Iguaçu. At that time, the second of the World Cup from Brazil kept the upper hand in a high-class match in front of a home audience. Duda was able to comfort himself two days later with a special bonus for his good performance: the move into the final catapulted him under the top ten in the world rankings for the first time. “It will be very difficult against Hugo. He is currently very good. But I will put everything in the match and would be very happy if I succeed in the revenge,” said the 31-year-old before the quarter-finals.
Europe Smash in Malmö – The results of the Germans on Thursday
Women’s singles, round of 16
Sabine Winter – Chen Xingtong CHN 3:1 (-8,8,5,6)
Men’s singles, round of 16
Benedikt Duda – Yukiya Uda JPN 3: 0 (9,5,2)
Dang Qiyu – Dimitridge Ovtcharov 3: 2 (-7.9.9, -9.6)
Ricardo Walther – Lin Shidong CHN 1:3 (-9,6,-10,4)
Women’s double, quarter-finals
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Europe Smash in Malmö – The Games of the Germans on Friday
Women’s singles, quarter-finals
Sabine Winter – Chen Yi Chn 1:40 p.m., table 1
Men’s singles, quarter-finals
Benedikt Duda – Hugo Calderano Bra 2:15 p.m., table 1
Dang Qiu – Lin Shidong CHN 18 Uhr, Tisch 1
Links
The German contingent at Europe Smash in Sweden
Men’s singles
Benedikt Duda (TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt), Dang Qiu (Borussia Düsseldorf), Patrick Franziska (1. FC Saarbrücken-TT), Dimitrij Ovtcharov (TTC Rhönsprudel Fulda-Maberzell), Ricardo Walther (ASV Grünwettersbach), Kay Stumper (Post SV Mühlhausen)
Men’s doubles
Benedict Duda/Patrick Franziska
Women’s singles
Ying Han (KTS Tarnobrzeg, Poland), Sabine Winter (TSV Dachau), Yuan Wan (TTC Weinheim), Xiaona Shan (TTC Berlin Eastside), Annett Kaufmann (SV DJK Kolbermoor), Franziska Schreiner (TSV Langstadt)
Women’s double
Sabine Winter/Yuan Wan (TTC Weinheim), Annett Kaufmann/Yangzi Liu, Xiaona Shan/ng Wing Lam HKG
Mixed doubles
Patrick Franziska/Annett Kaufmann
Supervisor
Jörg Roßkopf (national coach men), Lars Hielscher (head coach Herren Düsseldorf)
Tamara Boros (national coach women), Zoltán Bátorfi (assistant national trainer women)
