VfL Wildeshausen Win: 6-9 Against STV BarSed | Recap

Table tennis district league team VfL Wildeshausen gave everything they had in the away game at STV BarSed, but in the end they were narrowly defeated 6:9.

Wildeshausen – Strong start to the year VfL Wildeshausen in the men’s table tennis district league: But even though the Huntestädter are third in the table STV BarSed When they really threw everything into the balance, they had to narrowly lose 6:9 in the end. Nevertheless, the VfL leader was effective Helmut Rang afterwards not dissatisfied: “BarSed is a real house number with the best line-up. In the first leg they beat us 9-1, but this time it was a clear improvement. With a bit of luck we might even score points.”

But the guests should have gotten off to a better start. “The 0:3 was almost a broken neck,” sighed old master Rang: “Two wins at the beginning would have been possible.” Instead, the home team stepped up a little later in the form of their top player Kristof Sec even made it 4-0. But Wildeshausen fought back: sent off with his best performance of the season Helmut Rang in five sentences Christian Mesler on the boards and thus cracked the second best player in the league after seconds. “That felt good,” smiled Wildeshausen’s number one: “You don’t get such a top-class player every week.” Suddenly the people of Huntestadt believed in themselves again. Even the subsequent defeat of Björn Röske didn’t change anything. VfL now really bit into the game. At first unnerved Guido Grützmacher with its two pimpled coverings Markus Bumstorffthen scored Bastian Rang against Sven Janssenand then “Capitano” decided Martin Hakemann after fending off five match points, he also played the Hitchcock thriller Tim Rojk for themselves – 4:5.

Shortly afterwards the guests even had a sniff of an equaliser. Grandseigneur Rang scored in the top singles against Sek like he did at the best of times, and after initial difficulties he also got Sek’s difficult serves under control, only to lose out by a hair’s breadth 2:3 in the end. “Kristof was simply gone too early in the fifth set,” shrugged Rang: “A top man like him can’t take that away.”

Nevertheless, Wildeshausen did not raise the white flag. Thanks to the brilliant duo Grützmacher/Hakemann, the sixth in the table could still hope for something countable with a score of 6:8. But only if you win Bastian Rang – and he failed in the final singles after a tough fight Tim Rojk. For VfL leaders Helmut Rang However, no problem: “Of course we would have liked to take a point, but our performance was good. At least we were able to make BarSed really sweat.”