Grenzau with strong performance in Bad Königshofen
In the last match of the first matchday of the new season, TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau went to Bad Königshofen, where they won 3-0 under the eyes of "The Voice of Table Tennis" Adam Bobrow.
After six losses in a row for TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau in Bad Königshofen, the guests wanted to break the curse and take home two points from the Shakehands Arena this time. The hosts from Bad Königshofen had to do without local hero Kilian Ort.
In the first match, the two veterans of the two teams met - Bastian Steger against Patrick Baum. This first match was over quite quickly and Patrick Baum convinced with a strong performance against 42-year-old Leitwolf from Bad Königsofen.
Zeljko and Feng provide again for pure tension in the fifth set
After Filip Zeljko won against Yi-Hsin Feng in an incredibly close match (14:12 in the fifth set) in the Shakehands Arena last season, he now wanted to give everything to repeat this result and bring his team to 1:1. The match even took a similar course and the Croatian was able to take a 2-1 lead in the meantime. But Yi-Hsin Feng held his ground and managed to win the fifth set 11:9, which was not the case last season.
Showmatch in the break between Adam Bobrow and exceptional talent Koharu Itagaki
In the second match still at the microphone, directly afterwards himself with racket at the table. The table tennis entertainer Adam Bobrow, who is also known as a commentator at international tournaments, competed in a show match against the exceptional talent Koharu Itagaki during the break and offered the fans a few cool rallies together.
In the following third match of the day, Maciej Kubik went to the table as the favorite against Martin Allegro and confirmed his role as favorite with a commanding 3:1 victory. With that the match was over and the guests from Grenzau could actually end the little curse in the Shakehands Arena and start the new TTBL season with two points.
The voices to the game:
Koji Itagaki (Coach TSV Bad Königshofen): "It was just the start of the season. Filip Zeljko played well and Bastian Steger and Martin Allegro were not yet at 100%. Next game we will try to attack again."
Slobodan Grujic (Coach TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau): "I can only be satisfied with my team. That we win 3:0 here in Bad Königshofen is not necessarily normal. We played very well and deserved to win in the end."
Overview of the 1st matchday
TSV Bad Königshofen – TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau 0:3
Bastian Steger – Patrick Baum 0:3 (6:11, 9:11, 7:11)
Filip Zeljko – Yi-Hsin Feng 2:3 (11:8, 6:11, 16:14, 9:11, 9:11)
Martin Allegro – Maciej Kubik 1:3 (8:11, 9:11, 12:10, 5:11)
Borussia Düsseldorf – TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3:1
Anton Källberg - Samuel Kulczycki 3:2 (5:11, 11:8, 7:11, 12:10, 13:11)
Dang Qui - Alvaro Robles 3:0 (11:5, 11:6, 11:7)
Timo Boll - Can Akkuzu 2:3 (11:9, 8:11, 11:6, 5:11, 10:12)
Anton Källberg - Alvaro Robles 3:0 (11:4, 11:8, 11:4)
TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt – 1. FC Saarbrücken TT 0:3
Romain Ruiz - Cedric Meissner 2:3 (8:11, 11:7, 7:11, 11:8, 7:11)
Adrien Rassenfosse - Darko Jorgic 0:3 (7:11, 7:11, 4:11)
Benedikt Duda - Patrick Franziska 1:3 (5:11, 6:11, 11:8, 12:14)
ASV Grünwettersbach – TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 3:0
Wang Xi – Qing Yu Meng 3:0 (11:6, 11:1, 11:5)
Tiago Apolonia – Fanbo Meng 3:1 (11:7, 11:7, 6:11, 11:9)
Ricardo Walther – Ruwen Filus 3:1 (11:5, 8:11, 11:5, 11:8)
SV Werder Bremen – 1. FSV Mainz 05 3:0
Matthias Falck – Rares Sipos 3:1 (11:8, 12:10, 6:11, 13:11)
Marcelo Aguirre – Li Yongyin 3:1 (9:11, 11:6, 11:7, 11:1)
Kirill Gerassimenko – Carlo Rossi 3:0 (11:4, 11:8, 11:9)