Grünwettersbach celebrates home win against Bremen
ASV Grünwettersbach has gained some breathing space in the bottom of the table on Matchday 5 of the German Table Tennis League (TTBL). The hosts won 3:2 against SV Werder Bremen in their own hall.
With two victories, veteran Wang Xi was the man of the day. The No. 1 of the hosts won 3:0 (11:6, 11:4, 11:7) against Cristian Pletea in the opening singles as well as 3:1 (11:7, 7:11, 11:7, 11:7) against the Swedish European doubles champion Mattias Falck. The victory of ASV was ensured in the final doubles match by Tiago Apolonia alongside Ricardo Walther against Kirill Gerassimenko and Cristian Pletea.
Thanks to the fans
Defensive strategist Wang Xi also blamed the atmosphere in the hall for the home victory: "I am very happy that we won today. Many thanks to the fans for the super support. Big praise also to Tiago and Ricardo, of course. They fought for every ball in the doubles and deserved to win in the end."
Bremen's Kirill Gerassimenko did not want to reproach his team in view of the defeat: "It was really a tough match today. We tried everything, but unfortunately Grünwettersbach was that decisive tick stronger than us. Perhaps we also lacked a bit of luck at one point or another. But once again, our team gave everything today."
Bremen receives the promoted team
At the end of the 6th matchday in the TTBL, ASV Grünwettersbach will host TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt on Monday, November 14. SV Werder Bremen will host Mainz 05 on Saturday.
The 5th matchday in overview
Sunday, November 6
ASV Grünwettersbach – SV Werder Bremen 3:2
Xi Wang - Cristian Pletea 3:0 (11:6, 11:4, 11:7)
Deni Kozul - Mattias Falck 2:3 (11:8, 11:5, 1:11, 4:11, 9:11)
Tiago Apolonia - Kirill Gerassimenko 1:3 (5:11, 6:11, 11:7, 5:11)
Xi Wang - Mattias Falck 3:1 (11:7, 7:11, 11:7, 11:7)
Apolonia / Walther - Gerassimenko / Pletea 3:1 (11:9, 4:11, 11:9, 11:4)
TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt – TTC Neu-Ulm 0:3
Benedikt Duda - Maksim Grebnev 1:3 (9:11, 11:5, 9:11, 5:11)
Omar Assar - Vladimir Sidorenko 1:3 (12:10, 5:11, 6:11, 6:11)
Romain Ruiz - Lev Katsman 2:3 (11:9, 7:11, 11:2, 9:11, 11:13)
Post SV Mühlhausen – TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 3:0
Steffen Mengel -Quadri Aruna 3:0 (11:8, 11:7, 11:7)
Ovidiu Ionescu - Alexandre Cassin 3:0 (11:4, 11:9, 11:8)
Daniel Habesohn --Fan Bo Meng 3:0 (13:11, 14:12, 11:9)
Borussia Düsseldorf – TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3:0
Dang Qiu – Can Akkuzu 3:0 (11:8, 12:10, 11:5)
Kay Stumper - Alvaro Robles 3:2 (11:8, 11:9, 10:12, 7:11, 11:4)
Timo Boll - Samuel Kulczycki 3:0 (12:10, 11:4, 11:4)
1. FSV Mainz 05 – 1. FC Saarbrücken TT 1:3
Luka Mladenovic - Takuya Jin 2:3 (6:11, 4:11, 11:5, 11:8, 6:11)
Andrei Putuntica - Patrick Franziska 0:3 (4:11, 8:11, 2:11)
Yuto Muramatsu - Cedric Nuytinck 3:1 (11:8, 11:5, 8:11, 11:4)
Luka Mladenovic - Patrick Franziska 0:3 (11:13, 6:11, 9:11)
Monday, November 7
7 p.m.: TSV Bad Königshofen – TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau