Mainz defeats Königshofen
1.FSV Mainz 05 celebrates its second victory in a row in the German Table Tennis League (TTBL). In their own hall, the promoted team defeated TSV Bad Königshofen 3:1 on match day 19. For the guests, this was a bitter setback in the fight for the play-off places.
On the previous matchday, Post SV Mühlhausen, a play-off candidate, was defeated in Mainz. Now Bad Königshofen was the next to be defeated. Matchwinner for the hosts was once again Yuto Muramatsu. The Japanese player did not give up a set against Martin Allegro as well as against Bastian Steger. The third point for the Mainz team was scored by Andrei Putuntica, who turned a 0:2 set deficit plus three match points against Filip Zeljko into a 5-set win. Bastian Steger had equalized for Königshofen in the meantime with a 3:1 (5:11, 11:5, 11:0, 11:5) against Luka Mladenovic.
The voices of the match
Andrei Putuntica, 1. FSV Mainz 05: "My feeling is of course super good. But I didn't start well at all in my singles. Yuto was already favored in his two singles from my point of view, but nevertheless it's really impressive how he then wins the matches really confidently."
Top match in Bad Königshofen
On the 20th matchday of the TTBL, TSV Bad Königshofen welcomes 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT on Sunday, March 19. On the same day, 1. FSV Mainz 05 is guest at TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau. You can watch all TTBL matches live on the Spontent channels on Twitch.
The 19th matchday in overview
1. FSV Mainz 05 – TSV Bad Königshofen 3:1
Yuto Muramatsu - Martin Allegro 3:0 (13:11, 11:7, 11:6)
Luka Mladenovic – Bastian Steger 1:3 (11:5, 5:11, 0:11, 5:11)
Andrei Putuntica – Filip Zeljko 3:2 (7:11, 7:11, 13:11, 12:10, 11:8)
Yuto Muramatsu – Bastian Steger 3:0 (11:3, 11:5, 11:4)
ASV Grünwettersbach – 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3:0
Xi Wang - Olav Kosolosky 3:0 (11:7, 11:4, 11:3)
Deni Kozul – Takuya Jin 3:2 (11:8, 11:9, 9:11, 9:11, 11:9)
Ricardo Walther – Tomas Polansky 3:0 (11:6, 11:9, 11:6)
TTC Neu-Ulm – TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 0:3
Maksim Grebnev – Alvaro Robles 0:3 (8:11, 6:11, 6:11)
Vladimir Sidorenko – Can Akkuzu 0:3 (8:11, 7:11, 4:11)
Lev Katsman – Samuel Kulczycki 2:3 (11:9, 11:5, 2:11, 11:13, 7:11)
Post SV Mühlhausen – Borussia Düsseldorf 3:0
Daniel Habesohn – Kay Stumper 3:0 (11:7, 11:0, 11:0)
Irvin Bertrand – Anton Källberg 3:2 (10:12, 11:6, 11:9, 4:11, 11:3)
Steffen Mengel – Timo Boll 3:0 (11:4, 11:8, 11:5)
SV Werder Bremen – TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 1:3
Mattias Falck – Omar Assar 3:0 (11:7, 11:6, 11:3)
Cristian Pletea – Benedikt Duda 1:3 (2:11, 11:5, 8:11, 9:11)
Kirill Gerassimenko – Romain Ruiz 1:3 (11:3, 10:12, 9:11, 8:11)
Mattias Falck – Benedikt Duda 1:3 (11:13, 6:11, 11:8, 5:11)
TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell - TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau 1:3
Ruwen Filus – Patrick Baum 3:1 (7:11, 11:9, 11:4, 11:7)
Fanbo Meng – Yi-Hsin Feng 1:3 (5:11, 6:11, 11:6, 3:11)
Chun Ting Wong – Maciej Kubik 2:3 (7:11, 11:8, 8:11, 11:7, 6:11)
Ruwen Filus – Yi-Hsin Feng 2:3 (5:11, 11:8, 11:7, 9:11, 7:11)