Lubomir Jancarik

The eagerly awaited main round of the table tennis World Championships in Suzhou started on April, 28 consistently positive for the WSA-players, as everyone mastered to trigger his or her best performance, thanks to the optimal preparation in the run-up to the event. Therefore most of the players managed to win their first-round games.

In the Men’s singles Mihai Bobocica started with a 4:2 victory against Tomislav Kolarek, followed by Robert Gardos with a 4:1 against Afshin Noroozi, Joao Monteiro with a 4:2 against Marco Rech Daldosso, Daniel Habesohn with a 4:1 against Mohamed El-Beiali, Lubomir Jancarik with a straight 4:0 against Bojan Tokic, the current number 58 in the World Ranking, Stefan Fegerl with a 4:0 against the former WSA-player Matiss Burgis, Chen Weixing with a 4:0 against Pawel Fertikowski, Marcos Freitas with a 4:1 against Andy Pereira and Alexander Shibaev with a 4:1 against Peter Sereda. Solely Tomas Konecny had to surrender after a very good performance against Fang Bo (current number 14 in the World Ranking) with 1:4.

In the Women’s singles Sarah De Nutte lost against the chinese Wu Yang 0:4. Tamolwan Khetkuan fought very hard against Huajun Jiang and in the end had to surrender 3:4 after a 3:0 lead. Andrea Todorovic lost 1:4 against Britt Eerland, Matilda Ekholm on the other hand defeated Anqi Luo 4:0 just like Tetyana Bilenko the lithuanian Egle Stuckyte. Lea Rakovac also showed a very good performance, but finally lost 2:4 against Jiao Li, the former European Champion.

In the Doubles everything went especially well for Gardos/Habesohn. They managed to not only win their first round game, but also their second round game in the evening after a great performance with a straight 4:0. Joao Monteiro with his Portuguese partner also managed that which means that both pairings are already seeded in the round of sixteen. Very well done!

More information about the World Championships 2015:

ITTF World Championships in Suzhou 2015