German Gold, Silver and Bronze Caps Off Hugely Successful European Tour

Published Sat 11 Dec 2021

Young gun Yangzi Liu saved her best for last, winning the Women’s Singles event overnight at the World Table Tennis Feeder event in Germany. On the last day of competition, Liu was severely tested in the semi final against Chantal Mantz (Germany). After Liu quickly establishing a 2-0 lead, Mantz levelled proceedings and held several game points in the fifth game, but Liu held her nerve to clinch a gutsy 4-2 victory. Then in the final, Liu was in the fast lane, toppling European Champion and World Championships medallist Sabine Winter (Germany) 4-1.

Earlier in the tournament, Liu and Xavier Dixon won their way through to the final of the Mixed Doubles event after a series of strong performances, eventually succumbing in the final but still walking away with a silver medal. Finally, in the Women’s Doubles event, Liu teamed up with Charlotte Carey (Wales), with the duo claiming a bronze medal.

Full Australian results from the tournament are:

	WOMEN'S SINGLES - YANGZI LIU	MEN'S SINGLES - XAVIER DIXON	MIXED DOUBLES - YANGZI LIU / XAVIER DIXON	WOMEN'S DOUBLES - YANGZI LIU / CHARLOTTE CAREY (WALES)
Round of 64	N/A	Bye	N/A	N/A
Round of 32	Defeated Leonie Hartbrich (Hungary) 4-1	Lost to Tobias Rasmussen (Denmark) 1-4	N/A	N/A
Round 16	Defeated Izabela Lupulesku (Serbia) 4-0		Defeated Nikoleta Puchovanova / Jakub Zelinka (Serbia) 3-1	Bye
Quarter Final	Defeated Leila Imre (Hungary) 4-0		Defeated Tatiana Kukulkova (Serbia) / Sarun Yingyuenyong (Thailand) 3-1	Defeated Josephina Neumann / Eireen Elena (Germany) 3-0
Semi Final	Defeated Chantal Mantz (Germany) 4-2		Defeated Yuan Wan / Cedric Meissner (Germany) 3-0	Lost to Ema Labosova / Tatiana Kukulkova (Serbia) 2-3
Final	Defeated Sabine Winter (Germany) 4-1		Lost to Franziska Schreiner / Tobias Hippler (Germany) 1-3

The World Table Tennis Feeder event in Germany is the final international event for 2021 on a hugely successful European Tour for a host of Aussie players who have been brilliantly led by National Head Coach (Able-Bodied), John Murphy. Throughout the tour, a staggering 9 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze medals have been won in a massive step forward for Australian table tennis.

GOLD
Yangzi Liu: Women’s Singles, World Table Tennis Feeder Germany
Yangzi Liu: Under 19 Girls Singles, World Table Tennis Youth Contender Slovak Republic
Yangzi Liu: Under 19 Girls Singles, World Table Tennis Youth Contender Hungary
Yangzi Liu: Under 19 Girls Singles, World Table Tennis Youth Contender Italy
Nicholas Lum: Under 17 Boys Singles, World Table Tennis Youth Contender Slovak Republic
Nicholas Lum: Under 17 Boys Singles, World Table Tennis Youth Contender Italy
Nicholas Lum: Men’s Singles, Szombathely Vorsas Kupa Hungary
Finn Luu / Nicholas Lum: Men’s Doubles, Szombathely Vorsas Kupa Hungary
Finn Luu / Nicholas Lum: Under 19 Boys Doubles, Szombathely Vorsas Kupa Hungary

SILVER
Xavier Dixon / Yangzi Liu: Mixed Doubles, World Table Tennis Feeder Germany
Nicholas Lum: Under 17 Boys Singles, World Table Tennis Youth Contender Hungary
Nathan Pellissier: Class 8 Men’s Team, French Para Open

BRONZE
Min Hyung Jee / Yangzi Liu: Women’s Doubles, World Table Tennis Contender Slovenia
Finn Luu: Under 17 Boys Singles, World Table Tennis Youth Contender Italy
Nicholas Lum: Under 19 Boys Singles, World Table Tennis Youth Contender Slovak Republic
Yangzi Liu / Charlotte Carey (Wales): Women’s Doubles, World Table Tennis Feeder Germany
Nathan Pellissier: Class 8 Men’s Singles, French Para Open

Most Aussies will travel back to Australia over Christmas and planning is already underway for 2022.

TTA congratulates all involved.

German Gold, Silver and Bronze Caps Off Hugely Successful European Tour

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