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January 26, 2009

Ma Long Succeeds in Denmark

Ma Long played an irresistible tournament in Denmark but was challenged hard in the final. Photo By: Jens Luckenbach

Courtesy of ITTF Ma Long won his fifth singles title on the ITTF Pro Tour. The 20-year-old Chinese defeated Germany’s, also 20 years old, Dimitrij Ovtcharov in seven games. The German showed resistance in his first ever Pro Tour singles final. However, after already eliminating two players from China, Ovtcharov was stopped by Ma Long, the world no.3.

Happy German Faces
Although the winner eventually came from China, neither Dimitrij Ovtcharov nor his coach Richard Prause were in deep sadness. “The coach is almost pleased”, Prause was quoted. “Pity! It’s always better to win a final but first of all Dimitrij has reached his first Pro Tour final. That’s great and a very good performance.”

Dimitrij Ovtcharov paid a compliment to his opponent but challenged him at the same time: “I think he can even play a bit better if he’s in a good shape”, he said about Ma Long, “but his style of play fits me well, like Wang Liqin’s. He’s good for me to play.”

Ma Long and Ovtcharov have never played each other before.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany was in top form but
failed to win his first Pro Tour event.
Photo by Jens Luckenbach

Men’s Singles
Semi-Final: 4-0: MA Long CHN bt. SUSS Christian GER
(12-10,11-5,11-9,11-8,-,-,-)
Semi-Final: 4-2: OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER bt. ZHANG Jike CHN
(11-6,7-11,11-7,7-11,12-10,16-14,-)
Final: 4-3: MA Long CHN bt. OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER
(13-15,11-8,8-11,11-7,11-8,10-12,11-5)

Women’s Singles
Semi-Final: 4-2: KIM Kyung Ah KOR bt. YAO Yan CHN
(7-11,9-11,12-10,11-9,12-10,11-8,-)
Semi-Final: 4-0: LIU Shiwen CHN bt. PAVLOVICH Veronika BLR
(9-11,4-11,7-11,3-11,-,-,-)
Final: 4-0: LIU Shiwen CHN bt. KIM Kyung Ah KOR
(9-11,6-11,8-11,10-12,-,-,-)|

Men’s Doubles
Semi-Final: 4-1: BOLL Timo GER / SUSS Christian GER bt. HAO Shuai CHN / ZHANG Jike CHN (7-11,9-11,11-6,8-11,4-11,-,-)
Semi-Final: 4-0: MA Long CHN / XU Xin CHN bt. PERSSON Jon SWE / SVENSSON Robert SWE (7-11,4-11,5-11,1-11,-,-,-)
Final: 4-1: MA Long CHN / XU Xin CHN bt. BOLL Timo GER / SUSS Christian GER (3-11,8-11,11-9,8-11,10-12,-,-)

Women’s Doubles
Semi-Final: 4-1: DING Ning CHN / LIU Shiwen CHN bt. WEN Jia CHN / YAO Yan CHN (9-11,12-10,11-9,13-11,11-5,-,-)
Semi-Final: 4-0: CAO Zhen CHN / FAN Ying CHN bt. SCHALL Elke GER / WU Jiaduo GER (11-9,11-8,13-11,11-5,-,-,-)
Final: 4-1: DING Ning CHN / LIU Shiwen CHN bt. CAO Zhen CHN / FAN Ying CHN (11-5,9-11,11-2,11-8,11-2,-,-)

U-21 Boy’s Singles
Semi-Final: 4-3: MENGEL Steffen GER bt. GOLOVANOV Stanislav BUL
(11-3,5-11,11-7,7-11,4-11,11-8,8-11)
Semi-Final: 4-3: FILUS Ruwen GER bt. SALIFOU Abdel-Kader FRA
(11-3,5-11,11-9,13-11,9-11,10-12,10-12)
Final: 4-1: MENGEL Steffen GER bt. FILUS Ruwen GER
(16-14,11-4,11-5,7-11,11-8,-,-)

U-21 Girls Singles
Semi-Final: 4-2: DURAK Mirela HRV bt. PETTERSSON Malin SWE
(6-11,9-11,13-11,6-11,11-9,7-11,-)
Semi-Final: 4-2: STAHR Rosalia GER bt. DESSAINT Aurore FRA
(7-11,11-9,11-5,9-11,11-5,11-8,-)
Final: 4-0: DURAK Mirela HRV bt. STAHR Rosalia GER
(11-8,11-8,11-8,11-3,-,-,-)

Liu Shiwen is another promising player from the

Photo By: Jens Luckenbach