Today at the open championship of Belarus in table tennis(Belarus Open-2018) the main draw matches have started.
As part of the hosts of the competition in the men's singles perform Alexander Khanin (5th seed) and Pavel Platonov (14). The rest of the Belarusian players failed to qualify.
In the main draw of the women's singles, only seeded athletes from Belarus will also compete - Daria Trigolos (20), Nadezhda Bogdanova (25) and Alina Nikitchenko (32).
Doubles main draw games start on 16 November. The duets Alexander Khanin/Pavel Platonov and Nadezhda Bogdanova/Margarita Baltushite received the right to represent the host country at this stage of the draw.
– Open Championship Belarus is organized very worthily, I think it is convenient for athletes here. From personal experience I will say that in terms of organization - this is one of the most the best competitions, where she had a chance to perform, Margarita Baltushite, an athlete of the Belarusian national team, shared her impressions. – I have already performed at the Belarus Open several times. The level of the tournament is constantly rising. Not surprisingly, more and more representatives of the Asian school of table tennis are present here. Their style and level of play is different from the European one, it is always difficult to fight against him, and this contributes to the acquisition valuable experience. It will be very needed at the II European Games, where I would really like to perform. If everything works out, then at home, of course, I want to play as best as possible.
Russian participant of the competition, multiple winner of the European Championships and major national competitions Aleksey Liventsov noted that, in particular, for him, the open championship of Belarus could become a decisive stage in the selection for participation in team competitions at the II European Games. Therefore, according to the athlete, the athlete goes to each match with high motivation.
Recall that this year players were delegated to the Minsk tournament record number countries - 37. Matches are held in the capital's Tennis Palace (RTsOP for tennis). The results are broadcast online on big screen. It is convenient to receive information about the course of matches not only for athletes, but also for spectators.
As reported, at the Belarus Open-2018 awards are played in six types of programs: in singles (for men and women), in doubles(in men and women), as well as in male and women's tournaments for players under 21. The finals in the age category (U-21) will be held on November 17, for adults - on November 18. Competitions are held under the auspices of the International Table Tennis Federation and is part of the Challenge series.
Recall that in table tennis competitions 2 European Games will be attended by 128 athletes who will compete for five sets of medals. The winners and prize-winners of the tournaments in the men's and women's singles will receive direct tickets to the summer Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo (Japan). Winners automatically qualify for the main start of the four years team competition and champions of the II European Games among mixed doubles. The games will be hosted by the RCOP for tennis.
17.11.2018 - 23:01
News of Belarus. The country's open table tennis championship continues in Minsk, the STV-Sport program reported.
Of the Belarusians, only Pavel Platonov continues the fight. On November 17, he beat the Japanese athlete 4:1. And here is another team leader, Alexander Khanin, with the same score lost to a Chinese athlete, who later became the champion in the tournament under 21 years old. None of the girls reached the quarter-final stage.
Alexander Petkevich, Chairman Belarusian Federation table tennis:
Speaking of performance Belarusian team, then we expected more, especially from the female half, in which there was practically no one left in the main draw and everything was over.
Present here are the President of the European Table Tennis Union, Ronald Kramer, and the Secretary General and the Technical Delegate. A meeting on preparations for the European Games was held here. Everyone noted a very successful organization.
Dmitry Tsykunov: “The women's team of the RCOP is actually the national table tennis team of the Republic of Belarus”
News of Belarus. The first round ended in Minsk on December 19 team championship table tennis countries major league, reported in the STV-Sport program. For four days, 16 teams fought each other: 8 men's and 8 women's.
This tournament is the final Republican for adult athletes in 2019. The strongest athletes of our country and the leaders of the national team took part in the championship.
Dmitry Tsykunov, chief secretary of the competition:
For example, women's team RCOP– this is actually the national table tennis team of the Republic of Belarus, where all our leading athletes play: Daria Trigolos, Nadezhda Bogdanova, Alina Nikitchenko, Ekaterina Borovok, who will fight for an Olympic ticket to Portugal in January.
Nadezhda Bogdanova, member of the RCOP team:
You can always do better. Now, perhaps, not in very good shape, but she won what she could. The competition is now weaker than it used to be. Previously, there were more strong opponents, but there are 2-3 teams that are not easy to fight against.
As expected, the winners of the first round for both men and women were representatives of the Republican Olympic Training Center. However, the champion of the country will be known only after the completion of three rounds. The second stage of the tournament is scheduled for spring 2020.
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The Belarusian table tennis tournament (Minsk, March 15-19) is the first of eleven in 2017 and outwardly even resembles, in which the "Challenge" badge was also found.
The difference is fundamental.
No matter how the format of the World Series has changed (since 1996) - a difficult tournament, an average, an easy one - they all allowed players to score points. And get to the final grand final, which is the first time .
Simple competitions did not help much here.
But if you try and earn a couple of gold awards, then it worked. 2017 fenced off simple ITTF Challenge from ITTF competitions world tour(Platinum Series, Regular Series) and the points of weak tournaments go to the bin.
At the end of the year it will probably be emptied.
They will rummage through the garbage, extract the names of the most successful players. And they will give you a chocolate bar - this is the version. There are still no details on where the series of 11 ITTF Challenge tournaments is heading.
But there were "hidden bookmarks".
You can learn about them by the fact of the Belarusian tournament, when you compare the documents. For example, the ITTF world tour (Platinum Series, Regular Series) no longer includes rewards in youth tournaments. And there is no U21 final.
Whereas in the ITTF Challenge tournament lineup, small prize funds to encourage players under 21 years of age have been preserved: Minsk awarded the champions (boys and girls) US$ 800 each, for second places - US$ 400 each.
A similar picture is expected at other ITTF Challenges in 2017 with total prize pools ranging from US$35K to US$70K. And the whole series of 11 tournaments has grown by 5 thousand US dollars - we have a living process in front of us.
The ITTF is in no hurry to tell what other "bookmarks" have been made. If only because she herself is not sure what will survive until the end of 2017. Meanwhile, the details will have to open tomorrow. After all, a simple series of ITTF Challenge also contains points. They need to be combined somewhere.
Revelation is just around the corner.
In the meantime, we can name the champions of the Belarusian ITTF Table Tennis Challenge (Minsk, March 15-19, 2017) - No. 11 Vladimir Samsonov (April 17, 1976), Belarus and No. 18 Sato Hitomi (Dec. 23, 1997), Japan.
35 Russians who visited Minsk earned two bronze medals: No. 79 Grigory Vlasov in personal tournament, in pair competitions - No. 79 Vlasov Grigory and No. 86 Paikov Mikhail.
REFERENCE
For the first time, the Open Championship of Belarus in table tennis was (Minsk, May 22-25), the prize fund of 10 thousand US dollars was included in world series ITTF pro tour.
The 2nd Open Championship of Belarus brought the prize fund to US$ 28,000 and was also in the ITTF pro tour tournament lineup (Minsk, May 27-31).
The 3rd Open Championship of Belarus lost the ITTF pro tour prefix, as there was tension with money - the competition was simply called Belarus Open (Minsk, April 29 - May 2) with prize fund US$ 10000.
The 4th Belarusian Open also experienced financial difficulties - the Belarus Open took place in Minsk (June 2-5) with the now familiar US$ 10,000 prize money, without entering the World Series.
5th Open Championship of Belarus entered integral part International Table Tennis Federation - ITTF Euro Africa Circuit (Minsk, May 17-20) with a prize fund of 15,200 euros.
The 6th Open Championship of Belarus entered once again a modified world series called ITTF world tour (Challenge Series) with a prize fund of US$ 30,000 (Minsk, September 12-15).
The 7th Open Championship of Belarus turned out to be similar to last year - again ITTF world tour (Challenge Series) with a prize fund of US$ 30,000 (Minsk, August 21-21).
The 8th Belarusian Open has slightly increased the ITTF world tour (Challenge Series) prizes to US$ 35,000 (Minsk, May 13-17).
The 9th Open Championship of Belarus used the past experience - again ITTF world tour (Challenge Series) with a prize fund of US$ 35,000 (Minsk, September 7-11).
The 10th Open Championship of Belarus 2017 opened a completely separate tournament line called with a prize fund of US$ 40,000 (Minsk, March 15-19).
FOR COMPARISON
The Russian Open Championship (Russian Open) has been three years (2015-2017), although it started earlier: 1995-2000 - six tournaments, 2002-2003 - two, 2004-2007 - four, 2012-2014 - three. All .
TABLE TENNIS
Prize Fund: US$ $40,000
Individual and doubles tournaments for men and women
Country - gold-silver-bronze - total
1. Japan - 2-2-2 - 6
2. Poland - 1-1-2 - 4
3. Belarus – 1-0-0 – 1
4. Taipei - 0-1-1 - 2
5. Russia – 0-0-2 – 2
6. Turkey - 0-0-1 - 1
Total: 16 medals
TABLE TENNIS
Prize Fund: US$ $40,000
MEN
(4-2) 11:8, 11:5, 8:11, 9:11, 11:5, 11:5
No. 11 Samsonov Vladimir, Belarus - No. 190 Sun Chia-Hung, Taipei
(4-0) 11:7, 11:9, 11:6, 14:12
No. 67 Wang Zengyi, Poland - No. 79 Vlasov Grigory, Russia
(4-1) 11:4, 12:10, 7:11, 11:8, 11:2
WOMEN
(4-1) 11:9, 11:2, 11:8, 5:11, 11:4
#18 Sato Hitomi, Japan - #58 Shibata Saki, Japan
(4-1) 7:11, 11:4, 11:5, 17:15 , 11:8
#34 Hashimoto Honoka, Japan - #257 Nagao Takako, Japan
(4-1) 11:8, 11:8, 11:13, 11:6, 11:7
MEN couples
No. 140 Kizukuri Yuto, No. 368 Takami Masaki, Japan
(3-0) 11:7, 11:7, 11:9
No. 67 Wang Zengyi, No. 82 Gorak Daniel, Poland -
No. 79 Vlasov Grigory, No. 86 Paikov Mikhail, Russia
(3-0) 11:4, 11:6, 11:7
No. 140 Kizukuri Yuto, No. 368 Takami Masaki, Japan -
No. 319 Gunduz Ibrahim, No. 417 Yigenler Abdullah, Turkey
(3-2) 11:8, 4:11, 14:12, 10:12, 11:6
couple women
No. 154 Lin Chia-Hsuan, No. 169 Lin Po-Hsuan, Taipei
(3-1) 11:8, 11:2, 10:12, 11:9
No. 154 Lin Chia-Hsuan, No. 169 Lin Po-Hsuan, Taipei -
No. 150 Bajor Natalia, No. 68 Grzybowska-Franc Katarzyna, Poland
(3-1) 8:11, 13:11, 11:6, 11:6
No. 27 Morizono Misaki, No. 32 Kato Miyu, Japan -
No. 112 Cechova Dana, Czech Republic, No. 129 Kusinska Klaudia, Poland
(3-1) 3:11, 13:11, 11:6, 11:6
TABLE TENNIS
Youth Tournament U21
Prize fund (boys and girls): US$ 2400
champion US$ 800, 2nd place US$ 400
YOUTH under 21
No. 198 Pletea Cristian, Romania - No. 140 Kizukuri Yuto, Japan
(3-1) 11:13, 12:10, 11:6, 11:7
No. 140 Kizukuri Yuto, Japan - No. 196 Polanzky Tomas, Czech Republic 3:2
No. 198 Pletea Cristian, Romania - No. 324 Bertrand Irvin, France 3:1
No. 319 Gunduz Ibrahim, Turkey - No. 236 Chernov Konstantin, Russia 3:1
No. 417 Yigenler Abdullah, Turkey - No. 309 Ivonin Denis, Russia 3:2
№236 Chernov Konstantin, Russia- №665 Tsiarokhin Andrei, Belarus 3:0
Tanaka Yuta, Japan - No. 359 Abusev Artur, Russia 3:2
No. 235 Sipos Rares, Romania - No. 410 Kiselev Maxim, Russia 3:0
No. 243 Khanin Alexander, Belarus - (arch. No. 504-506) Nikulin Ivan, Russia 3:2
Remained in qualifying, Russia (3)
(architect No. 660-661) Fedotov Petr, No. 674 Artemenko Nikita,
Kraskovsky Alexander
GIRLS under 21
No. 58 Shibata Saki, Japan - No. 62 Kato Kyoka, Japan
(3-0) 11:9, 11:8, 11:6
No. 62 Kato Kyoka, Japan - No. 50 Shiomi Maki, Japan 3:1
No. 58 Shibata Saki, Japan - No. 83 Diaz Adriana, Puerto Rico 3:1
No. 50 Shiomi Maki, Japan - No. 157 Guseva Ekaterina, Russia 3:0
No. 58 Shibata Saki, Japan - No. 195 Shcherbatykh Valery, Russia 3:2
No. 157 Guseva Ekaterina, Russia- №147 Chasselin Pauline, France 3:2
No. 83 Diaz Adriana, Puerto Rico - No. 215 Kazantseva Kristina, Russia 3:1
No. 195 Shcherbatykh Valery, Russia- №150 Bajor Natalia, Poland 3:0
No. 292 Bogdanova Nadezhda, Belarus - No. 152 Taylakova Maria, Russia 3:0
No. 157 Guseva Ekaterina, Russia- №314 Yovkova Maria, Bulgaria 3:1
No. 147 Chasselin Pauline, France - No. 412 Komova Anastasia, Russia 3:1
No. 232 Loyen Eline, Belgium - No. 222 Chernoray Daria, Russia 3:0
No. 200 Lung Lisa, Belgium - No. 217 Kolish Anastasia, Russia 3:2
№215 Kazantseva Kristina, Russia- №210 Nikitchenko Alina, Belarus 3:1
No. 195 Shcherbatykh Valery, Russia- №260 Pateeva Anna, Belarus 3:1
No. 58 Shibata Saki, Japan - No. 446 Vishnyakova Olga, Russia 3:1
