Xu Xin wins the World Cup Table Tennis tournament at Belgium

Top seed Xu Xin won the World Cup Table Tennis tournament at Verviers, Belgium. In the finals, he beat veteran Vladimir Samsonov 11-6, 12-14, 11-8, 11-9,11-7.

In the semi finals, Xu Xin beat a fighting Ovtcharov 4-3, while Samsonov beat Timo Boll, who is trying to come back from injuries.





Ovtcharov beat Timo Boll to bag the third place.

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Table Tennis News bits - European Championships, Chinese Nationals and more

Germany, led by Timo Boll won the fifth European Championship in a row. Germany beat Sweden for the first time in an European final.
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Ma Long won the Chinese national Championship. This was his fourth title in a row. Ma Lin was his victim in the finals.
The Beijing team won the team event.
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Liam Pitchford beat legend Vladimir Samsonov in the team events and then Alexei Smirnov in the European Championships.
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Sharath Kamal to play in Morocco Open

Sharath Kamal is seeded fourth at the 2011 Morocco Open Hassan II ITTF Pro Tour even at Rabat.

The tournament starts on July 14th and boasts of an impressive line up headed by Vladimir Samsonov. Kasumi Ishikawa is the top seed in the Women's section.

Men's Top seeds

SAMSONOV Vladimir   BLR  SAIVE Jean-Michel   BEL  FREITAS Marcos   POR  ACHANTA Sharath Kamal   IND  MACHADO Carlos   ESP
Women's Top seeds
ISHIKAWA Kasumi   JPN  HIRANO Sayaka   JPN  WANG Yuegu   SIN  YU Mengyu   SIN  SUN Beibei   SIN