22 Sep

Having been the standout team in the first half of the season, Team Maze could well have ended Round 4 of the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) without a win. At the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor Bahru, Team JJ lead Team Fixture 23 all the way to the last of the six matches, when Feng Tianwei proved simply too strong for her opponent Jeon Jihee. [caption id="attachment_3169" align="alignleft" width="300"] Feng Tianwei of Team Maze celebrates after contributing valuable points for her team during her T2APAc 2017 match against Team JJ's Jeon Jihee at the Pinewood...

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21 Sep

Team Persson’s mastery over Team JJ finally came to an end at the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC). At the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor Bahru, Team JJ finally broke through with a 16-12 result built on three key wins in Team Fixture 21. [caption id="attachment_3185" align="alignleft" width="300"] Team JJ's Taiwanese player, Chuang Chih-Yuan performed well to beat Jun Mizutani of Team Persson 5-0 during Round 4 of T2APAC earlier today.[/caption] Matilda Ekholm’s handy 3-1 win over Shi Xunyao provided the platform for Team JJ, as Chuang Chih-yuan and Liu Fei followed up with big wins over...

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20 Sep

Action at the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) resumed after a six-week break with the European players flying in after the European Championships in Luxembourg. Jiang Jialiang certainly knows how to play to the crowd as he told spectators at the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios that he has brought a new lucky charm – yet another handheld fan with the words “WIN WIN WIN” on it. [caption id="attachment_3192" align="alignleft" width="200"] A relieved Vladimir Somsonov of team JJ after defeating Paul Drinkhall 3-2 in a T2APAC match earlier.[/caption] Team Fixture 19 would see the T2APAC debuts of two players...

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05 Aug

A win to Team Persson brought Round 3 of the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) to a close as all four teams now head away for a six-week break. Fans at the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor Bahru enjoyed an entertaining Team Fixture 18 as Bernadette Szocs surprised teenage Chinese star Sun Yingsha in the opening match. [caption id="attachment_3197" align="alignleft" width="300"] Mattias Karlsson of Team Persson celebrates after winning his match against Chuang Chih-Yuan of Team JJ in their T2APAC 2017 Round 3 match earlier today at the Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios, Johor.[/caption] Mattias Karlsson made a...

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04 Aug

Team Rossi served up the surprise of Round 3 of the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) as they handed league leaders Team Maze a 19-8 thumping, a result that could take them off the bottom of the table with Team Fixture 18 to come. Feng Tianwei’s fans at the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios could not celebrate a fourth straight win for the Singapore star as Taiwan’s Cheng I-Ching forced a draw. [caption id="attachment_3203" align="alignleft" width="300"] Georgina Pota of Team Rossi returning a shot towards her opponent during her T2APAC 2017 Round 3 match at the Pinewood Iskandar...

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03 Aug

Jiang Jialiang debuted a new fan for Round 3 of the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) and it has worked a treat as his Team JJ picked up a second straight win, this time over Team JJ. After Japanese teenager Tomokazu Harimoto gave his team a flying start at the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios, Jiang fanned new life into veterans Chuang Chih-Yuan and Vladimir Samsonov, the latter renewing his acquaintance with a pen-grip player as Xue Fei made his T2 APAC debut. [caption id="attachment_3225" align="alignnone" width="300"] Team JJ's Jeon Ji Hee returning a shot towards her opponent...

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02 Aug

After a near three-week absence, the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) resumed with Round 3 at the purpose-built T2 Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The opening tie would see Team Rossi finally breaking through for their very first win, having lost five and drawn one of their previous six matches. [caption id="attachment_3237" align="alignright" width="300"] Team Persson's Wang Manyu serves towards her opponent from Team Rossi during their T2APAC 2017 Round 3 match earlier today at the Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios, Johor.[/caption] Victory would be built on wins from Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Cheng I-Ching, Paul Drinkhall and Elizabeta...

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02 Aug

The third time’s the charm for Team JJ and they finally found a way to beat Team Maze to close the first day of Round 3 at the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) in Johor Bahru. Fans at the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios witnessed a second straight session which ended in a 15-14 scoreline, and fans of Singapore star Feng Tianwei would be especially pleased to a return to form for the world number 6. [caption id="attachment_3231" align="alignleft" width="300"] Team JJ's Vladimir Samsonov returns a shot towards his opponent from Team Maze during their T2APAC 2017 Round...

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15 Jul

Team Maze had to make do without Korean player Yang Haeun who had taken ill overnight and relied on Hina Hayata to play twice, as the Japanese player stood in for the ailing Yang. On the final day of Round 2 of the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) in Johor Bahru, the two teams that met to kick off this made-for-TV table-tennis league proved equal to each other as three of the opening four matches ended in 2-2 draws. [caption id="attachment_3247" align="alignright" width="300"] Team JJ's Sun Yingsha returns a shot towards her opponent from Team Maze during their T2APAC 2017...

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15 Jul

Jorgen Persson may have called the wrong call at the opening toss, but the Swedish legend would soon be purring as he watched Wang Manyu gave his team the winning start to Team Fixture 12 at the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. On the final day of Round 2, the audience at the purpose-built T2 Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios made their presence felt as they cheered every play and clearly had their favourites in every match. [caption id="attachment_3243" align="alignright" width="300"] Team Persson's Mattias Karlsson (in red) clinched the victory for his team after defeating...

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