Dang Qiu became the fourth German player to win the men’s singles title at a European Championships when he succeeded earlier this year in Munich’s Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle He succeeds Jörg Rosskopf, Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov but in a somewhat different manner.
by Simon Daish Two competitors who narrowly missed out on passage to the title decider, Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yun-Ju and Germany’s Dimitrij Ovtcharov, will be desperate to end their campaigns on a positive note.
By Ian Marshall All four emerged successful; for Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov alongside their female counterparts, Shan Xiaona and Petrissa Solja it was the perfect morning.
by Ian Marshall, Editor Major contenders for honours, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Timo Boll and Patrick Franziska all enjoyed opening round men’s singles success, as in the counterpart women’s singles did Han Ying and Petrissa Solja.