Bundesliga – Dusseldorf sovereign – Neu-Ulm with trembling victory

Fulda (oz / rg) – Borussia Düsseldorf could not be beaten by Post SV Mühlhausen on Tuesday evening either, with a 3-1 draw, the table tennis Bundesliga (TTBL) leaders extended their lead over the pursuers. There was a 3-2 dithering victory for TTC Neu-Ulm against TTC OE Bad Homburg, through which the Swabians initially climbed to second place in the table.

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Borussia Düsseldorf keeps ahead of the rest of the field in the table tennis Bundesliga (TTBL). On Tuesday evening, the league leaders drove 3-1 in a catch-up game on match day 10 Post SV Mühlhausen one and thus the 13th victory in the 14th game of the season. “We make each other hot, everyone wants to get the best out of them. The mood in the team is very good. But it’s still tough work every day, ”said Borussia coach Danny Heister after the game. “We are in a very good position, so the pressure is no longer that great. We can therefore use the month for targeted training, perhaps to take another step forward. ”With 26: 2 points, Düsseldorf is already ten points ahead of fifth place and can therefore plan to participate in the play-off.

In Mühlhausen everything went in favor of the championship leader right from the start. Anton Källberg rushed to a 6-0 lead against Ovidiu Ionescu and then did not give up the match. The 3-0 (11: 3, 11: 8, 11: 8) was Källberg’s 16th single win in the current season. Post-SV trainer Erik Schreyer described the first single as a “sticking point game”. After that Timo Boll started for Düsseldorf and increased with his 3: 1 (13:11, 7:11, 11: 2, 11: 5) against Lubomir Jancarik to 2: 0. Steffen Mengel shortened to third with a 3-0 (11: 6, 11: 3, 11: 9) against Kristian Karlsson, but then it was Boll’s turn again and beat Ionescu 3-0 (11: 8, 11: 4 , 11: 7). Afterwards there was even praise for Borussia from their opponents: “The league is incredibly balanced, and yet they are so far ahead. Düsseldorf is in great shape, ”said Mühlhausen coach Schreyer, whose team is eighth with 14:14 points. In the past few days, the Thuringians had already faced TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen (3: 2, 1: 3) and TTC Neu-Ulm (3: 1) and played four games within seven days. “Overall, I am very satisfied with our performance from these games,” added Schreyer. “It will now be important to call up these performances against opponents on an equal footing.”

Three and a half hour crime thriller between Neu-Ulm and Bad Homburg

The table moved up to second place on Tuesday TTC Neu-Ulmwho deals with the TTC OE Bad Homburg delivered a table tennis thriller over almost three and a half hours. “It was one of the toughest games in the TTBL so far,” said Neu-Ulms Vladimir Sidorenko after his team’s 3-2 win in the early match of the 15th matchday. “It was very tight, we had to go to our limits and call everything up. I am very happy that we managed to win, because these points are very important to us. ”With a score of 20:10, the Swabians overtook 1. FC Saarbrücken TT and TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen for the time being. The other games on the 15th matchday will take place next week on Tuesday, January 26th.

Only in doubles and after a total of 24 sets could Neu-Ulm cheer against the promoted team. Tiago Apolonia and Sidorenko fought their way back after trailing Lev Katsman and Maksim Grebnev 1: 2 and finally won 3: 2 (11: 7, 9:11, 7:11, 12:10, 11: 8). This duo had already made the difference in favor of Neu-Ulm against TSV Bad Königshofen and 1. FC Saarbrücken TT. In the singles, however, both went empty-handed: Sidorenko 2: 3 (11: 7, 12:10, 8:11, 8:11, 8:11) against Rares Sipos, Apolonia 2: 3 (11: 3, 3 : 11, 11: 5, 4:11, 7:11) versus Katsman. The fact that it still went into doubles was due to Emmanuel Lebesson, who scored Grebnev 3: 1 (11: 7, 10:12, 11: 8, 11: 9) and Sipos 3: 2 (10:12, 11: 9 , 11: 4, 7:11, 11: 7) struck. “I was shaking on the bench,” revealed Bad Homburg’s managing director Mirko Kupfer after the game. “The game didn’t really deserve a loser. We fought and gave everything – that’s how we want to continue. ”For the time being, however, the Hessians fell back to last place: Bad Homburg has 2:28 points, the TTC drawbridge Grenzau 2:26. Before the game, only the set ratio had tipped the balance in favor of the promoted team.

The next games in the table tennis Bundesliga are scheduled for the weekend. On Saturday evening, the TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen will receive the TTC drawbridge Grenzau from 7 p.m. One day later, at 3 p.m., TTC OE Bad Homburg and Post SV Mühlhausen as well as TSV Bad Königshofen and SV Werder Bremen meet. All the games can be seen live and in HD on TTBL TV.

The table tennis week at a glance

Post SV Mühlhausen – Borussia Düsseldorf 1: 3
Ovidiu Ionescu – Anton Källberg 0: 3 (3:11, 8:11, 8:11)
Lubomir Jancarik – Timo Boll 1: 3 (11:13, 11: 7, 2:11, 5:11)
Steffen Mengel – Kristian Karlsson 3:0 (11:6, 11:3, 11:9)
Ovidiu Ionescu – Timo Boll 0: 3 (8:11, 4:11, 7:11)

TTC Neu-Ulm – TTC OE Bad Homburg 3: 2
Emmanuel Lebesson – Maksim Grebnev 3: 1 (11: 7, 10:12, 11: 8, 11: 9)
Vladimir Sidorenko – Rares Sipos 2: 3 (11: 7, 12:10, 8:11, 8:11, 8:11)
Tiago Apolonia – Lev Katsman 2: 3 (11: 3, 3:11, 11: 5, 4:11, 7:11)
Emmanuel Lebesson – Rares Sipos 3: 2 (10:12, 11: 9, 11: 4, 7:11, 11: 7)
Tiago Apolonia / Vladimir Sidorenko – Lev Katsman / Maksim Grebnev 3: 2 (11: 7, 9:11, 7:11, 12:10, 11: 8)

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