Fulda (gü) – Home win for the TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell. In the table tennis Bundesliga, the East Hesse beat Werder Bremen 3-2. Alexandre Cassin became the match winner, who won his singles with a sensational race to catch up in the fourth set and also showed a great performance in the doubles that were decisive in the end together with fan Bo Meng. In the table, the Maberzeller moved up to fourth place thanks to the victory.
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“That was the third victory in a row,” said TTC President Stefan Frauenholz: “This is a tailor-made start to the season.” “That was a gala piece and tore the audience from their seats,” said Frauenholz. Cassin and Meng played Kirill Gerassimenko and Marcelo Aguirre 3-0 against the wall. In the third set, the Fulda team even led 10: 1 in the meantime, but only closed the bag with the fifth match ball.
Quadri Aruna had to deliver the first sentence of the evening. The Romanian Hunor Szöcs quickly led 5-0 and secured the passage with 13:11. After that, the 128th in the world rankings had nothing more to report: Aruna, 21st in the world rankings, clearly won the following three sentences and earned the Maberzellers the first point. The match between fan Bo Meng and Mattias Falck was also a clear affair, but not in favor of the hosts. The 20-year-old from Fulda could not repeat his surprise success from last year and only made it exciting for the first time in the third set against number nine in the world rankings. Meng, 242nd in the world rankings, gave away three set balls, lost the round 10:12 and the game 0: 3.
The French Alexandre Cassin had to win after two sets and a 9:11 defeat in the second round against the Kazakhs Kirill Gerassimenko in the fourth set and at the 3: 8 it already looked like there would be a fifth set, but Cassin put in an unbelievable run and secured the passage against the world number 46. with 11: 8. “That was the highlight, a great game”, praised Frauenholz. In the fourth game, Ruwen Filus went to the table instead of Aruna, who had already been beaten before, but he too could not find any means against Falck. The Swede led the world number 35. 11: 1 in the first sentence. Filus recovered, was able to win the third set 11: 9, played in the fourth set, but had to give up the game at the end of the game 1: 3.
TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell – Werder Bremen 3-2
Quadri Aruna – Hunor Szöcs 3: 1 (11:13, 11: 8, 11: 7, 11: 5)
Fan Bo Meng – Mattias Falk 0: 3 (6:11, 6:11, 10:12)
Alexandre Cassin – Kirill Gerassimenko 3.1 (12:10, 9:11, 11:7, 11:8)
Ruwen Filus – Mattias Falk 1: 3 (1:11, 8:11, 11: 9, 7:11)
Cassin / Meng – Gerassimenko / Aguirre 3: 0 (11: 7, 11: 9, 11: 5)
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