Borussia Düsseldorf won the top game of the 8th matchday and defended second place in the Table Tennis Bundesliga (TTBL). On Wednesday, the record champions won 3-2 at SV Werder Bremen and celebrated their sixth win of the season.
The spectators in the Klaus-Dieter-Fischer-Halle watched a table tennis thriller between two top teams for a good three and a half hours before the winner was found. Borussia Düsseldorf finally prevailed 3-2 at SV Werder Bremen and thus secured their fourth win from their last five games. With 12:4 points, the record champions kept Bremen at bay and defended second place in the table. Werder follows in fourth place in the table with 10:6 points.
“It was a table tennis battle,” said Düsseldorf coach Danny Heister afterwards. “The game actually didn’t deserve a loser. Everyone fought brilliantly – absolute madness. I am very proud of my team.” Bremen’s Mattias Falck said: “Overall it was a very good team match at a very high level. Düsseldorf was particularly strong at the end.”
Mattias Falck cannot be defeated
The hosts were only one point away from a possible home win. Andrei Putuntica and Kirill Gerassimenko led 10:9 in the last set of the doubles against Anton Källberg and Borgar Haug, but the Bremen team was unable to win another point. The Borussia doubles fended off the match point with great coolness and took the following two points for a 3:2 (11:8, 6:11, 11:4, 5:11, 12:10) victory. Källberg had previously celebrated in the singles and defeated Gerassimenko 3:2 (11:6, 4:11, 10:12, 11:8, 11:7). Timo Boll was also successful with 3:0 (11:8, 11:5, 14:12) against Marcelo Aguirre. Mattias Falck, on the other hand, could not be defeated: The Swede first beat Kay Stumper 3:1 (11:5, 11:8, 7:11, 11:7) and finally Boll with 3:1 (8:11, 11: 9, 11:8, 11:7). “He is a legend of the sport,” Falck said afterwards about Boll. “It was great to be able to play against him again – maybe we’ll face each other again in the play-offs.”
The table tennis Bundesliga continues on the following Thursday, November 28th. From 6.30 p.m. league leaders TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell will be visiting the TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau. Half an hour later, at 7 p.m., the match between Borussia Dortmund and TTC OE Bad Homburg starts. In the past few days, TSV Bad Königshofen had already won 3-1 against 1. FC Saarbrücken TT, and Post SV Mühlhausen celebrated their second win of the season with a 3-1 win against ASC Grünwettersbach. All games of the TTBL will be live and exclusively on Dyn transmitted.
The 8th matchday at a glance
1. FC Saarbrücken TT – TSV Bad Königshofen 1:3
Yuto Muramatsu – Jin Ueda 0:3 (10:12, 9:11, 4:11)
Patrick Franziska – Bastian Steger 3:1 (12:10, 5:11, 11:7, 11:9)
Eduard Ionescu – Filip Zeljko 1:3 (4:11, 11:8, 9:11, 12:14)
Yuto Muramatsu – Bastian Steger 2:3 (7:11, 11:7, 6:11, 11:9, 10:12)
Post SV Mühlhausen – ASC Grünwettersbach 3:1
Ovidiu Ionescu – Guilherme Teodoro 3:1 (11:6, 14:12, 12:14, 11:6)
Daniel Habesohn – Ricardo Walther 2:3 (11:9, 6:11, 12:10, 6:11, 6:11)
Steffen Mengel – Tiago Apolonia 3:0 (12:10, 11:6, 11:5)
Ovidiu Ionescu – Ricardo Walther 3:0 (11:9, 12:10, 11:6)
SV Werder Bremen – Borussia Düsseldorf 2:3
Mattias Falck – Kay Stumper 3:1 (11:5, 11:8, 7:11, 11:7)
Marcelo Aguirre – Timo Boll 0:3 (8:11, 5:11, 12:14)
Kirill Gerassimenko – Anton Källberg 2:3 (6:11, 11:4, 12:10, 8:11, 7:11)
Mattias Falck – Timo Boll 3:1 (8:11, 11:9, 11:8, 11:7)
Andrei Putuntica/Kirill Gerassimenko – Anton Källberg/Borgar Haug 2:3 (8:11, 11:6, 4:11, 11:5, 10:12)
Thursday, November 28th
6.30 p.m.: TTC drawbridge Grenzau – TTC Rhönsprudel Fulda-Maberzell
7 p.m.: Borussia Dortmund – TTC OE Bad Homburg
Saturday November 30th
5.30 p.m.: TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen – TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt
Featured image above: Anton Källberg from Borussia Düsseldorf (Photo: Jörg Fuhrmann)
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