Table Tennis World Cup: Timo Boll writes with half-finish history

Record Europa master Time Boll (Düsseldorf) has moved into the semi-final in the table tennis World Cup in Houston and wrote history. Since the 40-year-old after the 4: 2 victory over the American Kana JMA Bronze has sure, he has been the oldest World Cup medal winner since the first edition in 1926 in London.

Boll, which has his second World Cup single medal after Bronze 2011 in the pocket, meets in the leaks on Truly Regard (Sweden) or Quarry Arena (Nigeria). The World Slip Listed Boll had moved into the quarter-finals, as in the context of his eighth-field opponent Wang Yang (Slovakia) a corona test failed positively and had gone to quarantine as a precautionary basis.

Against the 21-year-old Jay from the Bundesliga TTF Sachsenhausen, Boll gave the first set quickly 4:11, but then hit 11: 5, 12:10, 11: 7. Local matador Jay shortened by an 11: 9 again, then Boll made everything clear through an 11: 7.

Previously, on Saturday Benedict Dada and Dang AIU (Bergneustadt / Düsseldorf) in a double had a sensation and thus the secure bronze medal missed. The German Masters were subject to the top set Chinese Lin Taiyuan and Liang Jong-un after a strong presentation in the quarterfinals with 2: 3 (8:11, 4:11, 14:12, 11: 8, 9:11), until the end was a surprise in the air.

It's just a big disappointment. We were so close to it, said Dada, who led to AIU in decision-making 9: 8: There are two points missing, that's unfortunately, you can not say that we did what we did wrong, Now we have to wait two years until only next World Cup. Boll had missed the eighth finale in Double with Patrick Franziska.

Due to the short defeat against the highly favored Chinese, DDA / AIU gave the chance to bring a World Cup medal as a third German men's double to Jörg Roof / Steffen Fetter (Gold / 1989) and Boll / Christian Sweet (Silver / 2005).

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The already 58-year-old Xia Loan Ni provided a surprise in Houston. The native Chine sin, which starts for Luxembourg, moved into the semi-final of the double competition with its semi-old partner Sarah de Hutte and has the bronze medal safely.