DTTB women continue as group leaders – Podcast text

The German table tennis women also won their third group game at the World Team Championships in Chengdu/China and are undefeated in the round of 16. The team led by Vice European Champion Nina Mittelham (Willich/Kyushu) confidently defeated the Czech Republic 3- 0 is Monday.

“We wanted to be first in the group, we did that. We’re very happy about that,” said Mittelham: “No game was easy. We made it through the first stage, now we’ll see what’s next. We’ll be free tomorrow and can recover.” The opponent in the round of 16 will be drawn.

The German men, on the other hand, who are accustomed to success, stumbled after a successful start against Kazakhstan (3-0) on Sunday against Commonwealth Champion India with a score of 1-3. In the third of four group games, individual European Champion Dang Qiu (Dusseldorf) will face France on Monday. Last opponent is outsider Uzbekistan. Only the two best teams in each preliminary round group advance directly to the round of 16, plus the two best third-placed teams.

In China, the German Table Tennis Association (DTTB) will not be taking on the long-standing guarantors of success, Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov (after injuries), as well as young father Patrick Franziska. The trio had won Olympic silver in the team in 2021.

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