Qualification - Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open

Wednesday 16th January: Quotes of the Day

Women’s Singles Preliminary Round Two

Szandra Pergel () bt Mateja Jeger (Croatia) 11-8, 11-7, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3

“She was a tricky opponent to play against; to win required lots of concentration and discipline. Game three was important; I managed to win 11-9. I was mentally strong today, kept my focus from start to finish; that was most important for me." Szandra Pergel

Women’s Singles Preliminary Round Two

Laura Gasnier (France) bt Britt Eerland (Netherlands) 10-12, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7

"I lost the first two games because I could not get use to her forehand, she changed the spin and the pace on the ball really well; the games were lost but only my the two point margin, so I still believed my tactics are right. I fought harder and harder for each point and I felt my game was coming together.” Laura Gasnier.

Women’s Singles Preliminary Round Two

Tetyana Bilenko (Ukraine) bt Maria Xiao (Spain) 11-7, 8-11, 5-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5

“At the start nothing was working for me and I ended up three-one down so I had to change a lot of things. I changed the tactics, played to her forehand more and more and mixed the spin more and more; happy to be through to the next round today." Tetyana Bilenko

Women’s Singles Preliminary Round Two

Nadezhda Bogdanova (Belarus) bt Nina Mittelham () 12-10, 12-10, 7-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8

“It was big tactical fight today, maybe I was a bit lucky today with nets and edges but that's the way it goes sometimes. I could see her frustration; that made me more confident to play my game today. I played really well all in all." Nadezhda Bogdanova

Men’s Singles Preliminary Round Three

Emmanuel Lebesson (France) bt Yan An () 11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6

“This city is very special for me I was European champion here and it seems as though I am in good form whenever I come here. The first game was very important, I was 7-9 down I took the game and I was able to keep him under pressure. I am happy; it was a good fight, a good spirit today." Emmanuel Lebesson

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Men’s Singles Preliminary Round Three

Florent Lambiet (Belgium) bt Daniel Habesohn () 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3, 9-11, 6-11, 11-8

“It was a tough match I played well, I took a quick lead with good tactics that I worked out with my coach Martin Bratanov. He made a recovery after three-one, so I had to change my service and placement; play more to the crossover point. Excited to be in the next round and I am happy to face the challenge." Florent Lambiet

Women’s Singles Preliminary Round Three

Manika Batra (India) bt Daniela Monteiro-Dodean (Romania) 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 10-12, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7

"I think went into the match with too much respect, as the match went on I settled down. Once I started to play more accurately and with better placement I felt I had a chance to win. I played quicker to the corners and took my time. Also, I improved my shot selection.” Manika Batra

Women’s Singles Preliminary Round Three

Laura Gasnier (France) bt Tetyana Bilenko (Ukraine) 11-4, 8-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-3

"Normally I am good against defensive players but lately I have not played against many defensive players so I had to build up my confidence; when I was two-one down I said to myself just slow down play with more spin and wait for the right ball to attack, because she was mixing backspin and float balls really well . This was a good day. I am very happy to make the main draw.” Laura Gasnier

Women’s Singles Preliminary Round Three

Chen Ke (China) bt Maragaryta Pesotska (Ukraine) 12-10, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8

"I was not playing to my best ability so I will have to improve my game for the main draw. We played a very close match even though it was four-nil; in this match she was controlling my spin and power really well, so my focus was more on the tactical aspect of the game." Chen Ke

Women’s Singles Preliminary Round Three

Hanna Matelova bt Nadezhda Bogdanova (11-3, 11-4, 11-4, 11-2)

"I am very happy to make the main draw in this tournament. I was lucky enough to avoid all the Chinese players and capitalise on my chance to qualify. Her style of play suited my game very much, all went according to plan." Hanna Matelova

Men’s Singles Preliminary Round Four

Truls Moregard () bt Florent Lambiet (Belgium) 12-10, 11-7, 11-8, 13-11

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“I was strong in the match on serve and receive that helped me during the key moments. I am delighted to achieve my first goal in this tournament so far.” Truls Moregard

“Truls won most of the key points in this match hence the result says it was an easy match but it was harder then it looked.” Jörgen Persson (Coach).

Men’s Singles Preliminary Round Four

Liang Jingkun (China) bt Ho Kwan Kit () 11-5, 4-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-7

“He played very strongly today against me so it was a challenging match. I had to give my best to come through. I hope I’ll be able to go far again in the competition like in Austria.”

Men’s Singles Preliminary Round Four

Panagiotis Gionis bt Gustavo Tsuboi (Brazil) 12-10, 13-15, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 4-11, 11-9

“I lost the match in the World Cup four-one against him, so I knew it is going to be a hard match and I were prepared for that; the turning point was I think the fourth and the fifth games. I had the bigger heart.” Panagionis Gionis

Men’s Singles Preliminary Round Four

Zhao Zihao (China) bt Lin Yun-Ju (Chinese Taipei) 11-7, 6-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 11-13, 15-13)

"I lost my match against him in and I wanted my revenge. Mentally I was in a much better place than last year which gave me the edge to be able to win.” Zhao Zihao

Women’s Doubles Preliminary Round One

Charlotte Carey / Maria Tsaptsinos (Wales / England) bt Natalia Bajor / Natalia Partyka (Poland) (11-8, 11- 7, 5-11, 8-11, 11-8).

"We performed better as a pair today; after taking a two-nil lead it gave us a chance to play safer and more consistently. They had to take more risks which they did; suddenly the result was two-all. We changed things around with the tactics, played more positively in the final game; it worked in our favour.” Charlotte Carey

Men’s Doubles Preliminary Round One

Kou Lei / Wei Shihao (Ukraine / Croatia) bt Kristian Karlsson / Jon Persson (Sweden) 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 7- 11, 11-8

“We played well together in our first match, we played the right shots in the right moments. Hopefully we can keep this up today for the later rounds." Kou Lei

Men’s Doubles Preliminary Round One

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Ovidiu Ionescu / Alvaro Robles (Romania / Spain) bt Darko Jorgic / Jan Zibrat (11-6, 7-11, 9-11, 11-5, 12- 10)

"This was a hard fought battle going all the way to the deciding points. I feel we played the critical points with more quality and took less risks than them. We were prepared to for rallies; our thinking paid off in the end.” Alvaro Robles

Men’s Doubles Preliminary Round Two

Deni Kozul / Bojan Tokic (Slovenia) bt Anton Källberg / Truls Moregard (Sweden) 11-9, 5-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-8

"We played together today for the first time and it felt quite good. We had some problems with Moregard's serves but once we got used to them we were able to take them into the rallies where we were stronger.” Bojan Tokic

Men’s Doubles Preliminary Round Two

Tomas Polansky / Pavel Sirucek () bt Eric Jouti / Gustavo Tsuboi (Brazil) 11-6, 3-11, 11-7, 7- 11, 11-6).

“We are working on our partnership as this is the very first time we have played together. Today was a great day, our game and tactics worked well brought success. We will be tested tomorrow for sure in the main draw.” Tomas Polansky

Women’s Doubles Preliminary Round Two

Bernadett Balint / Mercedes Nagyvaradi (Hungary) bt Manika Batra / Archana Girish Kamath (India) 11- 6, 11-5, 5-11, 5-11, 11-3)

“We had amazing start and no difficulties. We went two-nil up but they responded quickly and levelled the match. We took Zoltan Batorfi's advice again before the final game and slowed the game down to control the points and place our returns better. It was enough to seal the victory.” Bernadett Balint

Women’s Doubles Preliminary Round Two

Yana Noskova / Sofia Polcanova (Russia / Austria) bt Sarah de Nutte / Danielle Konnsbruck (11-3, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6)

“We believe we are a very good partnership and complement each other well. We will give our best shot in the main draw and I think we can go far; of course it will depend on the draw as well.” Sofia Polcanova

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