07 2009 Review of the Pro Tour in June after 9 of 15 tournaments Butterfly stars win five of eight titles In this issue: Review 02 Nearly a third of the Pro Tour tournaments of the year 2009 have been Pro Tour June played. The last two international Championships in June before the summer break belong to the most prestigious ones of the running season. Products of the month 03 Reason enough to have a short review of these two top events and having a look at the point standings of the Pro Tour from the point of view of the living table tennis Butterfly players after nine of fifteen events before the Grand Finals which Dates/WRL (06/09) 05 Timo Boll blades traditionally take place in Asia in the middle of December. In China and Japan Butterfly protagonists could secure five of eight 99 00 News 06 00 possible titles. In the men’s single Oh Sang Eun could put the crown on his 22 jackets head in Wakayama. Additionally the doubles competitions were a rich bounty for the Tamasu stars, who were part of all four titles with Jun Mizutani/Seiya Kishikawa, Sayaka Hirano (with Reiko Hiura) and Guo Interview 07 Neuheitenflyer_02_RZ.indd 1 19.01.09 16:13 Prozessfarbe CyanProzessfarbe MagentaProzessfarbe GelbProzessfarbe SchwarzAdrien Mattenet, France Yue (with Li Xiaoxia). More about this on the next Page! Tecnique tips 09 Part IV: The active forehand spin block in comparison with theforehand counter topspin away form the table Redaktion/Editor - Am Schürmannshütt 30h - D-47441 Moers/Germany 07 2009 Phone: +49 2841 90532-0 - Mail:
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