12 2009 In this issue: Supreme TV-Ratings The newly introduced Ryder Cup in table tennis, the Euro – Asia Cup, has Pro Tour Grand Finals 02 brought very high ratings to Europe’s leading sports channel Eurosport. More than 6.240.000 spectators in 59 European countries followed the close 6:5 victory of team Europe against a team from Asia. By that a table tennis Butterfly inside 03 programme got again very high ratings after the transmissions of the European New Trainer for Borussia Düsseldorf Super Cup 2008. These excellent numbers of spectators are a result of the generally rising upward trend in the media of the sport table tennis. On the one News 04 hand the two hours lasting live coverage in the evenings of the 10th and 11th of November were responsible for the TV success of this new event. All table tennis fans who have missed the coverage on Eurosport or the deciding match Products of the month 05 between Samsonov and Li Ching and the brilliant win of Timo Boll against Wang Hao can watch the matches of the Euro – Asia Cup again can do so for free on the internet: www.DTTL.tv. Dates/WRL (11/09) 07 Polish Open: 17th Pro tour title for Boll Interview 08 Trinko Keen, Netherland By beating his national team colleague, Bastian Steger, 4:0 in the final, Timo Boll TT-Basics 10 won the title at the Polish Open for the fourth time after 2004, 2006 and 2008 in Materialtalk with Taisei Imamura Warsaw. The 28 year old player from Duesseldorf, who received a cheque worth 16.000$, won the final 11:9, 12:10, 11:2 and 11:7 against the challenger from Frickenhausen. This victory means altogether his 18th single title within the ITTF Technique Tips „New“! 12 Pro Tour: in addition to his 17 tournament titles the number 4 of the world won Timo Boll - Part 2 the Grand Final of the best players of the year 2005. This time that tournament will take place from the 7th -10th of January in Macao and Boll is qualified as the Butterfly inside 17 number 2 of the overall results behind Olympic Champion Ma Lin (China). The Rackleton-Championships title in the women’s event went to Fan Ying (China), who beat the defender Park Mi Young from South Korea 4:1 after having won the doubles together with Wu Butterfly inside 18 Yang. The South Korean combination Oh Sang Eun/Kim Jung Hoon won the title Summercamp in the men’s doubles. More about this on the next Page. Redaktion/Editor - Am Schürmannshütt 30h - D-47441 Moers/Germany 12 2009 Phone: +49 2841 90532-0 - Mail: [email protected] www.butterfly-world.com 02 Pro Tour Grand Finals Ma Lin), Germany, and in Poland. On top of that the three times The Pro Tour Grand Finals’ participants are determined. European singles champion qualified for the doubles along with his long term partner Christian Suess. Timo Boll was happy about his Butterfly stars Timo Boll and Bastian Steger success: „Last year I couldn’t participate in the Grand Finals due to a go strong in the Pro Tour finish long compulsory break. That’s why I’m especially happy that everything went well and my injury break didn’t put any obstacles in On the eve of November my way. It helped that I could rely on my playing material, enabling me 29th the list of participants to get back to the top a lot faster. Now I’m in a good shape and will try for the 2009 ITTF Pro Tour to attack the best Chinese players in Macao.“ Grand Finals, which are held in Macao from All in all, eight Butterfly athletes will hunt for medals and winner’s January 7th – 10th, was cheques in Asia’s player’s paradise in January. Amongst them, next to published. During the last Boll, are Japanese star Jun Mizutani, as well as South Koreans Oh tournament this year But- Sang Eun, and Joo Se Hyuk. Bastian Steger also booked a Grand Finals terfly partners Timo Boll and Bastian Steger once again succeeded in ticket literally in the last second. The Frickenhausen local, who won their game. Boll won the Polish Open’s singles competition for the his first singles medal in the semi final during the 2007 Austrian th th fourth time after 2004, 2006, and 2008, whereas Bastian Steger Open, climbed up the Pro Tour ranking list from 29 to 14 by claimed his best results of his singles career by entering the final scoring the silver medal in Warsaw. He took great pride in his last match. Robert Gardos (Austria) completed the impressive success of minute qualification: „The second place in Poland is the best result of the „Butterflies“ in Warsaw by entering the semi-finals, where he lost my singles career. I’m glad that my finish was successful and I could to Steger. The doubles title went to the South Korean star Oh Sang Eun even book a ticket to Macao.“ (with Kim Jung Hoon). The hopes for gaining a gold medal in Macao remain with the duo Jun After 14 tournaments of the 2009 season an overall review can be Mizutani/Seiya Kishikawa, who has dominated this year’s Pro Tour made: Although being injured for several months in the spring, Timo with remarkable facility. All the more the Japanese players, who ended Boll was one of the outstanding players of the 2009 Pro Tour, next to up third in the world cup, are aspirants for the title, because Chinese Ma Lin (China). The world’s fourth ranked from Duesseldorf won three doubles do not participate in the Grand Finals of the Pro Tour due to high class Pro Tour events in Qatar (where he beat Olympic champion their lack of tournament attendance. Much like Steger’s finish in the 12 2009 www.butterfly-world.com 03 Pro Tour Grand Finals The following butterflies are qualified for the 2009 Grand Finals singles, Christophe (January 7th – 10th in Macao): Legout from France made his way into the Men’s Singles: Pro Tour Grand Finals at the side of his partner Timo Boll GER, Jun Mizutani JPN, Oh Sang Eun KOR, Joo Se Hyuk KOR, Abdel-Kader Salifou. Bastian Steger GER In the female squat the Women’ Singles: number of „Butterflies“ will be bounded to Sayaka Hirano JPN, Viktoria Pavlovich BLR, Tie Yana HKG Sayaka Hirano (the Japanese ace), Viktoria Men’s Doubles: Pavlovich (the White-Russian defence magician) and Tie Yana (Hong Seiya Kishikawa/Jun Mizutani JPN, Timo Boll (with Christian Suess) GER, Kong). They all belong to the circle of medal aspirants. Hielscher (with Patrick Baum) GER, Petr Korbel/Antonin Gavlas CZE, Adrien The players will compete for an overall prize money of $ 365.000 in Mattenet (with Emmanuel Lebesson) FRA, Christophe Legout (with Abdel Macao. Qualified are the 15 best male and female singles, and the 7 Kader-Salifou) FRA best doubles (male and female) of this year. Women’s Doubles: In addition, one wild card is granted to an athlete from Macao for each Tie Yana (with Jiang Huajun) HKG, Sayaka Hirano (with Hiura Reiko) JPN, of the four competitions. Furthermore, the best eight players of the Daniela Dodean (with Elizabeta Samara) ROU U21 competitors will compete in the Grand Finals. Among them are U21 Men: Ruwen Filus GER, Steffen Mengel GER, Paul Drinkhall ENG silver medallist from Warsaw, Daniela Dodean (Romania), Natalia Partyka (Poland), Ruwen Filus (Germany), Steffen Mengel (Germany), U21 Women: Daniela Dodean ROU, Natalia Partyka POL and Paul Drinkhall (England). 12 2009 www.butterfly-world.com 04 Butterfy inside New Coach for Borussia Düsseldorf The Dutchman Danny Heister is taking over the work with the players. The 38 Wagner leaves - Heister will come year old former professional was wearing the shirt of Borussia Duesseldorf from 2003 to 2007 and knows the club and its surroundings. At the moment he is the coach of the men’s and junior teams from the Netherlands. „I like the role of a coach. It is a great honour to train a team like Borussia Duesseldorf but it The German Table Tennis Record Champion is also a great challenge. Borussia Duesseldorf will have a new coach. The present coach leaves the club after six years and Here only titles count. I know what is demanded of me but I am confident that is heading for new challenges which he will I can master these tasks.“ Borussia’s top player, Timo Boll, believes in that too. announce at a later time. The new „Chief in the „It is always good for us if a former professional is standing in the hall, because Hall“ will be the Dutch Danny Heister, who he knows exactly what we are thinking. Danny was a fighter when he was already played for Duesseldorf as an active playing himself. If he can get his fighting spirit across we will all profit“, says the player and now returns as a coach. number four of the world. The 38 year old Wagner, married and father of During his active time Heister took part in three Olympic Summer Games two children, has achieved great successes with (Atlanta, Sydney, Athens), he won a bronze medal in the doubles at the EC Borussia Duesseldorf. During his six years by the Rhine, of which he had the 2002 in Zagreb and was 11 times Dutch Champion between 1991 and 2008 responsibility as a head coach for four years he won altogether five titles (2 x and won about further 20 titles in the doubles and Mixed.