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FIRST GERMAN LEAGUE 09/10 |
A higher ranking for Marcos FreitasPublished 3 July, 2010
Photo: ITTF Higher, Higher, Higher for Marcos FreitasPublished 8 June, 2010
Photo: ITTF Portugal in Dreamland at Liebherr World Team ChampionshipsPublished 24 May, 2010
One day later on Monday 24th May 2010, he was in exactly the same position and once again he responded; only this time he kept the whole crowd in the Olimpijsky Sports Complex on tenterhooks. In the contest against Austria, he recovered from a two-games to one deficit against Robert Gardos to secure victory on his fifth match point, 15-13 in the crucial fifth game. Portugal celebrated, Austria sat dumfounded. Marcos Freitas was once again the hero but the whole of the Iberian Peninsula must take their hats off to the splendid Tiago Apolónia. Against North Korea he remained unbeaten, he won both his matches; in opposition to Austria, he did exactly the same. The three wins for Portugal all came in five games duels whilst for Austria their wins were more comfortable. Werner Schlager beat Marcos Freitas in straight games whilst in one game more Chen Weixing defeated João Monteiro. The happy delighted coach Ricardo Faria, is the Portuguese Men’s team head coach, it was an understatement, his smile stretched from Funchal to Lisbon across the Atlantic Ocean. Tiago and Marcos are in good shape and João is recovering from injury. Today he lost to Chen Weixing but that was a really hard match for him, lots of long rallies against defence. Not having played that much he is really tired but he fought, he gave his best playing and he gave his best cheering Marcos Freitas to victory. In the fifth game when Marcos was playing with Robert Gardos he was leading 9-8 Marcos Freitas remained calm and he took a risk. He served long, Robert Gardos reacted and levelled at 9-all before the Portuguese star had his first match point at 10-9. It was saved and three more were saved by Gardos and one by Freitas before the contest ended. A tremendous duel was at an end, it was the match of the tournament to date; the heart bled for Robert Gardos, the tears welled for Portugal, tears of unbridled joy. Portugal currently share top place in their group alongside Hong Kong who recorded a three-nil win over North Korea with Li Ching, Tang Peng and Cheung Yuk overcoming the trio of Kim Hyok Bong, Ri Chol Guk and Kim Nam Chol by three matches to nil. Tomorrow the three Portuguese players will have a very difficult duel since they will defeat Hong Kong’s at 4:30 am (GMT +3).
Photo: by courtesy of ITTF Portugal departes today to RussiaPublished 21 May, 2010
1st Bundesliga 2009/2010 ends for Jülich, with 2 defeats and 1 victoryPublished 29 April, 2010
In the FC Saarbrücken game, Marcos Freitas won Andrej Gacina by 3-1 (11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5). For the game between TTC Indeland Jülich and Borussia Düsseldorf, Marcos Freitas was the only player to score a point, in front of Trinko Keen by 3-2 (11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9). In the last game, in front of SV Werder Bremen, Marcos Freitas played with Lars Hielscher but lost in a very difficult game by 0-3 (9-11, 10-12, 12-14).
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