Challenger Series

[Michal_Z]

Hello, do you know about Challenger series?
There are not top players of the world, but they play almost every week and play quite good


Their main site is here:
Challenger series

And they also have youtube channel here: Challenger series - youtube channel

Today it was won by a Slovak player (I am proud of it) - Peter Sereda, who beat in final Czech player Peter David..

Also Liam Pitchford won it several times

[Anders]

What is this about? Is it something to do with the national teams or is it individual stuff?

[Michal_Z]

I dont know exactly.. It is just a serie of tournaments..
I think 8 players play first each other, then first 4 go to play off..
I think it is played in germany..

[Anders]

Cool... But I see, you have to be 18 to sign up for it

[azlan]

I think it's individual Anders. Yup, you have to be 18 to register. Because it requires you to travel and staying in a hotel. Food and lodging at their sponsored hotel is provided, which means it is fully paid. If you are under 18, usually adults have to accompany you, probably parents, and they want to avoid any complications that might arise if you are travelling in groups. Also they don't want to have the responsibility of a custodian if under aged players are allowed to participate, and if anything happen to these under aged players, they will be held responsible.

[Michal_Z]

Oki, so they play today and.. it is surprising that first match of the day is 9:00 and the last starts at 23:00 .. omfg..
Who wants to follow, just click: http://challengerseries.net/content/video

Pištej, Šereda, Gumáň, Prokopcov, Szocz..

[Michal_Z]

Check out these two matches..
The first one is one semifinal of one tournament between Šereda and Pištej .. very good match couldnt know till the last moment, who will win..

And then!
Watch this one!
Marek Klásek vs. Tomáš Sadílek ..
Klásek in red, Sadílek in dark blue..

Howmuch would you bet at Klásek in set no. 4?
Howmuch would you bet at Sadílek?
Sadílek was 2:1 in front in games.. and 9:0 in fourth..

Watch it by yourself, amazing!

After seeing this you can really say: NEVER GIVE UP!!!

[Dan]

[QUOTE=Michal_Z;17360]Check out these two matches..
The first one is one semifinal of one tournament between Šereda and Pištej .. very good match couldnt know till the last moment, who will win..

Amazing matches!

I was at the same club in France as Peter, such a cool dude, I did one of my first TableTennisDaily interviews with him http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/fo...(World-Rank-67)

[Michal_Z]

Yop, a good one, I brought that one back alive..
Anyways, players for next week´s challenger series:

Olejnik, Martin; Country CZE; Worldranking 157
Krcil, Frantisek; Country CZE; Worldranking -
Bardon, Michal; Country SVK; Worldranking 165
Vozicky, Bohumil; Country CZE; Worldranking -
Zwickl, Daniel; Country HUN; Worldranking 224
Musko, Peter; Country HUN; Worldranking -
Wosik, Torben; Country GER; Worldranking 85
Achanta, Sharath; Country IND; Worldranking 91

Soo.. Wosik and Sharath Kamal Achanta.. that sounds great
Who will win?

[Michal_Z]

Right now Richard Výborný vs. Torben Wosik with Čihák vs. Šereda following

[Michal_Z]

Right now Liam Pitchford vs. Ovidiu Ionescu on challenger series..

Check here: http://challengerseries.net/content/video

This week´s setup:

David, Petr, Country CZE, Worldranking 275
Ozawa, Yoshihiro, Country JPN, Worldranking -
Ionescu, Ovidiu, Country ROU, Worldranking 244
Sel, Zolt, Country SRB, Worldranking -
Hořejší, Miroslav, Country CZE, Worldranking 227
Pitchford, Liam, Country GBR, Worldranking 259
Dodean, Adrian, Country ROU, Worldranking 307
Plaček, František, Country CZE, Worldranking 451

Who will win this week?

[benlarcombe]

Pitch should have a good shout but he seemed pretty knackered after last week. Hopefully he's feeling fit again

[Michal_Z]

Well Pitchford got injured, so he wont finish (or win) this week´s tournament..

[Michal_Z]

So this week´s players:
1. Dragan Subotic, SRB
2. Daniel Zwickl, HUN, Worldranking 224
3. Thomas Keinath, SVK, Worldranking 72
4. Evgeny Fadeev, RUS
5. Frantisek Krcil, CZE
6. Petr David, CZE, Worldranking 275
7. Artem Utochkin, RUS
8. Jakub Kleprlik, CZE, Worldranking 267

Who will win?
My vote would be Keinath

[Matt Hetherington]

Keinath should win, then he can celebrate by doing my interview lol
I'm hoping to try and play the Challenger series at least once for the experience when I move to Prague in July. The competition is played in Ochsenhausen I believe as they offer for you to stay and train for a couple of days following the event. A great opportunity to train in the same club as Liam Pitchford, Andrej Gacina, Kirill Skachkov and Tiago Apolonia :P and also Hunor Szocs trains there too

[Michal_Z]

Hehe, would be great! Soon they will have the final tournament at the end of december..
Top 8 from tournaments will play there ultimate one!
My friend already played there, he said it is a great experience to play there!
And all is free, you dont have to pay anything, just play and you can win..

[Michal_Z]

Hmm.. Keinath just lost to Artem Utochkin .. and I have to say I never heared about him ever before.. And Keinath lost 3:0 .. veeery disappointing

[Michal_Z]

So in the end Keinath lost in final to Zwickl .. was very disappointed..
Now its another week and players are:

1. Fedor Kuzmin, RUS, Worldranking 87
2. Mihai Sargu, ROU, Worldranking 600
3. Hunor Szocs, ROU, Worldranking 284
4. Torben Wosik, GER, Worldranking 85
5. Ľubomír Pištej, SVK, Worldranking 112
6. Thomas Keinath, SVK, Worldranking 72
7. Josef Simoncik, CZE, Worldranking 99
8. Viatcheslav Krivosheev, RUS, Worldranking 333

So who will win this time??
I would go for Kuzmin - Pištej finals .. no idea for winner..

[Michal_Z]

Right now online stream semifinals..

Thomas Keinath vs. Ľubomír Pištej
and right after it Fedor Kuzmin vs. Viačeslav Krivošejev..
After this - finals

http://challengerseries.net/content/video

[Michal_Z]

Keinath vs. Kuzmin final starts in 2 minutes