A delighted Andrej Gacina (Photo: World Table Tennis)
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Many attempts but an ITTF World Tour men’s singles title elusive; at the WTT Star Contender Doha tournament, staged from Friday 25th to Thursday 31st March, for Croatia’s Andrej Gacina, that situation changed.
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Men’s Singles
SF: Andrej Gacina (CRO) v Kristian Karlsson (SWE) 10, Inj
SF: Lim Jonghoon (KOR) v Quadri Aruna (NGR) -8,11,9,1,-10,5
F: Andrej Gacina (CRO) v Lim Jonghoon (KOR) -6,-8,10,7,9,9
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Women’s Singles
SF: Han Ying (GER) v Miyu Kato (JPN) -10,-9,4,2,5,4
SF: Miyuu Kihara (JPN) v Chen Szu-Yu (TPE) 10,7,5,9
F: Miyuu Kihara (JPN) v Han Ying (GER) -8,10,-9,-3,3,1 (Inj)
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Men’s Doubles
SF: Liao Cheng-Ting/Lin Yun-Ju (TPE) v An Jaehyun/Cho Daeseong (KOR) 9,4,7
SF: Benedikt Duda/Qiu Dang (GER) v Ovidiu Ionescu/Qiu Dang (ROU/GER) 7,-9,9,11
F: Benedikt Duda/Qiu Dang (GER) v Liao Cheng-Ting/Lin Yun-Ju (TPE) 7,-6,6,-3,4
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Women’s Doubles
SF: Miyuu Kihara/Miyu Nagasaki (JPN) v Chen Szu-Yu/Huang Yi-Hua (TPE) 3,8,8
SF: Cheng I-Ching/Li Yu-Jhun (TPE) v Manika Batra/Archana Girish Kamath (IND) 8,6,7
F: Miyuu Kihara/Miyu Nagasaki (JPN) v Cheng I-Ching/Li Yu-Jhun (TPE) 11,5,6
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Mixed Doubles
SF: Lin Yun-Ju/Cheng I-Ching (TPE) v Ovidiu Ionescu/Bernadette Szocs (ROU) 6,8,8
SF: Emmanuel Lebesson/Yuan Jia Nan (FRA) v Alvaro Robles/Maria Xiao (ESP) 10,6,-9,10
F: Emmanuel Lebesson/Yuan Jia Nan (FRA) v Lin Yun-Ju/Cheng I-Ching (TPE) 8,12,10