World Ring Tennis Championships 2010
The 2nd Ring Tennis World Championships 2010 took place from July 31 to August 6, 2010 in Koblenz and were organized by the World Tenniquoits Federation (WTF for short). The organizer was the German Gymnastics Federation in cooperation with the Middle Rhine Gymnastics Association. The world championships consisted of an individual world championship for women and men, the team world championship as well as five other framework competitions in mixed, alternating women / men doubles and classic women / men doubles.
Venue
The venue for the world championships was the Oberwerth sports hall in Koblenz, which has a total area of 3400 m² and can accommodate up to 5000 spectators. For the first time at a ring tennis event there was a specially installed LED wall on which game scenes, results and interviews were presented.
Participating Nations
Seven nations took part in the second wrestling world championships, including the world championship debutants Poland and Belarus .
Four members of the WTF did not take part in the World Cup. Pakistan had reported as it did four years earlier, but was prevented from attending due to problems with entry.
Membership in the World Tenniquoits Federation is a prerequisite for participating in the World Ring Tennis Championships. Each member nation was allowed to register 6 women and 6 men, as well as 3 other delegation members (trainers, referees, etc.) for the competitions of the World Ring Tennis Championships 2010.
German team
The German World Cup team was nominated by national coach Mario Müller from Hamburg on April 23, 2010 as part of the crown tournament in Siegen . 9 members of the world championship team from 2006 belonged to the German team again. With an average age of around 27, it was the youngest national team of all time.
| Ladies | society | International appearances before World Cup |
| Sabrina Westphal | Post-SG Mannheim | 14th |
| Vera Vollhase | SG Suderwich | 4th |
| Nicole Schellert | TV Heddesdorf | 3 |
| Michaela Güthling | SG Suderwich | 0 |
| Sarah Kissinger | FSG Koblenz-Bad Ems | 2 |
| Melanie Böttcher | Post-SG Mannheim | 2 |
| Men's | society | International appearances before World Cup |
| Dominic Schubardt | Post-SG Mannheim | 9 |
| Timo Hufnagel | TV Pforzheim | 10 |
| Maximilian Speicher | VfL Wehbach | 2 |
| Christian Herzog | ESG Frankonia Karlsruhe | 19th |
| Alexei Ermak | TSV Neubiberg-Ottobrunn | 0 |
| Jürgen Öttel | TSV Mimmenhausen | 5 |
Competitions
Individual World Cup women
The 16-year-old South African number 1 Lenize Potgieter prevailed at the women's individual World Cup . The final opponent Vera Vollhase had previously defeated the reigning world champion Sabrina Westphal in the semi-finals. Places 4 and 5 also went to hosts Germany. There was a total of 21 players, the winner was determined in the knockout system .
| Preliminary round | ||
 Rosana Aguiar
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 Magdalena Stankiewicz
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31:58 |
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 Irmarie Kruger
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15:58 |
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Bassima Carmet
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 Sujita Sinha
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15:54 |
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Maria Aparecida Parra
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Deepashree Devaraju
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22:54 |
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Suely Sierra
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Anna Wangryn
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25:60 |
| Round of 16 | ||
 Sabrina Westphal
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Magdalena Stankiewicz
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62: 29 |
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Irmarie Kruger
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Nisha Prakash
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49:38 |
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Melicia Sauer
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Sujita Sinha
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54:30 |
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Vera Vollhase
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Ada Trawczynska
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62:16 |
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Lenize Potgieter
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Deepashree Devaraju
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60: 28 |
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Michaela Güthling
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Paulina Wangryn
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58: 14 |
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Nicole Schellert
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Heleen Potgieter
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51: 33 |
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Anna Wangryn
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Sameera Begum
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15:57 |
| Quarter finals | ||
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Sabrina Westphal
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Irmarie Kruger
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55: 39 |
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Melicia Sauer
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Vera Vollhase
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33:43 |
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Lenize Potgieter
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Michaela Güthling
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55: 37 |
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Nicole Schellert
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Sameera Begum
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48:32 |
| Semifinals | ||
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Sabrina Westphal
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Vera Vollhase
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35: 39 |
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Lenize Potgieter
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Nicole Schellert
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47:42 |
| 3rd place match | ||
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Sabrina Westphal
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Nicole Schellert
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48: 41 |
| final | ||
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Vera Vollhase
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Lenize Potgieter
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37:48 |
Final ranking
| 1. | Lenize Potgieter |
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9. | Heleen Potgieter |
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| 2. | Vera Vollhase |
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10. | Nisha Prakash |
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| 3. | Sabrina Westphal |
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11. | Deepashree Devaraju |
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| 4th | Nicole Schellert |
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12. | Sujita Sinha |
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| 5. | Michaela Güthling |
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13. | Ada Trawczynska |
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| 6th | Irmarie Kruger |
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14th | Paulina Wangryn |
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| 7th | Melicia Sauer |
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15th | Magdalena Stankiewicz |
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| 8th. | Sameera Begum |
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16. | Anna Wangryn |
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Individual World Cup men
World champion Dominic Schubardt defended the title he had won in Chennai (India) in 2006 , while his opponent Alexej Ermak, who was 10 years his junior, was left behind. The semi-final was a purely German affair, as all four German players survived their quarter-finals against South African and Indian competition. There was a total of 20 players, the winner was determined in the knockout system.
| Preliminary round | ||
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Andrej Konan
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Marek Gil
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37: 26 |
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Ilya Sadau
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Narayana Surya
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21:76 |
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Ivan Koltun
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Kumara Govindarajan
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31:55 |
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Alex Stasheuski
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Maciej Tobolski
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44:52 |
| Round of 16 | ||
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Dominic Schubardt
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Andrej Konan
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60: 27 |
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Hanno Pienaar
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Mahinder Balaji
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53:29 |
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Bertus le Roux
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Narayana Surya
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63: 28 |
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Timo Hufnagel
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Sebastian Podsiadly
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46: 38 |
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Craig Ogilvie
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Kumara Govindarajan
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47: 46 |
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Alexei Ermak
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Michal Suszczynski
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64:22 |
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Maximilian Speicher
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Justin Kokott (task)
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20: 0 |
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Maciej Tobolski
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Lakshman Rao
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25: 62 |
| Quarter finals | ||
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Dominic Schubardt
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Hanno Pienaar
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37:30 |
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Bertus le Roux
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Timo Hufnagel
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37:46 |
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Craig Ogilvie
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Alexei Ermak
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36:40 |
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Maximilian Speicher
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Lakshman Rao
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53: 41 |
| Semifinals | ||
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Dominic Schubardt
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Timo Hufnagel
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43: 31 |
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Alexei Ermak
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Maximilian Speicher
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44:30 |
| 3rd place match | ||
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Timo Hufnagel
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Maximilian Speicher
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55:42 |
| final | ||
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Dominic Schubardt
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Alexei Ermak
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31:24 |
Final ranking
| 1. | Dominic Schubardt |
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9. | Sebastian Podsiadly |
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| 2. | Alexei Ermak |
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10. | Kumara Govindarajan |
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| 3. | Timo Hufnagel |
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11. | Mahinder Balaji |
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| 4th | Maximilian Speicher |
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12. | Maciej Tobolski |
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| 5. | Craig Ogilvie |
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13. | Narayana Surya |
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| 6th | Hanno Pienaar |
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14th | Michal Suszczynski |
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| 7th | Bertus le Roux |
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15th | Andrej Konan |
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| 8th. | Lakshman Rao |
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16. | Justin Kokott |
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Team World Cup
The South African team dethroned defending champions Germany after a 12: 8 in the last encounter of the Team World Cup. Due to better results against the other nations, Germany would have enough a 10:10 draw. However, South Africa was in the front after the first individual lap and carried this lead through the following four laps. In the game for third place, Poland offered the Indians tough resistance, but ultimately had no chance.
World champions Germany, South Africa, India and newcomer Poland competed in the team competition. Belarus, Brazil and Bangladesh could not muster a complete team. Instead, they played together as a combined team under the flag of the World Tenniquoits Federation and out of competition.
A national team encounter in ring tennis consists of 2 women and men singles (DE, HE), 2 mixed doubles (Mix) and 2 women and men doubles (DD, HD).
Germany versus South Africa - decision for 1st place
With the last encounter defending champion Germany lost the World Cup to South Africa. The decisive factor here were the surprising defeats of the two individual world champions in 2006, Sabrina Westphal and Dominic Schubardt, against Melicia Sauer and Hanno Pienaar .
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South Africa
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| HE1 | Timo Hufnagel | Bertus le Roux | 47:31 | 2-0 |
| DE1 | Sabrina Westphal | Melicia Sauer | 45:57 | 0: 2 |
| HE2 | Dominic Schubardt | Hanno Pienaar | 34:37 | 0: 2 |
| DE2 | Nicole Schellert | Lenize Potgieter | 43:53 | 0: 2 |
| Mix1 | Sarah Kissinger / Timo Hufnagel | Heleen Potgieter / Craig Ogilvie | 32:28 | 2-0 |
| Mix2 | Sabrina Westphal / Jürgen Öttel | Lenize Potgieter / Hanno Pienaar | 18:20 | 0: 2 |
| HD1 | Timo Hufnagel / Alexej Ermak | Craig Ogilvie / Judge van Tonder | 53:38 | 2-0 |
| DD1 | Vera Vollhase / Michaela Güthling | Melicia Sauer / Irmarie Kruger | 49:59 | 0: 2 |
| HD2 | Maximilian Speicher / Dominic Schubardt | Bertus le Roux / Hanno Pienaar | 45:35 | 2-0 |
| DD2 | Nicole Schellert / Sabrina Westphal | Heleen Potgieter / Lenize Potgieter | 47:56 | 0: 2 |
| 413: 414 | 8:12 | |||
India versus Poland - decision for 3rd place
The victory of the more experienced Indian team against newcomer Poland was ultimately clear, although fiercely contested in places. Worth mentioning here are the victories of the Polish player Sebastian Podsiadly , who competes for the team of TuS Rodenbach (Turnverband Mittelrhein) and thus played in front of his home crowd.
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| HE1 | Lakshman Rao | Sebastian Podsiadly | 41:44 | 0: 2 |
| DE1 | Deepashree Devaraju | Patricia Podsiadly | 48:46 | 2-0 |
| HE2 | Kumar Govindarajan | Michal Suszczynski | 61:30 | 2-0 |
| DE2 | Nisha Prakash | Ada Trawczynska | 51:34 | 2-0 |
| Mix1 | Deepashree Devaraju / Lakshman Rao | Patricia Podsiadly / Sebastian Podsiadly | 37:42 | 0: 2 |
| Mix2 | Sameera Begum / Narayana Surya | Anna Wangryn / Maciej Tobolski | 57:28 | 2-0 |
| HD1 | Lakshman Rao / Kumar Govindarajan | Marek Gil / Piotr Pawlak | 64:29 | 2-0 |
| DD1 | Sameera Begum / Apeksha Devaraju | Ada Trawczynska / Patricia Podsiadly | 46:44 | 2-0 |
| HD2 | Naranaya Surya / Nasa Rakesh | Sebastian Podsiadly / Michal Suszczynski | 20: 0 | 2-0 |
| DD2 | Deepashree Devaraju / Nisha Prakash | Paulina Wangryn / Anna Wangryn | 71:30 | 2-0 |
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Final ranking
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Germany | 8:12 | 20: 0 | 20: 0 | 20: 0 | 6th | 2. | |
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South Africa | 12: 8 | 18: 2 | 18: 2 | 20: 0 | 8th | 1. | |
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India | 0:20 | 2: 18 | 16: 4 | 20: 0 | 4th | 3. | |
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Poland | 0:20 | 2: 18 | 4:16 | 20: 0 | 2 | 4th | |
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WTF Combined | 0:20 | 0:20 | 0:20 | 0:20 | 0 | 5. |
Framework competitions
The framework competitions in mixed, alternating and classic doubles were given the status of demonstration competitions, as they did 4 years earlier, but are also considered unofficial world championships. With alternating doubles, as in table tennis, the partners have to take the ring alternately and throw it back, with classic doubles the order is free as in tennis.
The World Tenniquoits Federation awarded up to 5 further wild cards per competition in addition to the participants of the national teams . For example, young German talents and South African delegation members received international match practice. The hosts won 4 of the 5 titles.
At the General Meeting of the World Tenniquoits Federation on August 5th in Koblenz, the disciplines of mixed and alternating doubles received the status of official World Championship competitions from the next Ring Tennis World Championship in 2014.
mixed double
The framework competition in mixed doubles marked the start of the world championships. The veterans Sabrina Westphal and Christian Herzog prevailed in a high-class final against the young South African doubles Lenize Potgieter and Hanno Pienaar. During the competition, the previously damaged number 1 of the South Africans, Judge van Tonder , was seriously injured so that he had to pause until the last day of the competition.
| Final ranking | ||
| 1. | Sabrina Westphal / Christian Herzog |
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| 2. | Lenize Potgieter / Hanno Pienaar |
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| 3. | Sarah Kissinger / Timo Hufnagel |
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| 4th | Melicia Sauer / Justin Kokott |
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| 5. | Vera Vollhase / Maximilian Speicher |
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| 6th | Anette Henning / Abrie Pienaar (Wild Card) |
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| 7th | Lakshman Rao / Deepashree Devaraju |
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| 8th. | Judge van Tonder / Heleen Potgieter |
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Alternating doubles
In alternating doubles, Maximilian Speicher and Dominic Schubardt were able to repeat their surprise success at the last World Championships, while Lenize Potgieter won one of their three gold medals together with her mother Heleen . Also worth mentioning is the third place of the Indian doubles Rao / Govindarajan , who won the first Indian medal in an individual competition.
| Final ranking women | ||
| 1. | Heleen Potgieter / Lenize Potgieter |
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| 2. | Sabrina Westphal / Vera Vollhase |
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| 3. | Irmarie Kruger / Melicia Sauer |
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| 4th | Nicole Schellert / Sarah Kissinger |
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| 5. | Melanie Böttcher / Michaela Güthling |
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| 6th | Miriam Hartman / Bronwin Human |
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| 7th | Nisha Prakash / Deepashree Devaraju |
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| 8th. | Stefanie Kaiser / Sophia Speicher (Wild Card) |
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| Final ranking men | ||
| 1. | Dominic Schubardt / Maximilian Speicher |
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| 2. | Alexej Ermak / Jürgen Öttel |
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| 3. | Lakshman Rao / Kumara Govindarajan |
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| 4th | Craig Ogilvie / Rowan van Tonder |
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| 5. | Bertus le Roux / Hanno Pienaar |
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| 6th | Christian Kämper / Sebastian Weber (Wild Card) |
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| 7th | Mahinder Balaji / Balu Murali |
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| 8th. | Christian Herzog / Timo Hufnagel |
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Classic double
Many players use the framework competition in classic doubles for a break from competition before the team competition, as this form of doubles is of little importance in international ring tennis. Thus there were good chances for wild card players to advance to higher regions of the final rankings. Among others at the start were the reigning German champions in men's doubles Andre Katzberg and Tim Flender , who, however, lost out to the national team doubles Hufnagel / Speicher in the final.
| Final ranking women | ||
| 1. | Michaela Güthling / Nicole Schellert |
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| 2. | Melanie Böttcher / Sarah Kissinger |
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| 3. | Bronwin Human / Miriam Hartman |
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| 4th | Reni Etimiri / Elena fighters (Wild Card) |
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| 5. | Patricia Podsiadly / Monika Schmitz (Wild Card) |
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| 6th | Alexandra Boelsen / Janine Bleile (Wild Card) |
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| 7th | Raba Krasniqi / Melanie Gemünd (Wild Card) |
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| 8th. | Magdalena Stankiewicz / Anna Wangryn |
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| Final ranking men | ||
| 1. | Timo Hufnagel / Maximilian Speicher |
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| 2. | Andre Katzberg / Tim Flender (Wild Card) |
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| 3. | Alexej Ermak / Jürgen Öttel |
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| 4th | Thomas Bleile / Klaus Riehm (Wild Card) |
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| 5. | Julian Sauck / Tobias Höfelmayr (Wild Card) |
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| 6th | Florian Weber / Stefan Edelmann (Wild Card) |
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| 7th | Evert Potgieter / Hein van der Lith (Wild Card) |
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| 8th. | Andrej Konan / Ivan Koltun |
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Medal table
Official competitions
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Including frame competitions
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Germany
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5 | 6th | 4th |
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3 | 1 | 2 |
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Germany (Wild Card)
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India
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0 | 0 | 2 |
Trivia
- Prime Minister Kurt Beck acted as patron of the major event.
- On the morning of the first day of the competition there was an elaborate opening ceremony with the arrival of the nations as the highlight.
- The 3rd World Ring Tennis Championships will take place in April 2014 and were awarded to Vanderbijlpark (South Africa).
See also
- Ring tennis
- World Ring Tennis Championships 2006
- International Masters (ring tennis) 2004
- International Masters (ring tennis) 2002
Individual evidence
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: World Championships 2010 - Official Invitation ). World Tenniquoits Federation website. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
- ↑ The contract to organize the 2010 World Championships in Ring Tennis was signed . Website of the German Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
- ↑ a b Results of the individual world championships ( Memento from March 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Official website for the 2010 World Ring Tennis Championships. Accessed December 4, 2012.
- ↑ Results of the Team World Championship ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Official website for the 2010 World Ring Tennis Championships. Accessed December 4, 2012.
- ↑ a b c Results of the framework competitions ( Memento from November 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Official website for the 2010 World Ring Tennis Championships. Accessed December 4, 2012.