Post SV Mühlhausen beat TTC Fulda-Maberzell 3-0 on Tuesday night for their first home win of the Tischtennis Bundesliga season, and moved up from 10th to seventh.
Steffen Mengel put Mühlhausen ahead by beating Jonathan Groth 11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 11-7. Ovidiu Ionescu then beat Dimitrij Ovtcharov, the former world No 1, in five games, leading twice before running away with the decider 11-3.
Marcos Freitas finished the match by beating Fanbo Meng 11-4, 11-9, 11-9 in a meeting of two left-handers. Mühlhausen lost their first three matches of the season and have now won three of their last four, including a 3-2 win at Bergneustadt.
