Borussia Düsseldorf kept their perfect start in the Tischtennis Bundesliga with a 3-2 win at TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau on Monday night, the day after Grenzau's Liam Pitchford won WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal.
Kanak Jha won both his singles for Düsseldorf. He beat Samuel Walker 11-3, 11-8, 11-6 and then came from two games down against Feng Yi-hsin, after losing the second game 18-16, to win 9-11, 16-18, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6. Anton Källberg and Li Yongyin added the doubles, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6 against Maciej Kubik and Martin Allegro.
Pitchford, who is coming back from hip surgery, beat Källberg 11-8, 11-9, 14-12, and Feng beat Li 11-7, 12-10, 11-6 in front of 600 spectators in Höhr-Grenzhausen.
Düsseldorf lead TTF Ochsenhausen by two points and host ASC Grünwettersbach on Sunday 15 November. Grenzau, seventh, play at 1. FC Saarbrücken the same day.
