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WTT Contender Istanbul: Tom Jarvis loses from 2-1 up as Connor Green and Anna Hursey reach the mixed quarter-finals
England's Tom Jarvis, the eighth seed, went out in the first round of the men's singles in Istanbul on Thursday, beaten 3-2 by Nikita Artemenko.
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WTT Contender Istanbul: Connor Green and Tianer Yu go out in qualifying as Aditya Sareen beats Quan Kaiyuan
England's two qualifiers lost in the second round of qualifying in Istanbul on Wednesday, leaving Tom Jarvis as the country's only singles player in the event.
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English table tennis still runs on leagues built in the 1930s, and it shows
England hosted the centenary World Championships this spring. Beneath the arena, the club game that made the sport here is older than ever, and the people who play it are too.
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WTT Contender Istanbul: Ao Hualei wins 16-14 in the decider as Tianer Yu comes through her first qualifying match
China's Ao Hualei lost the first game 11-1 and needed a 16-14 decider to beat Iran's Amin Ahmadian on the opening day of qualifying, and now meets England's Connor Green.
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Tom Jarvis seeded eighth at WTT Contender Istanbul as Connor Green and Tianer Yu start in qualifying
Tom Jarvis goes straight into the main draw as the eighth seed at WTT Contender Istanbul, which starts on Tuesday, with two more English players and Wales's Anna Hursey also entered.
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Where table tennis prize money goes, from Bergmann's Wembley to WTT
A first-round loser at a WTT event earns a far larger share of the champion's cheque than at Wimbledon. The catch is in where the money is placed on the calendar.
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Desmond Douglas joins Birmingham table tennis hub helping older black men stay active
Desmond Douglas, the 11-time English national champion, has visited the Over-50s Black Men Forum's table tennis health hub in Handsworth, where he grew up.
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Pashley and Trumpauskas retain Under-21 National Cup titles at Highfields
Ella Pashley went through the weekend unbeaten in Wellingborough, and Larry Trumpauskas lost only once on his way to keeping the men's title.