Vladimir Samsonov successfully performs at ITTF World Tour competitions in Germany, with the Belarusian national team leader reaching the finals, yet losing to world #1, China’s Ma Long.
On his way towards the decisive match, the Belarusian tennis player defeated four rivals: Portugal’s Tiago Apolonia, China’s Li Ping, Germany’s Timo Boll and Taiwan’s Chih-Yuan Chuang.
In the finals, our athlete faced the leader of the world ranking, and the match finished 4:1 in favour of Chinese Ma Long.
By Yegor Glebov