Table tennis – Eastside defeats Metz at the start of the Champions League – Sport

Berlin (dpa) – The table tennis players of the TTC Berlin Eastside made a victorious comeback in the Champions League after a year’s break. In the first game of the main round group B, coach Jens Ruland’s quartet defeated the French top team Metz TT 3-1 in the Paul Heyse sports complex. In the group of three, Eastside has to compete against SKST Plus Hodonin from the Czech Republic on November 1st.

Newcomer He Zhuojia celebrated a convincing debut for Eastside, becoming the match winner with two clear wins in her singles. In addition to the 71st in the world rankings, who was ranked 13th five years ago, Nina Mittelham also returned to the plate after the injury sustained at the Olympic Games in Paris and was also able to contribute a victory.

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