German Open in Berlin - andro-stars set the course

A spectacular comeback, an impressive response and an outstanding win of an underdog:
A very positive conclusion for the andro team at the German Open.
Wu Jiaduo provided the biggest surprise by showing a sensational comeback.
After a year with several kickbacks, a big disappointment at the Olympic Games and a miserable European Championship performance „Dudu“ played herself into the spotlight.
Furthermore Dudu defeated the Singapore Chinese Feng Tian Wei (singles competition) and
Li Jia Wei (team competition), no.5 and no.6 of the world rankings.
With an unstained performance of five wins and no defeats in the singles and a 1-0 record in the doubles she lead the DTTB-team into the finals of the team competition. Although Dudu did not loose any match in the team competition she could not avoid her team's 1-3 defeat in the finals against the Runner-Up of the World Championships and the Olympic Games - Singapore.

Dudu elated the spectators so much that her match even attracted more attention than Timo Boll's match.
"I underestimated Wu" the Singapore Chinese admitted meekly. "She played overwhelmingly". However also Dudu was surprised of her own performance.
" I thought: This is not normal!" Dudu confessed.
Numerous spectacular rallies with steadily various placing of the ball and rythmic changes were the base for thousands of spectators' amazement.
andro-star Wu Jiaduo sustained this high performance the whole tournament long until her final match against Liu Jia from Austria.
For Germany's no.1 it has been a big step forward. "She played a world class tournament" Liu Jia attested.
DTTB coach Jörg Bitzigeio explained: "This time she took the chances she has been working for."
Wu Jiaduo's prize: 10.000 US$ for being second and a ten position step up to position 23 in the ITTF World Rankings.

Christian Suess managed an impressive comeback too. Moreover he accomplished big success at the European Championships in St. Petersburg. With his andro ROXON rubbers he again dominated the team competition and won the gold medal in the doubles with Timo Boll - of course without the use of speed glue, tuner or booster. Nevertheless he was not in his best shape yet and showed up some shortcomings. In contradiction to that he showed up with a well improved performance in Berlin. With andro rubbers, andro blade and andro speedballs (andro was the official ball-sponsor of the German Open) he won game by game. To name some opponents: Tomas Pavelka, Adrian Crisan and He Zhiwen. The first defeat he had to take was in the finals against the Poland's Wang Zengyi. Finally the Polish Nationalteam surprisingly won the title; this also honoured andro being the sponsor of the Polish Nationalteam. The andro star failed in the round of the last 32 against nobody less than the subsequent champion of the tournament, Timo Boll. Nadine Bollmeier joining the main draw is a respectable result. By winning her matches in her group against the Rumanian Andrea Dospina (4-0) and the Lithuanian Lina Misikonyte (4-1) she made her way into the round of the last 64 where she started 2-0 against the Japanese Yuka Ishigaki. In the end, she unfortunately lost 2-4. Barbora Balazova, the youngest amongst andro players also lost against a Japanese. After a win against the French Marine Zanardi (4-2) she was stopped by Misako Wakamiya in the qualifications.