TTT31. Summer 2023
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London Grand Prix: 27 th -28 th May <strong>2023</strong><br />
All photos courtesy of Michael Loveder<br />
The last major Grand Prix was back in November, although there have been two Satellite Grand Prix since, so<br />
it was nice to see the London Grand Prix in the calendar. Grand Prix events are one of only a few individual<br />
events which senior players can play in as opposed to team events. There was a good entry for London, as<br />
always, with 180 men and 39 women playing over the weekend. There were several players from other<br />
countries Russia, Guernsey, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, Jersey, Turkey, Wales, Romania, Hong<br />
Kong and Barbados. It was Dobrila Jorguseska from the Netherlands who dominated the tournament. Given<br />
a dummy ranking she beat top seed, Mollie Patterson, in the quarter-finals, Aleksandra Titievskaja in the semifinals<br />
and Linda Zheng in the final.<br />
Toby Ellis had an excellent weekend winning the Men’s Singles with wins over multiple GP winner Grigory<br />
Vlasov, Russia, in the semi-final and Radoslav Kamberov, Bulgaria, in the final.<br />
Toby Ellis and Dobrila Jorguseska<br />
Justifying her number one ranking in the Under 21 Women’s list, Patterson made up for her disappointment<br />
in the singles by winning the U21 event defeating Tianer Yu in the final. Gabriel Schogger won the<br />
corresponding Under 21 Men’s event with Jesse Bath the runner-up.<br />
Mollie Patterson and Gabriel Schogger<br />
Top veteran, Lorestas Trumpauskas, won the Veteran Singles with a victory over Neil Charles and Alim Hirji<br />
was victorious in the Restricted Singles with a win against Fredrik Nordahl.<br />
Lorestas Trumpauskas and Alim Hirji<br />
Table Tennis Times 31: <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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