Timo Boll signs contract with 1.5 Million T2 Asian-Pacific Table Tennis League

Timo Boll signs contract with 1.5 Million T2 Asian-Pacific Table Tennis League Original Article (in German) at TischTennis.de Düsseldorf / Singapore. It has been rumored, but now it is official: T2 Asia-Pacific (T2 APAC), the new table tennis league, starting in the summer of 2017, reported Timo Boll's commitment on their website. The number 12 of the World Cup and number one of Borussia Düsseldorf is Germany's first participant in the completely new and lucrative tournament format, which offers a total prize money of 1.5 million dollars. Together with Japan's Olympic junior, Jun Mizutani, the record European champion is the most prominent commitment to T2. The field is formed, but not all the names of the 12 ladies and 12 men's strong field are still fixed. The 24 elect are to meet in Hong Kong from 2017 on a monthly basis for a few days, in order to make a total of 228 matches including the final play-off games by December. T2 presents table tennis in an innovative format: each match will take exactly 24 minutes, the counters in the form of winnings will flow into a single and a team score, with a team of three men and three ladies. The implementation of the tournament on television and the social media, Which will present the athletes on and off the table. The venue will change from year to year. "I am delighted to be part of this fascinating new table tennis project right from the start. I think the innovative format of table tennis is more attractive for television and fans I'm particularly interested in the 24-minute format, which is likely to lead to high-intensity matches, and I am convinced that T2 APAC can make a dramatic development. " The players currently confirmed by T2 APAC are: Men Timo Boll GER Mizutani JPN Vladimir Samsonov BLR Joo Saehyuk KOR Chen Chien-An TPE Aleksandr Shibaev RUS Paul Drinkhall ENG Women Feng Tianwei SIN Cheng I-Ching TPE Jeon Jihee KOR Elizabeta Samara ROU Yang Haeun KOR Georgina Pota HUN Matilda Ekholm SWE Suthasini Sawettabut THA It has been rumored, but now it is official: T2 Asia-Pacific (T2 APAC), the new table tennis league, starting in the summer of 2017, reported Timo Boll's commitment on their website. The number 12 of the World Cup and number one of Borussia Düsseldorf is Germany's first participant in the completely new and lucrative tournament format, which offers a total prize money of 1.5 million dollars.