It is noteworthy that Ovcharov became the second European in the last 15 years, leading the rating of ITTF.
Dmitry was born in 1988 in Kiev, but at the age of 5 moved to Germany and has since represented this country.
By the way, the only European who headed the rating for the last 15 years was another German - Timo Ball. All the rest of the time, representatives of China always took the first place.
As previously reported in URA-Inform, Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina won a difficult victory over Britain's Johanna Contoy in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Brisbane. It is noted that the match lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. In the first set, Svitolina managed to take only one game, losing three at his filing.