The TTC Zugbrucke Grenzau team won the German Cup this year.  The german cup consists of a tournament with 10 Division 1 teams + 20 Division 2 teams. 

The TTC Zugbrucke Grenzau team consists of  Lucjan Blaszczyk, Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth, Cheung Yuk, Tomas Pavelka, Chen Zhibin.

Here are some post tournament celebration photos! 

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In the Open Singles Final, Wilson Zhang & Stefan Feth gave us an exciting match to remember!  Wilson defeated Stefan in a close battle, 4-3. Thanks to all the participants and visitors for making the 2006 Tour Finals a success!

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The concept of connecting, to my understanding, is the relation between a shot and the next one. They could be the same type of shots or they could be entirely different.

So the connections are wide open in scopes, ranging from paces and rhythms to power and speed. For example, I hit a power shot and my opponent makes a fast return. If I try to hit the next shot with even more power, such two shots connect poorly and the combination loses productivity. I would rather play a medium power shot or a spinning one. Then the shots will connect nicely and produce good results.

Some people would talk about transitions. Transitions and connections do have points in common but connecting covers a much wider scope. Transition deals with two different types of shots, which are a lot more difficult. Namely, players always have to switch from offense to defense, or vice versa.