Post SV Mühlhausen reaches TTBL Quarterfinals

Published on 21 September 2025 4 minutes 4 minutes

Post SV Mühlhausen captured the final quarterfinal berth in the German Table Tennis Cup with a 3–2 victory over TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt on Sunday at the LOTTO Thüringen Center Court in TTBL.
The deciding doubles went the full distance before Steffen Mengel and Marcos Freitas sealed the win, keeping Mühlhausen alive in three competitions this season.

Mengel & Freitas Seal the Deal

The packed crowd held its breath until the last rally as Mengel and Freitas clinched the match 3–2, igniting wild celebrations.
Head coach Erik Schreyer praised Kay Stumper, who had missed Friday’s league match through illness but returned to play a pivotal role:

“That we could even field three players today deserves special praise—especially for Kay and his team-first attitude.”

Duda Returns, Freitas Strikes Back

Bergneustadt brought Benedikt Duda back into the lineup, and the German international dominated Ovidiu Ionescu in straight games.
But the marquee clash came when Marcos Freitas avenged his Friday league loss to Romain Ruiz, winning 3–1 with his sharpest performance of the season.

Stumper’s Key Point

After the break, a still-recovering Kay Stumper fought past Adrien Rassenfosse 3–1, a critical swing in the tie.
Although Ionescu fell again in his second singles, Mengel and Freitas combined to finish the job in the deciding doubles.

Looking Ahead to the Final Four

Mühlhausen now stands one victory away from the Final Four on 4 January 2026 in Neu-Ulm.
Coach Schreyer joked that a second-division opponent would be a welcome draw but noted the tight calendar:

“It won’t be easy to find a date—we still have the Champions League Round of 16 coming up.”

German Cup Round of 16 – Full Results

Tie	Result
Post SV Mühlhausen – TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt	3–2
Ovidiu Ionescu – Benedikt Duda	0–3 (8:11, 5:11, 10:12)
Marcos Freitas – Romain Ruiz	3–1 (10:12, 11:4, 11:7, 11:3)
Kay Stumper – Adrien Rassenfosse	3–1 (11:7, 8:11, 11:8, 11:9)
Ovidiu Ionescu – Leo de Nodrest	1–3 (8:11, 4:11, 11:5, 7:11)
Steffen Mengel/Marcos Freitas – Benedikt Duda/Adrien Rassenfosse	3–2 (11:7, 6:11, 12:10, 9:11, 11:5)

Tie	Result
TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen – SV Werder Bremen	3–1
Shunsuke Togami – Irvin Bertrand	3–0 (12:10, 11:4, 11:9)
Tiago Abiodun – Kirill Gerassimenko	3–1 (11:5, 12:10, 9:11, 11:2)
Iulian Chirita – Mattias Falck	2–3 (9:11, 11:9, 4:11, 12:10, 6:11)
Shunsuke Togami – Kirill Gerassimenko	3–0 (12:10, 11:7, 12:10)

Tie	Result
TSV Bad Königshofen – Borussia Düsseldorf	0–3
Bastian Steger – Anton Källberg	1–3 (7:11, 11:8, 4:11, 7:11)
Andre Bertelsmeier – Dang Qiu	2–3 (4:11, 11:6, 11:8, 4:11, 7:11)
Daniel Habesohn – Kanak Jha	0–3 (7:11, 9:11, 8:11)

Tie	Result
TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell – ASC Grünwettersbach	3–0
Jonathan Groth – Adrian Gossow	3–0 (11:8, 11:3, 11:5)
Fanbo Meng – Tobias Hippler	3–1 (9:11, 11:4, 11:4, 12:10)
Dimitrij Ovtcharov – Damian Floro	3–0 (11:8, 11:1, 11:8)

Tie	Result
1. FC Saarbrücken TT – Borussia Dortmund	3–0
Fan Zhendong – Adam Szudi	3–0 (11:4, 11:2, 11:7)
Patrick Franziska – Cedric Nuytinck	3–0 (12:10, 11:4, 15:13)
Darko Jorgic – Alberto Mino	3–0 (11:9, 11:5, 11:4)

Tie	Result
SV Union Velbert – 1. FSV Mainz 05	3–1
Wim Verdonschot – Nathan Lam	3–0 (11:4, 11:8, 11:6)
Timotius Köchling – Chia-Hung Sun	3–2 (11:4, 10:12, 7:11, 11:8, 11:6)
Anton Limonov – Daniel Berzosa	2–3 (6:11, 8:11, 11:7, 14:12, 7:11)
Wim Verdonschot – Albert Vilardell	3–2 (11:13, 11:4, 11:8, 7:11, 11:6)

Tie	Result
1. FC Saarbrücken TT II – TTC OE Clarity Telefonie-Systeme Bad Homburg	1–3
Yuto Muramatsu – Benno Oehme	3–0 (11:9, 11:4, 11:4)
Eduard Ionescu – Csaba Andras	2–3 (11:7, 11:6, 7:11, 4:11, 6:11)
Dennis Klein – Ivor Ban	1–3 (9:11, 9:11, 11:8, 9:11)
Yuto Muramatsu – Csaba Andras	2–3 (10:12, 11:3, 6:11, 14:12, 9:11)

Tie	Result
TTC indeland Jülich – TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau	0–3
Laurens Devos – Luka Mladenovic	0–3 (9:11, 10:12, 7:11)
Robin Devos – Feng Yi-Hsin	1–3 (7:11, 15:13, 5:11, 3:11)
Kas van Oost – Samuel Walker	0–3 (3:11, 5:11, 5:11)