Pitchford leads way into Champions League semis— Table Tennis England

Liam Pitchford led the way as his Russian team UMMC completed a convincing Champions League quarter-final victory.

Having won the first leg 3-0 against German opponents Neu-Ulm, UMMC already had one foot in the semi-finals, and they completed the task with another 3-0 victory.

Pitchford started the ball rolling as he beat Vladimir Sidorenko 3-0 (13-11, 14-12, 11-5) and Jonathan Groth made it 2-0 by beating Lev Katsman in three. Tomislav Pucar sealed overall victory with another 3-0 win, over Ioannis Sgouropoulos.

UMMC are the first team into the semi-finals, with second legs in the other three ties due to take place on Friday or Sunday.