It’s a third title of the weekend and a sixt consecutive gold medal in a row for Vogel, as Ternon is fourth time lucky as he takes his first IWT title. A great weekend of Racketlon in Switzerland has come to an end, read what happened on day three below.
Vogel too strong for Enmer today
Vogel was too strong for Enmer today, as the German player continued her good form that she showed at the Nordic Open. After a close table-tennis that Vogel won by 21-19, it Vogel extended her lead by each sport a bit more. She won badminton 21-12 and went on to win squash 21-9 to seal the match with a score of +23. This is the second time this season that Vogel has won all three categories that she entered at a tournament, and it is great to see her competing at the highest level again. She now has 20 IWT singles titles on tour, an amazing achievement that moves her into a shared third place with Racketlon great Lilian Druve from Sweden.
It is also great to see Myriam Enmer back on tour, who unfortunately was out for a long time due to injury. Both women will play the FIR World Doubles Championships in London and the FIR World Championships Singles in Rotterdam. Chung finished on the podium again after Allègre unfortunately had to retire during the match. They are also scheduled to play both World Championships and we can’t wait to see what will unfold there.
Full results for the women’s singles draw can be found here.


Fourth time lucky for Ternon has he finally wins his first IWT singles title
It was bound to happen with the good form that Ternon has been showing this season, making three finals in a row and narrowly losing out. He was motivated to not let that happen again. He edged out table-tennis 21-19, and put more distance between him and Bühler from there. Ternon won badminton 21-6 and squash 21-9 to win with an overall score of +29 to win his first title.
Damien Andre beat Lenggenhager in a sensational match in the 3/4 playoff, winning by just one point. The score was +1 (7-21 16-21 21-15 22-8). They are all scheduled to play both World Championships, and looking at the season so far it will be very exciting.
Full results for the men’s singles draw can be found here.


Open categories B, C and D – titles for Hohl, Voigt, Prager and Steinmann
The men’s B saw both top seeds fall in round 2, as Thomas Knaack beat Roland Pichler +19 (22-20 21-13 21-16 7-3), and Magnus Ekstrand took out top seed Börner +25 (6-21 21-0 21-2). Unfortunately, he couldn’t back it up as he lost to Cyril Hohl in the quarter-finals. Hohl then went on to beat 3/4 sed Champod +14 (2-21 21-3 23-21 21-8) to book his place in the final against Knaack. Hohl won the match +8 (12-21 21-19 21-6 14-14). Bruno Scherrer took the bronze medal, after recovering from a bagel in table tennis, beating Champod +5 (0-21 21-12 21-6 19-17).
The women’s B was won by Heike Voigt as she won all her group matches and caused a slight upset beating Carola von Heimburg who is 3 spots above her on the ranking. Voigt won all her matches quite comfortably without having to play tennis. It was a completely German podium as Von Heimburg finished second and Manuela Stegmann finished third.
The men’s C was won by Leonhard Prager, who beat 3/4 seed Kotala +5 (21-9 18-21 8-21 21-12) in their opening match, to battle his way to the final. In the final he faced New Zealand’s Julian Main who took out top seed Volker Sach in the semi finals. Prager was the stronger player today, as he beat Main +22 (21-18 21-12 21-11). Sach took the bronze medal beating Riccardo Raimo +23 (21-6 17-21 21-9).
The men’s D was won by Reto Steinmann, the Swiss player faced Michael Lechner from Germany in the final, and won +16 (21-3 18-21 17-21 11-6). Switzerland’s Rodolfo Bacaicoa took home the bronze medal, beating Stäubli +19 (14-21 21-9 21-10 7-4).
Men’s B | Women’s B | Men’s C | Men’s D
Matěj Volf wins the U21, senior titles for Schaefer and Ekstrand
Volf won all his matches in the junior round robin as he claims his second IWT junior singles title of the season. Leonhard Prager finished second after winning a close match against Kotala who finished third, taking it +5 (21-5 20-22 7-21 21-16). Christian Schaefer took home the +40 title as he beat fellow Swiss player Andre Bandi in the final +12 (8-21 24-22 21-9 21-10). It was an all Swiss podium as Paglia beat Grab in the 3/4 bronze medal playoff. Magnus Ekstrand took the +50 title as he beat second seed Böhm +22 (10-21 21-4 21-5) in the final. Gentile won the bronze medal, beating Michael Gonnon from France +43 (21-14 21-2 21-4).
Juniors U21 | Seniors +40 | Seniors +50

The next tournament before the FIR World Championships and IWT London Open is the Racket Masters Augsburg Challenger, entries will close tomorrow so enter now if you still want to join!
Sanne Veldkamp/ FIR Media Officer