Bundesliga

Led by returning No. 1 Anders Lind, Borussia Dortmund beat fellow strugglers TTC OE Clarity-Telefonie Systeme Bad Homburg 3–1 on Wednesday night to leapfrog their direct rival. Lind improved his TTBL record to 7–0; Bad Homburg’s lone point came from Jo Yokotani.

BVB head coach Evgeny Fadeev had set the tone before the final TTBL block of the year: “Of course we want to take four points from the two games,” the 50-year-old said, looking ahead to the matchups with Bad Homburg and Bad Königshofen. Two wins would mean rejoining the pack in mid-table — and Wednesday brought the first step against a direct opponent.

Fadeev could once again rely on Anders Lind, who had missed the previous two matches. Because of his participation at the WTT Finals, the fixture had been rescheduled; the Dane returned with two 3–1 wins — over Juan Perez and, to seal it, over Jo Yokotani — and climbed to fourth in the TTBL ranking. “Anders did a good job,” teammate Kristian Karlsson said on Dyn.

BVB move past Bad Homburg

Karlsson himself secured the third, match-clinching point with a 3–1 win against Ivor Ban. Earlier, Yokotani had levelled with a straight-games victory over Cedric Nuytinck but, in the No. 1 showdown, missed the chance to force a deciding double. With the result, the two clubs who were both promoted in 2024 swap places: BVB rise to ninth, while Bad Homburg drop to tenth and risk slipping into the relegation zone.

The Taunus side, who qualified for the Liebherr Cup Final Four on 4 January 2026 in Ulm/Neu-Ulm after their upset of record winners Borussia Düsseldorf, face TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt on Saturday at 17:30. Dortmund, a few hours earlier (15:00) at bottom side TSV Bad Königshofen, aim to wrap up the year in style.

Matchday 10 fixtures

1. FC Saarbrücken TT – TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3–0
Darko Jorgic – Shunsuke Togami 3–2 (10–12, 1–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–6)
Fan Zhendong – Iulian Chirita 3–0 (11–9, 12–10, 11–2)
Patrick Franziska – Andreas Levenko 3–0 (12–10, 11–5, 11–9)

ASC Grünwettersbach – TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau 1–3
Hiroto Shinozuka – Luka Mladenovic 2–3 (9–11, 11–7, 13–11, 8–11, 4–11)
Tiago Apolonia – Feng Yi-Hsin 3–0 (11–9, 16–14, 12–10)
Tobias Hippler – Maciej Kubik 0–3 (7–11, 3–11, 7–11)
Hiroto Shinozuka – Feng Yi-Hsin 2–3 (11–9, 8–11, 7–11, 11–8, 8–11)

Borussia Düsseldorf – Post SV Mühlhausen 3–1
Dang Qiu – Ovidiu Ionescu 3–1 (11–6, 8–11, 11–8, 11–9)
Borgar Haug – Steffen Mengel 0–3 (9–11, 9–11, 4–11)
Anton Källberg – Marcos Freitas 3–0 (11–7, 11–9, 11–8)
Dang Qiu – Steffen Mengel 3–2 (11–7, 11–3, 8–11, 4–11, 11–6)

Borussia Dortmund – TTC OE Clarity-Telefonie Systeme Bad Homburg 3–1
Anders Lind – Juan Perez 3–1 (11–7, 8–11, 11–3, 11–9)
Cedric Nuytinck – Jo Yokotani 0–3 (9–11, 7–11, 6–11)
Kristian Karlsson – Ivor Ban 3–1 (11–6, 9–11, 11–8, 11–7)
Anders Lind – Jo Yokotani 3–1 (11–6, 11–8, 7–11, 11–3)

TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt – TSV Bad Königshofen 0–3
Benedikt Duda – Daniel Habesohn 1–3 (8–11, 11–6, 5–11, 10–12)
Adrien Rassenfosse – Bastian Steger 1–3 (5–11, 11–8, 8–11, 4–11)
Romain Ruiz – Filip Zeljko 2–3 (9–11, 6–11, 12–10, 11–3, 8–11)

Thursday, 18 December
19:00: TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell – SV Werder Bremen

Picture: Anders Lins of Borussia Dortmund (Photo: Borussia Dortmund)