Darko Jorgić wins WTT Contender Lima 2024
Lima, 26 August - Slovenia's best table tennis player Darko Jorgić has won the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Lima 2024 with a USD 80,000 prize pool after he defeated Germany's Patrick Franziska in the finals with 4:0 (5,9,3,7). This is the first WTT tournament win for the 26-year-old.
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Slovenia's table tennis player Darko Jorgić.
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"I knew why I came to Lima, I knew I wanted to win a WTT tournament," Jorgič told the Slovenian Association of Table Tennis after the match, adding that he already came close to winning a WTT tournament twice but was left empty-handed.
He noted that he improved by form throughout the tournament. "The first match against Japan's Ryoichi Yoshiyama was the hardest, then it went more smoothly."
"I know Patrick very well, which also showed in the game. It's always the little things that decide when we play," said Jorgić, who is back among top 16 table tennis players in the world after the tournament win.
Jorgić also competed at the Paris 2024 Olympics where he was knocked out in the round of 16 in both men's singles and the team event.