Alex Asensi

Alex Asensi (born February 9, 1984), is a photographer and distinguished Pingpongo player in Norway. He has won four official Pingpongo tournaments in Oslo finishing the season 2013–2015 as the top leader of the Norwegian Ranking. He has also finished the season 2014–2015 as the number 2 of the World Biennial Ranking. He played 28 matches, winning 24 of them.

Name	ALEX ASENSI
Birth date	(1984-02-09) February 9, 1984
Birth place	Valencia
Residence	Norway
Official venue	PINGPONGO NORGE
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles record	28–4
Singles titles	4
Highest World Biennial Ranking 2014–2015	1 (Apr.,2014)
World Biennial Ranking 2014–2015	2
Highest World Historical Ranking	3 (Jun.,2014)
Current World Historical Ranking	3
Highest Norwegian Ranking 2013–2015	1 (Oct. 2014)
Norwegian Ranking 2013–2015	1
Updated December 27, 2015

Photographer

Asensi is also a great photographer of this alternative sport, in fact he took pictures at all tournaments in which he has participated.

Official Pingpongo career

Alex Asensi, champion of Pingpongo tournament, Mar2014

2013

Asensi made his debut in this sport in Norway in the tournament played during October 2013 in Kulturhuset i Oslo. He won this tournament defeating the local Tune Aksnes Lian in the final in two sets 14–12 / 11–7. Later in November he played the last tournament of the year losing in QF 8–11 against the Norwegian Kristian Nørgaard. With the points from both tournaments he finished 2013 as the No. 1 of Norway.

2014

He won the first 3 official tournaments of Pingpongo in Norway, reinforcing his top position in both Norwegian and World rankings. In August he reached the semi-final of the VIP Championship, but lost against the Brazilian Ian Correia Sampaio 10–12.

2015

In this year he just participated in a single tournament, being defeated by the local Renate Vea Petterson.

Results

2015.03 – Evolution tournament
Round	Opponent	Score
R16	Daniel	11–7
QF	Renate Vea Petterson	7–11

2014.08 – VIP Championship
Round	Opponent	Score
RR	Alekschok Nowak	11–1
RR	Janita Sundqvist	11–6
RR	Birte Guttormsen	8–11
QF	Jo Ofrim Bjerke	12–10
SF	Ian Correia Sampaio	10–12

2014.06 – VM i PINGPONGO Tournament
Round	Opponent	Score
RR	Ina Holth	11–5
RR	Synøve Flobak	11–4
R16	Cornelia Kristiansen	11–4
QF	Sergio Pilar	11–7
SF	Southinanh Oudomphanh	11–9
F	Felipe Ridao	15–13, 15–10

2014.04 – Banana Tournament
Round	Opponent	Score
R1	Torunn O. Bjerve	12–10
QF	Tuva Langfeldt	11–5
SF	Pedro Mateos Aparicio	12–10
F	André Carvallo	12–10

2014.03 – Hot. Cool. Yours. Tournament
Round	Opponent	Score
R32	Renate Vea Petersson	11–4
R16	Mariane Melgård	11–1
QF	Doriane Happel	11–5
SF	Linda Bournane Engelberth	11–5
F	Tom Haugeplass	11–4, 4–11, 11–5

2013.11 – War is Over Pingpongo
Round	Opponent	Score
R32	Bye
R16	Roy Erling Nesheim	11–2
QF	Kristian Nørgaard	8–11

2013.10 – Revolution Tournament
Round	Opponent	Score
R32	Bye
R16	Nora Guttormsgaard	11–2
QF	Ylenia Arca	11–2
SF	Amrit Shrestha	11–9
F	Tune Aksnes Lian	14–12, 11–7

External links

• Alex Asensi in PINGPONGO NORGE