TTBL: Maciej Kubik, Grenzau agree to one-year contract extension

Maciej Kubik and TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau have agreed to a one-year contract extension, the club announced in a press release on Friday.

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The 23-year-old’s new deal will keep him in Grenzau until 2027, his fifth year with the club. That club first welcomed him as a promising teenager in 2022, and it now extends him with confidence in both his current skill and his potential.

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“[Kubik] has proven in recent years that he can keep up at the highest level,” Grenzau chairman Olaf Gstettner said, per the release. “At the same time, we all know that there is more to him. This is exactly the path we want to continue together, with patience, trust and clear perspective.”

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Kubik holds a 4:15 record with a point differential of -11, which makes him Table Tennis Bundesliga’s No. 75 player. He has defeated TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt’s Leo de Nodrest (No. 41), Borussia Düsseldorf’s Yongyin Li (No. 56), TSV Bad Königshofen's Daniel Habesohn (No. 69) and ASC Grünwettersbach's Tobias Hippler (No. 72) this season.

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Kubik is the youngest player on Grenzau’s roster, and the club believes in its ability to  develop him into a top player in the Bundesliga.

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“We must not forget that at the age of 23, he is still a very young player whose development we would like to further promote,” manager Markus Ströher said, per the release.

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Kubik is the second player Grenzau has extended this month, following the club’s recent two-year extension of 23-year-old top player Feng Yi-Hsin (No. 21). These extensions for Kubik and Feng reflect Ströher’s faith in Grenzau’s young core, despite the club’s 5-12 record this season.

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“We consciously rely on continuity in the squad,” Ströher said, per the release. “[Kubik] has been an integral part of our team since 2022 and has integrated excellently in sports and personally.”

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Kubik and Feng are set to return to a Grenzau roster that extended Luka Mladenovic (No. 43) and Samuel Walker (No. 65) to two-year extensions last February. Those four players will play most of the 2026-27 season under Chen Zhibin, who will replace Slobodan Grujic as head coach starting this summer.

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Grenzau snapped a five-match losing streak after its 3-2 victory over Post SV Mühlhausen on Sunday. That win took Grenzau out of last place and boosted its point differential to 10:24.

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Grenzau will play its next match on March 18 against TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg at 2 p.m. EST.