2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open   China’s FAN Zhendong and SUN Yingsha are the crowned champions in the respective men’s and women’s singles event at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open concluded today October 12th in ÖVB-Arena Bremen. Actual no.2 seed FAN beat his compatriot XU Xin (no.1) in five games while SUN got revenge on Japan’s Mima ITO for the semi-final defeat she suffered last weekend in Swedish Open.   At the semi-final stage FAN was extended to full distance by no.7 seed LIANG Jingkun. XU Xin who leads in the Race to the ITTF World Tour Grand Final (December 12-15) overcame Korea’s JEOUNG Youngsik in five games.   It was FAN’s 12th ITTF World Tour title but first one in this year. This title will secure him 500 points and rise from no.8 to no.4 at the current standings. However XU cemented his no.1 spot having 2044 points followed by MA Long and LIN Gaoyuan (both now have 1425).   No.3 seed in Bremen SUN Yingsha takes over women’s no.1 in the Race to Zhengzhou with 1882 points 282 more than World no.1 CHEN Meng. It was her third crown this year after two Platinum events she won in Japan and Australia.   Live Streaming News & Articles Daily Schedule World Tour Standings Photo Gallery Flash Quotes Media Kit ITTF Social: Facebook  Instagram  Twitter  Youtube  Weibo

2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open   Host player SHAN Xiaona missed a great opportunity to reach Women’s Singles semi-finals at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open as she had 3:0 against current World no.12 FENG Tianwei. Suported by her fans in ÖVB-Arena Bremen SHAN played fantastic until the end of fourth game but Singapore’s player managed to survive (12:10) responding by by four games in a row – 4:3 (6:11 6:11 9:11 12:10 11:5 11:5 11:2).   Actual World no.96 SHAN returned to the table tennis ten months ago – after break caused by childbirth – has played one of her best ITTF World Tour events since that.   World no. 7 Mima ITO (Japan) beat YANG Xiaoxin (Monaco) in five games to set clash with FENG while other two quarter-finals were held between four China’s representatives: SUN Yingsha (World no.6) prevailed against CHEN Xingtong (no.13) 4:2 while WANG Yidi (no. 38) upset WANG Manyu (no.4) 4:3. WANG Yidi now targets her second 2019 TTF World Tour title after Hong Kong’s one.   Patrick FRANZISKA lost his quarter-final match a day after sensational win over World no.4 LIN Gaoyuan. Current World no.15 was beaten by no. 23 JEOUNG Youngsik 4:2 (8:11 11:6 7:11 11:8 11:7 11:8). Korean will challenge top seed China’s XU Xin who overcame his compatriot YAN An in six games. Second semi-final will be between two China’s players FAN Zhendong and LIANG Yingkun no.2 and no. 7 seeds respectively. FAN defeated German star Timo BOLL in five games.   FRANZISKA will improve his position in the Race to the World Tour Grand Final (December 12-15) moving from no.11 to no.9 while BOLL moves one place up to get 14th spot. Both won 100 points in the current standings. Sixteen best ranked players will secure their places for event to be held in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou with only one tournament left (Austria Open).   Live Streaming News & Articles Daily Schedule World Tour Standings Photo Gallery Flash Quotes Media Kit ITTF Social: Facebook  Instagram  Twitter  Youtube  Weibo

2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open   ÖVB-Arena Bremen witnessed three great singles victories of host players in the Round of 16 at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open but one of them deserves to be pointed out: it was Patrick FRANZISKA win against no.3 seed China’s player LIN Gaoyuan. Other two victories were recorded in German-Japan clashes: Timo BOLL over Jun MIZUTANI and SHAN Xiaona against Hitomi SATO.   Current World no.15 FRANZISKA beat World no.4 in a style – 4:1 (11:5 11:6 9:11 11:7 11:9) while his compatriot BOLL (no. 7) was extended to full distance by former Asian champion Jun MIZUTANI (no.13). LIN Gaoyuan is two-time 2019 World Tour winner and actual no.3 in the Race to the World Tour Grand Final (December 12-15) to be held in the city of Zhengzhou.   Two host players will be the only representatives of Europe in the Men’s Singles quarter-finals bearing in mind that Belarus Vladimir SAMSONOV was beaten by Japan’s Tomokazu HARIMOTO in five games. Quarter-final pairs are: XU Xin (China) vs. YAN An (China) JEOUNG Youngsik (Korea) vs. Patrick FRANZISKA (Germany) Tomokazu HARIMOTO (Japan) vs. LIANG Jingkun (China) Timo BOLL (Germany) vs. FAN Zhendong (China). FAN defeated his compatriot WANG Chuqin recent winner of 2019 Swedish Open.   SHAN Xiaona will face FENG Tianwei in the Women’s Singles quarter-finals of the as Singapore’s player created huge upset by beating actual World no.1 and leader in the Race to Zhengzhou.   Both finished their encounters in straight games: actual World no.96 SHAN beat Japan’s Hitomi SATO (no. 19) while FENG (no.12) overcame China’s CHEN Meng who won four out of ten 2019 World Tour events. The winner of their upcoming clash is going to play against the winner between YANG Xiaoxin (Monaco) and Mima ITO (Japan).   German qualifiers Benedikt DUDA and QIU Dang eliminated three Asian pairs in main draw on their way to the Men’s Doubles final: HO Kwan Kit / LAM Siu Hang (Hong Kong) 3:0 JANG Woojin / JEOUNG Youngsik (Korea) 3:1 and finally no. 4 seeds CHEN Chien-An / CHUANG Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei) 3:2 (11:3 13:13 8:11 8:11 11:6).   They will fight for the title against China’s LIANG Jingkun / XU Xin who beat their compatriots FAN Zhendong / LIN Gaoyuan in five games.   All 10 titles in the Women’s Doubles event this season were taken by China’s players so far but 2019 German Open final to be held without representatives of the strongest table tennis country. No.2 seed Miyuu KIHARA / Miyu NAGASAKI (Japan) defeated no.3 seed CHEN Meng / GU Yuting (China) 3:2 to set up final clash against no.4 seed JEON Jihee / YANG Haeun (Korea).   Live Streaming News & Articles Daily Schedule World Tour Standings Photo Gallery Flash Quotes Media Kit ITTF Social: Facebook  Instagram  Twitter  Youtube  Weibo  

2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open   Actual no.1 seed at the 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open China’s XU Xin beat Frenchman Simon GAUZY in the opening Men’s Singles round in ÖVB-Arena Bremen to get revenge for the defeat he suffered in the Round of 32 at the 2019 ITTF World Champions in Budapest six months ago. XU who leads in the Race to the World Tour Grand Final (December 12-15) to be held in the city of Zhengzhou prevailed against recent 2019 Swedish Open quarter-finalist in five games.   Belarus Vladimir SAMSONOV defeated no.16 seed Englishman Liam PITCHFORD after full seven games concluding the clash with four consecutive points (11:5). His next opponent will be no.4 seed Tomokazu HARIMOTO who overcame Sweden’s Anton KALLBERG in six games. No.6 seed Timo BOLL four-time winner of the World Tour in his country beat China’s ZHOU Qihao in six games to set encounter with former Asian champion Jun MIZUTANI of Japan.   SAMSONOV’s teammate in TTCLM champion Fakel Gazprom Orenburg Dimitrij OVTCHAROV was beaten by China’s YU Ziyang after thrilling battle in seven games. German tied at 3:3 after 1:3 but Chinese won ultimate chapter 11:8. OVTCHAROV’s compatriot Patrick FRANZISKA prevailed against Kazakhstan’s Kirill GERASSIMENKO in straight games whilst Korean LEE Sangsu turned the score from 1:3 to 4:3 against Greek Panagiotis GIONIS.   Denmark’s Jonathan GROTH lost to Brazil’s Hugo CALDERANO in six games.   China’s WANG Chuqin (actual world no. 22) the winner of the recent 2019 Swedish Open toppled JANG Woojin 4:0 and he now faces his compatriot no.2 seed FAN Zhendong in the Round of 16.   Women’s Singles Round of 32 brought two disappointments for domestic fans in ÖVB-Arena as HAN Ying and Petrissa SOLJA lost their games against YANG Xiaoxin (Monaco) and JEON Jihee (Korea) respectively but they enjoyed SHAN Xiaona’s win over Hong Kong’s DOO Hoi Kem 4:1.   Strong favourites proved their class as no.1 CHEN Meng and no. 2 WANG Manyu defeated Matilda EKHOLM (Sweden) and LIU Fei (China) respectively. Austria’s Sofia POLCANOVA no. 12 seed showed all her potential against China’s QIAN Tianyi but lost after seven games in spite of having 3:1 advantage.   Olga VOROBEVA of Russia upset no.13 seed Romania’s Bernadette SZOCS in five games to set up clash with no.3 seed SUN Yingsha.   Germany’s Timo BOLL / Patrick FRANZISKA beat Japan’s Masataka MORIZONO / Maharu YOSHIMURA 3:0 in the Men’s Doubles Round of 16 to provide clash with no.2 seed FAN Zhendong / LIN Gaoyuan who eliminated Belgian pair Martin ALLEGRO / Florent LAMBIET.   Ovidiu IONESCU (Romania) / Alvaro ROBLES (Spain) no.3 seed beat Jakub DIYAS (Poland) / Cedric NUYTINCK (Belgium) 3:2. Host players Benedikt DUDA and QIU Dang defeated Hong Kong’s HO Kwan Kit and LAM Siu Hang 3:0.   Live Streaming News & Articles Daily Schedule World Tour Standings Photo Gallery Flash Quotes Media Kit ITTF Social: Facebook  Instagram  Twitter  Youtube  Weibo

The 2019 World Tour Platinum German Open   After two days of qualifications in ÖVB-Arena Bremen main draw of the 2019 World Tour Platinum German Open will be opened tomorrow October 10th by Round of 32 in both Men’s and Women’s Singles events. Matilda EKHOLM faces the biggest possible challenge as she plays against world no. 1 CHEN Meng. Sweden’s player beat Korea’s LEE Zion 4:1 in the Preliminary Round 4. CHEN leads in the Race to the World Tour Grand Final to be held in the city of Zhengzhou on December 12-15.   The ultimate round in the qualification stage brought some interesting clashes. Domestic player Ricardo WALTHER won the opener against actual world no. 22 WANG Chuqin the winner of ITTF World Tour Swedish Open held last weekend in Stockholm but 19-year-old Chinese responded by four games in a row to secure his place in main draw. WANG occupies no. 5 in the Race to Zhengzhou.   Denmark’s Jonathan GROTH was extended to full distance by India’s Harmeet DASAI reversing the score from 1:3 to 4:3. Kazakhstan’s Kirill GERASSIMENKO beat Brazil’s Thiago MONTEIRO in five games.   Actual world no. 94 Anton KALLBERG overcame his teammate from Borussia Dusseldorf world no. 34 Egypt’s Omar ASSAR in the Preliminary Round 3 and Japan’s Maharu YOSHIMURA 4:1 in the ultimate round.   Belarus Vladimir SAMSONOV defeated Austria’s Stefan FEGERL in straight games. Sweden Open’s quarter-finalist Simon GAUZY beat two host players in last two rounds QIU Dang 4:3 and Steffen MENGEL 4:0.   Greek Panagiotis GIONIS prevailed against Frenchman Can AKKUZU in six games while Portugal’s Marcos FREITAS suffered at the hands of China’s YU Ziyang.   Russia’s Olga VOROBEVA eliminated Korea’s LEE Eunhye after full seven games of the Women’s Singles Preliminary Round 4 and she will play against no. 13 seed Romania’s Bernadette SZOCS.   Germany’s SHAN Xiaona overcame Portugal’s FU Yu 4:1 Monaco’s YANG Xiaoxin beat Egypt’s Dina MESHREF 4:0 whilst Ukraine’s Margaryta PESOTSKA had a hard job against Brazil’s Bruna TAKAHASHI being stretched to full distance.   Former individual European champion LI Jie of Netherlands lost to current world no. 151 QIAN Tianyi 4:3. China’s player quarter-finalist of the recent Sweden Open was two games down (1:3) but managed to win.   Live Scoring Daily Schedule Knock-outs Reports Media Kit Flash Quotes  ITTF Social: Facebook  Instagram  Twitter  Youtube  Weibo

The globe’s biggest table tennis event can be staged in any corner of the world and expressions of interest hailing from four different continents are testament to that. Australia Germany Kuwait and South Africa are the national associations to have thrown their hat into the ring in a bid to host the 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals. This will ensure a truly international flavour to the sport’s most prestigious annual event which following this year’s event in Budapest (Hungary) will take place in Busan (Korea Republic) in 2020 Houston (United States) in 2021 and Chengdu (China) in 2022.  Held since 1926 the World Table Tennis Championships holds the greatest historical significance and highest global interest among players fans media and partners. The potential economic impact for host cities weighs in at tens of millions US dollars. This is also a huge PR opportunity for cities thanks to unrivalled TV and digital media exposure. The 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals will be the third edition under the evolutionary expanded format to ensure maximum participation of ITTF member National Associations. From 2021 onwards everything is designed to make the event experience more compelling than ever: 128 players in singles and 64 pairs in each of the doubles will be competing in a straight knockout to eventually be crowned world champions.  “The range and diversity of national associations expressing an interest to stage our sport’s greatest event in 2023 is extremely exciting. Three of the candidates Australia Kuwait and South Africa are all vying to host their first ever World Table Tennis Championships Finals while Germany represents one of the strongest European powers. We are looking forward to seeing a highly competitive bidding process unfold.” – Steve Dainton ITTF CEO “The four expressions of interest received to stage the 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals are the latest proof of how our sport is garnering ever greater interest across all regions of the world. Very soon we shall be reaching out to the candidates with specific requirements for hosting the event as the bidding process enters the next stages.” – Vicky Eleftheriade ITTF Competition Director  By 10 October 2019 the ITTF will release the requirements and other resources exclusively to the bidders who have expressed an interest so far. The bidders will have to submit their final bids by 30 November 2019. Between December 2021 and February 2020 ITTF Officials and Staff will conduct the evaluation and inspections. In March 2020 candidates are invited to present their bids and the ITTF AGM votes on the allocation of host for the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships Finals.

2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open   The 20th edition of German Open – 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open – commenced today October 8th by qualification stage. It is the seventh time since 1999 that the city of Bremen is hosting this event which main draw starts this Thursday October 10th with 32 players in both Men’s and Women’s singles as well as 16 pairs in doubles events.   The road to the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals reaches its penultimate stage in Bremen ahead of final World Tour event in Austria (Linz November 14-17th also Platinum). The Grand Finals will be held in the city of Zhengzhou placed in the central part of China between 12–15 December. In order to qualify players need to finish among the top 16 in the men’s and women’s competitions and among the top 8 in men’s women’s and mixed doubles categories.   Fifteen singles players will qualify according to the final standings while one to be chosen by host country. Each player must play at least five tournaments within year to be considered in general placement and it is an important fact for German star Timo BOLL who enters German Open as no. 15 in current standings but with only four participations so far.   Platinum tournaments offers 500 points for the winner (30 000 US$ prize money) 300 for finalist (15 000 US$) 200 for semi-finalist (7 500 US$) 100 for quarter-finalist (3 750 US$) … Total prize money is: 270 000 US$.   The 2018 runner-up China’s XU Xin who leads in the Men’s Singles race with 1774 points is the top seed in Bremen followed by his compatriots FAN Zhendong (no. 2) and LIN Gaoyuan (no. 3). Four Europeans are placed among 16 seeds: Timo BOLL (Germany no. 6) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Germany no. 10) Patrick FRANZISKA (Germany no. 13) 16 Liam PITCHFORD (England no. 16).   MA Long who will not participate in Bremen is record holder of this tournament with five titles on his count. Timo BOLL is four-time winner while his team mate in the German National Team Dimitrij OVTCHAROV was crowned champion three times (last time in 2017).   Regarding 2019 ITTF World Tour XU Xin won three out of 10 tournaments so far (Japan Korea Australia) all three in a row. Actual World and Olympic champion MA Long has two titles (Qatar China) as well as LIN Gaoyuan (Hungary Hong Kong). Last three tournaments were taken by Tomokazu HARIMOTO (Bulgaria) LIN Yun-Ju (Czech Republic) and WANG Chuqin (Sweden).   CHEN Meng is four-time Women’s Singles winner this season (Hungary China Korea and Sweden) and she leads in race to Zhengzhou with 1550 points followed by SUN Yingsha (CHN 1382) WANG Manyu (CHN 1082) Mima ITO (JPN 885) LIU Shiwen (CHN 810) DING Ning (CHN 806)…   Mima ITO became the youngest ever female singles champion on the World Tour in 2015 winning German Open at the age of 14 years and 152 days old.   Men’s Singles Seeding list: XU Xin (no. 1 China) FAN Zhendong (no. 2 China) LIN Gaoyuan (no. 3 China)… Timo BOLL (no. 6 Germany) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (no. 10 Germany) Patrick FRANZISKA (no. 13 Germany) 16 Liam PITCHFORD (no. 16 England).   Women’s Singles Seeding list: CHEN Meng (no. 1 China) WANG Manyu (no. 2 China) SUN Yingsha (no. 3 China) Mima ITO (no. 4 Japan) … Sofia POLCANOVA (no. 12 Austria) Bernadette SZOCS (no. 13 Romania) Petrissa SOLJA (no. 15 Germany) HAN Ying (no. 16 Germany).   Current Men’s Singles Standings: 1 XU Xin (CHN) 1744 2 MA Long (CHN) 1425 3 LIN Gaoyuan (CHN) 1375 4 Tomokazu HARIMOTO (JPN) 780 5 WANG Chuqin (CHN) 769 6 LIN Yun-Ju (TPE) 741 7 LIANG Jingkun (CHN) 523 8 FAN Zhendong (CHN) 507 9 Mattias FALCK (SWE) 388 10 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (GER) 387 11 Patrick FRANZISKA (GER) 371 12 Hugo CALDERANO (BRA) 369 13 Jun MIZUTANI (JPN) 327 14 Jang WOOJIN (KOR) 273 15 Timo BOLL (GER) 244 16 WONG Chun Ting (HKG) 238.   Current Women’s Singles Standings: 1 CHEN Meng (CHN) 1550 2 SUN Yingsha (CHN) 1382 3 WANG Manyu (CHN) 1082 4 Mima ITO (JPN) 885 5 LIU Shiwen (CHN) 810 6 DING Ning (CHN) 806 7 CHEN Xingtong (CHN) 755 8 Miu HIRANO (JPN) 586 9 Kasumi ISHIKAWA (JPN) 474 10 ZHU Yuling (CHN) 414 11 WANG Yidi (CHN) 399 12 HE Zhoujia (CHN) 338 13 Hitomi SATO (JPN) 287 14 FENG Tianwei (SGP) 279 15 CHENG I-Ching (TPE) 270 16 JEON Jihee (KOR) 242.   Live Scoring Daily Schedule Knock-outs Reports Media Kit Flash Quotes  ITTF Social: Facebook  Instagram  Twitter  Youtube  Weibo