German no.1 seed faces Tomokazu HARIMOTO in the Men`s Singles gold medal contest   Six times individual European champion Timo BOLL recorded two fast victories to secure his place in the Men`s Singles of the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Czech Open in Olomouc. First he beat Sweden`s Par GERELL in the quarter-final stage then he overcame actual ECH champion Emmanuel LEBESSON again in straight games.   The 36-year-old German the top seed faces 14-year-old Tomokazu HARIMOTO (no.4 seed) in the gold medal contest. Japanese managed to save five match balls against Brazil`s Hugo CALDERANO (no.9) playing full seven games.   HARIMOTO currently 14 years and two months old reached his second ITTF World Tour Men’s Singles final. When he played his very first one on 19th February in New Delhi (India) he became the youngest player ever to reach a final of this competition. Then he was only 13 years and 237 days old and he was beaten by Dimitrij OVTCHAROV.   Two Japan`s player will meet one another in the Women`s Singles final. The 16-year-old Mima ITO eliminated no.2 seed HAN Ying from Germany and now challenges for the crown top seeded Kasumi ISHIKAWA. ITO defeated HAN in five games while ISHIKAWA had no mercy against Yui HAMAMOTO in the all-Japanese semis.   Two more finals will be held on the concluding day. No.1 seed in the Men`s Doubles Patrick FRANZISKA (Germany) Jonathan GROTH (Denmark) will face Jin UEDA Maharu YOSHIMURA from Japan.   Sweden`s Matilda EKHOLM and Hungary`s Georgina POTA reached their new ITTF World Tour Women`s Doubles final. This time their rivals will be Hina HAYATA and Mima ITO from Japan.   Men`s Singles Semi-final Timo BOLL (Germany) – Emmanuel LEBESSON (France) 4:0 (11:3 11:9 12:10 12:10) Tomokazu HARIMOTO (Japan) – Hugo CALDERANO (Brazil) 4:3 (6:11 12:10 4:11 11:4 11:9 9:11 16:14)   Women`s Singles Semi-final Kasumi ISHIKAWA (Japan) – Yui HAMAMOTO (Japan) 4:0 (11:6 12:10 13:11 11:9) Mima ITO (Japan) – HAN Ying (Germany) 4:1 (11:5 6:11 12:10 11:5 11:4)  

The Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Czech Open in Olomouc   Timo BOLL (Germany) Par GERELL (Sweden) Emmanuel LEBESSON (France) Jin UEDA (Japan) Kristian KARLSSON (Sweden) and Hugo CALDERANO (Brazil) won their matches after full seven games of the Men`s Singles Round of 16 at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Czech Open in Olomouc.   Top seeded player Timo BOLL defeated Chinese XUE Fei 4:3 (12:14 11:2 10:12 9:11 11:8 11:3 11:7) but no.2 seed Kenta MATSUDAIRA from Japan was beaten by Brazil`s Hugo CALDERANO after full seven games too.   In the quarter-finals BOLL opposes GERELL actual European champion Emmanuel LEBESSON confronts Jin UDEA from Japan while GERELL`s compatriot Kristian KARLSSON will meet Japanese HARIMOTO. Two young players are going to play one against another: Hugo CALDERANO vs. LUN Yin-Dzu.   Second women`s singles seed HAN Ying from Germany had an easy job against Sofia POLCANOVA winning in straight games. Other European representative in the Round of 16 is Georgina POTA who defeated Miyu MAEDA in five games. Sweden`s Matilda EKHOLM stretched no.1 Kasumi ISHIKAWA to full distance.   Men`s Singles   Round of 32: Timo BOLL (Germany) – XUE Fei (China) 4:3 (12:14 11:2 10:12 9:11 11:8 11:3 11:7) Par GERELL (Sweden) – Ruwen FILUS (Germany) 4:3 (7:11 7:11 11:2 11:5 6:11 11:8 12:10) Emmanuel LEBESSON (France) – Anton KALLBERG (Sweden) 4:3 (14:12 3:11 11:5 11:13 11:9 10:12 11:9) Jin UEDA (Japan) – Bastian STEGER (Germany) 4:3 (11:3 9:11 11:9 10:12 6:11 13:11 11:4) Tomokazu HARIMOTO (Japan) – Maharu YOSHIMURA (Japan) 4:2 (11:8 11:3 5:11 11:8 7:11 11:8) Tristan FLORE (France) –Kristian KARLSSON (Sweden) 3:4 (5:11 11:7 11:8 11:7 9:11 7:11 4:11) FANG Yinchi (China) – LIN Yu-Ju (Chinese Taipei) 0:4 (8:11 7:11 5:11 4:11) Hugo CALDERANO (Brazil) – Kenta MATSUDAIRA (Japan) 4:3 (11:7 10:12 11:6 5:11 11:13 11:7 11:7).   Women`s Singles   Round of 32: Kasumi ISHIKAWA (Japan) – Matilda EKHOLM (Sweden) 4:3 (12:10 11:6 5:11 11:7 6:11 8:11 11:7) Mizuki MORIZONO (Japan) – HUANG Yi-Hua (Chinese Taipei) 2:4 (0:11 4:11 2:11 11:8 11:9 10:12) Sakura MORI (Japan) – Yui HAMAMOTO (Japan) 3:4 (3:11 12:10 7:11 13:11 6:11 11:8 7:11) Hina HAYATA (Japan) – Hitomi SATO (Japan) 4:1 (11:8 15:17 11:7 11:8 11:6 Mima ITO (Japan) – GU Ruochen (China) 4:1 (11:4 15:13 11:9 11:13 12:10) Georgina POTA (Hungary) – Miyu MAEDA (Japan) 4:1 (14:12 8:11 11:9 11:5 11:8) Honoka HASHIMOTO (Japan) – Maki SHIOMI (Japan) 4:0 (11:7 12:10 12:10 11:6) Sofia POLCANOVA (Austria) – HAN Ying (Germany) 0:4 (2:11 6:11 4:11 9:11).

Promising Swedish player overcame last year`s winner in the Men`s Singles Round of 32. Jin UEDA upset no.3 seed Simon GAUZY   Many favorites did their job in the opening round of the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Czech Open in Olomouc but last year`s winner of the Men`s Singles wasn’t one of them: actual world no.95 Anton KALLBERG from Sweden eliminated no.30 Yuto MURAMATSU from Japan no.11 seed in straight games – 4:0 (11:6 16;14 11:9 11:1).   Japanese Jin UEDA upset no.3 seed and current European Championships runner-up Simon GAUZY after five games. Two top seeds Timo BOLL (no.1) from Germany and Japanese Kenta MATSUDAIRA (no.2) won their encounters in straight games against Egypt`s Omar ASAR and Belgium`s Cedric NUYTINCK respectively.   Likewise Kasimi ISHIKAWA (no.1 Japan) and HAN Ying (no.2 Germany) had no problem in the Women`s Singles Round of 32.   Can AKKUZU (France) beat LIN Yun-Ju (Chinese Taipei) in the final of the U21 Men`s Singles 3:2 (11:9 6:11 9:11 11:3 11:7) while Adriana DIAZ (Puerto Rico) won U21 Women`s Singles title as she overcame Nina MITTELHAM (Germany) 3:1 (11:9 7:11 14:12 14:12).   Regarding Doubles events top seeded pair in the Men`s competition Patrick FRANZISKA (Germany) / Jonathan GROTH (Denmark) and no.2 seed in the women`s tournament Matilda EKHOLM (Sweden) / Georgina POTA (Hungary) had very confident start winning their Round of 16 matches 3:0.   Men`s Singles   Round of 32: Timo BOLL (Germany) – Omar ASAR (Egypt) 4:0 (11:9 11:6 11:2 15:13) KOU Lei (Ukraine) – XUE Fei (China) 3:4 (11:9 6:11 6:11 16:14 9:11 11:6 9:11) Par GERELL (Sweden) – Jonathan GROTH (Denmark) 4:1 (11:9 6:11 11:3 11:4 11:4) Ruwen FILUS (Germany) – Noshad ALAMIYAN (Iran) 4:1 (11:7 11:4 11:9 7:11 11:7) Emmanuel LEBESSON (France) – Yuto KIZUKURI (Japan) 4:0 (11:6 11:0 11:0 11:0) – injury Anton KALLBERG (Sweden) – Yuto MURAMATSU (Japan) 4:0 (11:6 16:14 11:9 11:1) Jin UEDA (Japan) – Simon GAUZY (France) 4:1 (11:8 8:11 11:8 11:7 11:9) Bastian STEGER (Germany) – Yuki MATSUYAMA (Japan) 4:2 (9:11 11:2 14:16 11:5 11:1 11:5) Tomokazu HARIMOTO (Japan) – Kirll GERASSIMENKO (Kazakhstan) 4:3 (11:8 1:11 13:11 12:14 11:8 4:11 11:7) Maharu YOSHIMURA (Japan) – Daniel HABESOHN (Austria) 4:0 (11:5 11:1 11:4 11:5) Tomas KONECNY (Czech Republic) – Tristan FLORE 2:4 (9:11 9:11 11:7 11:9 9:11 8:11) Kristian KARLSSON (Sweden) – Joao GERALDO (Portugal) 4:0 (11;6 11:7 12:10 11:8) Stefan FEGERL (Austria) – FANG Yinchi (China) 0:4 (9:11 8:11 9:11 8:11) LIN Yu-Ju (Chinese Taipei) – Tiago APOLONIA (Portugal) 4:2 (11:7 13:11 8:11 11:5 5:11 15:13) Hugo CALDERANO (Brazil) – LI Yijie (China) 4:1 (13:15 11:4 11:9 11:7 11:7) Cedric NUYTINCK (Belgium) – Kenta MATSUDAIRA (Japan) 0:4 (12:14 7:11 4:11 8:11).   Women`s Singles   Round of 32: Kasumi ISHIKAWA (Japan) – Viktoria PAVLOVICH (Belarus) 4:0 (11:4 11:5 11:1 11:8) Nina MITTELHAM (Germany) – Matilda EKHOLM (Sweden) 3:4 (14:16 11:5 11:13 11:7 7:11 11:9 8:11) Mizuki MORIZONO (Japan) – Iveta VACENOVSKA (Czech Republic) 4:1 (11:5 3:11 11:7 11:9 11:6) HUANG Yi-Hua (Chinese Taipei) – Elizabeta SAMARA (Romania) 4:0 (11:9 11:9 11:9 15:13) Sakura MORI (Japan) – Natalia PARTYKA (Poland) 4:0 (11:6 11:4 12;10 11:8) Yui HAMAMOTO (Japan) Britt EERLAND (Netherlands) 4:1 (13:11 11:8 11:8 9:11 11:9) Hina HAYATA (Japan) – YUAN Yuan (China) 4:1 (11:9 11:7 6:11 11:9 11:9) Hitomi SATO (Japan) – Olga VOROBEVA (Russia) 4:1 (11:7 11:9 8:11 11:5 13:11) Mima ITO (Japan) – Mateja JEGER (Croatia) 4:0 (11:8 11:6 11:7 11:5) GU Ruochen (China) – Miyu KATO (Japan) 4:2 (9:11 9:11 11:8 14:12 11:4 11:7) Georgina POTA (Hungary) – Asuka SASAO (Japan) 4:2 (11:8 11:5 11:13 11:3 8:11 14:12) Miyu MAEDA (Japan) – Petrissa SOLJA (Germany) 4:0 (15:13 11:8 11:9 11:4) Honoka HASHIMOTO (Japan) – Adriana DIAZ (Puerto Rico) 4:0 (11:6 11:4 11:8 11:3) Debora VIVARELLI (Italy) – Maki SHIOMI (Japan) 0:4 (8:11 12:14 7:11 8:11) Sofia POLCANOVA (Austria) – Saki SHIBATA (Japan) 4:3 (11:9 5:11 11:5 11:9 3:11 5:11 11:9) HAN Ying (Germany) – LIN Chia-Hsuan (Chinese Taipei) 4:0 (11:8 11:4 11:5 11:6).

ETTU in cooperation with the Polish Table Tennis Association invites all European coaches to a Conference scheduled for October 8-10th   ETTU Annual Coaching Conference 2017 will be held in Warsaw Poland from October 8th to 10th with many interesting topics. It will be organized as a part of ETTU Development Program and it is primarily intended for all European coaches but coaches from other continents are welcome too.   Program of the Coaching Conference consists of four main issues. They are: „The Road to the Advanced Table Tennis” “Analysis of Six Stages of Development of Table Tennis” – Li Xiaodong (CHN) „Japanese Way of Teaching the Technique“ and „The Newest Situation of the Plastic Balls“  – Riki WATANABE (JPN).   Entry deadline is September 18th 2017.

Collaborative workshop to enhance the marketing of table tennis across Europe. After the first very successful session held last year in Budapest the second ITTF / ETTU “Marketing & Promotions Course” is scheduled for Friday 15th September 2017 d`Coque (LUX)   Following the positive feedback from the inaugural Marketing & Promotional session in Budapest in 2016 ETTU wish to invite National Associations Marketing heads and leads to our second workshop in Luxembourg during LIEBHERR 2017 ITTF-European Championships.   To build on last year`s session and the feedback provided “Marketing & Promotions Course” will focus this time on TACTICS TIPS TOOLS & BELOW THE LINE MARKETING ACTIVITY. We hope to create lots of discussion and opportunity to share experiences and learn from one another to improve how we all market and promote our sport.   Jonny COWAN ITTF Partnership Manager within the ITTF Marketing and Commercial team will facilitate the day. We will also be joined by Francine HIGHAM from Seven League one of Europe’s leading digital media consultancies specialising in sport. Francine has been consulting on a number of projects with high profile Seven League clients such as FC Barcelona Manchester City FC NBA UFC and AELTC Wimbledon.   Three sessions will be discussed during the Course: Session 1 – Digital tools data and content Session 2 – Activating tips to maximize impact of events and home matches Session 3 – Sponsorship in the modern sports era.   ETTU President Ronald KRAMER stressed an importance of the upcoming event:   “In our aim to bring Europe back to world level table tennis there are many roads to cross. Inspiring young kids to play table tennis starts with organising interesting competitions and events at local level. But real progress should come from our national and international matches played in front of enthusiast and supportive audiences and displayed on the internet and TV. This course is one of our core elements in learning how to ‘sell’ our sport to a larger public. This year’s is the second consecutive course contributing to our common knowledge and experience. By exchanging practical information participants will acquire the necessary skills to promote our sport for instance by attracting local and national media. It is necessary to build on our collective abilities to promote table tennis in our countries and in Europe. Under the energetic guidance of Jonny COWAN we will learn how to enhance the attractiveness and presentation of the sport of table tennis. I recommend all our Associations to participate!”   Jonny COWAN added :   “There is a real buzz around table tennis globally at the moment with 355.6 million viewers watching the recent World Championships in Düsseldorf. Europe is a buoyant market and all our Associations showed a real passion at our workshop last year to push the boundaries on our marketing and promotion efforts. It’ll be great to come together again in Luxembourg for more ideas sharing and discussion. Our objective is for Association marketing leads and representatives to leave the session energised armed with a clear view on some of the simple things they can do to get better having had a positive interactive learning experience in a fun and enjoyable environment.”  

The world’s best table tennis players are heading back to the birthplace of table tennis for the 2018 ITTF Team World Cup which will be held in London England on 22-25 February 2018   The ITTF has awarded the hosting rights for the event its second most prestigious team tournament after the World Championships to Table Tennis England and will take place at the Copper Box Arena on London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Watch the welcome video here.   The Team World Cup which was last held in Dubai in 2015 comprises of a total of 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams which are made up of a host team Continental Champions and the other top finishers at the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships.   England number one Paul DRINKHALL part of the 2016 World Championship bronze medal-winning team stated: “This will be an exciting event for English and British table tennis as a whole and it’s great to be hosting it when we will be a part of it because of our World Championships medal.”   “It’s an amazing venue iconic if you like and it will be great to visit the Olympic Park. Hopefully we can put in some good performances and challenge the best in the world and make some more memories.”   On the allocation of the event to London ITTF’s President Thomas WEIKERT stated: “London is a very special place for the ITTF as it is where we were founded in 1926 and where we held our first World Championships in the same year. It is great to be bringing world class table tennis back to this city for this reason and because of the massive success of the London 2012 table tennis event.”   Table Tennis England Chairman Sandra DEATON added: “This is fantastic news for table tennis in England and a vote of confidence from the ITTF.”   “We can’t wait to host the event giving our members and the wider sporting community the chance to see the greatest players in the world in action. We’re also delighted that our top players will get the chance to take on the likes of China and Japan in their own country with the support of a passionate home crowd.”   “The fact that the iconic Copper Box Arena a world-class venue as proved during the London 2012 Olympics & Paralympic Games will stage the event makes it all the more exciting.”   England hosted the individual Men’s World Cup at Liverpool in 2012 but this will be the second major table tennis-only event to be staged in London since the 1954 World Championships at Wembley after 2011 Grand Finals.   Since then England has also hosted the World Championships in Birmingham in 1977 and Manchester in 1997.

Opening day of the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Czech Open is concluded by U21 quarter-finals   Two promising European players met in the Women`s Singles U21 quarter-final at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Czech Open in Olomouc as Germany`s Nina MITTELHAM beat Russia`s Mariia TAILAKOVA after full five games. Can AKKUZU from France and Anton KALLBERG from Sweden also secured their places in the Men`s Singles U21 semis being successful against Japan`s Yuma TSUBOI and China`s XUE Fei respectively.   At the semi-final stage the 2013 European Junior champion Nina MITTELHAM opposes Japan`s Mizuki MORIZONO (JPN) who overcame Serbia`s Izabela LUPULESKU.   The no.2 seed Anton KALLBERG 2015 European Junior champion faces hero of the opening day in Olomouc Chinese Taipei`s LIN Yun-Ju who eliminated host Tomas POLANSKY in five games. The 16-year-old LIN actual World no.210 upset earlier in the day the no.3 seed Kirill GERASIMENKO from Kazakhstan adding one more important victory against World no.53 Austria`s Robert GARDOS in the group stage of the qualification for the Men`s Singles Event.   Can AKKUZU meets top seeding player from Japan Yuto KIZIKURI who managed to recover against German`s Kilian ORT playing fifth very close and tense game.   Men`s Singles U21 Round of 16   Yuto KIZUKURI (JPN) – YANG Tzu-Yi (TPE) 3:2 (11-5 11-8 11-13 17-19 11-5) QIU Dang (GER) – Kilian ORT (GER) 0:3 (9-11 8-11 7-11) Yuma TSUBOI (JPN) – Marek BADOWSKI (POL) 3:1 (9-11 11-6 13-11 11-5) YANG Heng-Wei (TPE) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 1:3 (5-11 11-8 3-11 3-11) Kirill GERASSIMENKO (KAZ) – LIN Yun-Ju (TPE) 0:3 (3-11 4-11 8-11) Tomas POLANSKY (CZE) – Darko JORGIC (SLO) 3:2 (11-9 2-11 11-7 9-11 11-5) XUE Fei (CHN) – Cristian PLETEA (ROU) 3:1 (11-13 11-6 12-10 14-12) Koyo KANAMITSU (JPN) – Anton KALLBERG (SWE) 0:3 (5-11 9-11 6-11)   Men`s Singles U21 Quarter-finals   Yuto KIZUKURI (JPN) – Kilian ORT (GER) 3:2 (11-3 8-11 6-11 11-5 11-9) Yuma TSUBOI (JPN) – Can AKKUZU (FRA) 1:3 (11-8 5-11 5-11 8-11) LIN Yun-Ju (TPE) – Tomas POLANSKY (CZE) 3:2 (11-5 5-11 11-3 5-11 11-4) XUE Fei (CHN) – Anton KALLBERG (SWE) 1:3 (8-11 11-5 8-11 4-11)   Women`s Singles U21 Round of 16   Adriana DIAZ (PUR) – Bernadett BALINT (HUN) 3:0 (11-8 11-9 11-6) HUANG Yingqi (CHN) – Giorgia PICCOLIN (ITA) 3:1 (11-8 11-8 8-11 11-9) LIN Chia-Hsuan (TPE) – Kim VERMAAS (NED) 3:1 (7-11 13-11 11-6 13-11) Maria MALANINA (RUS) – Asuka SASAO (JPN) 0:3 (1-11 10-12 3-11) Nina MITTELHAM (GER) – HUANG Yu-Chiao (TPE) 3:1 (6-11 11-9 11-8 11-9) Solomiya BRATEYKO (UKR) – Mariia TAILAKOVA (RUS) 0:3 W.O. Kristina KAZANTSEVA (RUS) – Izabela LUPULESKU (SRB) 1:3 (11-6 5-11 8-11 5-11) HO Tin-Tin (ENG) – Mizuki MORIZONO (JPN) 1:3 (11-7 14-16 6-11 5-11)   Women`s Singles U21 Quarter-finals   Adriana DIAZ (PUR) – HUANG Yingqi (CHN) 3:1 (13-11 11-8 9-11 12-10) LIN Chia-Hsuan (TPE) – Asuka SASAO (JPN) 2:3 (5-11 12-10 12-10 9-11 5-11) Nina MITTELHAM (GER) – Mariia TAILAKOVA (RUS) 3:2 (12-10 6-11 11-3 5-11 11-7) Izabela LUPULESKU (SRB) – Mizuki MORIZONO (JPN) 1:3 (3-11 4-11 12-10 9-11)

German beat Kenta MATSUDAIRA from Japan in the final game of the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Asarel Bulgaria Open   Germany’s Dimitrij OVTCHAROV defeated Japanese Kenta MATSUDAIRA in five games to clinch the gold at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Asarel Bulgaria Open event concluded today in the city of Panagyurishte – 4:1 (9:11 11:7 11:4 11:9 11:9). It was OVTCHAROV`s eighth ITTF World Tour Men’s Singles title in 14 final appearances and third one this year after India (February) and China (June).   All other titles in Panagyurishte belonged to Japanese players. Women`s Singles final saw like men`s one two top seeding players one against another and again top seed beat the second one: Kasumi ISHIKAWA (Japan) – Mima ITO (Japan) 4:0 (12:10 11:4 11:7 11:5).   Sweden’s Matilda EKHOLM and Hungary’s Georgina POTA couldn’t repeat their success from February when they won the Seamaster 2017 India Open in spite of winning easily the opening game of the gold medal contest. They were beaten by no. 2 seed of the Women’s Doubles event Kasumi ISHIKAWA and Mima ITO.   Jin UEDA and Maharu YOSHIMURA the top seeds of the Men`s Doubles defeated India’s Soumyajit GHOSH and Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN after full five games of the final.   Men`s Singles final: Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Germany) – Kenta MATSUDAIRA 4:1 (9:11 11:7 11:4 11:9 11:9)   Women`s Singles final: Kasumi ISHIKAWA (Japan) – Mima ITO (Japan) 4:0 (12:10 11:4 11:7 11:5)   Men`s Doubles final: Jin UEDA / Maharu YOSHIMURA (Japan) – Soumyajit GHOSH / Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN (India) 3:2 (11:13 11:7 11:4 6:11 11:5)   Women`s Doubles final: Kasumi ISHIKAWA / Mima ITO (Japan) – Matilda EKHOLM (Sweden) / Georgina POTA (Hungary) 3:1 (6:11 11:8 11:9 11:5)

The Seamaster 2017 World Tour Asarel Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte   Top seeded player of the Men`s Singles event Germany`s Dimitrij OVTCHAROV won semi-final thriller against Nigeria`s Quadri ARUNA to set final clash with Japanese Kenta MATSUDAIRA. African player who created biggest upset at the 2016 Rio Olympics defeating German Timo BOLL in the Round 4 this time was very close to beat BOLL`s compatriot. But World no.4 managed to recover in spite of being two games down – 4:3 (11:6 9:11 8:11 8:11 11:4 11:8 11:6).   Kenta MATSUDAIRA prevailed against his compatriot Kenta TAZOE in the semi-final of the Seamaster 2017 World Tour Asarel Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte. Few hours before TAZOE eliminated MATSUDAIRA`s brother Kenji after full seven games of the all-Japanese quarter-final.   Regarding Women`s Singles event Kasumi ISHIKAWA and Mima ITO confirmed their rankings in the all-Japanese semi-final. Top seeded ISHIKAWA eliminated Miyu KATO in six games of the semi-final stage while 16-year-old ITO overcame Honoka HASHIMOTO after five sets.   Men`s Singles Quarter-finals: Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Germany) – Muziki OIKAWA (Japan) 4:0 (11:6 11:0 11:0 11:0) – OIKAWA injured Asuka MACHI (Japan) – Quadri ARUNA (Nigeria) 1:4 (3:11 11:6 3:11 10:12 6:11) Kenji MATSUDAIRA (Japan) – Kenta TAZOE (Japan) 3:4 (9:11 7:11 11:13 11:8 12:10 13:11 10:12) Jin UEDA (Japan) – Kenta MATSUDAIRA (Japan) 1:4 (8:11 11:7 6:11 2:11 5:11). Semi-finals: Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Germany) – Quadri ARUNA (Nigeria) 4:3 (11:6 9:11 8:11 8:11 11:4 11:8 11:6) Kenta TAZOE (Japan) – Kenta MATSUDAIRA (Japan) 1:4 (7:11 4:11 8:11 11:7 10:12).