German Open as a Mini World Championships

ITTF World Tour event of the year begins tomorrow. Part of the top-tier Super Series the German Open will be held in Berlin Germany. A record field of 384 players of which an astonishing 44 of them have previously won a World Tour event have made the

ITTF World Tour event of the year begins tomorrow. Part of the top-tier Super Series the German Open will be held in Berlin Germany. A record field of 384 players of which an astonishing 44 of them have previously won a World Tour event have made the trip to Berlin from 41 countries. All of them are fighting for the 16 men’s and 16 women’s singles positions at the 1-million-dollar GAC Group World Tour Grand Finals to be held 9-12 January 2013 in Dubai.

World and Olympic Champion ZHANG Jike (CHN) listed in fourth place on the men’s singles World Tour standings and already secured a place in Dubai is making his return to international table tennis here at the German Open.

The 25-year-old has not played internationally since he pulled out in the quarterfinals of the China Open in June 2013 through injury and had also missed last month’s Men’s World Cup.

Despite the grand slam champion making his long awaited comeback most of the attention in Berlin’s Max-Schmeling-Halle will be on the defending champion and local hero Dimtrij OVTCHAROV (GER).

OVTCHAROV who recently became European Champion for the first time is currently 12th on the World Tour singles standings and needs a strong performance to secure his qualification into the World Tour Grand Finals.

At the pre-event press conference on 12 November 2013 the 2012 Olympic Games and 2013 Men’s World Cup bronze medalist stated: “After winning the German Open in 2012 against Timo BOLL in the final I am desperate to do it again. Berlin is a great city and I have many friends here so I am looking forward to the event.” world’s best table tennis players are also battling it out for the men’s and women’s doubles gold medals and the men’s and women’s under 21 crowns at the German Open.

The action begins tomorrow 13 November with 2 days of qualification to determine which players will join the 32 seeded players in the main 64-player knockout draw which begins Friday 15 November 2013.

The final two GAC Group 2013 World Tour events in the race to Dubai are: GAC Group ITTF World Tour Major Series Russian Open: Ekaterinburg Russia – 20-24 November 2013 GAC Group ITTF World Tour Major Series Swedish Open: Stockholm SWE – 27 November – 1 December 2013.

 

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