Russian Open: the last chance for Dubai

GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Russian Open starts tomorrow in Ekaterinburg. It will gathered the top players in Women’s Singles Event since it is the last chance for the Chinese trio of LIU Shiwen DING Ning and LI Xiaoxia to book their place at the GAC

GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Russian Open starts tomorrow in Ekaterinburg. It will gathered the top players in Women’s Singles Event since it is the last chance for the Chinese trio of LIU Shiwen DING Ning and LI Xiaoxia to book their place at the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals to be staged in Dubai next January.

In order to fulfill the basic qualification requirement to compete in the Women’s Singles event at the prestigious gathering with the prize fund of US$ 1 000 000 the top three women on the current World Ranking list must all play in one more tournament in this year’s schedule

They are the top three seeds in the Women’s Singles event at the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Koltsovo Russian Open. The fourth seed is their compatriot ZHU Yuling who stands at no.5 on the current World rankings one place behind Singapore’s FENG Tianwei who is not listed to appear in Ekaterinburg

A prominent entry from China in the Women’s Singles event in the counterpart Men’s Singles competition Japan leads the way. They occupy the top for places in the seeding. Koki NIWA is the top seed followed by Taku TAKAKIWA Kazuhiro CHAN and the man of the moment Masato SHIONO the player who has forced his way into the Japanese Men’s Team as a result of staggering performances on the ITTF World Tour.

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