After encountering shock defeats to Tomokazu HARIMOTO (JPN) and LEE Sangsu (KOR) respectively in the group stage, FAN & his compatriot LIN Gaoyuan were quick to recover and eventually set up an all-Chinese meeting in the men’s singles final. FAN, who had lost to LIN in the final six months prior in Ahmedabad (IND), was […]
21-year-old FAN Zhendong (CHN) has overtook table tennis legend Timo BOLL (GER) to become the new world number one for the first time in his career on the new April 2018 ITTF World Ranking released today. The 2017 World Championships silver medalist FAN, who took the world number two spot since November 2015, won the […]
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Brazilian Hugo CALDERANO’s dream run at the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open has come to an end, being defeated by FAN Zhendong in the much-anticipated final in Doha, Qatar. The world’s eyes were on the final, after the Brazilian beat world number one Timo BOLL (GER), world number 12 Tomokazu HARIMOTO (JPN) and […]
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World number two FAN Zhendong (CHN) has taken both the Men’s Singles and Men’s Doubles Gold at the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open in Budapest today, 21 January as the perfect celebration ahead of his 21st birthday tomorrow. The top seed faced surprise finalist WANG Chuqin (CHN), who had managed to fight his […]
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China’s FAN Zhendong and CHEN Meng are the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Champions after scintillating performances today 17 December 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan. After 12 ITTF World Tour events across the globe, the top ranked 16 men’s and women’s players battled for the one million prize money on offer in front of […]
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Newly crowned Men’s World Cup Champion Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (GER) has won his fourth ITTF World Tour title of the year in dramatic fashion at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum German Open today, 12 November 2017, in Magdeburg, Germany. The second seeded OVTCHAROV had made his way to the final after sensationally defeating world […]
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During the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum China Open held in Chengdu, China in June 2017, the top three table tennis players in the world: MA Long, FAN Zhendong and XU Xin, did not turn up for their round of 16 matches, subsequently forfeiting their matches. The trio did not provide the ITTF or […]
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Rio 2016 Olympic Champion MA Long (CHN) has successfully defended his Men’s Singles title at the Liebherr 2017 World Table Tennis Championships today, 5 June 2017, in one of the most enthralling Gold medal matches in World Championships history! The world number one faced off 20-year-old FAN Zhendong (CHN), ranked second in the World, in […]
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China’s FAN Zhendong has successfully defended his Men’s Singles title against surprise finalist JEONG Sangeun from Korea Republic at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF-Asian Championships that concluded today, 16 April 2017, in Wuxi, China. This is also the 20-year-old’s third Gold medal from the 2017 Asian Championships, having claimed the Men’s Team title on 12 April, […]
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Olympic Champion MA Long continued his long run dominance in international table tennis arena to take the Men’s Singles title for a historic fifth time at the Seamaster Qatar 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals yesterday, 11 December 2016, to make 2016 a year for him to remember. In a rematch of the 2015 World […]
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19-year-old FAN Zhendong (CHN) has done what not many men have ever done, defeating the Olympic Champion MA Long (CHN) to win the 2016 ITTF World Tour Shesays China Open today, 18 September 2016, in Chengdu, China. MA Long, who is the world number one and holds every major table tennis title including the Rio […]
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Champions and team mates at the recently concluded Perfect World Team Table Tennis Championships, the Chinese team now stands at the opposite ends of the table to fight for title at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Kuwait Open from 16-20 March 2016.
World number one MA Long (CHN) and LIU Shiwen (CHN) will be heading the seeding, and looking to claim an unprecedented third Kuwait Open title to create history. The duo will have to overcome challenges from both international competitors as well as compatriots who stood with them to claim the World Team Championships title in Malaysia earlier this month.
MA Long who had an impressive year in 2015 winning all the major World titles on offer, will have to face World numbers two to four, FAN Zhendong, XU Xin and ZHANG Jike, in attempt to defend the crown he earned in the same city last year.
Germany’s Dimitrij OVTCHAROV and Chinese Taipei’s CHUANG Chih-Yuan, both whom missed the World Championships due to injuries, will make their comeback here and lead the main challenges to MA and his team mates on their quest for gold in Kuwait.
The Chinese “Big Four”, LIU Shiwen, DING Ning, ZHU Yuling and LI Xiaoxia, will all be present as well to contest for their internal positioning in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Japanese trio of Ai FUKUHARA, Kasumi ISHIKAWA and Mima ITO who won silver at the World Team Championships will have to face off the Chinese team on duty in Kuwait to aim for the crown.
Singapore’s FENG Tianwei, having a bad year at the 2015 ITTF World Tour, will hope to restore her form to claim a title for herself. Considered the closest opponent to the Chinese dominance, FENG defeated LIU at the 2015 Asian Cup and during the Asian Championships.
The star-studded Kuwait Open is the third of the 20 events on the 2016 ITTF World Tour and the second Super Series event of the year. The ITTF World Tour is categorized into three tiers: Super (six events) Major series (six events) and Challenge (eight events). The higher the tier, the higher the prize money, better playing conditions and tougher competition for the title.
All the players playing ITTF World Tour events are fighting for not only for prize money and world ranking points, but also World Tour ranking points to qualify for the lucrative year-ending World Tour Grand Final, taking place on 15-18 December 2016 in a location to be announced.
The 2016 ITTF World Tour is set to be the most extensively followed tour in history, with more events shown live throughout the world on television, and all the events being shown live on ITTF’s live streaming platform, ITTF.com/itTV.
In addition to the men’s and women’s singles event in Kuwait, the worldâ’s best players will also be competing in men’s and women’s doubles and the stars of the future will be lining up in the men’s and women’s under 21 events.
The qualifications for the ITTF World Tour World Tour Kuwait Open starts today, 16 March 2016, with the main draw starting on 18 March and the finals matches on 20 March 2016.
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