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Hier die Ergebnisse des 1. Tags laut ittf.com. Schwaches Abschneiden der Hongkong-Herren, sowie von Chiang Peng-Lung, der gegen die iranische Nr. 1 (immerhin 159. in der Welt) ausschied.
Viertelfinale und Halbfinale dann morgen, live auf CCTV-5 ab 13h30 deutscher Zeit.

Final Group Positions: Men
Group A: 1. Ma Long (CHN) 2. Yang Zi (SIN) 3. Kazuhiro Chan (JPN) 4. Tang Peng (HKG)
Group B: 1. Xu Xin (CHN) 2. Seo Hyun Deok (KOR) 3. Chiang Peng-Lung (TPE) 4. Jiang Tianyi (HKG)
Group C: 1. Kaii Yoshida (JPN) 2. Gao Ning (SIN) 3. Kim Min Seok (KOR) 4. Amalraj Anthony (IND)

Final Group Positions: Women
Group A: 1. Guo Yan (CHN) 2. Jiang Huajun (HKG) 3. Li Jiawei (SIN) 4. Yuka Ishigaki (JPN)
Group B: 1. Guo Yue (CHN) 2. Tie Yana (HKG) 3. Seok Ha Jung (TPE) 4. Huang Yi-Hua (TPE)
Group C: 1. Wang Yuegu (SIN) 2. Cheng I-Ching (TPE) 3. Yang Ha Eun (KOR) 4. Sayaka Hirano (JPN)

Continental Cup: Final Positions
Men: 1. Noshad Alamiyan (IR) 2. Tran Tuan Quynh (VIE) 3. Sanil Shetty (IND) 4. Rashid Omar (UAE)
Women: 1. Ala Mohamed (QAT) 2. Parisa Samadi (IRI)

Challenge Round- Men
Kim Min Seok (KOR) bt Kazuhiro Chan (JPN) 5-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4
Noshad Alamiyan (IRI) bt Chiang Peng-Lung (TPE) 11-9, 11-3, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7)

Challenge Round- Women
Li Jiawei (SIN) bt Ala Mohamed (11-3, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4)
Yang Ha Eun (KOR) bt Seok Ha Jung (KOR) 11-6, 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 6-11, 10-12, 12-10

Playing System
Players finishing in first and second places in Group A, Group B and Group C progressed to the quarter-finals; the winners of the Continental Cup plus the third placed players from each of Group A, Group B and Group C competed in the Challenge Round, the two winners of the Challenge Round booked Main Draw places.