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Starterfeld laut ITTF:

MA Long (CHN) World Champion

ARUNA Quadri (NGR) African Cup Winner

LIN Gaoyuan (CHN) Asian Cup Winner

TSUBOI Gustavo (BRA) Pan Am Cup Winner

JHA Kanak (USA) Pan Am North American Qualifier

POWELL David (AUS) Oceania Cup Winner

OVTCHAROV Dimitrij (GER) Europe Cup Winner

LEE Sangsu (KOR) Asian Cup 2nd place (2nd Qualifier)

CHEN Chien-An (TPE) Asian Cup 3rd place (3rd Qualifier)

SHIBAEV Alexander (RUS) Europe Cup 2nd place (2nd Qualifier)

GAUZY Simon (FRA) Europe Cup 3rd place (3rd Qualifier)

MIZUTANI Jun (JPN) Continental Cup Qualifier 1

KOU Lei (UKR) Continental Cup Qualifier 2

BOLL Timo (GER) Continental Cup Qualifier 3

ASSAR Omar (EGY) Continental Cup Qualifier 4

JEONG Sangeun (KOR) Continental Cup Qualifier 5

CHUANG Chih-Yuan (TPE) Continental Cup Qualifier 6

NIWA Koki (JPN) Continental Cup Qualifier 7

NUYTINCK Cedric (BEL) Host

FREITAS Marcos (POR) Wild card