ITTF World Tour 2019

[Juan El Gordo Pérez]

ITTF 2019 Challenge:

Spanish Open, Guadalajara: 20-24 March, Qualification 20-21 March
Serbia Open, Belgrade: 1-5 May, Qualification 1-2 May
Slovenia Open, Otocec: 8-12 May, Qualification 8-9 May
Croatia Open, Zagreb: 14-18 May, Qualification 14-15 May
Thailand Open, Bangkok: 22-26 May, Qualification 22-23 May
Mexico Open, Cancun: 16-20 October, Qualification 16-17 October
Polish Open, Wladyslawowo: 16-20 October, Qualification 16-17 October
Belarus Open, Minsk: 30 October - 3 November, Qualification 30-31 October
Morocco Open, Agadir: 30 October - 3 November, Qualification 30-31 October
Indonesia Open, Jogjakarta: 13-17 November, Qualification 13-14 November
Turkish Open, Antalya: 19-23 November, Qualification 19-20 November


ITTF 2019 Challenge Plus:

Portugal Open, Lisboa: 13-17 February, Qualification 13-14 February
Oman Open, Muscat: 20-24 March, Qualification 20-21 March
Pyongyang Open, Pyongyang: 24-28 July, Qualification 24-25 July
Nigeria Open, Lagos: 7-11 August, Qualification 7-8 August
Paraguay Open, Asuncion: 10-11 September, Qualification 12-14 September
Canada Open, Markham: 4-8 December, Qualification 4-5 December


ITTF Seamaster 2019 World Tour:

Hungarian Open, Budapest: 17-20 January, Qualification 15-16 January
Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong: 6-9 June, Qualification 4-5 June
Korea Open, TBC: 4-7 July, Qualification 2-3 July
Bulgaria Open, Panagyurishte: 15-18 August, Qualification 13-14 August
Czech Open, Olomouc: 22-25 August, Qualification 20-21 August
Swedish Open, Stockholm: 3-6 October, Qualification 1-2 October


ITTF Seamaster 2019 World Tour Platinum:

Qatar Open, Doha: 28-31 March, Qualification 26-27 March
China Open, Shenzhen: 30 May - 2 June, Qualification 28-29 May
Japan Open, Sapporo: 14-16 June, Qualification 12-13 June
Australian Open, Geelong: 11-14 July, Qualification 9-10 July
German Open, Bremen: 10-13 October, Qualification 8-9 October
Austrian Open, Linz: 14-17 November, Qualification 12-13 November


ITTF Seamaster 2019 World Tour Grand Finals:

World Tour Grand Finals: 12-15 December

[Juan El Gordo Pérez]

ITTF 2019 Calendar:

Hungarian Open, Budapest: 17-20 January, Qualification 15-16 January

Portugal Open, Lisboa: 13-17 February, Qualification 13-14 February

Oman Open, Muscat: 20-24 March, Qualification 20-21 March
Spanish Open, Guadalajara: 20-24 March, Qualification 20-21 March
Qatar Open, Doha: 28-31 March, Qualification 26-27 March

Serbia Open, Belgrade: 1-5 May, Qualification 1-2 May
Slovenia Open, Otocec: 8-12 May, Qualification 8-9 May
Croatia Open, Zagreb: 14-18 May, Qualification 14-15 May
Thailand Open, Bangkok: 22-26 May, Qualification 22-23 May

China Open, Shenzhen: 30 May - 2 June, Qualification 28-29 May

Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong: 6-9 June, Qualification 4-5 June
Japan Open, Sapporo: 14-16 June, Qualification 12-13 June

Korea Open, TBC: 4-7 July, Qualification 2-3 July
Australian Open, Geelong: 11-14 July, Qualification 9-10 July
Pyongyang Open, Pyongyang: 24-28 July, Qualification 24-25 July

Nigeria Open, Lagos: 7-11 August, Qualification 7-8 August
Bulgaria Open, Panagyurishte: 15-18 August, Qualification 13-14 August
Czech Open, Olomouc: 22-25 August, Qualification 20-21 August

Paraguay Open, Asuncion: 10-11 September, Qualification 12-14 September

Swedish Open, Stockholm: 3-6 October, Qualification 1-2 October
German Open, Bremen: 10-13 October, Qualification 8-9 October
Mexico Open, Cancun: 16-20 October, Qualification 16-17 October
Polish Open, Wladyslawowo: 16-20 October, Qualification 16-17 October

Belarus Open, Minsk: 30 October - 3 November, Qualification 30-31 October
Morocco Open, Agadir: 30 October - 3 November, Qualification 30-31 October

Indonesia Open, Jogjakarta: 13-17 November, Qualification 13-14 November
Austrian Open, Linz: 14-17 November, Qualification 12-13 November
Turkish Open, Antalya: 19-23 November, Qualification 19-20 November

Canada Open, Markham: 4-8 December, Qualification 4-5 December
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals: 12-15 December

[Townsman]

The first tournament is really awesome. Strong players in Hungary:

1 FAN Zhendong CHN
2 XU Xin CHN
3 LIN Gaoyuan CHN
4 CALDERANO Hugo BRA
5 WONG Chun Ting HKG
6 OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER
7 FALCK Mattias SWE
8 FRANZISKA Patrick GER
9 PITCHFORD Liam ENG
10 CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE

11 SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR
12 GROTH Jonathan DEN
13 LIM Jonghoon KOR
14 GAUZY Simon FRA
15 KARLSSON Kristian SWE
16 FREITAS Marcos POR
17 ARUNA Quadri NGR
18 FILUS Ruwen GER
19 LIN Yun-Ju TPE
20 ACHANTA Sharath Kamal IND

21 GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan IND
22 CHEN Chien-An TPE
23 GERASSIMENKO Kirill KAZ
24 LIANG Jingkun CHN
25 WALTHER Ricardo GER
26 LEBESSON Emmanuel FRA
27 HABESOHN Daniel AUT
28 APOLONIA Tiago POR
29 KOU Lei UKR
30 TSUBOI Gustavo BRA

31 IONESCU Ovidiu ROU
32 DUDA Benedikt GER
33 GIONIS Panagiotis GRE
34 ASSAR Omar EGY
35 TOKIC Bojan SLO
36 GARDOS Robert AUT
37 LIAO Cheng-Ting TPE
38 ROBLES Alvaro ESP
39 STEGER Bastian GER
40 PERSSON Jon SWE

41 SKACHKOV Kirill RUS
42 FEGERL Stefan AUT
43 JORGIC Darko SLO
44 ZHOU Yu CHN
45 HO Kwan Kit HKG
46 PISTEJ Lubomir SVK
47 GACINA Andrej CRO
48 DYJAS Jakub POL
49 NUYTINCK Cedric BEL
50 PUCAR Tomislav CRO

51 WANG Yang SVK
52 AKKUZU Can FRA
53 ALAMIYAN Noshad IRI
54 STOYANOV Niagol ITA
55 JIANG Tianyi HKG
56 OLAH Benedek FIN
57 BOBOCICA Mihai ITA
58 JOUTI Eric BRA
59 FANG Bo CHN
60 JANCARIK Lubomir CZE

61 SZOCS Hunor ROU
62 WANG Chuqin CHN
63 KHANIN Aliaksandr BLR
64 AGUIRRE Marcelo PAR
65 LIND Anders DEN
66 NG Pak Nam HKG
67 ZHENG Peifeng CHN
68 LAMBIET Florent BEL
69 GERALDO Joao POR
70 WALKER Samuel ENG

71 SHIBAEV Alexander RUS
72 ROBINOT Alexandre FRA
73 SIRUCEK Pavel CZE
74 DESAI Harmeet IND
75 DEVOS Robin BEL
76 LAM Siu Hang HKG
77 LEVENKO Andreas AUT
78 LIVENTSOV Alexey RUS
79 MONTEIRO Thiago BRA
80 PLATONOV Pavel BLR

81 MINO Alberto ECU
82 ALLEGRO Martin BEL
83 DRINKHALL Paul ENG
84 KALLBERG Anton SWE
85 WISUTMAYTHANGKOON Supanut THA
86 ISHIY Vitor BRA
87 ZHOU Qihao CHN
88 ECSEKI Nandor HUN
89 KOZUL Deni SLO
90 AFANADOR Brian PUR

91 CANTERO Jesus ESP
92 KOJIC Frane CRO
93 CARVALHO Diogo POR
94 LAKATOS Tamas HUN
95 LANDRIEU Andrea FRA
96 KONECNY Tomas CZE
97 QIU Dang GER
98 GERELL Par SWE
99 ANTHONY Amalraj IND
100 ZHAI Yujia ^^ DEN

[Townsman]

Also the women event is really amazing:

1 ZHU Yuling CHN
2 DING Ning CHN
3 CHEN Meng CHN
4 WANG Manyu CHN
5 LIU Shiwen CHN
6 FENG Tianwei SGP
7 CHEN Xingtong CHN
8 DOO Hoi Kem HKG
9 POLCANOVA Sofia AUT

10 JEON Jihee KOR
11 SZOCS Bernadette ROU
12 ZHANG Mo CAN
13 SAMARA Elizabeta ROU
14 LI Jie NED
15 CHEN Szu-Yu TPE
16 SUN Yingsha CHN
17 SHAN Xiaona ^ GER
18 LEE Ho Ching HKG
19 SOLJA Petrissa GER
20 EKHOLM Matilda SWE

21 POTA Georgina HUN
22 YU Fu ^ POR
23 SOO Wai Yam Minnie HKG
24 EERLAND Britt NED
25 GU Yuting CHN
26 YU Mengyu SGP
27 MIKHAILOVA Polina RUS
28 NG Wing Nam HKG
29 WU Yue USA
30 MESHREF Dina EGY

31 NI Xia Lian LUX
32 MITTELHAM Nina GER
33 HE Zhuojia CHN
34 WANG Yidi CHN
35 BATRA Manika IND
36 ZENG Jian ^^ SGP
37 LIN Ye SGP
38 PARTYKA Natalia POL
39 WINTER Sabine GER
40 MATELOVA Hana CZE

41 BALAZOVA Barbora SVK
42 XIAO Maria ESP
43 CHENG Hsien-Tzu TPE
44 YANG Xiaoxin ^ MON
45 PESOTSKA Margaryta UKR
46 LIU Jia AUT
47 NOSKOVA Yana RUS
48 PERGEL Szandra HUN
49 ZHANG Rui CHN
50 DE NUTTE Sarah LUX

51 TAKAHASHI Bruna BRA
52 DVORAK Galia ESP
53 MADARASZ Dora HUN
54 VOROBEVA Olga RUS
55 BERGSTROM Linda SWE
56 CECHOVA Dana CZE
57 MORET Rachel SUI
58 GALIC Alex SLO
59 TAILAKOVA Mariia RUS
60 BILENKO Tetyana UKR

61 VIVARELLI Debora ITA
62 JEGER Mateja CRO
63 ZHANG Lily USA
64 GASNIER Laura FRA
65 PICCOLIN Giorgia ITA
66 TRIGOLOS Daria BLR
67 GUI Lin BRA
68 MONTEIRO DODEAN Daniela ROU
69 LIU Gaoyang CHN
70 ZHANG Xuan ESP

71 ADAMKOVA Karin CZE
72 CHEN Ke CHN
73 LI Xiang ^^ ITA
74 LANG Kristin GER
75 LUPULESKU Izabela SRB
76 SHAO Jieni ^ POR
77 CIOBANU Irina ROU
78 TODOROVIC Andrea SRB
79 CAREY Charlotte WAL
80 LI Fen ^ SWE

81 BOGDANOVA Nadezhda BLR
82 PATKAR Madhurika IND
83 PASKAUSKIENE Ruta LTU
84 TOLIOU Aikaterini GRE
85 BAJOR Natalia POL
86 KUKULKOVA Tatiana SVK
87 COLANTONI Chiara ITA
88 LUNG Lisa BEL
89 ARGUELLES Camila ARG
90 HELMY Yousra EGY

91 MISCHEK Karoline AUT
92 SHCHERBATYKH Valeria RUS
93 HU Limei CHN
94 WAN Yuan GER
95 DIACONU Adina ROU
96 AMBRUS Krisztina HUN
97 MARCHETTI Nathalie BEL
98 KONSBRUCK Danielle LUX
99 MANTZ Chantal GER
100 BALINT Bernadett HUN

[Tsuyoshi]

Amazing T2 Diamond Event in Malaysia!

Men's Round of 16

MA Long - GAUZY Simon 4-1
LIN Yun-Ju - MIZUTANI Jun 4-0
LIANG Jingkun - FRANZISKA Patrick 2-4
WONG Chun Ting - HARIMOTO Tomokazu 4-2
XU Xin - OVTCHAROV Dimitrij 4-0
NIWA Koki - FALCK Mattias 2-4
FAN Zhendong - CALDERANO Hugo 4-0
WANG Chuqin - LIN Gaoyuan 1-4


Men's Quarterfinals

MA Long - LIN Yun-Ju 2-4
FRANZISKA Patrick - WONG Chun Ting 1-4
XU Xin - FALCK Mattias 4-1
FAN Zhendong - LIN Gaoyuan 4-0


Men's Semifinals

LIN Yun-Ju - WONG Chun Ting 4-0
XU Xin - FAN Zhendong 0-4


Men's Bronze Medal Match

WONG Chun Ting - XU Xin 2-4


Men's Final Match

LIN Yun-Ju - FAN Zhendong 4-1


Lin Yun-Ju! He defeated Jun Mizutani, Ma Long, Wong Chun Ting and Fan Zhendong. I did not expect him so good. China will have to keep an eye on him.

[Tsuyoshi]

Women's Round of 16

WANG Manyu - POLCANOVA Sofia 4-0
HAN Ying - CHENG I-Ching 4-1
FENG Tianwei - HIRANO Miu 4-2
SZOCS Bernadette - DING Ning 1-4
ZHU Yuling - ISHIKAWA Kasumi 4-1
CHEN Szu-Yu - SUN Yingsha 0-4
ITO Mima - KATO Miyu 3-4
DOO Hoi Kem - CHEN Meng 2-4


Women's Quarterfinals

WANG Manyu - HAN Ying 4-0
FENG Tianwei - DING Ning 1-4
ZHU Yuling - SUN Yingsha 4-0
KATO Miyu - CHEN Meng 4-2


Women's Semifinals

WANG Manyu - DING Ning 4-3
ZHU Yuling - KATO Miyu 4-0


Women's Bronze Medal Match

DING Ning - KATO Miyu 4-0


Women's Final Match

WANG Manyu - ZHU Yuling 1-4


To be honest, the bronze medal (Miyu Kato) is no compensation for the results of the other japanese players, women and especially men. We all expected more.

Regarding the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 our players have to deal with so much pressure from outside and of course also from inside. Maybe it is too much and we must expect similar results at the Olympic Games. But maybe the setbacks are coming at the right time and the japanes national team will be ready for Tokyo 2020.

[Victor Adewale]

Nigeria Open 2019

And the winner is: Quadri Aruna!