In the ITTF Qatar Open round of 32, Taipei Chuang Chih-Yuan(38 years old) defeated Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto for the third time in just 2 months.  The biggest upset was obviously caused by Table Tennis Legend, Vladimir Samsonov. 

Results of Round of 32

Notable Results in Men’s Category

Belarus Vladimir Samsonov beat China’s Lin Gaoyuan, the no.4 seed, in seven games (5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7)

Chinese Taipei’s Chuang Chih-Yuan beats Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto(9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7)

Fan Zhendong faced a tough encounter to beat Sweden’s 22 year old Anton Källberg (7-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-5, 7-11, 11-8, 11-3)

Ma Long the defending champion defeated Japan’s Masataka Morizono (11-4, 11-4, 11-8, 11-2)

World No.1 Xu Xin beat Croatia’s Frane Kojic (11-5, 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6)

Xu Chenhao beat Germany’s Patrick Franziska, the no.10 seed (11-6, 11-6, 11-5, 11-2)

Koki Niwa, Liam Pitchford, Jun Mizutani, Wang Chuqin, Jon Persson, Mattius Falck, Uda Yukia and Liang Jingkun won easily. 

Notable Results in Women’s Category

China’s 20 year old Qian Tianyi beat Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi Kem, the no.13 seed (11-8, 11-7, 12-10, 12-10)

Chen Meng, the top seed, beat Japan’s Honoka Hashimoto (13-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-4)

Sun Yingsha, the no.2 seed, accounted for Miyuu Kihara, also from Japan (13-11, 11-2, 11-8, 11-7)

Wang Manyu, the no.4 seed and defending champion, overcame colleague, Sun Mingyang (11-8, 12-10, 11-4, 11-5)

Zhu Yuling, the no.5 seed, ousted Singapore’s Zeng Jian (11-7, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5)

Ding Ning, the no.6 seed, ended the hopes of Monaco’s Yang Xiaoxin (11-8, 11-8, 12-10, 11-6)

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