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The Safirs International Open and the Swedish Junior & Cadet Open has commenced. The junior circuit begins on the 24th February and concludes on the 28th February 2016. The Men's Singles begins tomorrow.

Can you remember last year when 11 year old Tomokazu Harimoto shocked the table tennis world reaching the final of the men's open at the safir Open! On route the final Harimoto defeated Omar Assar (World Ranked 43) and Jens Lundqvist (World ankedR 71). In the final Harimoto lost to Xu Hui, can Harimoto go one step further this year?

This years line up will see Japan's sensation Tomokazu Harimoto lead the Junior singles seedings and he is seeded 9th in the Mens Open.

Main Draw

You can follow all the groups, fixtures and match results here.

Live streaming from the Sairis International Open can be watched in here.

Xu Hui, enters the Safir Open as the #1 seed.

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Xu Hui no.1 seed - Photo by: Eslovs AI Bordtennis


Men's Singles Seeds

01) Xu Hui (Eslövs AI BTK)
02) Jens Lundquist (Söderhamns UIF)
03) Elias Ranefur (Ängby SK)
04) Harald Andersson (Halmstad BTK)
05) Hampus Soderlund (BTK Warta)
06) Mathias Oversjo (Eslövs AI BTK)
07) Simon Akerstrom (BTK Rekord)
08) Fabian Akerstrom (Halmstad BTK)
09) Tomokazu Harimoto (Japan)
10) Viktor Brodd (Söderhamns UIF)
11) Andreas Tornkvist (BTK Rekord)
12) Anthony Tran (Söderhamns UIF)
13) Carl Johansson (Halmstad BTK)

Take a look back at last years final between Tomokazu Harimoto and Xu Hui.


Competing In the mini cadets event is STIGA TableTennisDaily player Louis Price. We wish him the best of luck!

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We can use this thread as a means to display all the latest results, videos and news from this spectacular World Tour event! What are your predictions from each event.
 
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Great commentary this years as well. It's all in English, or perhaps I should say, Swinglish ;)
No need to be afraid, it's perfectly comprehensible and very interesting. :)

Sure, the guy isn't Adam Bobrow by any stretch of the imagination. He doesn't joke, entertain, pump up the atmosphere in the hall or talk constantly. But if you don't mind that and if you're interested in tactics, the commentary is great. He explains why a player is losing a match, what he or she could do to turn it around, what went wrong technically in a point (footwork, contact with ball too early or too late, if the player is rushed, etc) and what the correction should be.

I recommend to anyone to spend some time to watch some matches and listen to the commentary. It's educational, eye-opening and engaging :)
 
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