The Belarus Open is the 4th World Tour of year and being the 1st Challenge Open of 2017 taking place in Minsk, Belarus, from 15th to 19th March. Lets see what's in store in the line up below:
Total number of entries so far is: 193
Main Draw & Event Info
Live matches from the Belarus Open can be watched in the ITTF Live Streaming which has playback on demand with integrated chat with TableTennisDaily members!
Host nations Vladimir Samsonov, the World #8 has entered the Belarus Open as the #1 seed.
Vladimir Samsonov enters as the no.1 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr
Men's Singles Seeds
Adrian Crisan enters Belarus as the #2 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr
01) Vladimir SAMSONOV (BLR) WR: 8
02) Adrian CRISAN (ROU) WR: 57
03) WANG ZENGYI (POL) WR: 61
04) LI AMHET (TUR) WR: 64
05) Dimitrij PROKOPCOV (CZE) WR: 73
06) Grigory VLASOV (RUS) WR: 75
07) Daniel GORAK (POL) WR: 80
08) Mikhail PAIKOV (RUS) WR: 85
Women Singles Seeds
Japan's Hitomi Sato enters the Belarus Open as the #1 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr
01) Hitomi Sato (JPN) WR: 17
02) Honoka HASHIMOTO (JPN) WR: 25
03) Misaki MORIZONO (JPN) WR: 31
04) Miyu KATO (JPN) WR: 34
05) Polina MIKHAILOVA (RUS) WR: 42
06) Viktoria PAVLOVICH (BLR) WR: 48
07) Maki SHIOMI (JPN) WR: 52
08) Saki SHIBATA (JPN) WR:53
For full player entries click here.
Live matches from the Belarus Open can be watched in the ITTF Live Streaming which has playback on demand with integrated chat with TableTennisDaily members!
My Predictions
Men Single's top seeds (Samsonov and Crisan) are 40 and 36 years old. Will the experience prevail against not-so-young players like Wang Zengyi or Dimitrij Propokcov? Samsonov is not having good results lately, it could be a good opportunity for him to get some hope for the World Championships to come.
Women Single's draw could end with Japanese semifinals, as has happened in the past, due to the constant work the Japanese Federation is doing to improve their female national team. Only the two European defenders (Mikhailova and Pavlovich) seem to have chances to upset the top seeded players.
Total number of entries so far is: 193
Main Draw & Event Info
Live matches from the Belarus Open can be watched in the ITTF Live Streaming which has playback on demand with integrated chat with TableTennisDaily members!
Host nations Vladimir Samsonov, the World #8 has entered the Belarus Open as the #1 seed.
Vladimir Samsonov enters as the no.1 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr
Men's Singles Seeds
Adrian Crisan enters Belarus as the #2 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr
01) Vladimir SAMSONOV (BLR) WR: 8
02) Adrian CRISAN (ROU) WR: 57
03) WANG ZENGYI (POL) WR: 61
04) LI AMHET (TUR) WR: 64
05) Dimitrij PROKOPCOV (CZE) WR: 73
06) Grigory VLASOV (RUS) WR: 75
07) Daniel GORAK (POL) WR: 80
08) Mikhail PAIKOV (RUS) WR: 85
Women Singles Seeds
Japan's Hitomi Sato enters the Belarus Open as the #1 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr
01) Hitomi Sato (JPN) WR: 17
02) Honoka HASHIMOTO (JPN) WR: 25
03) Misaki MORIZONO (JPN) WR: 31
04) Miyu KATO (JPN) WR: 34
05) Polina MIKHAILOVA (RUS) WR: 42
06) Viktoria PAVLOVICH (BLR) WR: 48
07) Maki SHIOMI (JPN) WR: 52
08) Saki SHIBATA (JPN) WR:53
For full player entries click here.
Live matches from the Belarus Open can be watched in the ITTF Live Streaming which has playback on demand with integrated chat with TableTennisDaily members!
My Predictions
Men Single's top seeds (Samsonov and Crisan) are 40 and 36 years old. Will the experience prevail against not-so-young players like Wang Zengyi or Dimitrij Propokcov? Samsonov is not having good results lately, it could be a good opportunity for him to get some hope for the World Championships to come.
Women Single's draw could end with Japanese semifinals, as has happened in the past, due to the constant work the Japanese Federation is doing to improve their female national team. Only the two European defenders (Mikhailova and Pavlovich) seem to have chances to upset the top seeded players.
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