Qatar Open 2012 - ITTF World Tour

Matt Hetherington · Jan 31, 2012

WiWa said:
Don't forget the Europe Top-12 4-5 Feb crazy lineup http://www.ettu.org/public/Image/2012 FRA INVITATION(1).pdf

Good point WiWa! Always a super event

LegendenSBG · Jan 31, 2012

Zhang Jike and Ma Long in Final, i´m sure of that. But no clue about the outcome of that one

Wilco · Feb 1, 2012

Anyone knows why no Chinese woman?

Matt Hetherington · Feb 1, 2012

That's what I said! They should be playing it's Olympic year!

azlan · Feb 1, 2012

This is going to be the best tournament yet this year. All the top players going to be there. I really would like to see how Jun will perform, and Timo too. Jun's and Timo's places are pretty much confirmed in the Olympics, but I think this could be the tournament for them to see how good they are against the current form of other top players.

I'm gonna find out about the Chinese women why they're not playing. I'm really curious...

nabilatouni · Feb 1, 2012

Obviously Ma Long and ZJK will fight in finals. ZJK is the only one who can stop Master Long lol. But I wish Xu Xin and Timo Boll could surprise us and make a change

(I'm glad Timo's back!!)

GabrielK · Feb 1, 2012

Wilco said:
Anyone knows why no Chinese woman?

I think they are preparing for the upcoming world team chamopionship.

verlajos · Feb 1, 2012

Hy!

Who knows, why Chen Qi not played in Slovenia? He will not play in Quatar too.

ttmedari · Feb 1, 2012

never stop to support Ma Long

nabilatouni · Feb 1, 2012

verlajos said:
Hy!

Who knows, why Chen Qi not played in Slovenia? He will not play in Quatar too.

I just read he's taken a short break (maybe he get a little injury) but he's back in training...

Bollforte94 · Feb 2, 2012

First surprise:
Timo Boll withdrew from Qatar Open.
Boll:"I really like to play Europe Top 12 but in this important year (WTTTC and Olympia) I just want to focus on my training"
I think he withdrew Qatar with the same reason.
7 people already voted wrong

http://www.ittf.com/ittf_tournaments/ittf_entries_web2.asp?Gender=M&Tour_ID=2111&Singles=1

PlasmaLight · Feb 2, 2012

hm ... so timo boll this year: world team championchip ... olympics

epic

nabilatouni · Feb 2, 2012

Oh no Timo

I hope he'll play at least one tournament before the WTTTC...

azlan · Feb 3, 2012

GabrielK said:
I think they are preparing for the upcoming world team chamopionship.

Thanx Gabriel. I also took the initiative to check tabletennista, and your thoughts was spot on. It'll be interesting to know whether they would compete in the Kuwait Open after Qatar.

Shame about Timo. A bit worrying because though he might be fit to compete in the Olympics, but he might not be match fit. Qatar and Kuwait Open always have the best players participations. He needs to compete at a high level I feel in order for him to peak at the right time, and that's the Olympics.

nabilatouni · Feb 3, 2012

They are not in the final list for the Kuwait Open...

GabrielK · Feb 3, 2012

Imo, I think that it is right for Timo to skip the Qatar Open and Europe Top 12 since it is the Olympics year. At the age of 30, this could be his last chance at winning gold for Germany and a singles title for himself.

Michal_Z · Feb 3, 2012

Well I just checked the players list and I would like to propose: cancel the vote and make a new one ;-)
Because: there will be NO MA LONG, NO ZHANG JIKE, NO TIMO BOLL...
So I guess this would be best to do.. cancel the vote and make a new one..

WiWa · Feb 3, 2012

Michal_Z said:
Well I just checked the players list and I would like to propose: cancel the vote and make a new one ;-)
Because: there will be NO MA LONG, NO ZHANG JIKE, NO TIMO BOLL...
So I guess this would be best to do.. cancel the vote and make a new one..

Ew.. I was already suprised when I read that the CNT started a 40-day training camp, because I thought they would play in Qatar. But this means there will be a lot of money up for grabs for players who didn't get a chance in Slovenia and Hungary. Interesting..

Dan · Feb 3, 2012

Bollforte94 said:
First surprise:
Timo Boll withdrew from Qatar Open.
Boll:"I really like to play Europe Top 12 but in this important year (WTTTC and Olympia) I just want to focus on my training"
I think he withdrew Qatar with the same reason.
7 people already voted wrong

http://www.ittf.com/ittf_tournaments/ittf_entries_web2.asp?Gender=M&Tour_ID=2111&Singles=1

Thanks for update Tim, yeah it is the same reason as Top 12... Its an Olympic year so they have to prioritise their training and competition espicially with little injuries Boll and Patrick have here and there.

--- Poll Updated due to Timo Boll's withdrawal ---

Michal_Z · Feb 3, 2012

Dan update it again..
Zhang and Ma Long.. or you didnt see my post above?

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