World Veteran Championships 2018!

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But don't they have open event where all ages can play? If there is Open event I'd think Weixing Chen will win.

At the veteran competitions over here older players are allowed to participate in younger players division but not vice versa. That means if you're 60+ you could play in the 40+ or the 50+ division, but if you're 40+ you cannot attend at the 50+ division and so on)...
 
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Sensible enough. The older ones should be encouraged and given little sense of belonging. Old soldiers never die.
 
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Three players from the association I manage in Brittany (France) are in Vegas : David Levalois, François Heitzmann and Christian Oublier, all playing in the 45-50yo category. David and François were in the game in MS45 draw until the 1/16, where David lost against Lorestas Trumpauskas (ENG) and François lost against ... Chen Weixing ! This last match was captured in video, so it will be published in the next days on our Youtube channel (search for OC CESSON Tennis de Table) ! Pictures are available on our FB page (occtt) !
 
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Men's Singles over 40

Round of 16:

Eric Durand (FRA) vs Morten Holm Knudsen (DEN)
Ju Mingwei (USA) vs Ismu Harinto (INA)
Herve Durand (FRA) vs Wojciech Tebecio (POL)
Jan Hrncirik (CZE) vs Serge Mertens (BEL)

Thomas Jensen (DEN) vs Dian David Mickael Jacobs (INA)
Jamie Lindqvist (SWE) vs Gao Yanjun (USA)
Daniel Amaral (FRA) vs André Bandi (SUI)
Petr Wasik (CZE) vs Thomas Keinath (SVK)


Men's Singles over 45

Round of 16:

Chen Weixing (AUT) vs Fabio Mizutani (BRA)
Gabor Dr. Nemeth (HUN) vs Zsolt Hollo (GER)
Lorestas Trumpauskas (ENG) vs Jozsef Nyirö (HUN)
Lui Ka Man Raymond (HKG) vs Mats Källberg (SWE)

Henrik Vendelbo (DEN) vs Sandijs Vasiljevs (LAT)
Juan Papic (CHI) vs Yeh Chi-Shan (TPE)
Jim Butler (USA) vs Manohar Kumar Bavanaka (IND)
Igor Shulkin (USA) vs Jörg Rosskopf


Men's Singles over 50

Round of 16:

Jörgen Persson (SWE) vs Dmitry Abramenko (ISR)
Tuan Le (USA) vs Andreas Fejer-Konnert (GER)
Aleksandr Savelev (RUS) vs Erik Lindh (SWE)
Niraj Oak (USA) vs Carsten Egeholt (DEN)

Andras Podpinka (GER) vs Luo Qing Zu (CAN)
Song Yong (CHN) vs Franz-Kraus-Güntner (AUT)
Sandor Varga (HUN) vs Huang Min (CHN)
Ken Choe (USA) vs Allan Bentsen (DEN)


Men's Singles over 55

Round of 16:

Ding Yi (AUT) vs Ron Van Spanje (NED)
Liu Dongri (CHN) vs Georg Zsolt-Böhm (GER)
Atanda Musa (USA) vs Nurdin Saparbaev (KGZ)
Zhou Min (CHN) vs David Zhuang (USA)

Traian Ciociu (LUX) vs Esa Miettinen (FIN)
Igor Krokhin (SWE) vs Boris Rosenberg (GER)
Masataka Tokai (JPN) vs Alexander Michailov (GER)
Tuluhong Qumahong (CHN) vs Wang Yansheng (GER)

Lots of notable names among the participants - like former top international players or "just" national team members :)


 
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I'm especially keeping an eye on Jaime Lindqvist, a gym buddy. He hasn't lost a set so far.

Men's Singles over 40

Round of 16:

Eric Durand (FRA) vs Morten Holm Knudsen (DEN)
Ju Mingwei (USA) vs Ismu Harinto (INA)
Herve Durand (FRA) vs Wojciech Tebecio (POL)
Jan Hrncirik (CZE) vs Serge Mertens (BEL)

Thomas Jensen (DEN) vs Dian David Mickael Jacobs (INA)
Jamie Lindqvist (SWE) vs Gao Yanjun (USA)
Daniel Amaral (FRA) vs André Bandi (SUI)
Petr Wasik (CZE) vs Thomas Keinath (SVK)


Men's Singles over 45

Round of 16:

Chen Weixing (AUT) vs Fabio Mizutani (BRA)
Gabor Dr. Nemeth (HUN) vs Zsolt Hollo (GER)
Lorestas Trumpauskas (ENG) vs Jozsef Nyirö (HUN)
Lui Ka Man Raymond (HKG) vs Mats Källberg (SWE)

Henrik Vendelbo (DEN) vs Sandijs Vasiljevs (LAT)
Juan Papic (CHI) vs Yeh Chi-Shan (TPE)
Jim Butler (USA) vs Manohar Kumar Bavanaka (IND)
Igor Shulkin (USA) vs Jörg Rosskopf


Men's Singles over 50

Round of 16:

Jörgen Persson (SWE) vs Dmitry Abramenko (ISR)
Tuan Le (USA) vs Andreas Fejer-Konnert (GER)
Aleksandr Savelev (RUS) vs Erik Lindh (SWE)
Niraj Oak (USA) vs Carsten Egeholt (DEN)

Andras Podpinka (GER) vs Luo Qing Zu (CAN)
Song Yong (CHN) vs Franz-Kraus-Güntner (AUT)
Sandor Varga (HUN) vs Huang Min (CHN)
Ken Choe (USA) vs Allan Bentsen (DEN)


Men's Singles over 55

Round of 16:

Ding Yi (AUT) vs Ron Van Spanje (NED)
Liu Dongri (CHN) vs Georg Zsolt-Böhm (GER)
Atanda Musa (USA) vs Nurdin Saparbaev (KGZ)
Zhou Min (CHN) vs David Zhuang (USA)

Traian Ciociu (LUX) vs Esa Miettinen (FIN)
Igor Krokhin (SWE) vs Boris Rosenberg (GER)
Masataka Tokai (JPN) vs Alexander Michailov (GER)
Tuluhong Qumahong (CHN) vs Wang Yansheng (GER)

Lots of notable names among the participants - like former top international players or "just" national team members :)


 
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