Who do you think will win the Australian Open 2017?

  • Dimitrij Ovtcharov

    Votes: 2 4.7%
  • Xu Xin

    Votes: 22 51.2%
  • Lee Sangsu

    Votes: 1 2.3%
  • Koki Niwa

    Votes: 1 2.3%
  • Tomokazu Harimoto

    Votes: 9 20.9%
  • Hugo Calderano

    Votes: 4 9.3%
  • Simon Gauzy

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Jun Mizutani

    Votes: 3 7.0%
  • Kenta Matsudaira

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other (Post Below)

    Votes: 1 2.3%

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    43
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Results from Day 3 (Thu 26 July 2018):

Men's Singles

Round of 32:

Yu Ziyang 4:3 Dimitrij Ovtcharov [1] (11:7, 11:7, 6:11, 13:11, 15:17, 6:11, 11:3)
Maharu Yoshimura 4:2 Chuang Chih-Yuan [10] (11:6, 6:11, 8:11, 11:7, 11:4, 11:9)
[16] David Powell, AUS vs Lin Yun-Ju
Liu Dingshuo 4:3 Jun Mizutani [8] (11:4, 12:10, 11:9, 6:11, 8:11, 5:11, 11:9)

Yuya Oshima 4:3 Hugo Calderano [6] (11:5, 11:7, 6:11, 5:11, 12:10, 8:11, 11:7)
[11] Quadri Aruna 4:2 Ricardo Walther (6:11, 10:12, 11:8, 11:7, 11:7, 12:10)
[12] Lim Jonghoon 4:2 Alvaro Robles (4:11, 8:11, 11:2, 11:9, 11:5, 11:6)
Jeoung Youngsik 4:0 Lee Sangsu [3] (12:10, 11:3, 11:8, 11:8)

Zhou Yu 4:2 Koki Niwa [4] (11:7, 11:9, 8:11, 5:11, 11:5, 11:9)
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran vs Masaki Yoshida [15]
[9] Kenta Matsudaira vs Yuki Hirano
Chen Chien-An vs Tomokazu Harimoto [5]

[7] Simon Gauzy vs Achanta Sharath Kamal
Kim Donghyun vs Patrick Franziska [14]
[13] Jin Ueda vs Masataka Morizono
Taimu Arinobu vs Xu Xin [2]


Women's Singles

Round of 32:

[1] Kasumi Ishikawa 4:2 Minami Ando (11:5, 7:11, 11:2, 9:11, 11:7, 11:4)
[13] Saki Shibata 4:0 Barbora Balazova (12:10, 11:6, 11:7, 11:4)
[15] Jeon Jihee 4:3 Li Jie, NED (9:11, 9:11, 13:11, 11:5, 11:6, 5:11, 11:6)
[8] Hitomi Sato 4:0 Manika Batra (11:9, 11:2, 11:7, 11:4)

[7] Ding Ning 4:0 Cheng Hsien-Tzu (11:7, 11:6, 11:6, 11:8)
[9] Suh Hyowon 4:2 Yui Hamamoto (8:11, 11:4, 7:11, 11:3, 12:10, 11:6)
Yu Mengyu 4:2 Miyu Kato [12] (8:11, 11:8, 11:9, 7:11, 12:10, 13:11)
[4] Miu Hirano 4:0 Choi Hyojoo (12:10, 11:8, 11:9, 11:6)

[3] Mima Ito 4:2 Lin Ye (13:11, 10:12, 11:7, 11:9, 3:11, 11:4)
Zeng Jian 4:1 Chen Szu-Yu [14] (9:11, 11:9, 11:6, 11:6, 12:10)
He Zhuojia 4:0 Jian Fang Lay, AUS [16] (11:4, 11:5, 11:5, 11:6)
[6] Feng Tianwei 4:2 Li Jiayi (12:10, 11:8, 9:11, 11:4, 9:11, 11:8)

Suthasini Sawettabut 4:2 Cheng I-Ching [5] (10:12, 6:11, 11:7, 13:11, 11:6, 11:8)
Yang Haeun 4:2 Hina Hayata [10] (13:11, 11:8, 9:11, 9:11, 11:5, 12:10)
[11] Gu Yuting 4:0 Satsuki Odo (11:5, 11:5, 11:6, 11:4)
[2] Liu Shiwen 4:0 Marina Matsuzawa (11:8, 11:8, 11:9, 11:9)


Men's Doubles

Round of 16:

[1] Jeoung Youngsik/Lee Sangsu 3:0 Harmeet Desai/Sanil Shetty (11:6, 11:5, 11:4)
Achanta Sharath Kamal/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 3:1 Benjamin Gould/Kane Townsend, AUS [8] (11:7, 11:6, 7:11, 11:7)
[7] Liao Cheng-Ting/Lin Yun-Ju 3:2 Cedric Nuytinck/Quentin Robinot (11:9, 3:11, 9:11, 11:4, 11:9)
[3] Patrick Franziska/Ricardo Walther 3:0 Hugo Calderano/Simon Gauzy (11:4, 11:5, 11:9)

[4] Koki Niwa/Jin Ueda 3:1 Anton Källberg/Lubomir Pistej (11:9, 11:9, 11:13, 11:8)
[6] Jang Woojin/Lim Jonghoon 3:1 Martin Allegro/Florent Lambiet (10:12, 12:10, 11:9, 11:8)
[5] Chen Chien-An/Chuang Chih-Yuan 3:2 Jakub Dyjas/Alvaro Robles (11:9, 7:11, 11:4, 13:15, 11:7)
[2] Masataka Morizono/Yuya Oshima 3:0 Amalraj Anthony/Manav Vikash Thakkar (11:8, 11:3, 11:9)


Women's Doubles

Round of 16:

[1] Hina Hayata/Mima Ito 3:0 Yu Mengyu/Zhou Yihan (w.o.)
[5] Miu Hirano/Miyu Nagasaki 3:2 Choi Hyojoo/Shin Yubin (9:11, 11:8, 4:11, 11:9, 11:9)
Gu Yuting/Li Jiayi 3:0 Barbora Balazova/Galia Dvorak [7] (11:7, 11:8, 11:8)
[3] Jeon Jihee/Yang Haeun 3:0 Sutirtha Mukherjee/Pooja Sahasrabudhe (11:7, 11:8, 11:3)

[4] Manika Batra/Mouma Das 3:1 Chermaine Quah/Michelle Wu (11:3, 7:11, 11:5, 11:4)
Lin Ye/Zeng Jian 3:0 Jee Minhyung/Nie Mingxuan, AUS [8] (11:6, 13:11, 11:4)
[6] Chen Hsien-Tzu/Liu Hsing-Yin 3:1 Ayhika Mukherjee/Madhurika Patkar (11:5, 9:11, 11:6, 13:11)
[2] Honoka Hashimoto/Hitomi Sato 3:0 Celia Baah-Danso/Cynthia Kwabi (w.o.)


Mixed Doubles

Round of 16:

[1] Lee Sangsu/Jeon Jihee 3:0 Amalraj Anthony/Madhurika Patkar (11:9, 11:8, 11:9)
Lubomir Pistej/Barbora Balazova 3:0 Alvaro Robles/Galia Dvorak [7] (11:7, 11:4, 11:7)
[5] Chuang Chih-Yuan/Chen Szu-Yu 3:0 Derek Abrefa/Cynthia Kwabi (w.o.)
[3] Chen Chien-An/Cheng I-Ching 3:0 Zhou Yu/Che Xiaoxi (11:9, 11:8, 11:7)

[4] Lim Jonghoon/Yang Haeun 3:0 Dean Shu/Cheng Zhiying (11:3, 11:2, 11:3)
[8] Kane Townsend/Parleen Kaur, AUS 3:0 Bernard Sam/Celia Baah-Danso (w.o.)
[6] Gao Ning/Yu Mengyu 3:1 Benjamin Gould/Jee Minhyung (7:11, 11:8, 13:11, 11:9)
[2] Maharu Yoshimura/Kasumi Ishikawa 3:1 Achanta Sharath Kamal/Manika Batra (6:11, 11:9, 11:3, 11:7)

Quarter-finals:

[1] Lee Sangsu/Jeon Jihee 3:2 Lubomir Pistej/Barbora Balazova (12:10, 10:12, 11:7, 10:12, 11:9)
[3] Chen Chien-An/Cheng I-Ching 3:0 Chuang Chih-Yuan/Chen Szu-Yu [5] (12:10, 13:11, 11:9)

[4] Lim Jonghoon/Yang Haeun 3:0 Kane Townsend/Parleen Kaur, AUS [8] (11:4, 11:3, 11:6)
[2] Maharu Yoshimura/Kasumi Ishikawa 3:1 Gao Ning/Yu Mengyu [6] (11:5, 11:9, 10:12, 11:5)

 
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Nope. Only the local players will be used to the local climate. It's Geelong in midwinter. Get out a map and measure how far it is from Geelong to Sydney, then check out the daily temperatures. Compare with Brisbane or Perth or Darwin. Saying Australian players all share the same climatic conditions is like saying players from Florida should be acclimatised for a tournament in Wisconsin in December.

Regardless, why would the ITTF try to set things up for Australian players? Our best male is 1200 WR ranking points behind XX. The only way David Powell could win this one is if every overseas player contracted food poisoning. Hang on a minute. There's an idea!

Wow, you do realize the US is way bigger than Australia geographically, right? So by your logic, none of the American athletes would have any home field advantage if a competition is held in the US, because climate differs throughout the country. The same logic can be applied to China as well. So no Chinese athletes had any home field advantage during China open this year, because China is a big country and climate differs throughout the country.

Also, I wasn't accusing Australia or ITTF of any wrongdoing. I was simply commenting on the peculiar draw and asking questions about it. It just seemed odd to me that a lot of Japanese players and Korean players landed in brackets right next to each other. There's really no need to get salty about it, man.
 
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Jang Woojin just won the Korea open and I believe he was last ranked #30 in the world, although I am assuming that his result will move him up in the standings. Why wasn't he in the main draw based upon his world ranking and the recent tour win? This makes no sense to me. Look to tennis which has similar 128 entrant knock out tournaments. If somebody were to win a major tour event (regardless of their ranking) there is now way they would have to play a qualifying match or two to get into the main draw of the next event.

Do people agree with me that the Australian Open entrant policy with regards to Jang Woojin is illogical? I welcome any arguments defending the system.

I hope I'm not ruffling any feathers. I'm a new Table Tennis fan, but have been watching multiple sports for decades and I have to vent as this situation is truly puzzling to me.

I feel like I should point out that ITTF ranking only gets updated in the beginning of each month. It's not updated dynamically in between tournaments. So the points Jang Woojin earned in Korea open won't be reflected in his world ranking until they update the ranking in August. I don't know if this system is good or bad, but it is what it is.
 
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I feel like I should point out that ITTF ranking only gets updated in the beginning of each month. It's not updated dynamically in between tournaments. So the points Jang Woojin earned in Korea open won't be reflected in his world ranking until they update the ranking in August. I don't know if this system is good or bad, but it is what it is.

And even if they were updated, seeding is usually done in advance of the tournament, not during the tournament and is therefore based on a non-current list at a specified date.
 
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The easiest thing would be to just block-seed all Chinese entrants at No. 1, since one of them will invariably win any given tournament, even if you had never heard of him/her before.
It just makes me laugh to see eg Kazumi Ishikawa top-seeded in a draw which contains Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen - or Dima up against the World no. 372 who happens to be Chinese: forget the seeding.
 
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Dima exits early again, thank god he's no longer WR #1, don't know if I could survive another round of awful jokes about him being #1 and the new ranking system being shit.

Not sure what happened to Dima. He played so many backhand pushes like an amateur. I’ve never seen a top player pushes so much, got killed so often, and then come back to push again .... wake up Dima
 
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Not sure what happened to Dima. He played so many backhand pushes like an amateur. I’ve never seen a top player pushes so much, got killed so often, and then come back to push again .... wake up Dima

Because of a hip injury Dima has not been able to properly train for 4 months and mostly just rested during that time. He said himself on the german tt-news forum that only very recently has his hip stopped bothering him and he is happy that he can finally start to train again and that he hopes to get back to his best as fast as possible.
 
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I think you'll find your original comment was:
Regardless of home crowd size, home field advantage is very much a thing. I have to believe that Australian players are more used to the local climate than most foreign players.
My reply was:
Nope. Only the local players will be used to the local climate.
To which you replied:
Wow, you do realize the US is way bigger than Australia geographically, right?
To which I reply: WRONG.

Size-of-Australia-compared-to-USA-on-a-Map.jpg

There's really no need to get salty about it, man.
Salt, salt, salty, salt, salt.
 
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