Australian Open 2019 [Platinum]

Sali said:

is LSW or XX injured? mix doubles

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driversbeat said:

I agree that Liu's spot is still up in the air. But from memory the Olympics have always applied the separation by association rule. At least from my observation there have been no two players from the same country in the same half, or all three players in the same half (2008 and before).

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Proposition 16

Proposed by the ITTF Executive Committee.

To amend 3.6.3:

3.6.3.1 Nominated players and pairs of the same Association shall, as far as possible, be separated s̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶e̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶f̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶l̶o̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶t̶ in terms of 3.6.3.3 and 3.6.3.4 unless otherwise stated in the specific regulations for such particular event or group of events.

3.6.3.2 Associations shall list their nominated players and pairs in descending order of playing strength, starting with any players included in the ranking list used for seeding, in the order of that list.

3.6.3.3 The entries ranked 1 and 2 shall be drawn into different halves and those ranked 3 and 4 into quarters other than those occupied by the first two.

3̶.̶6̶.̶3̶.̶4̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶n̶t̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶r̶a̶n̶k̶e̶d̶ ̶5̶-̶8̶ ̶s̶h̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶d̶r̶a̶w̶n̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶s̶i̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶e̶i̶g̶h̶t̶h̶s̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶o̶c̶c̶u̶p̶i̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶i̶r̶s̶t̶ ̶f̶o̶u̶r̶.̶

3.6.3.4 Remaining entries shall be separated only in groups and in the first round of the qualification draw for Knock-outs and the main draw, but not in further rounds.

3̶.̶6̶.̶3̶.̶5̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶n̶t̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶r̶a̶n̶k̶e̶d̶ ̶9̶-̶1̶6̶ ̶s̶h̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶d̶r̶a̶w̶n̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶s̶i̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶i̶x̶t̶e̶e̶n̶t̶h̶s̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶o̶c̶c̶u̶p̶i̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶h̶i̶g̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶r̶a̶n̶k̶e̶d̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶y̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶p̶a̶i̶r̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶u̶n̶t̶i̶l̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶n̶t̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶o̶c̶a̶t̶e̶d̶.̶

Rationale:
The intent of the current rule is that players from the same Association, who often have to travel a long way, do not have to play matches against compatriots. However, this should only apply to the top players, with all others guaranteed not to meet in the first round proper. This will also make the draw much more simplified and easier to follow.

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Proposition 21

Proposed by the ITTF Executive Committee.

To add 4.5.2.3:

4.5.2.3. Players of the same Association shall be separated according to 3.6.3.1 and 3.6.3.3 3̶.̶6̶.̶3̶.̶4̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶3̶.̶6̶.̶3̶.̶5̶ only in preliminary rounds but not in further rounds.

Rationale:
The ITTF World Ranking should be the main criteria for Olympic Draws.

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drunix80 said:

FZD will have tough time against KK. Hope he gets back to his old self or his Olympic dream will go down the basement.

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Vlad Celler said:

Even there is no desire to comment ....

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Vlad Celler said:

I also can not understand this and I will be grateful to anyone who can explain ....

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Tempest/Comet said:

Chen SzuYu lost already in r3 to Cho Hyojoo 3:4, can she be resurrected ?

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Janard said:

But it's an odd rule that was only applied to the Singles event but not XD and WD since Choi Hyojoo/Lee Eunhye and Jun Mizutani/Ito Mima got walkovers?

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Tony's Table Tennis said:

Guess you are not reading my posts.

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Tempest/Comet said:

I read your post. Other than a suggestion that there may be a new rule, there’s nothing there that explains.
so, it is a new rule?

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Tony's Table Tennis said:

I guess most forum members only care about the mens. If this was in the mens, we could have more comments

I still can't figure out how 17th seed took 2nd seed spot.
It should of been walk over with my limited knowledge of the rules.

so now all the correct pre rounds made the main draw. so who made the main draw "luckily"? There is 1 extra person in the main draw who shouldn't be there...

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pongfugrasshopper said:

I think walk over applies when a match has already started.

I somewhat understand how Jeon Jihee takes over LSW's spot, but I don't understand CSY filling in the last spot. Perhaps they counted points won in prelims rather than higher ranking to determine who was the "lucky loser".

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