China Open 2016

[TableTennisDaily]

This week China, the country that dominated the Rio Olympics, hosts the first World Tour since the games and will take place in Chengdu! This super World Tour series begins on the 14th September and concludes on the 18th September 2016. This spectacular event has a strong line up with the host nations Rio Olympic Champion Ma Long leading the men's singles standings.

Total number of entries so far is: 113

Main Draw

Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Men's Doubles
Women's Doubles

Live matches from the China Open can be watched in the ITTF Live Streaming which has playback on demand with integrated chat with TableTennisDaily members!

China's Ma Long, the World #1 has entered the China Open as the #1 seed.

Ma Long no.1 seed - Photo by: ITTF


Men's Singles Seeds

Rio Semi Finalist Vladimir Samsonov enters the China Open as the #6 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr

01) Ma Long
02) Fan Zhendong
03) Xu Xin
04) Zhang Jike
05) Wong Chun Ting
06) Vladimir Samsonov
07) Fang Bo
08) Tiago Apolonia
09) Andrej Gacina
10) Koki Niwa
11) Kenta Matsudaira
12) Yuya Oshima
13) Woojin Jang
14) Yuto Muramatsu
15) Ho Kwan Kit
16) Kim Minseok


Women Singles Seeds

China's Liu Shiwen enters the China Open as the #1 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr

01) Liu Shiwen
02) Ding Ning
03) Zhu Yuling
04) Chen Meng
05) Hina Hayata
06) Shan Xiaona
07) Doo Joi Kem
08) Lee Ho Ching
09) Haeun Yang
10) Jian Zeng
11) Yihan Zhou
12) Yui Hamamoto
13) Huajun Jiang
14) Yuka ishigaki
15) Chen Szu Yu
16) Wang Manyu

For full player entries click here.


Live matches from the China Open can be watched in the ITTF Live Streaming which has playback on demand with integrated chat with TableTennisDaily members!

The line up for this years China Open is super huge!

A fantastic event to follow, be sure to get involved on the TTD discussions and join us in the live chat in the ITTF Live Streaming!

We can use this thread as a means to display all the latest results, videos and news from this spectacular World Tour event! What are your predictions from each event.

 

[Xylit]

Where are the German players? I hate that they let such great possibilities, to compete with the best, slip through their fingers over and over again.

 

[Suga D]

Yeah, such a shame.
I'm quite disappointed too.
Seems as if they need to rethink their priorities.
Too bad.

 

[Ilia Minkin]

And there are three guys from USA, Wong Chun Tin is going to play Wally Green in the Round of 32.

 

[TT4Life]

Beast mode!

 

[TurboZ]

Everyone go straight into round of 32 and Tao will meet ZJK in their first match. Too bad one of them has to go early.

 

[JeffM]

For a super event, it feels a bit strange to me that there is no preliminary round, and every one goes straight into main round of 32, not even 64..

While it is good to have competitions going on for us, ITTF might need to rethink about their spacing of events (after an Olympic) so that the 'super' events do what they are meant to, i.e., to get more of the best players to all come together to compete

 

[laistrogian]

So both german and japan are holding their players (olympic team players in case of japan) from joining an event this big? I'm rather surprised

 

[TTHopeful]

For a super event, it feels a bit strange to me that there is no preliminary round, and every one goes straight into main round of 32, not even 64..

While it is good to have competitions going on for us, ITTF might need to rethink about their spacing of events (after an Olympic) so that the 'super' events do what they are meant to, i.e., to get more of the best players to all come together to compete

Looks like players have gone on holiday after Rio...

 

[fanTT]

You know the funny part of this low participation situation in men's singles?
According to ITTF prize money: http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf1.asp?category=prize_money
Every player will get atleast 900$ for just participating

 

[vik]

Do you know why only 32 players?is it for all super events ?

 

[MaLongSenpai]

How do I get the playback to work? I have clicked on the Live Stream 1 yet it just continues to load. I have looked around the webpage and couldn't find anything that seemed to be the "On Demand" option...CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!

 

[MaLongSenpai]

I would really like to be able to watch this :'(

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

too early after Olympics... but there are still many good players. Some good Japanese players are here.
Hina HAYATA will be the one to watch on the ladies side. Only 16.

 

[TurboZ]

How do I get the playback to work? I have clicked on the Live Stream 1 yet it just continues to load. I have looked around the webpage and couldn't find anything that seemed to be the "On Demand" option...CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!

They only have live streaming from 1pm to 5pm local time because of the low number of players participating. I see they have not update the list of playback in ittv yet. Only 3 matches of Women Single Pre Round is there for the first day. Should check back later for any update.

 

[steffi]

Looks like Li X.X. is already working on her cafe then. Sad to see her depart from the public eye.

 

[Ahmad Arnous]

Gooo kenta ?

 

[Thomas Jeffcott]

Fan Zhengdong has somthing to prove and I think he will do it here

 

[TurboZ]

Ho Kwan Kit is doing a great job winning U21 by beating the recent Czech Open Winner Yuto in 3 straight sets so convincingly. Congrat.

 

[JeffM]

HKK is doing a great job winning U21 by beating the recent Czech Open Winner Yuto in 3 straight sets so convincingly. Congrat.

A real breakthrough for HK players, as they often give me the impression that they have trouble against choppers (esp WCT...)