German Open 2019

[TableTennisDaily]

Hey guys, the Swedish Open concluded yesterday with Wang Chuqin and Chen Meng winning the men's and women's event, the table tennis world moves onto the German Open! The German Open begins tomorrow on the 8th October and concludes on the 13th. World Number 1 Xu Xin takes the number 1 seed position. Chen Meng the world number 1 leads the womens singles seeing! Big names are playing, lets get this topic started!


Men's Singles

Xu Xin enters the German Open as the no.1 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr

01) Xu Xin
02) Fan Zhendong
03) Lin Gaoyuan
04) Tomokazu Harimoto
05) Hugo Calderano
06) Timo Boll
07) Liang Jingkun
08) Lin Yun-Ju
09) Koki Niwa
10) Dimitrij Ovtcharov
11) Jun Mizutani
12) Jang Woojin
13) Patrick Franziska
14) Wong Chun Ting
15) Lee Sangsu
16) Liam Pitchford


Women's Singles

Chen Meng enters the German Open as the no.1 seed - Photo by: ITTF Flickr

01) Chen Meng
02) Wang Manyu
03) Sun Yingsha
04) Mima Ito
05) Kasumi Ishikawa
06) Miu Hirano
07) Cheng I-Ching
08) Doo Hoi Kem
09) Feng Tianwei
10) Chen Xingtong
11) Suh Hyowon
12) Sofia Polcanova
13) Bernadette Szocs
14) Hitomi Sato
15) Petrissa Solja
16) Han Ying


Here we go TTD, lets discuss this incredible event, what a line up! Winner of last weeks Swedish Open Wang Chuqin who is currently world number 22 has entered the German Open... can he win a back to back World Tour? Will Fan Zhendong rise this time round or Xu Xin? Could Harimoto go on a rampage? Hugo, Timo and Ovtcharov will all be looking to find form.

A fantastic event to follow, be sure to get involved on the TTD discussions.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.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Its a bit ridiculous, but we have a Platinum event back-to-back with the Swedish Open where all the big names were already there

So we take the same entry list (+ maybe Boll Samsonov and Lin Yunju if they feel better ?) of players and we can have some rematches ?

Will Wang Chuqin be as dominant in Germany as in Sweden and show his strength to the world again ?
Can Ito find the resources to titillate the Chinese players again ?
Will Harimoto redeem himself ? Can Ishikawa finally break the curse and silence Zeio ?
Can Ovtcharov confirm his new form in front of his home crowd ?

Follow the event on ITTF

https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5011/2019/2019-ittf-world-tour-german-open/

 

[Vlad Celler]

......Can Ishikawa finally break the curse and silence Zeio ?....

 

[TeoTeoTeo]

......Can Ishikawa finally break the curse and silence Zeio ?....

chance of that happening is that same as the moon exploding

 

[driversbeat]

Would be nice to see Hirano have another breakthrough performance. Maybe take down one of the main Chinese players

 

[Vlad Celler]

Would be nice to see Hirano have another breakthrough performance. Maybe take down one of the main Chinese players

I agree with a small amendment - if Hirano and Hayata could ....

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Will FAN Zhendong find winning ways again ?
Can European players do worse than in Sweden ?

 

[wappak]

why is wang chuqin will still go thru the preliminary round again despite bagging the sweden open?

 

[Loopadoop]

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[jawien]

[...] and silence Zeio ?....

"silence Zeio" .. ha ha ha ; )

If Ishi starts beating CNT on a regular basis, she should join our forum and posts memes saying "Please retire Zeio!!!"
; )))

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

maybe if she knew about this forum, she'd finally get the motivation she needs to overcome her demons

 

[Vlad Celler]

jawien
Takkyu_wa_inochi

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

just to be clear: i like Kasumi very much and I am a fan (who keeps hoping)

The only time I REALLY felt upset about her is when i asked for her signature and she dismissed me...
[this year at Yokohama for the Asian cup; Hirano and Harimoto also didn't give me their signature; tbh everyone was asking for it]

 

[Dan]

Will FAN Zhendong find winning ways again ?
Can European players do worse than in Sweden ?

I hope to see Fan Zhendong find form. Will a European find form like Ovtcharov did in 2017?

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Actually, Ovtcharov is coming back quite in form

He lost only 4-3 to Lin Gaoyuan in Sweden, apart from G7 it was his best performance in a while, a very solid one.

 

[yoass]

maybe if she knew about this forum, she'd finally get the motivation she needs to overcome her demons

For most people, motivation does not grow from negativity (yes, "anger is an energy", per Johnny Rotten, true, butbutbut).

What's up with Ma Long these days? Is he taking the ZJK route?

 

[Dan]

I hope to see Fan Zhendong find form. Will a European find form like Ovtcharov did in 2017?

Yes that's true, we also have Hugo who is a big threat and Timo. I would love to see Timo or Dima go far as it makes the atmosphere amazing in Germany.

 

[zeio]

maybe if she knew about this forum, she'd finally get the motivation she needs to overcome her demons

She'll get the resolve and courage to retire, free of charge.

Music won't help her.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

@yoass

No i think MA Long's back or somewhere else must be really hurting and he wants just time to heal and rest. Tokyo is quite far still, he will have enough time before the Olympics to get enough competition. I don't think we will see him play before February or March 2020, just like LIU Shiwen this year did if IIRC

@zeio

she's really kawaii in this video !

 

[zeio]

For most people, motivation does not grow from negativity.

What's up with Ma Long these days? Is he taking the ZJK route?

ML just returned to China after his rehabilitation in the US of A.