Hungary Open 2015 - ITTF World Tour

[Michal_Z]

GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour, Hungary Open (Challenge) 28 Jan 2014 - 01 Feb 2015, Budapest, Hungary

The first ITTF World Tour just commenced today and is held in the capital city of Hungary, Budapest. Taipei's Chen Chien-An leads the Men's Singles Seedings. After a long time the veteran Kalinikos Kreanga attends a World Tour, maybe he can shine again!

Total number of entries so is: 350!

Main Draw

Men's Singles Seedings

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

Chen Chien-An from Taipei has entered the Hungarian Open as the #1 seed.

Men's Singles Seeds

Kalinikos Kreanga enters the tournament as the #15 seed

01) Chen Chien-An TPE
02) Jiang Tianyi HKG
03) Jeon Sangeun KOR
04) Vlasov Grigory RUS
05) Wong Chun Ting HKG
06) Wang Zengyi POL
07) Tokic Bojan SLO
08) Fegerl Stefan AUT
09) Lee Sangsu KOR
10) Kou Lei UKR
11) Smirnov Alexey RUS
12) He Zhiwen ESP
13) Gorak Daniel POL
14) Matsumoto Cazuo BRA
15) Kreanga Kalinikos GRE
16) Liventsov Alexey RUS

For full Men's entries click here.


Women Singles Seeds

Liu Jia representing Austria enters the tournament as the #1 seed - Photo by: Frantisek Zalewsky

01) Liu Jia AUT
02) Hirano Sayaka JPN
03) Lee Ho Ching HKG
04) Pota Georgina HUN
05) Yu Fu ^ POR
06) Doo Hoi Kem HKG
07) Ishigaki Yuka JPN
08) Li Jie NED
09) Jiang Huajun HKG
10) Solja Petrissa GER
11) Polcanova Sofia ^AUT
12) Vačenovská Iveta CZE
13) Wakamiya Misako JPN
14) Hirano Miu JPN
15) Ito Mima JPN
16) Lin Ye^SIN

For full Women's entries click here.

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

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.

 

[M51]

Somewhat disappointing roster. I hope Tokić does well.

 

[Michal_Z]

I am in fact hoping that Kalinikos Kreanga can win this, there are no real big names on and if he can get his backhand working, he can do some upset and take it!
In the U21 I will be watching my friend, currently in qualifications groups, won one match today, hopefully he can get through into the main draw

Btw, according to the main draw for men singles, seems like they expect quarters like this:
Chen Chien An vs. Stefan Fegerl
Bojan Tokic vs. Jeong Sangeun
Grigory Vlasov vs. Wong Chun Ting
Wang Zengyi vs. Jiang Tianyi

But there is possible Alexander Karakasewic vs. Kalinikos Kreanga just before quarters,
Wang Zengyi vs. Kenji Matsudaira, and also Habesohn and Lee Sangsu can do some upset..
This will be interesting!

 

[jedimasterplk]

Kreanga?? win it?? LOL.. but nice joke though...did make me laugh.

 

[mahomedy13]

Kreanga?? win it?? LOL.. but nice joke though...did make me laugh.

Dont underestimate kreanga.he can cause a few upsets

 

[jedimasterplk]

Kreanga was (and is) actually one of my favorite players of all time. Its just that this moment, at that level, I know how hard it is to win. His age, legs (and style for the current game) means has no chance. He cant rely on blocking and expect to win.

 

[mahomedy13]

we will have to wait and see...

 

[M51]

Dont underestimate kreanga.he can cause a few upsets

Depends on your definition of an "upset". Chen Chien-An and Jiang Tianyi could take him in straight sets blindfolded, while drunk.

 

[mahomedy13]

Depends on your definition of an "upset". Chen Chien-An and Jiang Tianyi could take him in straight sets blindfolded, while drunk.

Like i said,we will have to wait and see...

 

[jonurkel]

I think that He Zhi Wen will win it!!!!!!

 

[Steven]

11/32 first round matches resulted in upsets.

Daniel Kosiba 2-4 Cedric Nuytinck
Matiss Burgis 3-4 Oleksandr Didukh
Joao Geraldo 4-0 Stephane Ouaiche
Bojan Tokic 0-4 Li Ping ^
Daniel Habesohn 2-4 Janos Jakab
Grigory Vlasov 0-4 Benjamin Brossier
Mattias Karlsson 4-2 Kohei Sambe
Aleksandar Karakasevic 2-4 Antoine Hachard
Samuel Walker 4-3 Kalinikos Kreanga
Lee Sang Su 2-4 Pawel Fertikowski
Lubomir Jancarik 4-1 Niagol Stoyanov

 

[Dan]

Many big upsets your are right @Steven

Last 32 round begins in 1 hour.

 

[amateurplayer]

Samuel Walker 4-3 Kalinikos Kreanga
now this is spectacular!!!
So many upsets by Englishmen in recent past

Bojan Tokic 0-4 Li Ping
Is LI PING unranked, he's not in ITTF World Ranking list

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Samuel Walker 4-3 Kalinikos Kreanga
now this is spectacular!!!
So many upsets by Englishmen in recent past

Bojan Tokic 0-4 Li Ping
Is LI PING unranked, he's not in ITTF World Ranking list

Li Ping was on CNT until 2009. I think this is his first event playing for Qatar.

 

[TTVideos]

SALIFOU Abdel-Kader vs FEGERL Stefan Highlights Hungary Open 2015

[video]http://videopay.net/video/WZH9sKi-EeStTpNAGpT1tw[/video]

 

[M51]

Those of you who voted for Kreanga must feel really silly now.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Those of you who voted for Kreanga must feel really silly now.

Well, you never know; he could come back from a 4-3 defeat in the first round and win it on Fantasy Island.

 

[Dan]

Li Ping was on CNT until 2009. I think this is his first event playing for Qatar.

Wow I had no idea Li Ping now represents Qatar! Li Ping is amazing he has beat many players in the Chinese Super League! He will be a great addition to World Tours!

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Wow I had no idea Li Ping now represents Qatar! Li Ping is amazing he has beat many players in the Chinese Super League! He will be a great addition to World Tours!

Yep. It should be cool for him to be able to play in World Tour events.


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[zjkfanforever]

Li Ping was on CNT until 2009. I think this is his first event playing for Qatar.

Li Ping only retired from CNT last year in February along with Ma Lin, Wang Liqin, Zhang Chao, Chen Qi, Qiu Yike, etc. He was born in 1986, only two years older than Zhang Jike and Ma Long. But he looks older or more mature than his age. He looks like in his 30s.