Kuwait Open 2012 - ITTF World Tour

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GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour, Kuwait Open, 14 Feb 2012 - 18 Feb 2012, Kuwait City, KUWAIT

Total number of player entries is: 154

Main Draw

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

Live matches from the Kuwait Open 2012 can be watched in our ITTF Live Streaming which has integrated Chat

Wow! What a year 2012 has been with recent World Tours being successful as ever! The World Tours have had a huge impact on table tennis this year with the Hungarian Open World Tour 4 weeks ago and the Slovenian Open World Tour 2 weeks ago. Followed by the Slovenian Open was the Qatar Open which was won today by Xu Xin of China! Xu Xin trailed by 3 sets to 1 against compatriot Wang Hao in the Men's Singles final. However the 22 year old made a heroic comeback to win the seventh set 12-10!

Joo Se Hyuk the World no.6 enters the Kuwait Open World Tour as the number 1 seed!

Joo Se Hyuk, Photo by: Roscher

So i'm sure everyone is looking forward to the Kuwait Open 2012! Lets get things under way! This spectacular event begins on Tuesday 14th to Saturday 18th February 2012. None of the Chinese stars are competing however the turn out is amazing as seen on the ITTF website here!

Joo Se Hyuk, Jun Mizutani, Chuang Chih-Yuan, Oh Sang Eun, Ryu Seung Min, Gao Ning, Koki Niwa and many more World class table tennis players will appear in the Men’s Singles event; whilst in the counterpart Women’s Singles competition the top seeded Chinese players in he World have not entered. The seeds are as follows: Feng Tianwei, Ai Fukuhara, Tie Yana, Hirano Sayaka, Jiang Huajun, Li Jiawei and many more will be in action as seen below.

Who will win Kuwait Open 2012? Who did you vote for in the TTD poll? Who would you like to see win?

Which player will produce the goods with the absence of the Chinese National Team and Timo Boll?? When the cats are away the mice will play

Men Singles Seeds:

1 Joo Se Hyuk
2 Jun Mizutani
3 Chuang Chih-Yuan
4 Oh Sang Eun
5 Ryu Seung Min
6 Gao Ning
7 Koki Niwa
8 Kim Min Seok
9 Li Hu ^^
10 Lee Jung Woo
11 SMIRNOV Alexey
12 SKACHKOV Kirill
13 TANG Peng
14 LEUNG Chu Yan
15 PERSSON Jorgen
16 MATSUDAIRA Kenta
17 JIANG Tianyi
18 YANG Zi
19 CHEUNG Yuk
20 SHIBAEV Alexander
21 MONTEIRO Joao
22 RUBTSOV Igor
23 SAIVE Jean-Michel
24 ZHAN Jian ^^
25 MATSUDAIRA Kenji
26 TAKAKIWA Taku
27 GACINA Andrej
28 LEBESSON Emmanuel
29 JEONG Sang Eun
30 FILUS Ruwen
31 AL-HASAN Ibrahem
32 AL-HASAN Salem


Women Singles Seeds

Feng Tianwei , Photo by: Tamasu Butterfly

1 Feng Tianwei
2 Ai Fukuhara
3 Tie Yana
4 Sayaka Hirano
5 Jiang Huajun
6 Li Jiawei
7 Kim Kyung Ah
8 Feng Yalan
9 Li Jiao
10 Sun Beibei


Men Doubles Seeds:

1 MATSUDAIRA Kenta/NIWA Koki
2 JUNG Young Sik/KIM Min Seok
3 YANG Zi/ZHAN Jian ^^
4 JIANG Tianyi/TANG Peng
5 CHUANG Chih-Yuan/WU Chih-Chi
6 OH Sang Eun/RYU Seung Min
7 CHIANG Hung-Chieh/HUANG Sheng-Sheng
8 AL-HASAN Ibrahem/AL-HASAN Salem


Women Doubles Seeds:

1 FUJII Hiroko/WAKAMIYA Misako
2 LI Jiawei/SUN Beibei
3 CHENG I-Ching/HUANG Yi-Hua
4 KIM Kyung Ah/PARK Mi Young
5 DODEAN Daniela/SAMARA Elizabeta
6 JIANG Huajun/NG Wing Nam
7 FENG Tianwei/YU Mengyu
8 LEE Ho Ching/TIE Yana

Live matches of the Qatar Open 2012 can be watched in our ITTF Live Streaming which has integrated Chat

TTD media library of all the videos from the Kuwait Open World Tour 2012

This is going to be a big tournament so lets get started by discussing the seeds. Can Joo Se Hyuk prove he is the number 1 seed by winning the event? Will his compatriots Ryu Seung Min and Oh Sang Eun cause trouble? We can use this thread as a means to display all the latest results, videos and news from this spectacular event! What are your predictions from each event?

 

[PlasmaLight]

no chinese this time? why they dont send younger player like yan an, lin gaoyan etc.? and woman chen meng.

 

[Dan]

no chinese this time? why they dont send younger player like yan an, lin gaoyan etc.? and woman chen meng.

I had wondered this to... however, maybe its because the top players like Ma Long and Zhang Jike are preparing for the World Team Championships they don't want to send any 'other' Chinese players (Yan An, ect...) so the rest of the World players don't get use to the Chinese style, or the specific match practice.. Possibility?

Or its because the coaches are focusing in the training hall and taking a break from the World Tour events for a while

 

[jmillsy2]

no chinese this time? why they dont send younger player like yan an, lin gaoyan etc.? and woman chen meng.

No Chinese men, but zhu yuling, Li Xiaodan and Yao Yan are playing so I expect one of them will win.

 

[Anders]

Voted for "other" just because I think Jörgen Persson is so awesome!

 

[Tamez]

where is timoooo!? :'(

 

[Dan]

where is timoooo!? :'(

Hey Tamez, Timo Boll is in preparation for the World Team Championships as well as Ma Long an Zhang Jike http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/f...withdraws-from-the-Qatar-Open-World-Tour-2012

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Joo got this in the bag, no chinese so he should use his Hungarian Open setup easy money

 

[TT Guru]

Joo got this in the bag, no chinese so he should use his Hungarian Open setup easy money

Negative. Joo will not take this title.
The 2012 Kuwait Open will be Kim Min Seok's debut, and he's going to do it in style.
Of course I'm secretly (not so secretly) hoping Kenta will stand on the top of the podium.

 

[TT Guru]

Also, we mustn't forget the very real threat from Avo Moumjoghlian, who's ranked even lower than your ttdaily post-tally.
He could blow Joo out of the water and become the first ever Middle Eastern Pro Tour champion!

 

[Matt Hetherington]

haha lower than my post tally, nice comparison. Nah Kim Min Seok won't win I guarantee it

 

[TT Guru]

haha lower than my post tally, nice comparison. Nah Kim Min Seok won't win I guarantee it

Oh you guarantee it!? Well perhaps we should make a wager...
$10 says Kim Min Seok wins the Men's Singles, and the same for you with Joo Se Hyuk.
You'd better hope Joo doesn't meet Lee Jung Woo.

What say you, Duckfella?

 

[cmetsbeltran15]

no chinese this time? why they dont send younger player like yan an, lin gaoyan etc.? and woman chen meng.

all of the chinese team is in closed training for the WTTC right now. this includes the young guns yan an, lin, fang bo, song, zhou yu, cheng jingqi, etc

 

[Matt Hetherington]

I'm saying $10 says Kim Min Seok DOESN'T win the mens singles I'm not wagering on Joo

 

[YosuaYosan]

Joo got this in the bag, no chinese so he should use his Hungarian Open setup easy money

Agree 100%
but will it mean that the Chinese team could learn a bit about his ultimate setup by watching his vids in this tour.
I think Joo could actually won with his usual setup..

 

[Matt Hetherington]

I agree but you never know Guru is right I've seen Lee Jung Woo school Joo before > . < haha

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Alright the money is tabled.

If Joo wins it's mine, if Kim wins it's Guru's if neither win no contest

 

[cmetsbeltran15]

this is mizutanis tournament

 

[YosuaYosan]

this is mizutanis tournament

Mizutani is rather weak against top class defense like Joo.
Its too early to conclude, we will see the draw

 

[Michal_Z]

The winner will be: Kirill Skachkov!
Its time for him to get a title!
He will get this one!