Swedish Open 2018

[JesperStef]

Results from Day 4 (Thu 01 November 2018):

Men's Singles

Round of 32:

[1] Fan Zhendong 4:1 Liu Dingshuo (12:10, 11:6, 11:6, 7:11, 11:6)
Zhou Yu 4:0 Patrick Franziska [13] (11:8, 11:6, 11:8, 11:8)

Liang Jingkun 4:0 Marcos Freitas [12] (14:12, 11:9, 15:13, 11:7)
Jens Lundqvist 4:0 Ma Long [5] (w.o. due to injury)

[8] Koki Niwa 4:3 Darko Jorgic (10:12, 11:9, 7:11, 11:7, 6:11, 12:10, 11:9)
[16] Kristian Karlsson 4:1 Jin Ueda (11:9, 15:13, 8:11, 12:10, 11:6)

[15] Mattias Falck 4:3 Anton Källberg (11:9, 7:11, 11:5, 9:11, 11:8, 7:11, 11:9)
[3] Lin Gaoyuan 4:3 Chen Chien-An (11:8, 8:11, 11:13, 11:9, 9:11, 11:8, 11:8)

[4] Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4:0 Liam Pitchford (13:11, 11:7, 11:4, 13:11)
Lin Yun-Ju 4:1 Simon Gauzy [10] (5:11, 11:7, 12:10, 11:7, 12:10)

Zhou Qihao 4:2 Chuang Chih-Yuan [11] (5:11, 7:11, 11:2, 11:9, 11:7, 11:8)
Benedikt Duda 4:2 Tomokazu Harimoto [6] (15:13, 6:11, 9:11, 11:7, 11:8, 11:7)

Jang Woojin 4:3 Wong Chun Ting [7] (11:7, 10:12, 9:11, 7:11, 14:12, 11:7, 12:10)
Lim Jonghoon 4:2 Jeong Sangeun [14] (8:11, 11:9, 11:9, 4:11, 11:2, 11:8)

[9] Jun Mizutani 4:1 Can Akkuzu (11:8, 10:12, 11:6, 11:3, 12:10)
[2] Xu Xin 4:2 Robert Gardos (11:6, 9:11, 9:11, 11:8, 11:7, 11:3)


Notes:
- Seeds knocked out: [5] Ma Long (injury), [6] Tomokazu Harimoto (Benedikt Duda), [7] Wong Chun Ting (Jang Woojin), [10] Simon Gauzy (Lin Yun-Ju), [11] Chuang Chih-Yuan (Zhou Qihao), [12] Marcos Freitas (Liang Jingkun), [13] Patrick Franziska (Zhou Yu) and [14] Jeong Sangeun (Lim Jonghoon).
- CNT players knocked out (2 of 8): [5] Ma Long (injury) and Liu Dingshuo (Fan Zhendong).
- Nationalities: China (8), Germany, Japan and SWEDEN (4), Chinese Taipei and Korea (3), France (2), England, Hong Kong, Portugal and Slovenia (1).
- Continental: Asia (19) and Europe (13).


Women's Singles

Round of 32:

[1] Zhu Yuling 4:1 Saki Shibata (11:5, 11:9, 11:4, 7:11, 11:3)
Liu Gaoyang 4:3 Matilda Ekholm [15] (9:11, 11:4, 11:9, 11:2, 8:11, 8:11, 18:16)

Yang Xiaoxin, MON 4:2 Doo Hoi Kem [13] (11:9, 11:5, 12:10, 8:11, 7:11, 11:9)
Miyu Kato 4:0 Cheng I-Ching [8] (11:5, 11:9, 11:8, 11:5)

[5] Wang Manyu 4:2 Han Ying, GER (7:11, 13:11, 11:8, 9:11, 11:5, 11:9)
[14] Hitomi Sato 4:2 Kim Song I (11:8, 9:11, 11:13, 11:3, 13:11, 11:4)

[12] Suh Hyowon 4:1 Barbora Balazova (11:7, 12:10, 11:3, 4:11, 11:7)
[3] Chen Meng 4:2 Hina Hayata (11:4, 14:16, 12:10, 11:4, 6:11, 11:9)

[4] Kasumi Ishikawa 4:1 Honoka Hashimoto (10:12, 11:8, 11:6, 11:5, 11:8)
Lee Ho Ching 4:0 Linda Bergström [16] (11:6, 11:5, 11:6, 11:8)

[10] Chen Xingtong 4:1 Jeon Jihee (11:5, 11:5, 8:11, 11:7, 11:9)
[6] Ding Ning 4:2 Wang Yidi (12:10, 11:6, 11:8, 7:11, 8:11, 11:5)

[7] Mima Ito 4:1 Zhang Qiang (11:9, 11:4, 6:11, 11:3, 11:8)
[11] Feng Tianwei 4:1 Minnie Soo Wai Yam (11:6, 11:6, 5:11, 11:9, 11:3)

Petrissa Solja 4:1 Miu Hirano [9] (14:12, 11:1, 11:9, 13:15, 11:9)
[2] Liu Shiwen 4:1 Ng Wing Nam (11:6, 11:8, 8:11, 11:5, 11:8)


Notes:
- Seeds knocked out: [8] Cheng I-Ching (Miyu Kato), [9] Miu Hirano (Petrissa Solja), [13] Doo Hoi Kem (Yang Xiaoxin), [15] Matilda Ekholm (Liu Gaoyang) and [16] Linda Bergström (Lee Ho Ching)
- CNT players knocked out (2 of 9): Wang Yidi (Ding Ning) and Zhang Qiang (Mima Ito).
- Nationalities: China (9), Japan (8), Hong Kong (4), Germany, Korea and SWEDEN (2), Chinese Taipei, Monaco, North Korea, Singapore and Slovakia (1).
- Continents: Asia (26) and Europe (6)


Men's Doubles

Round of 32:

[1] Ho Kwan Kit/Wong Chun Ting 3:1 An Ji Song/Lim Jonghoon (12:14, 14:12, 11:7, 11:4)
[5] Mattias Falck/Kristian Karlsson 3:0 Nina Alamian/Noshad Alamiyan (11:4, 11:8, 11:7)

An Jaehyun/Cho Seungmin 3:0 Ruwen Filus/Ricardo Walther [6] (12:10, 11:6, 11:1)
Anton Källberg/Truls Möregårdh 3:2 Fan Zhendong/Lin Gaoyuan [3] (4:11, 11:8, 11:8, 7:11, 11:8)

[4] Liao Cheng-Ting/Lin Yun-Ju 3:1 Padasak Tanviriyavechakul/Supanut Wisutmaythangkoon (11:5, 11:8, 7:11, 11:8)
Ham Yu Song/Jang Woojin 3:0 Chen Chien-An/Chuang Chih-Yuan [7] (11:6, 11:5, 11:8)

[8] Tomokazu Harimoto/Yuto Kizukuri 3:0 Pär Gerell/Jon Persson (w.o. due to injury)
Paul Drinkhall/Liam Pitchford 3:0 Ma Long/Xu Xin [2] (w.o. due to injury)


Women's Doubles

Round of 32:

[1] Jeon Jihee/Yang Haeun 3:0 Lin Ye/Yu Mengyu (11:8, 11:5, 11:9)
Kim Song I/Shu Hyowon 3:2 Ng Wing Nam/Minnie Soo Wai Yam [6] (9:11, 11:8, 11:6, 6:11, 11:3)

Liu Gaoyang/Zhang Rui 3:1 Matilda Ekholm/Li Fen [8] (9:11, 11:6, 11:7, 11:7)
[3] Doo Hoi Kem/Lee Ho Ching 3:0 Cha Hyo Sim/Choi Hyojoo (11:5, 11:9, 11:9)

[4] Kasumi Ishikawa/Mima Ito 3:0 Manika Batra/Archana Girish Kamath (12:10, 11:4, 11:1)
[5] Chen Ke/Wang Manyu 3:1 Barbora Balazova/Hana Matelova (13:11, 11:5, 8:11, 14:12)

[7] Chen Xingtong/Sun Yingsha 3:2 Petrissa Solja/Sabine Winter (11:8, 11:13, 11:5, 6:11, 13:11)
[2] Honoka Hashimoto/Hitomi Sato 3:0 Sun Jiayi/Zeng Jian (11:5, 11:8, 11:8)


Source: https://www.ittf.com/tournament/2823/2018/2018-ittf-world-tour-swedish-open/

 

[FruitLoop]

LYJ Vs Dima should be very interesting.

 

[drunix80]

Conspiracy theory alert !! It seems to me that ML withdrew due to unfair draw rather than injury just like what ZJK did in Korean Open.

 

[jamesmith]

I agree

 

[yoass]

Conspiracy theory alert !! It seems to me that ML withdrew due to unfair draw rather than injury just like what ZJK did in Korean Open.

Does a tournament a player withdraws from (be it conspiracy or injury) still count as a tournament that player has participated in? Does it matter of a player withdraws without having played, or withdraws after having at least played a competitive point at the table?

My instinct tells me we're seeing the long arm of the severe punishment promised to Ma Long after the 2017 China Open. While untouchable as #1, less so after seen as dimished or even finished in the eyes of the world. (So, how's that for a conspiracy theory?)

 

[FruitLoop]

How was it an unfair draw?

 

[perham]

Does a tournament a player withdraws from (be it conspiracy or injury) still count as a tournament that player has participated in? Does it matter of a player withdraws without having played, or withdraws after having at least played a competitive point at the table?

Turns out, yes!

https://www.ittf.com/2018/11/02/ma-long-apology-swedish-open-withdrawal/

from the article:

Despite his withdrawal yesterday – before being able to take on Jens Lundqvist in their round of 32 match – Ma Long has ticked that box, but it now remains for him to recover in time for the end-of-year showpiece event.

 

[yoass]

How was it an unfair draw?

Well, different people can apply wildly different notions of fairness. Some adhere to a notion in which the ordering of a fair tournament is such that the higher-level players are evenly distributed across the branches, so they are expected to encounter each other later rather than sooner. Note that different people also might have very different perspectives on player levels/strength.

Some might feel that a fair distribution is a random distribution, which is an entire thing altogether.

Ao an unfair draw would be either a draw in which the player levels aren't evenly distributed, or (quite contrarily) a draw in which players are not distributed randomly. (As a mathematicion I find it quite hard to state how one would be able to spot the latter one, randomness being rather random.)

In this case, I guess some think too many high-ranked players are contained in the "upper half" of the tournament's branches.

 

[cayenne]

Can someone share 'main draw' link pls?

 

[Sali]

Can someone share 'main draw' link pls?

http://results.ittf.bornan.net/ittf-web-results/html/TTE2823/brackets.html

 

[FruitLoop]

The draw is perfectly fair, it's just the seeds might be 'wrong' in terms of actual player abilities.

Ridiculously exploitable that Ma Longs appearance counts when he pulled out.

Watched highlights and saw that Jorgic had a match point Vs Niwa. Ouch that would have been a huge win for him.

 

[Mohammad Ahmed]

not one three. he missed out for sure

 

[Mohammad Ahmed]

The draw is perfectly fair, it's just the seeds might be 'wrong' in terms of actual player abilities.

Ridiculously exploitable that Ma Longs appearance counts when he pulled out.

Watched highlights and saw that Jorgic had a match point Vs Niwa. Ouch that would have been a huge win for him.

not one three. he surely missed out

 

[Sali]

not one three. he surely missed out

It was not the first time he lost the match he was leading. It is a big problem for him. Other think is that Niwa plays really poor lately, check japan TT league matches.

 

[Mohammad Ahmed]

It was not the first time he lost the match he was leading. It is a big problem for him. Other think is that Niwa plays really poor lately, check japan TT league matches.

i agree to that he been in very bad touch lately, not performing like he used to

 

[FruitLoop]

It was not the first time he lost the match he was leading. It is a big problem for him. Other think is that Niwa plays really poor lately, check japan TT league matches.

True but Koki at his best would never lose to a Jorgic level player but he is very streaky in general.

 

[Sali]

True but Koki at his best would never lose to a Jorgic level player but he is very streaky in general.

Teoreticaly true but Jorgic is great BH player and developing fast. You can ask Liang Jingkun and Ovtcharov how it is to be beaten by Darko Jorgic.

 

[FruitLoop]

He's definitely improving fast and I expect him to be a top 30 player in time maybe even top 20.

 

[zeio]

The draw is perfectly fair, it's just the seeds might be 'wrong' in terms of actual player abilities.

▼Perfectly Fair Draw▼

The current system does not have anything to do with the seeds. The core issue is the removal of "separation by association," which has taken effect for World Tour since the start of 2018 after what happened at the Bulgaria Open up above.

More info:
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...Ranking-Reform&p=217010&viewfull=1#post217010
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...orea-Open-2018&p=238160&viewfull=1#post238160

 

[Danny21312]

Truls f'd up. They had 2 match points in the 4th set but Truls made stupid unforced errors in the push game.. Sucks because i would've loved to see them in the finals.