Successful apart in the Women’s Singles qualification tournament for the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open in Doha; the following day, Thursday 23rd February, when together the Slovak Republic’s Barbora Balazova and the Czech Republic’s Hana Matelova proved equally successful. Respective wins over Japan’s Honoka Hashimoto and Yui Hamamoto, both higher rated players had secured main draw Women’s Singles places; the wins underlined the good form being enjoyed by the Eur

Five appearances on this year’s ITTF World Tour but somewhat strangely no title, not even a place in the final, Zhu Yuling won the Women’s Doubles event at the Seamaster Qatar 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Doha on the afternoon of Sunday 11th December. The no.3 seed, exercising her trademark consistency and plenty of patience, at the final hurdle she accounted for Germany’s Han Ying, the no.11 seed, in the title deciding contest (11-9, 12-10, 12-10, 11-3). On home soil

Seamaster Qatar 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals has arrived at the penultimate stage. The men's and women's singles champions will be crowned today, Sunday, 11th December 2016. Winners will take home a check of $60,000 each while the U-21 Men's and Women's singles champions will earn $10,000 each Finals of all the six events will be played today starting at 10:00am local time. Men’s Singles: Ma Long vs Fan Zhendong 2016 Olympic Champion Ma Long is aiming to win his fifth Wo

After the conclusion of day three of the Seamaster Qatar 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals the identities of the players who will compete on the final day of the tournament are now known, as the semi-final stages of the six categories were decided on Saturday 10th December in Doha, Qatar. Following another strong showing Germany’s Han Ying, who is seeded 11th, has reached the Women’s Singles final of a Grand Finals for the first time after she picked up a straight games victo

High hopes but for Japan any aspirations of gold in the Women’s Singles event at the Seamaster Qatar 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals evaporated in the Doha night air on the evening of Saturday 10th December. Kasumi Ishikawa, the no.2 seed and the winner two years ago in Bangkok, was beaten by China’s Zhu Yuling, the no.3 seed (16-14, 11-3, 11-8, 11-7); the reverse came after Miu Hirano, the no.10 seed, had experienced defeat at the hands of Germany’s Han Ying, the no.11 see