The preliminary rounds of the $220,000 IttF World tour Qatar Open 2016 concluded with lots of drama and excite-ment at the state-of-the-art ali Bin Hamad al attiya arena in al sadd on Thursday. the major upset of the day was recorded in the women’s event where defending champi-on romania’s Elizabeta samara relinquished her title after being trounced 4-3 (11-7, 10-12, 11-13, 13-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4) by Li Xue of France in the third prelimi-nary round, the round that de-termine

World No. 5 Ovtcharov hails Doha event as the best on the World Tour The 2016 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open serves off with fan-fare and glamour with matches in the qualifying rounds on the opening day at the Ali Bin ha-mad Al Attiyah Arena in Doha on Wednesday. For the first time in the his-tory of the tournament, all the world top-thirty ranked players are among the 200 participants from 44 countries, who will be showcasing their skills and tal-ents in the $220,000 total prize