Contests of a somewhat contrasting nature, a range of styles on duty; at the conclusion of the Women’s Singles semi-finals at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open In Doha; Chen Meng and her Chinese National Team colleague, Wang Manyu, emerged successful. Chen Meng the no.9 seed, accounted for Germany’s Shan Xiaona, the no.16 seed (11-4, 12-10, 11-5, 11-3), before Wang Manyu defeated compatriot, Gu Yuting, likewise a player who had been required to compete in the qual

Integral to German success in the Women’s Team event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games; on the morning of Saturday 25th February, Shan Xiaona duly reserved her place in the Women’s Singles semi-finals at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open in Doha. She emerged successful in her round of last eight contest against Natalia Partyka (14-12, 11-7, 11-5, 11-8). The success came after Chinese Taipei’s Cheng I-Ching, the no.4 seed, had been forced to withdraw from proceedings,

The shocks don't stop coming at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open, with Day Two of the main competition providing yet more unexpected exits from some of the world's top players at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena on Friday 24th February. Fans were left stunned on the opening day of the main event as China’s Zhang Jike and Ma Long suffered an opening round exit from the Men’s Doubles tournament, and while Ma Long responded well on Day Two with his victory over Qa

Germany’s Shan Xiaona caused the biggest upset; Poland’s Natalia Partyka gave the most accomplished performance as play began in the second round of the Women’s Singles event at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open in Doha on the evening on Friday 24th February. Both caused upsets, with Shan Xiaona taking pride of place. Adopting her fast attacking pen-hold grip skills to good effect, staying close the table at all times, she beat China’s Zhu Yuling in five games (11

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