The Chinese Men’s Team imposed authority over their opponents in the opening round of the main draw of the Sweden Open Men’s Singles. At the end of the round, they all remained intact. This was not the case in the women’s division after Li Xiaoxia was eliminated in the opening round. Aside from her, Feng Tianwei also bid her farewell from the competition.
ITTF. The 2015 Sweden Open started with their main draw today, November 13. In the Singles, the Grand Slam champion Li Xiaoxia was the biggest upset.
The Chinese Team remained intact after the opening round of the main draw. The top seed Xu Xin scored 4-1 against Robin Devos (4-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5), while the defending champion Fan Zhendong swept Stephane Ouaiche in 4-0.
The Grand Slam champion Zhang Jike had a good start in the competition. He swept Li Ahmet of Turkey in 11-5, 11-7, 11-6, 11-7. Other Chinese players Fang Bo, Yan Anand Liang Jingkun all posted their own victories in the competition.
Michael Maze who have been missing in action, lost to Jens Lundqvist in 13-11,11-6, 10-12, 8-11, 3-11, 11-9, 7-11.
Other winners in the competition are Yuya Oshima, Jun Mizutani, Chuang Chih Yuan, Marcos Freitas, among others.
Masato Shiono was eliminated in the opening round after losing to Eugene Wang of Canada.
Women’s Singles
It is a huge victory for the Japanese qualifier Misako Wakamiya after she overcame the Grand Slam champion Li Xiaoxia in a full-stretch match. Wakamiya scored 11-6, 4-11, 6-11, 11-5, 1-11, 11-8, 11-8.
The other Chinese players, Ding Ning, Mu Zi, Zhu Yuling, Liu Shiwen and Chen Mengall achieved victory in the round. Japanese Ai Fukuhara and Kasumi Ishikawa also posted their respective wins in the opening round.
Aside from Li Xiaoxia, the women’s division had one more upset and she is Feng Tianwei who lost to Tetyana Bilenko in 11-6, 7-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6, 9-11, 5-11.
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