The ITTF’s World Tour is heading for the close and the 10th event of 13 scheduled is the Czech Open in Olomouc. The top seeds include all four defending champions from 2017:
Men:
1. Dmitrij Ovtcharov (GER: 4)
2. Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN: 8)
3. Koki Niwa (JPN: 12)
4. Marcos Freitas (POR: 16)
5. Jonathan Groth (DEN: 17)
Women:
1. Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN: 4)
2. Mimo Ito (JPN: 5)
3. Miu Hirano (JPN: 8)
4. Hitomi Sato (JPN: 14)
5. Hina Hayata (JPN: 15)
Men’s Doubles:
1. Patrick Franziska (GER)/Jonathan Groth (DEN)
2. Ruwen Filus/Ricardo Walther (GER)
3. Nandor Ecseki/Adam Szudi (HUN)
4. Mattias Falck/Kristian Karlsson (SWE)
5. Tomokazu Harimoto/Yuto Kizukuri (JPN)
Women’s Doubles:
1. Hina Hayata/Miu Hirano (JPN)
2. Kasumi Ishikawa/Mima Ito (JPN)
3. Matilda Ekholm (SWE)/ Georgina Pota (HUN)
4. Barbora Balazova (SVK)/Hana Matelova (CZE)
5. Dora Madarasz/Szandra Pergel (HUN)
Defending champions from 2017 include Ishikawa and Ito in the Singles class, Franziska and Groth in men’s Doubles and Hayata and Ito in women’s Doubles. Ishikawa and Ito won last week in Bulgaria.
Look for 2018 results here.
