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TABLE TENNIS Preview: Top-ranked Zhendong Fan and Ning Ding headline Korea Open

The sixth of 13 stops on the 2019 ITTF World Tour is in Busan, Korea. It’s the fourth straight tournament in Asia; the circuit will go to Australia next and then head to Europe for the final five events prior to the Grand Final. The fields are excellent; the top seeds (with Singles World Rankings):

Men/Singles:
1. Zhendong Fan (CHN: 1) ~ 2017 Worlds silver medalist
2. Xin Xu (CHN: 3) ~ 2017 Worlds bronze medalist
3. Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN: 4)

Men/Doubles:
1. Youngsik Jeoung/Sangsu Lee (KOR)
2. Kwan Kit Ho/Chun Ting Wong (HKG)
3. Woojin Jang/Jonghoon Lim (KOR)

Women/Singles:
1. Ning Ding (CHN: 1) ~ 2016 Olympic Champion; 2011-15-17 World Champion
2. Meng Chen (CHN: 2) ~ 2019 Worlds silver medalist
3. Manyu Wang (CHN: 3) ~ 2019 Worlds bronze medalist

Women/Doubles:
1. Meng Chen/Manyu Wang (CHN)
2. Barbora Balasova (SVK)/Hana Matelova (CZE)
3. Ho Ching Lee/Wai Yam Soo (KOR)

Mixed Doubles:
1. Xin Xu/Shiwen Liu (CHN)
2. Chun Ting Wong/Hoi Kem Doo (HKG)
3. Maharu Yoshimura/Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN)

The men’s Singles draw also includes 2016 Olympic gold medalist and 2015-17-19 World Champion Long Ma; the women’s draw includes 2019 World Champion Shiwen Liu of China.

Look for match schedules and results here.

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