The ITTF World Tour has landed in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria for the Asarel Bulgaria Open, with some strong fields set (with world rankings in Singles):
Men:
1. Dmitrij Ovtcharov (GER: 4)
2. Xin Xu (CHN: 5)
3. Long Ma (CHN: 6)
4. Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN: 8)
5. Koki Niwa (JPN: 12)
Women:
1. Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN: 4)
2. Mima Ito (JPN: 5)
3. Miu Harano (JPN: 8)
4. Hitomi Sato (JPN: 14)
5. Hin Hayata (JPN: 15)
Men’s Doubles:
1. Masataka Morizono/Yuya Oshima (JPN)
2. Long Ma/Xin Xu (CHN)
3. Koki Niwa/Jin Ueda (JPN)
4. Nandor Ecseki/Adam Szudi (HUN)
5. Cheng-Ting Liao/Yin-Ju Lin (TPE)
Women’s Doubles:
1. Honoka Hashimoto/Hitomi Sato (JPN)
2. Hina Hayata/Miu Hirano (JPN)
3. Kasumi Ishikawa/Mima Ito (JPN)
4. Matilda Ekholm (SWE)/Georgina Pota (HUN)
5. Barbora Balazova (SVK)/Hana Matelova (CZE)
Ovtcharov and Ishikawa are the defending Singles winners from 2017 and Ishikawa also won in 2015. Look for results here.
