2018 Hungarian Open. 1-16 to 1-21, 2018

skip3119 wrote: kakapo wrote: Yang Xiaoxin n°248: LOLLLLLL ====== Yang Xiaoxin is a darn good player, she won Czech Open - she is well inside top 100. Will drop to #248?  that's a big drop. Can not find Yang Xiaoxin's December, 2017 ranking. ITTF database has problems.

Ugh...how could you call something rubbish yet don't even understand how the current one works?

She was last active in February and then went inactive. 4 months later, her name was greyed out in June. Another 4 months passed(8 months total), she was taken off the published World Ranking list at the end of October.

Edited by zeio - 12/20/2017 at 7:52am

For other TT fans' opinion (currently the thread has 5 pages, doesn't take long to read them.)

Edited by skip3119 - 12/20/2017 at 10:42am

In women's single, Gu Yuting (No. 14, WR 32) has "WL" behind her name.

Edited by skip3119 - 12/22/2017 at 11:21am

VladCeller wrote: (W.L.)......(Not accepted.)

Edited by skip3119 - 12/22/2017 at 2:19pm

so from one side ITTF wants players participate more tournaments and from other side they limit 6 players per Association. so only high rating players have chance to pay.

piligrim wrote: so from one side ITTF wants players participate more tournaments and from other side they limit 6 players per Association. so only high rating players have chance to pay.

That's where tournament tiers come into play.

Many players who entered the World Tour should in fact be going for the Challenge Series instead.

Yang Xiaoxin (WR #248, Jan. 2018), darn, she is going to kick lots of asses.

Edited by skip3119 - 12/28/2017 at 11:49pm

Expect most of the players with "WL" (behind their names) will get to play, if not all.

As of this writing, there are currently 409 total entries, of which 346 have been approved. The upper limit for this level of tournament is 290. That means they are overbooked by 56 entries.

For German Open, the total entries were 265, with a limit of 230, over by 35.

For Swedish Open, it was 280 against 260.

Given this, the chance of those on the WL playing is really low.

Considering the WTTTC will be held at the end of next April, Qatar Open and German Open will be flooded, 100%, given they give out so many points.

Also expect a full house for Challenge Series such as Polish Open, Spanish Open, Slovenia Open and Croatia Open. 2 of them count as 1 World Tour Platinum. 4 of them should still be cheaper than attending 2 Asian stops. Best of all, they are all held before the WTTTC. Even better, Qatar Open and Polish Open are held back to back.

Weight for senior events:
World Tour Platinum - 1x
World Tour - .8x
Challenge Series - .5x

Those sitting at the ITTF headquarter:


That's got to be the ugliest World Ranking list for China in decades, with DN clocking in at the 21st place!

Notable players who soared past the pack:

Top 10
FTW at 3(up by 8),
Doo Hoi Kem at 9(up by 10),

Top 20
Lee Ho Ching at 12(up by 13),
Matilda Ekholm at 20(up by 20),
Yang Haeun at 27(up by 17),

Top 30
Soo Wai Yam at 30(up by 22),
Zhang Mo at 33(up by 28),
Maki Shiomi at 35(up by 16),
Adriana Diaz at 37(up by 44),
Dina Meshref at 39(up by 61),

Top 40
Bernadette Szocs at 41(up by 16),
Viktoria Pavlovich at 42(up by 29),
Miyu Maeda at 43(up by 21),
Cheng Hsien-Tzu at 44(up by 23),
Hana Matelova at 47(up by 60),
Suthasini Sawettabut at 48(up by 24),
Polina Mikhailova at 49(up by 13).

Edited by zeio - 01/01/2018 at 12:36pm

VladCeller wrote: (W.L.)......(Not accepted.) Chen Xintong won Hungary Open in January 2017 ... The results of Hungary Open 2018 will be taken into account in the rating for February 2018 ... Possible highs for young Chinese women: If the winner of Wang Manyu-she will be able to overtake Ito and Hirano ..... If the winner is Chen Xintong - she will remain in the top 10, but below .... If the winner is Sun Yingsha - she will rise to the top 30 ... If the winner is Gu Yuting - top 20....

Thanks for the heads up. The draw is really early this time around. A little more than 2 months ahead(4/29-5/6). 2 days after the World Team Cup. That's abnormal.

The draw for 2016 was on 1/16, a little less than 1.5 months ahead(2/28-3/6).

For 2014, it was on 3/15, a little less than 1.5 months ahead again(4/28-5/5).

For 2012, it was on 2/23, just a little over 1 month ahead(3/25-4/1).

For 2010, it was originally on 4/20, but was postponed to 4/28 due to volcanic eruptions in Iceland which disrupted air traffic across much of Europe. Again, roughly a little over 1 month ahead(5/23-5/30).

Either way, Ovtcharov has expressed he will play at Qatar and German Open.

That sounds more sensible. Keep us posted.

Several players canceled and Niu Guankai and a few others from other associations got in the U21 event.

Edited by zeio - 01/05/2018 at 2:20am