WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023, 4/9-15

I really don"t like this format.

https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?eventId=2593&selectedTab=Player%20List
WTT CS ESS 2022
MS
1/1 wildcard - Bence Majoros WR135
1/1 WTT nomination - Alexis Lebrun WR47
WS
1/1 wildcard - Georgina Pota WR57
1/1 WTT nomination - Chen Xingtong WR32

https://www.ittf.com/2022-ittf-table-tennis-world-ranking/
WK25 2022/6/21 was used for entry list per the handbook (4 weeks prior the event start). WK27 2022/7/5 was used for seeding, when WK28 2022/7/12 should've been used (even though no change). Regardless, next in line after the NER were Liu Weishan WR19, Fan Siqi WR21, Hirano WR27, Chen Xingtong WR31, Kuai Man WR33... For men, JWJ WR 37 and within NER had to pull out after testing positive. Next in line after NER were Filus WR29, Duda WR30, Yuan Licen WR33, Xiang Peng WR34...

https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?eventId=2619&selectedTab=Player%20List
WTT CS Macao 2022
MS
1/1 wildcard - Lin Gaoyuan WR12
1/1 WTT nomination - Unused
WS
1/1 wildcard - Chen Xingtong WR13
1/1 WTT nomination - Unused

TTWR WK34 2022/8/23 was used for entry list, when WK38 2022/9/20 should've been used. WK39 2022/9/27 was used for seeding, when WK42 2022/10/18 should've been used (even though little change).

WTT CS Macao 2022 took place right after WTTC 2022, and Hayata withdrew due to upper arm injury during WTTC 2022, and several players that were qualified by WR and NER chose not to participate, and China's COVID-19 policy made it nigh-impossible to fly there on short notice so it was understandable.

Edited by zeio - 03/18/2023 at 2:50am

MS
1/1 wildcard: Lin Shidong
1/1 WTT nomination: F. Lebrun
WS
1/1 wildcard: Chen Xingtong
1/1 WTT nomination: Samara

Edited by zeio - 03/22/2023 at 1:11pm

Entry lists

https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_11_SEN_MS.html

Men's Singles
2023 Week #11
Rank	Name			Assoc	Points
1	FAN Zhendong			CHN	7725		1
2	MA Long			CHN	4400		2
3	WANG Chuqin			CHN	4345		3
4	Tomokazu HARIMOTO			JPN	4055		4
5	Hugo CALDERANO			BRA	3525		5
6	LIANG Jingkun			CHN	3410		6
7	Truls MOREGARD			SWE	3345		7
8	LIN Yun-Ju			TPE	2555		8
9	Dimitrij OVTCHAROV			GER	2255		9
10	Darko JORGIC			SLO	2250		10
11	Dang QIU			GER	2140		11
12	LIN Gaoyuan			CHN	1880	CHN5
13	Patrick FRANZISKA			GER	1780		12
14	Quadri ARUNA			NGR	1745		13
15	Timo BOLL			GER	1565		14
16	LIM Jonghoon			KOR	1555		15
17	JANG Woojin			KOR	1525		16
18	CHUANG Chih-Yuan			TPE	1495		17
19	LIN Shidong			CHN	1450	CHN6	WC
20	Yukiya UDA			JPN	1195		18
21	Kristian KARLSSON			SWE	1195		19
22	Anton KALLBERG			SWE	1175		20
23	Kanak JHA			USA	1175		Suspended
24	Liam PITCHFORD			ENG	1130		21
25	Andrej GACINA			CRO	1045		22
26	LEE Sangsu			KOR	1045		23
27	Omar ASSAR			EGY	1040		24
28	Alexis LEBRUN			FRA	938		25
29	Hiroto SHINOZUKA			JPN	912		26
30	WONG Chun Ting			HKG	905		27
31	XIANG Peng			CHN	895	CHN7
32	Simon GAUZY			FRA	875		28
33	Kirill GERASSIMENKO			KAZ	850		29
34	Marcos FREITAS			POR	835		30
35	Benedikt DUDA			GER	825	GER5
36	Mattias FALCK			SWE	810
37	Ruwen FILUS			GER	770	GER6
38	YUAN Licen			CHN	720	CHN8
39	Yang WANG			SVK	615
40	ZHOU Qihao			CHN	575	CHN9
41	Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN			IND	565
42	Jon PERSSON			SWE	550	SWE5
43	Alvaro ROBLES			ESP	530
44	Nicholas LUM			AUS	523
45	LIANG Yanning			CHN	520	CHN10
46	Felix LEBRUN			FRA	515		WTT
47	Robert GARDOS			AUT	510
48	Tomislav PUCAR			CRO	500
49	Shunsuke TOGAMI			JPN	495
50	AN Jaehyun			KOR	490

https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_11_SEN_WS.html

Women's Singles
2023 Week #11
Rank	Name			Assoc	Points
1	SUN Yingsha			CHN	8270		1
2	CHEN Meng			CHN	6740		2
3	WANG Yidi			CHN	5375		3
4	WANG Manyu			CHN	5275		4
5	Mima ITO			JPN	2990		5
6	Hina HAYATA			JPN	2830		6
7	CHEN Xingtong			CHN	2255	CHN5	WC
8	Kasumi ISHIKAWA			JPN	1890		7
9	DOO Hoi Kem			HKG	1870		8
10	Ying HAN			GER	1760		9
11	Xiaoxin YANG			MON	1590		10
12	FAN Siqi			CHN	1575	CHN6
13	Sofia POLCANOVA			AUT	1550		11
14	Adriana DIAZ			PUR	1515		12
15	Nina MITTELHAM			GER	1415		13
16	ZHANG Rui			CHN	1333	CHN7
17	Miyuu KIHARA			JPN	1290		14
18	CHENG I-Ching			TPE	1275		15
19	Jia Nan YUAN			FRA	1260		16
20	Fu YU			POR	1245		17
21	Miu HIRANO			JPN	1220	JPN5
22	QIAN Tianyi			CHN	1210	CHN8
23	LIU Weishan			CHN	1145	CHN9
24	JEON Jihee			KOR	1135		18
25	SHIN Yubin			KOR	1045		19
26	CHEN Szu-Yu			TPE	1025		20
27	KUAI Man			CHN	990	CHN10
28	Lily ZHANG			USA	970		21
29	Bruna TAKAHASHI			BRA	960		22
30	Dina MESHREF			EGY	940		23
31	Xiaona SHAN			GER	930		24
32	Bernadette SZOCS			ROU	915		25
33	Hana MATELOVA			CZE	895		26
34	Manika BATRA			IND	865		27
35	Suthasini SAWETTABUT			THA	855		28
36	Yangzi LIU			AUS	789		29
37	Miwa HARIMOTO			JPN	783	JPN6
38	Xia Lian NI			LUX	720		30
39	Hana GODA			EGY	695
40	Miyu NAGASAKI			JPN	695	JPN7
41	FENG Tianwei			SGP	675
42	Elizabeta SAMARA			ROU	615		WTT
43	CHOI Hyojoo			KOR	605
44	Sabine WINTER			GER	595
45	Minhyung JEE			AUS	592
46	Margaryta PESOTSKA			UKR	590
47	SUH Hyowon			KOR	584
48	Jieni SHAO			POR	580
49	Mo ZHANG			CAN	569
50	HE Zhuojia			CHN	568	CHN11

Edited by zeio - 03/23/2023 at 3:17am

That's one way to beef up the price money.

No change to the wildcards. Douban users have been keeping track.

KiwiPong wrote: Is Hirano playing?

kakapo wrote: I really don"t like this format. regarding ittf points, it increases the gap between the top 30 players and the other ones... And even this, this is not exactly true since players like Chen Xingtong, Zhang Rui, Qian Tianyi, Miu Hirano.....may not participate....and no qualifications. Those tournaments should be exhibition tournaments with...money but no points.

The poor Lily Z gets Han Ying...again .

Damn, so close by Dina. Almost beat WMY

Hayata: How did I lose last year?

CCY forfeits after 2 games.

Shan is a long pimple killer.

Nice of Bobrow to suggest the expedite rule as a potential way to beat choppers but there are examples that it actually helped them.

http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=91735&PID=1129232&title=european-summer-series-2022-7-1122#1129232

Is USATT so poor they can't hire a chopper for Zhang An?