Tag: XU Xin

  • World’s Best Arrive in Suzhou for Harmony Open

    Lausanne, Aug 14, 2013: The latest stop on the lucrative GAC Group ITTF World Tour is the $231,000 Harmony Open, which starts today in Suzhou, China and runs to Sunday 18 August. The Harmony Open always attracts the world’s best table tennis players, and 2013 is no different with 6 out of the top 10…

  • ITTF releases May World Ranking

    ITTF releases May World Ranking

    Lausanne, May 6, 2013: The World Rankings for May 2013, which determines the seeding for the upcoming LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on 13-20 May 2013, has been released. XU Xin of China regains his position at the top of the Men’s World Rankings, which he held in January and February this…

  • Asian Qualification Cup for ITTFWorld Cups

    Asian Qualification Cup for ITTFWorld Cups

    Hong Kong, April 15, 2013: XU Xin and LIU Shiwen have won the respective Men’s and Women’s titles at the GAC GROUP 2013 Asian Cup, held at Hong Kong’s Queen Elizabeth Stadium on Sunday 14 April 2013. The top seeded Chinese pair defended the titles they won in Guangzhou, China, last year and in the…

  • Tough Challenge from Experienced Campaigners

    Tough Challenge from Experienced Campaigners

    Lausanne – Switzerland, Dec 04: The host nation’s XU Xin and CHEN Meng are the respective top seeds in the Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles events at the $1,000,000 GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, which commence in the Chinese city of Hangzhou on Thursday 6th December and conclude on Sunday 9th December.…

  • China in Control, European Hopes Vanquished

    China in Control, European Hopes Vanquished

    Suzhou – China, August 26, 2012: European hopes faded on the penultimate day of play, Saturday 25th August, at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Harmony China Open in Suzhou. Germany’s Dimitrij OVTCHAROV and Vladimir SAMSONOV of Belarus both suffered quarter-final defeats at the hands of host nation adversaries. Dimitrij OVTCHAROV, the no.5 seed,…