ะt GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Japan Open play starts in Yokohama on Wednesday 18th June with two days of qualification; the main draw commences on Friday 20th June with matters concluding on Sunday 22nd June. In Yokohama Jun MIZUTANI is the no.2 seed
ะt GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Japan Open play starts in Yokohama on Wednesday 18th June with two days of qualification; the main draw commences on Friday 20th June with matters concluding on Sunday 22nd June.
In Yokohama Jun MIZUTANI is the no.2 seed behind Chinese Taipeiโs CHUANG Chih-Yuan the runner up to Kalin KREANGA of Greece in Kobe in 2002.
Japanโs Koki NIWA is the third seed in the Menโs Singles event followed by CHUANG Chih-Yuanโs colleague CHEN Chien-An Hong Kongโs TANG Peng Kenta MATSUDAIRA also from Japan and Croatiaโs Andrej GACINA.
in Womenโs Singles Event FENG Tianwei is the top seed with the host nationโs Kasumi ISHIKAWA being the no.2 seed. Singaporeโs YU Mengyu is the no.4 seed. Sayaka HIRANO the runner up to Koreaโs PARK Miyoung in Wakayama in 2009 is the no.5 seed. Other than Ai FUKUHARA; Sayaka HIRANO is the only host nation player to reach the Womenโs Singles final of an ITTF World Tour tournament in Japan.
Swedenโs LI Fen Turkeyโs HU Melek and Yuka ISHIGAKI also from Japan complete the top eight names.
