In the semi finals of the Menโs Singles Event at the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals MA Long meets KIM Minseok, XU Xin confronts FAN Zhendong. Success for XU Xin in Hangzhou at the quarter-final stage of the Menโs Singles event and it was the ,
In the semi finals of the Menโs Singles Event at the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals MA Long meets KIM Minseok, XU Xin confronts FAN Zhendong.
Success for XU Xin in Hangzhou at the quarter-final stage of the Menโs Singles event and it was the same in Dubai; he ended the spirited run of Frenchman Abdel-Kader SALIFOU. XU Xin beat Abdel-Kader SALIFOU in straight games.
FAN Zhendong beat Chinese National Team colleague, WANG Hao in five games; Wang Hao never able to find the form that had seen him secure the title in both 2003 and 2006. Olympic champion and World champion but never the Menโs Singles winner at the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals; that honour still eludes Chinaโs Zhang Jike. He was beaten in the quarter-finals by compatriot MA Long. Ma Long won in seven games.
In Womenโs Doubles Event FENG Tianwei and YU Mengyu, the defending champions, suffered a defeat. They were beaten by the German partnership of Zhenqi BARTHEL and SHAN Xiaona of Germany. At the semi-final stage they meet the Chinese Taipei partnership of CHENG I-Ching and HUANG Yi-Hua, the Womenโs Doubles silver medallists at the GAC Group 2012 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Hangzhou; at the quarter-final stage they ousted Austriaโs Sofia POLCANOVA and Amelie SOLJA (9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 13-11, 11-9).
Winners in Hangzhou in December 2012, Singaporeโs GAO Ning and LI Hu retained their Menโs Doubles title by emerging successful at the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals. They beat the Chinese Taipei partnership of CHIANG Hung-Chieh and HUANG Sheng-Sheng in a dramatic seven games final.
