(by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The 2019 ITTF World Tour, ASAREL Bulgaria Open was played this week in Panagyurishte. This was a good week for Butterfly player Tomokazu Harimoto. Japan’s 16-year-old phenom entered the tournament as the top seed and did not disappoint. He spread out three lost games over the four matches leading to […]
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Bulgaria Open Recap: Xu Xin Outlasts the Field
Posted onBulgaria Open Recap: Xu Xin Outlasts the Field (by Steve Hopkins) Action concluded Sunday at the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Asarel Bulgaria Open. The Men’s final went very much as expected with the higher seeded Xu Xin of China dominating the match over Japan’s Kenta Matsudaira (4-1). The final result was not surprising, but […]
Bulgaria Open Update: Xin, Harimoto, and Samsonov through to Quarters
Posted onBulgaria Open Update: Xin, Harimoto, and Samsonov through to Quarters (by Steve Hopkins) The Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Asarel Bulgaria Open is down the final 8. The knock out stages that were played on Thursday and Friday were not without drama. The top seed, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, was eliminated by an unranked Chinese player named […]
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