Chen Meng seeking to emulate her World Cup form (Photo: Rémy Gros)
A three day break, a short time to rest, international action continues. Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng, the respective winners of the recently concluded Men’s and Women’s World Cup tournaments supported by Dishang, are the top seeds in the Bank of Communications 2020 ITTF Finals.
Play takes place in Zhengzhou, China from Thursday 19th November to Sunday 22nd November.
Based on the April 2020 world rankings, the leading 16 players, with a proviso of four per national association, have been invited.
Two events – men’s singles, women’s singles – the formula is straight knock-out, each match best of seven games.
Entry – Men
- Fan Zhendong (CHN)
- Xu Xin (CHN)
- Ma Long (CHN)
- Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN)
- Lin Gaoyuan (CHN)
- Hugo Calderano (BRA)
- Lin Yun-Ju (TPE)
- Mattias Falck (SWE)
- Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER)
- Koki Niwa (JPN)
- Jeoung Youngsik (KOR)
- Liam Pitchford (ENG)
- Patrick Franziska (GER)
- Jang Woojin (KOR)
- Simon Gauzy (FRA)
- Quadri Aruna (NGR)
Entry – Women
- Chen Meng (CHN)
- Mima Ito (JPN)
- Sun Yingsha (CHN)
- Wang Manyu (CHN)
- Cheng I-Ching (TPE)
- Feng Tianwei (SGP)
- Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN)
- Wang Yidi (CHN)
- Sofia Polcanova (AUT)
- Doo Hoi Kem (HKG)
- Jeon Jihee (KOR)
- Hitomi Sato (JPN)
- Adriana Diaz (PUR)
- Petrissa Solja (GER)
- Miyu Kato (JPN)
- Suh Hyowon (KOR)