by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor

However, Dimitrij Ovtcharov progressed to the title as his status in the competition advised, he caused no surprise; the upset of note was initiated at the semi-final by Portugal’s Marcos Freitas.

Occupying the no.3 seeded position in the competition, after overcoming Panagiotis Gionis of Greece, the no.5 seed, in the quarter-finals (11-8, 11-5, 11-8, 3-11, 11-5), he defeated Jun Mizutani (10-12, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6).

One upset but the Portuguese star was not able to claim another; in the final he was beaten by Dimitrij Ovtcharov in five games (12-10, 11-8, 11-7, 13-15, 16-14).

Earlier in the day, Dimitrij Ovtcharov had ended French hopes; in the round of the last eight he accounted for Antoine Hachard, the no.8 seed (11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-3, 12-10), one round later he beat Andréa Landrieu (11-6, 11-6, 10-12, 11-3, 7-11, 11-6).

Success in the Men’s Singles event for the second seed, it was exactly the same in the Women’s Singles competition.

Sweden’s Matilda Elkholm emerged successful; at the quarter-final stage she overcame Switzerland’s Rachel Moret, the no.8 seed (11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 16-14, 13-11), before accounting for the Slovak Republic’s Eva Odorova, the no.7 seed (11-5, 11-8, 11-9) and colleague Li Fen, the no.3 seed (11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 12-14, 11-5, 11-7) to arrest the title.

In the opposite half of the draw, Li Fen had ended the aspirations of Azerbaijan’s Ning Jing, the no.10 seed (14-12, 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6), prior to defeating Hungary’s Geogina Pota, the top seed (11-6, 12-10, 11-4, 11-6) to reserve her place in the final.

DHS 2017 Lausanne Open: Complete results of both Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles events