Tournaments

16 Jun 2017

Titles to their credit, the top two seeds in the Women’s Doubles event at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum Lion Japan Open in Tokyo both emerged successful in their quarter-final duels on the morning of Friday 16th June.

However, they emerged successful in somewhat contrasting fashions.

by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor

Three times winners on the ITTF World Tour, the host nation’s Honoka Hashimoto and Hitomi Sato, the top seeds, employed their defensive attributes to good effect to beat Chinese Taipei qualifiers Cheng Hsien-Tu and Lin Chia-Chi in three straight games (11-9, 11-9, 11-8).

However, for Korea’s Jeon Jihee and Yang Haeun, the no.2 seeds, it was a much more exacting affair; they needed the full five games to overcome the Romanian combination of Elizabeta Samara and Bernadette Szocs, the no.7 seeds (9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 11-5).

Wins as status advised and it was very much the same scenario in the two remaining last eight duels, with the partnership formed by Chen Szu-Yu and Cheng I-Ching, the no.4 seeds and like Cheng Hsien-Tu and Lin Chia-Chi from Chinese Taipei.

They overcame the German partnership of Han Ying and Shan Xiaona, the no.3 seeds, in straight games (11-6, 11-7, 11-6), each player able to adapt to the defensive skills of Han Ying and the pen-hold attacking play of Shan Xiaona.

Meanwhile, in the one remaining quarter-final duel; the all Chinese contest witnessed success for Chen Xingtong and Sun Yingsha. They overcame fellow qualifiers, Chen Ke and Wang Manyu in four games (11-4, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7).

At the semi-final stage Honoka Hashimoto and Hitomi Sato meet Chen Xingtong and Sun Yingsha; Chen Szu-Yu and Cheng I-Ching oppose Jeon Jihee and Yang Haeun.

The semi-finals are scheduled for 11.00am (local time) on Saturday 17th June.

World Tour 2017 Seamaster Japan Open Hitomi Sato Honoka Hashimoto Jeon Jihee Yang Haeun
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