Friday, December 19, 2008
3:37 PM
Tournament of Champions - Finalised Players
The annual Tournament of Champions is around the corner again. This high standard competition invites all the Champions of the 4 major Table Tennis Tournament, namely the Olympic Champion, World Champion, World Cup Champion and Pro Tour Grand Finals Champion.

However, a maximum of three players from the same association are allowed in either the Men’s or Women’s competition each year. Hence this year Pro Tour Grand Finals Champion Guo Yan will have to give it a miss. Replacing her will be Wang Yue Gu, as Wang is the Highest Ranked player besides Li Jiawei and Feng Tianwei and the third paddler to qualify for Singapore.

In the male counterpart, South Korea's Ryu Seung Min gave up his nomination and is replaced by Taiwan's Chuang Chih Yuan. China's Ma Long and Chen Qi are unable to participate despite their World Ranking as China has reached the maximum quota in the Men's Singles Event as well.

Below is the finalised list of participants.

Men's Singles
Ma Lin (CHN), Olympic Champion
Wang Liqin (CHN), World Champion
Wang Hao (CHN) World Cup Champion
Boll Timo (GER), WR 1
Samsonov Vladimir (BLR) WR 2
Ovtcharov Dimitrij (GER), Wild card 1
Chuang Chih Yuan (TPE), Reserved player 2
Persson Jorgen (SWE), Wild Card 2


Women's Singles
Zhang Yining (CHN), Olympic Champion
Guo Yue (CHN), World Champion
Li Xiaoxia (CHN), World Cup Champion
Li Jiawei (SIN), WR 1
Feng Tianwei (SIN), WR 2
Wang Yue Gu (SIN), WR 3
Paskauskiene Ruta (LTU), Wild card 1
Samara Elisabeta (ROU), Wild card 2




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