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2019 ITTF World Tour
The 2019 ITTF World Tour was the 24th season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. Schedule The tournaments in the 2019 tour have been split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Platinum events offer higher prize money and more points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which determine the qualifiers for the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December. Below is the 2019 schedule announced by the International Table Tennis Federation: ;Key Results Grand Finals The 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals will take place in Zhengzhou, China, from 12–15 December 2019. See also *2019 World Table Tennis Championships *2019 ITTF Men's World Cup *2019 ITTF Women's World Cup *2019 ITTF Team World Cup *2019 ITTF Challenge Series References External linksInternational Table Tennis Federation {{ITTF World Tour 2019 ITTF World Tour, ITTF World Tour seasons 2019 in table tennis, World Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Xin (table Tennis)
Xu Xin (; born 8 January 1990) is a Chinese professional table tennis player. He first reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 1 by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in January 2013. He is Vice Chairman of the Asian Table Tennis Federation. He has won 17 World Tour Singles titles and has won the World Championships in men's doubles thrice, mixed doubles twice, and five times in the team event. In addition, Xu Xin along with Ma Long and Zhang Jike won the Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team, men's team gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Playing style and equipment Xu Xin is one of the few Table tennis styles, penhold grip players in China, especially among the younger generation who are mostly shakehand players. He follows the footsteps of other penhold champions such as Wang Hao (table tennis, born 1983), Wang Hao and Ma Lin (table tennis), Ma Lin. With his long arms and frame, he is able to more easily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
