ITTF Platinum event, Qatar Open 2020 was full of surpises. The event was action packed and full of upsets and comebacks. Liam Pitchford defeated World No 1 Xu Xin. Fan Zhendong came back against an impressive Wang Chuqin.

Wang Chuqin, 19 year old sensation from China just defeated Ma Long in R16 and Liang Jingkun in Quater Finals and will face World Rank 2 Fan Zhendong from China.

In Qatar Open Semi Finals today, Ding Ning will take on Mima Ito and Chen Meng will battle with Wang Manyu. China’s Ding Ning earlier faced Japan’s Mima Ito in ITTF Platinum Event, German Open 2020. Ding Ning won that battle in 4-1. Will Mima be looking to take the revenge in the Qatar Open ?

China’s Liang Jingkun defeated Japan’s Jun Mizutani in an epic battle after being 0-3 down. He won the game at 4-3. Another upset was done by China’s Wang Chuqin who defeated defending champion Ma Long 4-3, saving 2 match points in set 6.

“ITTF Qatar Open, Men’s Double Final between Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall vs Ma Long and Xu Xin. Paul and Liam upset second seed Hong Kong China’s Ho Kwan Kit and Wong Chun Ting

In the ITTF Qatar Open round of 32, Taipei Chuang Chih-Yuan(38 years old) defeated Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto for the third time in just 2 months. The biggest upset was obviously caused by Table Tennis Legend, Vladimir Samsonov.

ITTF Platinum Event - Qatar Open 2020 Preliminary rounds are over and it is time for players to play the main draw - R32. Previous Winner of Qatar Open, Ma Long will be looking forward to continue his winning run in the 2020 edition.

ITTF Platinum event Qatar Open 2020 has just started with entertaining results on the preliminary day. Here is a summery of exciting results on the first day in Doha, Qatar Open-