2017 Qatar and Indian Open World Tour Highlights

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Harimoto became the youngest ever World Junior Champion last year beating the top Chinese youth players and with his finals appearance in New Delhi, became the youngest ever World Tour Men’s Singles finalist. Harimoto beat India #1 Sharath Kamal Achanta in the semis who had a nice run in his home tournament.

The Chinese players showed up in full force at the 2017 Qatar Open. 2016 double Olympic gold medalist Ma Long of China won the men’s singles title over teammate Fan Zhendong. He was voted 2016 Sportsman of the Year in China out of all sports. China’s Chen Meng won the women’s singles title over teammate Wang Manyu.

Ma Long was voted 2016 male athlete of the year in the most prestigious sports awards show in China. (Courtesy ITTF)

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