Seamaster 2017 ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championships was held in Wuxi Stadium on April 9th.  The tournament is the highest-level even in Asia. A total of 248 athletes from 29 countries and regions compete in the eight-day competition.

         ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championships was founded in 1972 in Beijing, it is held every two years with the characteristics of large scale, high level and strong antagonism. Meanwhile, the competition is also a qualifying round of the World Table Tennis Championships. 

  The tournament was held from April 9 to 16, organized by the management center of the National Sports Administration, China Table Tennis Association, Jiangsu Sports Bureau, Wuxi Municipal People's Government, Jiangsu Sports Competition Management Center, and Wuxi Sports Bureau Host. The tournament includes Men's and Women's singles, doubles, mixed doubles, and Men's and Women's team events.

        As the host, Chinese Team sends out the best-strongest team to against the competition, including the Zhang Jike Ma Long, and Ding Ning. Meanwhile, the competition will hold a table tennis culture tour giving more interactive activities to the audience.

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April 9^th：

Chinese Taipei, first to secure medal 

    

Iran makes impressive start, no margin for error on Wuxi 

   

Neda Shahsavari, confident in Wuxi (Photo: Zhao Chunsheng)

Inspired Yang Haeun ignites Korea Republic

     

Yang Haeun gave on e of the very best performances of her career (Photo: Zhao Chunsheng)

April 10^th：

     

Liu Yu-Hsin gave Ding Ning a fright (Photo: An Sungho)

India and DPR Korea book main draw places

     

Sharath Kamal Achanta the mainstay (Photo: Zhao Chunsheng)

 April 11th：

Highly focused, China and Korea Republic reach final

      

Lee Sangsu beat Kenta Matsudaira to give his team the ideal start (Photo: Collection Marie)

Chinese Women's doubles beat Japan 3-0 and retained the Women’s Team title

     

The Women's Team podium (Photo: Zhao Chunsheng)

April 12th:

Zaid Abo Yaman, a credit to Jordan, a credit to sport

    

Watched by Zeyad Almaisy (right), Zaid Abo Yaman returns service (Photo: Zhao Chunshen) 

Faithful rewarded, China wins in Wuxi 

Ma Long beat Jang Woojin in the opening match of the fixture but was tested (Photo: Zhao Chungsheng)