Chance Friend Wins Open Singles at Motor City Fall Open 2024

Oct 10, 2024, 4:49 PM EDT

by Greater Michigan Table Tennis Organization

Open Singles finalists (l-r) Guilherme Shikama, Zhicheng Liang, Chance Friend and Kareem Azrak at the 2024 Motor City Open in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Oct. 5, 2024.

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The Motor City Open Singles and Open Women Singles events were held on October 5, 2024, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Chance Friend defeated Zhicheng Liang to take home the Open Singles 1st place prize of $600. The semi-finalists were Guilherme Shikama and Kareem Azrak.

Motor City Open Womens Open Finalists — Women's Open Singles finalists (l-r) Rose Loo, Peggy Leung, Steve Gonzalez (tournament director), Joyce Lee and Jina Lim at the 2024 Motor City Open. Broomfield Hills, MI. Oct. 5, 2024.

Jina Lim defeated Joyce Lee to took home the Women's Singles 1st place prize of $150. Semi-finalists for the women were Peggy Leung and Rose Loo. How did the Tournament Director get in their picture?

Event Results:

Open Singles:

1st - Chance Friend, 2nd ¬- Zhicheng Liang, 3rd - Kareem Azrak, 4th - Guilherme Shikama

Women’s Singles:

1st - Jina Lim, 2nd - Joyce Lee, 3rd - Rose Loo, 4th - Peggy Leung

Over 50 Singles

1st - Srinivas Chiravuri, 2nd - Sanjay Malholtra

Over 65 Singles

1st - Ron Leung, 2nd - Guenther Shroeder

U3800 Doubles

1st - Zhicheng Liang/ Srinivas Chivavuri, 2nd - Munther Al Sawah/Maruf Monwar

U2300 Singles

1st - Zhicheng Liang, 2nd - Guilherme Shikama

U2000 Singles

1st - Haitham Salman, 2nd - Kevin Zywicki

U1800 Singles

1st - Mohammed Mostafa, 2nd - Deen Mantripagada

U1600 Singles

1st - Saurabh Kumar, 2nd - Guenther Shroeder

U1400 Singles

1st - Saket Kembhavi, 2nd - Meenakshisundar Panneerselvam

U1200 Singles

1st - Jakir Hossen, 2nd - Naman Kembhavi

Hard Bat Singles

1st - Mark Neal, 2nd - Meenakshisundar Panneerselvam