WTT Champions Frankfurt 2025 - 4-9 NOV 2025

[TampaBayTableTennis]

Players are not robots, tables, halls and balls are usually different and this usually hurts the players who went deep in the prior event as they have less time to adjust to the new settings. So all the semifinalists from Montpellier who are playing here have a decent risk of a first round loss depending on how easy or hard it is to adapt to the changes. Their opponents who lost and traveled out earlier have more time.

fine... Jha vs Hugo in the finals. and now we know how that goes

 

[M51]

It seems that if Adam Bobrow is to be believed, it is just Truls finding motivation to compete hard. And I suspect it is an outcome of Dima mentoring, Dima is also into such antics against compatriots lol.

How does that answer the question?

 

[M51]

I'm not an expert in body language, but I don't see any animosity in Truls' body language. Perhaps some regret. Perhaps Anton resents him for skipping ETTTC.

I'll stop right here.

 

[NextLevel]

How does that answer the question?

That there is no special animosity, Truls was just being intense because he does what he feels he needs to be motivated to win against anyone including teammates.

 

[boretennis]

on the WTT youtube channel i only see "Day 1 Session 2" stream scheduled, but not Session 1. am i missing something?

 

[quanghuysk]

on the WTT youtube channel i only see "Day 1 Session 2" stream scheduled, but not Session 1. am i missing something?

Here is session 1:

 

[boretennis]

Here is session 1:

thanks! for some reason this is geoblocked in denmark, but i can see it with a vpn now.

 

[quanghuysk]

waiting a big hug from Anton for Truls if Anton takes the win - time to show some class, lol

 

[Lazer]

I'm not an expert in body language, but I don't see any animosity in Truls' body language. Perhaps some regret. Perhaps Anton resents him for skipping ETTTC.

I'll stop right here.

I know, some people here like to spread conspiracy theories...

Cheers
L-zr

 

[NextLevel]

Odo figures it out in the end. First result reversed!

 

[NextLevel]

Why are there no Chinese players this tournament? I’m assuming it’s because of a clash with chinese national games?

Yes.

 

[FIXPOINT]

Scheduled Matches:
All times are local time.
Live streaming https://www.youtube.com/wttglobal

Tue, 4th Nov 2025
12:10 T1 WS R32 Jia Nan YUAN(FRA) - Mima ITO(JPN)
13:20 T1 WS R32 Minhyung JEE(AUS) - Elizabeta SAMARA(ROU)
13:55 T1 MS R32 Manav THAKKAR(IND) - Tomislav PUCAR(CRO)
14:30 T1 WS R32 Hana GODA(EGY) - KIM Nayeong(KOR)
15:05 T1 MS R32 Hwan BAE(AUS) - Anders LIND(DEN)
18:30 T1 MS R32 Darko JORGIC(SLO) - Kanak JHA(USA)
19:05 T1 WS R32 Adriana DIAZ(PUR) - Mo ZHANG(CAN)
19:40 T1 MS R32 Patrick FRANZISKA(GER) - Lilian BARDET(FRA)
20:15 T1 WS R32 CHENG I-Ching(TPE) - Ying HAN(GER)
20:50 T1 MS R32 Benedikt DUDA(GER) - Shunsuke TOGAMI(JPN)

Wed, 5th Nov 2025
11:00 T1 WS R32 Miwa HARIMOTO(JPN) - Lily ZHANG(USA)
11:35 T1 MS R32 Hiroto SHINOZUKA(JPN) - LIN Yun-Ju(TPE)
12:10 T1 WS R32 Xiaoxin YANG(MON) - Bruna TAKAHASHI(BRA)
12:45 T1 MS R32 Hugo CALDERANO(BRA) - JANG Woojin(KOR)
13:20 T1 WS R32 LEE Eunhye(KOR) - Yangzi LIU(AUS)
13:55 T1 MS R32 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV(GER) - Andre BERTELSMEIER(GER)
14:30 T1 WS R32 Prithika PAVADE(FRA) - Jieni SHAO(POR)
15:05 T1 MS R32 Simon GAUZY(FRA) - Quadri ARUNA(NGR)
18:30 T1 WS R32 Bernadette SZOCS(ROU) - Sofia POLCANOVA(AUT)
19:05 T1 MS R32 OH Junsung(KOR) - Felix LEBRUN(FRA)
19:40 T1 WS R32 Manika BATRA(IND) - Annett KAUFMANN(GER)
20:15 T1 MS R32 Omar ASSAR(EGY) - Dang QIU(GER)
20:50 T1 WS R32 Mariam ALHODABY(EGY) - Nina MITTELHAM(GER)

Thu, 6th Nov 2025
11:00 T1 MS R32 AN Jaehyun(KOR) - Sora MATSUSHIMA(JPN)
11:35 T1 WS R32 JOO Cheonhui(KOR) - Hina HAYATA(JPN)
12:10 T1 MS R32 Alexis LEBRUN(FRA) - Finn LUU(AUS)
12:45 T1 WS R32 HUANG Yi-Hua(TPE) - SHIN Yubin(KOR)
13:20 T1 MS R32 Truls MOREGARD(SWE) - Anton KALLBERG(SWE)
13:55 T1 WS R32 Fu YU(POR) - Sabine WINTER(GER)

 

[doppelmoral]

I was really looking forward to seeing Lee Sang Su live, he did alot of educational TT content on youtube that I used to watch. seems like walther had to withdraw from the tournament tho

 

[NextLevel]

Ito reverses her result as well so now both Odo amd her have good draws to QF having beaten problem opponents.

Thakkar gets a good win for him over a really strong opponent.

Groth doesn't like playing Harimoto and nothing has changed there.

 

[NextLevel]

Hana Goda is so ambitious. You can imagine her having a goal of one Champions win this year and getting frustrated at every missed opportunity and saying "Today is it!"

 

[doppelmoral]

Anders with the manner serve at 10:0 so its not a clean 11:0 vs Hwan Bae, uff

 

[NextLevel]

Anders with the manner serve at 10:0 so its not a clean 11:0 vs Hwan Bae, uff

The difference in level is so much it wouldn't matter.

 

[JackJohnson]

For this event they have switched back to the DHS DJ40+ balls. The DHS RS40+ balls were first used at the Europe Smash.

I wonder why they switched back to DHS DJ40+. Did they listen to all the complaints about the new ball?

 

[golden_son]

For this event they have switched back to the DHS DJ40+ balls. The DHS RS40+ balls were first used at the Europe Smash.

I wonder why they switched back to DHS DJ40+. Did they listen to all the complaints about the new ball?

What complaints? I thought the new ball was fairly well-received.

 

[M51]

13:55 T1 MS R32 Manav THAKKAR(IND) - Tomislav PUCAR(CRO)

Easy peasy for Pucar.

R-right?