WTT Champions Doha 2026 Jan 7-11

[zeio]

MS R32
XP 0-3 Harimoto (3) (-4, -7, -8)

 

[zeio]

Come on Xiang Peng, get it together, this is humiliating. It's a CNT jersey you're wearing, ffs.

XP, "Leader of the Let-Go Sect"...

https://www.threads.com/@toraiuika/post/DE3gd0CzPoZ
toraiuika
01/16/25
以前輸球曾發表以下言論
後被稱為釋懷派掌門
變成大家自己喜歡的選手如果輸球也會拿出來釋懷（？我也有看到睡過頭的事件🤣而且還被罰跑導致體力變好🤣🤣🤣之後某個代表乒乓球隊跟中國其他體育項目比賽時有拿名次
(He once made the following remarks after losing a match
and was later dubbed the "leader of the let-go sect"
He has become an excuse meme everyone likes to use when their favorite players lose (? I've also read the incident of him oversleeping 🤣 and being punished with running laps, which supposedly improved his stamina 🤣🤣🤣 Later, he represented the table tennis team in competitions against other Chinese sports and achieved good results.

*Screenshot of XP's let-go Weibo entry*)

 

[M51]

It's time the players exerted pressure on the ITTF / ETTU / WTT to fix the umpiring. This clown show should never have been allowed to go this far.

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

Harimoto: on fire
Goda: nice try
Qihao: lookin good

Fraser picked Dima to win G5, bold prediction, let's see!

 

[joshmak10]

I don’t fancy ZQH getting it done against Tomo. But I am praying for him to channel the spirit of 2020 Marvellous 12 ZQH

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

this one really is tighter than a hamster's waistcoat (new fraserism)

ahhhhh! omg

 

[M51]

Dima, the magnificent!

 

[ThePongCommenter]

Not the introduction that Joola was hoping for. Good call on the commentator saying that Dima has the edge in tight situations.

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

yep, credit to Phraser on that one. Hugo's chip shop ran out of grease

 

[zeio]

MS R32
Ovtcharov 3-2 Calderano (2) (7, -5, 5, -9, 9)
G5 79, 119

 

[tabaradumitru]

What blade was Dima and Hugo using? doesn't seem to be their regular blades.

 

[Lazer]

Dima, the magnificent!

Yeah... Gozo better change his userId again...

Cheers
L-zr

 

[zeio]

WS R32
Takahashi 1-3 CY (7) (6, -4, -4, -10)
Calderano must've shared some of his qi with Takahashi and both suffer for the most part...

Harimoto: ごめん for losing...

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Good luck to TTD Team commentator Joe making his debut at Champions Doha this week 🏓🎙🔥

Joe: Tomorrow I make my colour commentary debut on the world table tennis broadcast at WTT Champions Doha 2026 🤍

A genuine dream come true, from hosting TableTennisDaily live streams to now commentating on some of the best players on planet earth feels a bit surreal.

Nervous, excited, and incredibly grateful to be in such great hands alongside Fraser Riley and Rebecca Adams.

Ready to give this beautiful sport the energy and love it deserves🏓🌍

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Joe's doing great! Hope he gets more opportunities.

 

[M51]

Joe is killing it so far! 👏👏👏

Hope he sticks around.

 

[andymagata]

Truls is getting bigger, stronger, faster…

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

drama moment of course.... how can WTT not have TTR at Champions events like this?

 

[NextLevel]

drama moment of course.... how can WTT not have TTR at Champions events like this?

With all the money they have in Doha, you would think TTR would be the least of their problems... but hopefully, this will force WTT to address this crap. Why such a high level event with no TTR???

 

[deepanmania]

What blade was Dima and Hugo using? doesn't seem to be their regular blades.

Hugo should be using a Joola unreleased version of his signature blade.
But yeah, Dima is not using Ovt ALC

 

[tabaradumitru]

Seems to be like a All-wood Ovtcharov S1 or S2 but that's strange. Or is it because he's using Zyre 03 so he needs a slower blade?