WTT Champions Doha 2026 Jan 7-11

[zeio]

Gauzy: 一不離二，二不離三/good bad things come in threes...

MS R32
Gauzy (WR17) 2-3 Thakkar (WR34) (-8, 7, 9, -7, -8)

Not looking good for WTTC 2026 given Felix's record against the KNT in 2025 and now Alexis who showed a sign of recovery at ETTC 2025. JWJ even contemplated about just playing leagues only after Paris 2024...

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...-cnt-boss-what-would-you-do.35638/post-546962


https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/china-smash-2025.37870/post-542983

 

[NextLevel]

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

 

[NextLevel]

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

Looking at the point of contention, the rule is pretty clear that unintentional double hits are legal, so not sure what Lind was going on about and why the umpire gave a let. She should just have told Anders the rule and given the point to Chen.

 

[FIXPOINT]

WTT Champions Doha 2026 WS R32

WTT Champions Doha 2026 MS R32

 

[FIXPOINT]

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

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
10:30 T1 WS R16 WANG Yidi(CHN) - Sofia POLCANOVA(AUT)
11:05 T1 MS R16 LIN Shidong(CHN) - Benedikt DUDA(GER)
11:40 T1 WS R16 Hina HAYATA(JPN) - KUAI Man(CHN)
12:15 T1 MS R16 ZHOU Qihao(CHN) - Tomokazu HARIMOTO(JPN)
12:50 T1 WS R16 Miwa HARIMOTO(JPN) - KIM Nayeong(KOR)
13:25 T1 MS R16 Shunsuke TOGAMI(JPN) - JANG Woojin(KOR)
14:00 T1 WS R16 Adriana DIAZ(PUR) - ZHU Yuling(MAC)
14:35 T1 MS R16 CHEN Yuanyu(CHN) - LIANG Jingkun(CHN)
17:30 T1 WS R16 WANG Manyu(CHN) - Prithika PAVADE(FRA)
18:05 T1 MS R16 Truls MOREGARD(SWE) - Manav THAKKAR(IND)
18:40 T1 WS R16 Miyu NAGASAKI(JPN) - Sabine WINTER(GER)
19:15 T1 MS R16 Felix LEBRUN(FRA) - Dang QIU(GER)
19:50 T1 WS R16 Ying HAN(GER) - CHEN Yi(CHN)
20:25 T1 MS R16 Sora MATSUSHIMA(JPN) - Yukiya UDA(JPN)
21:00 T1 WS R16 JOO Cheonhui(KOR) - CHEN Xingtong(CHN)
21:35 T1 MS R16 LIN Yun-Ju(TPE) - Dimitrij OVTCHAROV(GER)

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

Looking at the point of contention, the rule is pretty clear that unintentional double hits are legal, so not sure what Lind was going on about and why the umpire gave a let. She should just have told Anders the rule and given the point to Chen.

I actually believe there were two racket hits and not continuous, but very fast. In .25x the momentum of ball is stopped with first racket touch (racket moving back) and sent forward with second (racket moving forward).

 

[NextLevel]

I actually believe there were two racket hits and not continuous, but very fast. In .25x the momentum of ball is stopped with first racket touch (racket moving back) and sent forward with second (racket moving forward).

"Very fast", "not continuous...", the rule as I understand it is about uninentional double hits being legal. if it was a case of hitting the hand and the shirt or head or something, I would understand Anders. But Chen clearly had an unintentional double hit. The whole point of the rule change was exactly to stop debates over issues like this and just play the point. Unintentional double hit increases the dwell just as happened here. And the hand up to the wrist is part of the racket and contact with the skin can increase dwell as well.

So at the risk of sounding cantankerous, Anders should have taken a major chill pill and just played it out for real.

 

[bhenthusiast]

anyone know what kanak was using this tournament? is he still on vis super alc and dignics?

 

[JackJohnson]

I thought TTR was going to be mandatory for all Champions and Smash events. It’s 2026 why are they still picking and choosing which events to have it in.

 

[JackJohnson]

Gauzy: 一不離二，二不離三/good bad things come in threes...

MS R32
Gauzy (WR17) 2-3 Thakkar (WR34) (-8, 7, 9, -7, -8)

Thakkar made it to a next round again for a Champions event. Thats 2 times now. Unfortunately last time he had to WO. Going to be a good match against Truls.

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

ya i have to go back and watch that one. i had it in background so heard it happen but didnt see it play out. nice one for sure for Thakkar

a lot of great rallies... good match

 

[joshmak10]

anyone know what kanak was using this tournament? is he still on vis super alc and dignics?

I believe he said in his story recently that he switched back to TBALC tho I may be remembering wrong

 

[NextLevel]

anyone know what kanak was using this tournament? is he still on vis super alc and dignics?

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Switched to a Boll ALC.

 

[NextLevel]

I believe he said in his story recently that he switched back to TBALC tho I may be remembering wrong

Good to see that I do not suck just because I struggle with the Zyre on an SALC.

 

[Peter93]

anyone know what kanak was using this tournament? is he still on vis super alc and dignics?

Timo Boll ALC/Zyre 03/Dignics 05

 

[deepanmania]

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Custom SZLC shakehand.

ALC to SZLC is a significant transformation.
Sad to see Dima is getting slower

 

[TTLOVE]

ALC to SZLC is a significant transformation.
Sad to see Dima is getting slower

likely an inner superzlc I think

 

[NextLevel]

likely an inner superzlc I think

Knowing Butterfly, they probably has the design ready and were just looking for a star to bite.

 

[deepanmania]

Knowing Butterfly, they probably has the design ready and were just looking for a star to bite.

Knowing Dima is an equipment nerd, He'll develop his own with Butterfly.
Interestingly, he switched back to D09c on the forehand. Seems Zyre is simply an overkill.

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]