WTT Contender Zagreb 2026 June 9-14

[FIXPOINT]

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

Sat, 13th Jun 2026
11:00 T1 WS QF Miwa HARIMOTO(JPN) - Hitomi SATO(JPN)
11:00 T2 WS QF Satsuki ODO(JPN) - Miu HIRANO(JPN)
11:35 T1 WS QF Miyuu KIHARA(JPN) - ZHU Yuling(MAC)
11:35 T2 WS QF Sakura YOKOI(JPN) - CHEN Yi(CHN)
12:10 T1 MS QF LIM Jonghoon(KOR) - Tomislav PUCAR(CRO)
12:10 T2 MS QF PARK Ganghyeon(KOR) - Dang QIU(GER)
12:45 T1 MS QF CHEN Junsong(CHN) - AN Jaehyun(KOR)
12:45 T2 MS QF Hiroto SHINOZUKA(JPN) - CHEN Yuanyu(CHN)
13:20 T1 WD SF SATO(JPN)/SHIBATA(JPN) - LEE(KOR)/CHOI(KOR)
13:20 T2 WD SF HARIMOTO(JPN)/ODO(JPN) - CHEN(CHN)/KUAI(CHN)
13:55 T1 MD SF LIM(KOR)/OH(KOR) - WEN(CHN)/YUAN(CHN)
13:55 T2 MD SF LIN(CHN)/HUANG(CHN) - GACINA(CRO)/BAN(CRO)
19:20 T1 XD Final WONG(HKG)/DOO(HKG) - TOGAMI(JPN)/ODO(JPN)

 

[Kopp]

You can often tell who's cheating and who's not just by observing their body language.

Pity

 

[Kopp]

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

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11:35 T1 WS QF Miyuu KIHARA(JPN) - ZHU Yuling(MAC)
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Looking fwd to this match.

Anyone here a ZYL fan like me? 😂

 

[zeio]

3 KNT in MS QF? The first opening round win after 3 FIFA World Cup editions must've helped.

 

[Metaxa]

You can often tell who's cheating and who's not just by observing their body language.

Pity

It is therefore completely illegal!

 

[Janard]

Hirano is doing decent against Odo but still making quite a number of mistakes, presumably because she's wary of the quality Odo can produce if given the chance.

 

[NextLevel]

Hirano is doing decent against Odo but still making quite a number of mistakes, presumably because she's wary of the quality Odo can produce if given the chance.

With all due respect to Sato and Hirano, it is clear at this moment that Odo and Harimoto are on a different level and the semis is going to be a battle of the planets.

 

[NextLevel]

Japan stepping up to the plate...

 

[Kopp]

Zhu Yuling is 1/4 semi-finalists, the rest are Japanese. She has a 50-50 chance. I'm rooting for her to win the tournament.

 

[NextLevel]

Zhu Yuling is 1/4 semi-finalists, the rest are Japanese. She has a 50-50 chance. I'm rooting for her to win the tournament.

I like her and wish her the best. I dont see her beating Hairimoto or Odo. So I dont think she has a chance even though I could be way wrong.

 

[NextLevel]

Qiu Dang might be the best blocker in the world even better than Darko. No one talks about it at that level lol....

 

[NextLevel]

An so far making Chen look so ordinary that Harimoto and Lin Shidong are exposed for what they are.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

No one's talking about Sakura Yokoi, but she took out WR#12 (Hina Hayata) and WR#6 (Chen Yi). Even if she doesn't make the Olympic team, you have to appreciate the effort.

 

[NextLevel]

No one's talking about Sakura Yokoi, but she took out WR#12 (Hina Hayata) and WR#6 (Chen Yi). Even if she doesn't make the Olympic team, you have to appreciate the effort.

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She can do it again (or win this event) and then the conversations will flow.

She is playing pretty well to be fair... though the loss to Hashimoto also exists ..

 

[NextLevel]

Something about how Harimoto plays doubles is too backhand oriented. Is the problem her or is it how Odo's prior shot sets her up? In any case the Chinese are trying to exploit it as best they can.

 

[zeio]

WS R16
Hayata (5) 1-3 Yokoi (-4, 3, -7, -7)
Odo: Give back my Asian Games WS spot.

WD SF
Harimoto/Odo (1) 3-1 CY/KM (3) (7, -9, 4, 8)
Odo: Give back my Asian Games WD spot.

 

[Metaxa]

Qiu Dang might be the best blocker in the world even better than Darko. No one talks about it at that level lol....

Mmm, it depends on what you understand by blocking. Desmond Douglas was a pure blocker. That is to say, standing close to the table, racket above the table, and taking the balls just after the bounce and placing them where you want them (or at least tries to). For me, that’s the definition of blocking.
You don’t see that much anymore these days, but what DQ and DJ do comes close in some ways, though what they do isn’t pure blocking. They’re usually standing too far back from the table for that. I’d call it somewhere between a block and a counter-attack. But indeed, both of them execute this shot superbly...