WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 June 16-21

[zeio]

The typical dead silence from the Chin... oops, Slovenian crowd. Where are your manners, folks? LOL

LIVE! | T1 | Day 1 | WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 Presented by I Feel Slovenia | Session 2
https://youtu.be/43EBJRVk4KY?t=16755

 

[ajtatosmano2]

Japanese doubles work well it seems. Togami is on fire and they fit well with Hiroto Shinozuka.

 

[job59]

Another chopper nightmare session for Annett Kaufmann losing 3-1 to Zhu Sibing.

Finally, Kaufmann was unable to read the spin too many times.
What always makes me curious with her, is this chicken-wing FH. I know she is very tall and sometimes balls into the body makes it unavoidable. But this looks, as if someone fixed her upper arm too much. And this “style” seems to lock her body movement. Am I exaggerating?

 

[NextLevel]

Finally, Kaufmann was unable to read the spin too many times.
What always makes me curious with her, is this chicken-wing FH. I know she is very tall and sometimes balls into the body makes it unavoidable. But this looks, as if someone fixed her upper arm too much. And this “style” seems to lock her body movement. Am I exaggerating?

Such things are usually established in infancy/youth and resistant to any serious technical change - only somewhat minor modifications which are invisible to us and only visible to their coaches if at all are possible.

 

[FIXPOINT]

WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 WS R64
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WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 MS R64
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Scheduled Matches:
All times are local time.
Live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/wttglobal

Fri, 19th Jun 2026
11:00 T1 WD QF SZOCS(ROU)/SAMARA(ROU) - ODO(JPN)/YOKOI(JPN)
11:00 T2 WD QF SURJAN(SRB)/LUPULESKU(SRB) - KAUFMANN(GER)/WINTER(GER)
11:00 T3 MD QF YOSHIYAMA(JPN)/KOBAYASHI(JPN) - LIM(KOR)/OH(KOR)
11:00 T4 MD QF XIANG(CHN)/CHEN(CHN) - WONG(HKG)/CHAN(HKG)
11:35 T1 MS R32 Benedikt DUDA(GER) - KUO Guan-Hong(TPE)
11:35 T2 MD QF PARK(KOR)/AN(KOR) - WEN(CHN)/HUANG(CHN)
11:35 T3 WD QF CHEN(CHN)/KUAI(CHN) - QIN(CHN)/ZONG(CHN)
11:35 T4 WD QF HARIMOTO(JPN)/HAYATA(JPN) - SATO(JPN)/SHIBATA(JPN)
12:10 T1 WS R32 JOO Cheonhui(KOR) - Kaho AKAE(JPN)
12:10 T2 WS R32 Andreea DRAGOMAN(ROU) - Bruna TAKAHASHI(BRA)
12:10 T3 MS R32 FENG Yi-Hsin(TPE) - Dang QIU(GER)
12:10 T4 MD QF THAKKAR(IND)/SHAH(IND) - TOGAMI(JPN)/SHINOZUKA(JPN)
12:45 T1 MS R32 XIANG Peng(CHN) - Mizuki OIKAWA(JPN)
12:45 T2 MS R32 Lubomir JANCARIK(CZE) - Patrick FRANZISKA(GER)
12:45 T3 WS R32 Adriana DIAZ(PUR) - XU Yi(CHN)
12:45 T4 WS R32 Miu HIRANO(JPN) - Sabine WINTER(GER)
13:20 T1 WS R32 KUAI Man(CHN) - Manika BATRA(IND)
13:20 T2 WS R32 ZHU Sibing(CHN) - SHI Xunyao(CHN)
13:20 T3 MS R32 Tom JARVIS(GBR) - WEN Ruibo(CHN)
13:20 T4 MS R32 CHEN Yuanyu(CHN) - WONG Chun Ting(HKG)
13:55 T1 MS R32 Hiroto SHINOZUKA(JPN) - AN Jaehyun(KOR)
13:55 T2 MS R32 Yukiya UDA(JPN) - LIN Shidong(CHN)
13:55 T3 WS R32 Miwa HARIMOTO(JPN) - Dina MESHREF(EGY)
13:55 T4 WS R32 Sreeja AKULA(IND) - Hina HAYATA(JPN)
14:30 T1 XD QF QIU(GER)/WINTER(GER) - CALDERANO(BRA)/TAKAHASHI(BRA)
14:30 T2 XD QF HUANG(CHN)/CHEN(CHN) - TOGAMI(JPN)/ODO(JPN)
14:30 T3 XD QF LIM(KOR)/SHIN(KOR) - AIDA(JPN)/SATO(JPN)
14:30 T4 XD QF YIU(HKG)/VARADY(SVK) - SHAH(IND)/CHITALE(IND)
17:00 T1 MS R32 Manush SHAH(IND) - Kanak JHA(USA)
17:00 T2 WS R32 SHIN Yubin(KOR) - YOO Yerin(KOR)
17:00 T3 WS R32 Mo ZHANG(CAN) - Miyu NAGASAKI(JPN)
17:00 T4 MS R32 Simon GAUZY(FRA) - Thibault PORET(FRA)
17:35 T1 WS R32 Bernadette SZOCS(ROU) - Sachi AOKI(JPN)
17:35 T2 WS R32 Miyuu KIHARA(JPN) - CHEN Yi(CHN)
17:35 T3 MS R32 YUAN Licen(CHN) - Shunsuke TOGAMI(JPN)
17:35 T4 WS R32 Satsuki ODO(JPN) - HE Zhuojia(CHN)
18:10 T1 MS R32 Felix LEBRUN(FRA) - Vladimir SIDORENKO(AIN)
18:10 T2 MS R32 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV(GER) - Joe SEYFRIED(FRA)
18:10 T3 WS R32 FAN Shuhan(CHN) - Hitomi SATO(JPN)
18:10 T4 MS R32 Hugo CALDERANO(BRA) - Omar ASSAR(EGY)
18:45 T1 WS R32 CHENG I-Ching(TPE) - Sofia POLCANOVA(AUT)
18:45 T4 MS R32 Alexis LEBRUN(FRA) - PARK Gyuhyeon(KOR)
19:20 T1 MS R32 HUNG Jing-Kai(TPE) - Darko JORGIC(SLO)
19:55 T1 WS R32 Xiaoxin YANG(MON) - ZHU Yuling(MAC)

 

[NextLevel]

That Tom Jarvis beat Anton Kallberg has to be the biggest shocker of many. I guess Jarvis juat need to beat Kanak to complete the Duesseldorf team (Fan Zhendong might be a bit harder if added)....

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

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[NextLevel]

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Quadri let a big fish escape...

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Miu put up a good fight, but Sabine was just too strong.

 

[NextLevel]

Sabine Winter beats another Japanese player... the experts can take consolation in thr fact that Hirano will not be in LA 2028...

 

[Kopp]

Fang Bo is no Oikawa who ousted Huang Youzheng to make it to the main draw.

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Lol. This result really shows Fang Bo's current form. He also lost to Ankur in the previous WTT Contender qualifying round. He's rusty.

 

[NextLevel]

Lol. This result really shows Fang Bo's current form. He also lost to Ankur in the previous WTT Contender qualifying round. He's rusty.

Some of you cannot accept that he will never be as good a player as he once was.

 

[Kopp]

Some of you cannot accept that he will never be as good a player as he once was.

Lol yes 😂 too much hype that's why. I lost interest

 

[chandyrandy]

Some of you cannot accept that he will never be as good a player as he once was.

Idk man I think people are just excited and to me that's fine

 

[NextLevel]

Idk man I think people are just excited and to me that's fine

Of course that's fine. I point out that he is now in his 30s and some people think that because Quadri can play in his 30s, Fang Bo should be playing well in his 30s. Fang Bo was already dealing with injuries before he retired the first time around.

 

[chandyrandy]

Of course that's fine. I point out that he is now in his 30s and some people think that because Quadri can play in his 30s, Fang Bo should be playing well in his 30s. Fang Bonwas already dealing with injuries before he retired the first time around.

I know what you mean but I think it's nice to let people live in their fantasies with stuff like this, at least in the short term. I know I am 😂😂

 

[NextLevel]

Xiang Peng can beat someone... happy for him.

 

[Kopp]

I know what you mean but I think it's nice to let people live in their fantasies with stuff like this, at least in the short term. I know I am 😂😂

Lol.. perhaps what made people or at least me so excited was the fact that he was actively live streaming teaching and showing off all his skills as if he still had it. I think all his fans were excited but I don't know about now 😂

 

[NextLevel]

Lol.. perhaps what made people or at least me so excited was the fact that he was actively live streaming teaching and showing off all his skills as if he still had it. I think all his fans were excited but I don't know about now 😂

Ah... okay... no comment lol....

 

[NextLevel]

Wowl, Lin Shidong struggling with Uda.... will the experts be vindicated?