WTT Contender Almaty 2026 Sep 1-6

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I don't know if Honoka is injured, but she was originally on the players list for WS and WD (with Nagasaki). She's been replaced by Sutirtha Mukherjee.

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WTT Contender Almaty-2026 is the eleventh table tennis tournament of the WTT Contender Series in 2026 (and the seventh tournament at WTT Contenders level), held at the Table Tennis Centre ADD, located at: Nurkent Microdistrict, 14B4B, 050038, Almaty, Kazakhstan. WTT Contender Almaty 2026 is organised by the Table Tennis Federation Of The Republic Of Kazakhstan under the patronage of World Table Tennis (WTT) from 1 to 6 September 2026.
The tournament has a prize money of $100,000.

Tournament qualification
Top 20 Participation Restrictions
Singles events
  • A maximum of three (3) players will be permitted to participate if players are inside the Top 20 of the ITTF TTWR, at the time of the entry deadline.
National Entry Restriction (NER)
Singles events
  • Each Member Association shall be allowed a maximum of four (4) players per event excluding the WTT nomination. The restriction is applied across both the Main Draw and Qualifying competition, to provide for a maximum total of four (4) players in any combination (i.e., 2 Qualifying / 2 Main Draw or 1 Qualifying / 3 Main Draw).
Doubles events
  • Each Member Association shall be allowed a maximum of eight (8) players per event with a maximum three (3) full pairs consisting of players from the same Member Association (i.e., 3 CZE/CZE, 1 CZE/SWE, 1 CZE/GER).
Mixed Doubles events
  • Each Member Association shall be allowed a maximum of four (4) players per event in any pairing combination.
The Host is permitted to use its wildcards to nominate additional players from any Member Association and/or pairs in any combination outside of the NER limit.

Wildcards
  • The host is entitled to the following Wildcards: three (3) players for the Singles Main Draw and two (2) pairs for the Doubles and Mixed Doubles Main Draw.
  • The host is entitled to the following Wildcards: twelve (12) players for the Singles Qualifying Draw and two (2) pairs for the Doubles
  • Any unused Wildcards/Nominations will be returned to the direct entries.
Useful links

Tournament page on the WTT website: WTT Contender Almaty 2026
Tournament match playlist on the WTT YouTube channel: WTT Contender Almaty 2026
 
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Scheduled Matches:
All times are local time.
Live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/wttglobal

Fri, 4th Sep 2026
10:00 T1 XD QF TOGAMI(JPN)/HAYATA(JPN) - TIKHONOV(RUS)/PANFILOVA(RUS)
10:00 T2 XD QF KURMANGALIYEV(KAZ)/FU(KAZ) - KARLSSON(SWE)/KALLBERG(SWE)
10:00 T3 XD QF YOSHIYAMA(JPN)/OJIO(JPN) - JAIN(IND)/DAS(IND)
10:00 T4 XD QF SHAH(IND)/CHITALE(IND) - ARTEMENKO(RUS)/ABRAAMIAN(RUS)
10:35 T1 MS R16 Mattias KARLSSON(SWE) - Kazuki HAMADA(JPN)
10:35 T2 WS R16 Yashaswini GHORPADE(IND) - Miyu NAGASAKI(JPN)
11:10 T1 WS R16 Kaho AKAE(JPN) - Debora VIVARELLI(ITA)
11:10 T2 MS R16 Kirill GERASSIMENKO(KAZ) - FANG Bo(KAZ)
11:10 T3 MS R16 Vincent PICARD(FRA) - Alvaro ROBLES(ESP)
11:45 T1 MS R16 Manush SHAH(IND) - Denis IVONIN(RUS)
11:45 T2 WS R16 Christina KALLBERG(SWE) - Elizabet ABRAAMIAN(RUS)
11:45 T3 WS R16 Maria PANFILOVA(RUS) - Annett KAUFMANN(GER)
12:20 T1 WD QF TORSHAYEVA(KAZ)/KOSHKUMBAYEVA(KAZ) - HIRANO(JPN)/KIHARA(JPN)
12:20 T2 MD QF BOURRASSAUD(FRA)/DORR(FRA) - YOSHIYAMA(JPN)/YOSHIYAMA(JPN)
12:20 T3 WD QF TAILAKOVA(RUS)/ZIRONOVA(RUS) - CHIEN(TPE)/LI(TPE)
12:20 T4 MD QF KARLSSON(SWE)/KARLSSON(SWE) - TIKHONOV(RUS)/VINOGRADOV(RUS)
12:55 T1 WD QF DAS(IND)/MUKHERJEE(IND) - FU(KAZ)/LUKYANOVA(KAZ)
12:55 T2 WD QF CHITALE(IND)/GHORPADE(IND) - SLAUTINA(RUS)/ZAVARYKINA(RUS)
12:55 T3 MD QF GERASSIMENKO(KAZ)/KURMANGALIYEV(KAZ) - HAMADA(JPN)/SUZUKI(JPN)
12:55 T4 MD QF KENZHIGULOV(KAZ)/ZHUBANOV(KAZ) - KATSMAN(RUS)/GREBNEV(RUS)
16:00 T1 WS R16 Hina HAYATA(JPN) - CHIEN Tung-Chuan(TPE)
16:00 T2 MS R16 Alexis KOURAICHI(FRA) - Kristian KARLSSON(SWE)
16:35 T1 MS R16 Shunsuke TOGAMI(JPN) - Florian BOURRASSAUD(FRA)
16:35 T2 WS R16 Adriana DIAZ(PUR) - Syndrela DAS(IND)
17:10 T1 WS R16 Miu HIRANO(JPN) - YANG Ha Eun(KOR)
17:10 T2 MS R16 Ryoichi YOSHIYAMA(JPN) - Evgeny TIKHONOV(RUS)
17:45 T1 MS R16 Yuta TANAKA(JPN) - Simon GAUZY(FRA)
17:45 T2 WS R16 Vlada VORONINA(RUS) - Swastika GHOSH(IND)
 
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Probably Kirill is the better player right now, but I think it's a pretty good matchup for the rusty Fang Bo. My money is on Fang.
My money will be on Kirill in a reasonably comfortable one, but I do hope to be proven wrong...
 
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