WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 Jan 13-18

[Janard]

WS R64
Yeh Yi-Tian 2-3 Hirano (-4, 7, -9, 7, -9)
G2 16, 36, 37, 67 TO for Hirano and no checking notes?, 117. Some unravelling on Hirano's end before YYT's backhand serve.
20, 22, 62, 63, 83, 85 TO for YYT, 87 Hirano yellow carded, 88, 98, 911
22, 42, 43, 63, 64, 74, 76, 96, 97, 117
01, 51, 55, 65, 67, 87, 89, 99, 911
Not a third 5-gamer defeat (Harimoto and Odo) in recent times.

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...smash-2025-las-vegas-7-3-13.34068/post-531011

Didn't watch the match but highlights suggest Hirano didn't have a coach? Which I thought is quite rare.

 

[zeio]

Didn't watch the match but highlights suggest Hirano didn't have a coach? Which I thought is quite rare.

All players are here at their own expense before Zennihon, probably to save on cost for Hirano who's the only one from Kinoshita?

https://jtta.or.jp/tour/34038

 

[zeio]

XD R16
LYJ/CIC (4) 2-3 Chen Junsong/Qin Yuxuan (Q) (-5, 10, 10, -7, -6)

MD R16
LSD/LJK (4) 2-3 JWJ/CDS (Q) (-9, 9, -6, 7, -9)

 

[zeio]

MS R64
HYZ 3-2 Apolonia (-6, -7, 8, 5, 9)
Apolonia almost did it again after ousting LJH.

WS R64
Shibata 3-2 Maria Xiao (Q) (11, -10, -8, 7, 4)

 

[joshmak10]

MS R64
HYZ 3-2 Apolonia (-6, -7, 8, 5, 9)
Apolonia almost did it again after ousting

HYZ remembered he’s baby WCQ lol

 

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WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 WS R64

WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 MS R64

WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 WD R64

WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 MD R64

WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 XD R64

 

[FIXPOINT]

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

Fri, 16th Jan 2026
12:45 T1 MS R32 Ryoichi YOSHIYAMA(JPN) - Tomokazu HARIMOTO(JPN)
12:45 T2 MS R32 LIANG Jingkun(CHN) - ZHOU Qihao(CHN)
12:45 T3 WS R32 Saki SHIBATA(JPN) - Miyuu KIHARA(JPN)
12:45 T4 WS R32 Miu HIRANO(JPN) - JOO Cheonhui(KOR)
13:20 T1 WS R32 Tatiana KUKULKOVA(SVK) - Adriana DIAZ(PUR)
13:20 T2 WS R32 ZONG Geman(CHN) - Hitomi SATO(JPN)
13:20 T3 MS R32 Joao GERALDO(POR) - JANG Woojin(KOR)
13:20 T4 MS R32 AN Jaehyun(KOR) - Leo DE NODREST(FRA)
13:55 T1 MS R32 Kristian KARLSSON(SWE) - Simon GAUZY(FRA)
13:55 T2 MS R32 Hiroto SHINOZUKA(JPN) - OH Junsung(KOR)
13:55 T3 WS R32 CHENG I-Ching(TPE) - YOO Yerin(KOR)
13:55 T4 WS R32 Sofia POLCANOVA(AUT) - Elizabet ABRAAMIAN(AIN)
14:30 T1 XD QF LIM(KOR)/SHIN(KOR) - CHEN(CHN)/KUAI(CHN)
14:30 T2 XD QF CHEN(CHN)/QIN(CHN) - PARK(KOR)/KIM(KOR)
14:30 T3 XD QF PANG(SGP)/ZENG(SGP) - ROBLES(ESP)/XIAO(ESP)
14:30 T4 XD QF HUANG(CHN)/CHEN(CHN) - WONG(HKG)/DOO(HKG)
17:00 T1 MS R32 CHO Daeseong(KOR) - Dimitrij OVTCHAROV(GER)
17:00 T2 WS R32 SHI Xunyao(CHN) - Sakura YOKOI(JPN)
17:00 T3 WS R32 RYU Hanna(KOR) - Jia Nan YUAN(FRA)
17:00 T4 MS R32 LIN Yun-Ju(TPE) - WEN Ruibo(CHN)
17:35 T1 WS R32 Satsuki ODO(JPN) - ZENG Jian(SGP)
17:35 T2 WS R32 KUAI Man(CHN) - WANG Xiaotong(CHN)
17:35 T3 MS R32 Tomislav PUCAR(CRO) - Omar ASSAR(EGY)
17:35 T4 WS R32 CHEN Yi(CHN) - KIM Seongjin(KOR)
18:10 T1 MS R32 KUO Guan-Hong(TPE) - Benedikt DUDA(GER)
18:10 T2 MS R32 Shunsuke TOGAMI(JPN) - HUANG Youzheng(CHN)
18:10 T3 WS R32 KIM Nayeong(KOR) - DOO Hoi Kem(HKG)
18:10 T4 MS R32 CHEN Junsong(CHN) - Anders LIND(DEN)
18:45 T1 WS R32 LEE Eunhye(KOR) - Manika BATRA(IND)
18:45 T4 MS R32 CHEN Yuanyu(CHN) - XUE Fei(CHN)
19:20 T1 MS R32 PARK Gyuhyeon(KOR) - Hugo CALDERANO(BRA)
19:55 T1 WS R32 ZHU Ziyu(CHN) - ZHU Yuling(MAC)

 

[NextLevel]

Attack of the clones...

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

lot of exciting matches... kauffman vs yubin, XP vs sidorenko, karlsson vs gauzy, polcanova vs abraamian, LYJ vs ruibo, togami vs HYZ, chen junsong vs lind

 

[CyNyC]

What a match XP vs Sidorenko.
Russian guy has really a great forehand, can powerloop half long ball with crazy speed

 

[zeio]

WS R32
Hirano 3-2 JCH (7) (-10, 8, -4, 9, 11)
107, 108 endline edge for JCH, 109 TO for Hirano, 1011 slight net for JCH, 1012
41 dead net for Hirano, 42 slight net for JCH, 62, 65, 85 side edge for Hirano, 105, 108, 118
04, 24, 210, 410, 411
01, 11, 15, 65 slight net for Hirano, 75, 76, 96, 99, 119
10, 11 slight net for JCH, 31 TO for JCH, 41, 42, 62, 64, 94, 98, 1011, 1311
Hirano's serve, short game and FH got a further boost after CTTSL 2025. The only issue left to solve is her competitive sense.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Great win for Miu Hirano 13-11 in the decider vs. Joo. Miu has had trouble against Korean players so this is a very positive step. She will face winner of DHK vs KNY.

Saki Shibata with a huge upset over Miyuu Kihara also winning in the decider.

 

[joshmak10]

Marvellous 12 Zhou Qihao came out. 3-2 vs LJk.

I found it funny how LJK basically slaps ZQH's hand during their handshake at the end lol

 

[boretennis]

why do they treat tables 2-4 like if it's some basement shit nobody cares about? the lightning is just terrible, at least from camera perspective. and table 4 is almost on the corridor next to some press area.

 

[NextLevel]

Leo DeNordrest beats An Jaehyun.. .I guess one Frenchman is not struggling with Koreans though I have to see the highlights of that one to wrap my head around the score.

 

[zeio]

MS R32
LYJ 0-3 W/O WRB

 

[NextLevel]

MS R32
LYJ 0-3 W/O WRB

Smart. I did wonder about the wisdom of playing back to back events after advancing so far in the Champions. Harimoto and Jang have a different drummer....

 

[zeio]

WS R32
Ryu Hanna 0-3 YJN (-3, -5, -5)
None of the KNT women know how to play combination players...

 

[NextLevel]

WS R32
Ryu Hanna 0-3 YJN (-3, -5, -5)
None of the KNT women know how to play combination players...

Which is why Lee Eunhye (and I suspect I know where you will go next) beat her 3-0 at the mixed team world cup?

Every KNT player is different (and yes even the combination opponents are different).

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Huge win for Sakura Yokoi 3-2 over SXY !