WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 June 16-21

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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

 

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

 

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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?

 

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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.

 

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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)

 

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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)....