Asian WTTC Continental Stage 2023 full fixtures, schedule, results and live streaming details
Manika Batra is India's highest-ranked paddler in the tournament.
Asian WTTC Continental Stage will be the first competition of the 2023 season and also one of the important events which act as a qualifying stage for the World Championships to be held in Durban, South Africa later in May 2023. The competition is set to be held at the Lusail Sports Complex in Doha, Qatar.
Top Indian players are set to take part in the event, with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in men’s and Manika Batra in women’s to be the top seeds from India. Recently Manika Batra jumped to the 35th spot in the singles, which is her career-best ranking. Achanta Sarath Kamal the veteran too will be part of the event.
India's squad for Asian WTTC Continental Stage 2023
Men’s Singles
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Achanta Sarath Kamal, Manush Utpal Shah, Sanil Shetty, and Harmeet Desai.
Men’s Doubles
Sathiyan/Sharath Kamal; Harmeet Desai/Manush Shah
Women's Singles
Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Diya Chitale, Reeth Tennison, and Swastika Ghosh.
Women’s Doubles
Manika Batra/Archana Kamath; Sreeja Akula/Reeth Tennison
Mixed Doubles
Manika Batra/Sathiyan; Sharath Kamal/Sreeja Akula
In the singles category, each group winner will earn a quota for the World Table Tennis Championships while the runners-up will have to play a few additional matches to fill up the remaining quota places.
All the group winners will earn a quota in the doubles category with the remaining will have to play the knockout games to earn a quota.
Where to watch live telecast of Asian WTTC Continental Stage 2023 live in India?
Unfortunately, there is no live telecast of the table tennis tournament available in India. However, fans can follow the live updates of all matches on the official ITTF website.
How to watch the live streaming of Asian WTTC Continental Stage 2023 live in India?
Fans can watch the live streaming of the Asian WTTC Continental Stage 2023 tournament on ITTF's official YouTube channel.
India's complete schedule for Asian WTTC Continental Stage
Singles Events
Round OF 64 (January 8, 2023)
Men's Singles
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 3-4 Quek Izaac
Harmeet Desai 4-0 Albalooshi Abdulla
Utpalbhai Shah 4-2 Alan Kurmangaliyev
Sanil Shetty 2-4 Amir Hossein
Achanta Sarath Kamal 4-0 Jann Mari Nayre
Women's Singles
Reeth Tennison 4-1 Wanling Zhang
Swastika Ghosh 4-1 Zauresh Akasheva
Diya Chitale 4-0 Mirkadirova Sarvinoz
Sreeja Akula 4-0 Amruta Phadke
Manika Batra 4-0 Markhabo Magdiva
Round OF 32 (January 10, 2023)
Men's Singles
Harmeet Desai 0-4 Fan Zhendong
Utpalbhai Manush Shah 0-4 Lim Jonghoon
Sharath Kamal Achanta 4-1 Ahmadian Amin
Women's Singles
Reeth Tennison 0-4 Hina Hayata
Swastika Ghosh 0-4 Jihee Jeon
Diya Parag Chitale 1-4 Miu Hirano
Sreeja Akula 4-3 Szu-Yu Chen
Manika Batra 4-0 Chengzhu Zhu
Doubles Events
Round OF 16 (January 9, 2023)
Men's Doubles
Sharath Kamal Achanta/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 3-4 Long Ma/Licen Yuan
Harmeet Desai/Utpalbhai Manush Shah 4-1 Amin Ahmadian/Amir Hossein Hodaei
Women's Doubles
Reeth Tennison/Sreeja Akula 0-4 Jihee Jeon/Yubin Shin
Mixed Doubles
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran/Manika Batra 4-1 Hiroto Shinozuka/Miyuu Kihara
Sharath Kamal Achanta/Akula Sreeja 0-4 Kit Kwan Ho/Chengzhu Zhu
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