WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023: Full schedule, fixtures, results, telecast

Manika Batra will be the lone Indian participant in the tournament.

WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023 is just one day away and the draw is now set. The complete lineup of matches is pretty much set and we have some titanic clashes headed our way. In the Men's Singles Fan Zhendong comes in as the top seed and will be chasing his first WTT Champions title. The World No.1 heads to Xinxiang having just taken down Singapore Smash so is in a winning mood. Fan will be first up against wildcard Felix Lebrun in the Round of 32.

New World No.2 Wang Chuqin heads to Xinxiang on a career-high ranking. With a WTT Champions title already to his name, and having taken home the silverware at WTT Cup Finals Xinxiang 2022, the lefty won't be settling for anything less than the title. Wang's opening clash will be against World No. 29 Wong Chun Ting.

The rest of the Men's Singles draw is loaded with some huge matchups, including World No.5 Hugo Calderano up against longtime training partner and World No.35 Simon Gauzy, as well as WTT Champions ESS 2022 winner Tomokazu Harimoto taking on the big-hitting Patrick Franziska straight out the gate.

On the other end in the Women's Singles World No.1 Sun Yingsha is coming in blazing. The triple-crown winner at Singapore Smash is sitting on a 16-match singles winning streak. She will look to make another triumphant memory in Xinxiang having won the WTT Cup Finals here last year.

The top seed will face Doo Hoi Kem in the opening round. While in the Women's Singles World No.1 Sun Yingsha is coming in hot. The triple-crown winner at Singapore Smash is sitting on a 16-match singles winning streak. She will look to make more happy memories in Xinxiang having won the WTT Cup Finals here last year. The top seed will face Doo Hoi Kem in the opening round.

WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023, Details (Date and Venue)

Date: 9th April to 15th April 2023

Venue: Pingyuan Sports Center Xinxiang, China  

Who are the top seeds at the WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023?

Men’s Singles: 1. Fan Zhendong, 2. Wang Chuqin, 3. Tomokazo Harimoto, 4. Ma Long, 5. Hugo Calderano

Women’s Singles: 1. Sun Yingsha, 2. Wang Manyu, 3. Wang Yidi, 4. Chen Meng, 5. Mima Ito

Who are the Indians participating at the WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023?

Manika Batra, World No. 39, will be the only Indian participating at the WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023.

Where and how to watch live streaming of WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023?

Fans can watch the live streaming of the WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023 on the WTT YouTube channel. Unfortunately, no live telecast has been announced as yet.

WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023 schedule and fixtures

Day 1 (09th April 2023)

Men’s Singles

Round of 32 

Fan Zhendong vs Felix Lebrun

Lee Sang Su vs Omar Assar

Lin Shidong vs Kristian Karlsson

Liam Pitchford vs Dang Qiu

Tomakazu Harimoto vs Patrick Franziska

Hiroto Shinozuka vs Lim Jonghoon

Chuang Chih –Yuan vs Alexis Lebrun 

Yukia Uda vs Truls Moregard

Hugo Calderano vs Simon Gauzy

Ruwen Filus vs Andrej Gacina 

Lin Yun-Ju vs Quadri Aruna

Anton Kallberg vs Ma Long

Liang Jingkun vs Jang Woojin

Marcos Freitas vs Mattias Falck

Benedikt Duda vs Darko Jorgic

Wong Chun Ting vs Wang Chuqin

Women’s Singles

Round of 32

Sun Yingsha vs Doo Hoi kem

Xiaoxin Yang vs Elizabeta Samara

Bernadette Szocs vs Jia Nan Yuan

Suthasini Sawettabut vs Mima Ito

Chen Meng vs Jeon Jihee

Kasumi Ishikawa vs Adriana Diaz

Nina Mittelham vs Xia Lian Ni

Fa Yu vs Hina Hayata

Ying Han vs Lily Zhang

Shin Yubin vs Hana Matelova

Sofia Polcanova vs Cheng I-Ching

Chen Szu-Yu vs Wang Yidi

Chen Xingtong vs Miyuu Kihara

Xiaona Shan vs Manika Batra

Bruna Takahashi vs Yangzi Liu

Dina Meshref vs Wang Manyu