WTT Contender Zagreb 2023: Full schedule, fixtures, results, live streaming details

India's Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra have earned a direct entry into the main draw.

WTT Contender Zagreb 2023 is the 11th WTT series event and the sixth Contender series event of the calendar year 2023. After back-to-back Contender series in Africa, the action now shifts to Europe in Zagreb, Croatia. The Table Tennis event begins June 26 with 32 singles players, 16 doubles and 8 mixed doubles pairs competing for ranking points.

India had an excellent African leg with Harmeet Desai reaching the semi-finals in men's singles at Lagos and defeating three top 30 ranked players. Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee then won their maiden WTT Contender title in women's doubles last week at Tunis. Three Indian pairs overall reached the semi-finals in the last two WTT Contender series, with one of the pair winning the title.

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is set to play the qualifiers this week to make an entry into the main round. The former top ranked Indian was inside the top 30 of world rankings last year, but lost ranking points with a below average performance this season. He is currently ranked WR 59 and needs to get back to form with the Asian Games in sight.

WTT Contender Zagreb 2023 Venue and Date

Date: June 26–02 July, 2023

Venue: Dom Sportova Zagreb, Croatia

Who are the top seeds at WTT Contender Zagreb 2023?

Men’s Singles: 

• 1. Fan Zhendong
• 2. Hugo Calderano
• 3. Lin Gaoyuan
• 4. Lin Shidong
• 5. Yukiya Uda
• 6. Chuang Chih-Yuan
• 7. Omar Assar
• 8. Zhou Qihao

Women’s Singles:

• 1. Sun Yingsha
• 2. Qian Tianyi
• 3. Hina Hayata
• 4. Miyuu Kihara
• 5. Shin Yubin
• 6. Miu Hirano
• 7. Kuai Man
• 8. Joo Cheonhui

Which Indian players are playing in WTT Contender Zagreb 2023?

Men’s Singles

Qualifiers

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manav Vikash Thakkar, Harmeet Desai, Manush Utpalbhai Shah, and Sanil Shetty.

Main Draw

Sharath Kamal

Women’s Singles 

Qualifiers

Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Reeth Tennison, Diya Parag Chitale, and Ayhika Mukherjee.

Main Draw

Manika Batra

Men’s Doubles

Qualifiers - Manav Thakkar/Utpal Shah

Main Draw - Sharath Kamal/Harmeet Desai

Women's Doubles

Main Draw - Ayhika Mukherjee/Sutirtha Mukherjee and Sreeja Akula/Diya Chitale

Mixed Doubles

Qualifiers - Utpal Shah/Sreeja Akula

Main Draw - Sathiyan Gnanasekaran/Manika Batra

Where and how to watch live telecast and live streaming of WTT Contender Zagreb 2023?

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

WTT Contender Zagreb 2023 Schedule and Fixtures

Men's Singles (Round of 32)

Achanta Sharath Kamal beat Lilian Bardet (3-2)

Men's Singles (Round of 16)

Sharath Kamal lost to Li Shidong (0-3)

Women's Singles (Round of 32)

Manika Batra beat Hana Arapovic (3-1)

Sutirtha Mukherjee lost to Yang Ha Eun (0-3)

Women's Singles (Round of 16)

Manika Batra lost to Shin Yubin (0-3)

Men's Doubles (Round of 32)

Manav Thakkar/Manush Shah beat Borna Petek/Ivor Ban (3-0)

Harmeet Desai/Sharath Kamal lost to Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan (0-3)

Men's Doubles (Quarter-finals)

Manav Thakkar/Manush Shah lost to Gustavo Gomez/Nicholas Burgos (1-3)

Women's Doubles (Round of 16)

Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee lost to Ivana Malobabic/Mateja Jeger (1-3)

Diya Chitale/Sreeja Akula beat Lily Zhang/Rachel Sung (3-1)

Women's Doubles (Quarter-finals)

Diya Chitale/Sreeja Akula beat Zeng Jian/Wong Xin Ru (3-2)

Mixed Doubles (Round of 32)

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran/Manika Batra lost to lee Zion/Cho Seungmin (2-3)