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

Payas Jain and Archana Kamath to spearhead the Indian contingent

After the South American leg of WTT events, the action now moves to Asia as the WTT Contender Almaty is set to start from August 29th, 2023. Several youngsters from India are set to feature in this tournament, whereas the likes of Manika Batra and Achanta Sharath Kamal have given it a miss due to the national duties.

The first two days will feature the qualifying matches while the main draw starts from the third day onwards. The competition comprises five events as usual: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. With the Asian Games starting in just three weeks time, WTT Contender Almaty will serve as an important tournament for all the Asian players playing in Hangzhou.

A total of six Indian table tennis players are set to take part in the competition and all are stationed in the qualifying draw. Payas Jain and Archana Kamath are the highest ranked Indian paddlers in the men’s and women’s singles category respectively. After failing to qualify for the main draw at Lima, Payas will be looking to cross the initial hurdles and progress through to main draw. All the top Indian players will be in action at the Asian Table Tennis Championships – the reason for their absence from the competition.

WTT Contender Almaty 2023 Venue and Dates:

Date: 29 August-3 September, 2023

Venue: Table Tennis Centre ADD Almaty, Kazakhstan

Who are the top seeds at WTT Contender Almaty 2023

Men’s Singles:

1. Lin Yun-Ju
2. Dimitrij Ovtcharov
3. Darko Jorgic
4. Truls Moregard
5. Aruna Quadri
6. Alexis Lebrun
7. Omar Assar
8. Marcos Freitas

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Women’s Singles:

1. Xiaoxin Yang
2. Bernadette Szocs
3. Jia Nan Yuan
4. Sofia Polcanova
5. Joo Cheonhui
6. Dina Meshref
7. Nina Mittelham
8. Fan Siqi

Indian Contingent at WTT Contender Almaty 2023

Men’s Singles

Qualifying Draw

1. Payas Jain
2. Sanil Shetty
3. Jeet Chandra
4. Anirban Ghosh

Women’s Singles

Qualifying Draw

1. Archana Girish Kamath
2. Swastika Ghosh

Mixed Doubles

Qualifying Draw

1. Anirban Ghosh/Swastika Ghosh

Defending Champions at WTT Contender Almaty

Men’s Singles: Ruwen Filus

Women’s Singles: Hina Hayata

Men’s Doubles: Lin Yun-Ju/Liao Ceng-Ting

Women’s Doubles: Miu Hirano/Hina Hayata

Mixed Doubles: Lin Yun-Ju/Chen Szu-Yu

Where and how to watch WTT Contender Almaty 2023 live?

Fans can watch the live action of all the tables on the official You tube channel of WTT. Unfortunately there isn’t any broadcast for the competition.

India’s fixtures at WTT Contender Almaty 2023

Men’s Singles Qualifying (Round 1)

Payas Jain beat Sanil Shetty (11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 6-11, 11-7)

Anirban Ghosh lost to Darius Movileanu (8-8, 12-14, 12-14)

Jeet Chandra lost to Mohamed Shouman (9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 12-10)

Men’s Singles Qualifying (Round 2)

Payas Jain beat Alberto Mino (11-7, 5-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-8)

Men’s Singles Qualifying (Round 3)

Payas Jain lost to Ovidiu Ionescu (10-12, 5-11, 4-11)

Women’s Singles Qualifying (Round 2)

Swastika Ghosh lost to Andreea Dragoman (4-11, 4-11, 9-11)

Archana Kamath beat Anel Bakhyt (11-9, 11-8, 12-10)

Women’s Singles Qualifying (Round 3)

Archana Kamath lost to Liu Hsing-Yin (6-11, 11-7, 11-3, 7-11, 6-11)

Mixed Doubles Qualifying (Round 1)

Anirban Ghosh/Swastika Ghosh beat Marina Donner/Ludovic Gombos (9-11, 5-11, 8-11)

Mixed Doubles (Round 1)

Anirban Ghosh/Swastika Ghosh lost to Yousra Helmy/Khalid Assar (11-7, 7-11, 3-11, 15-17)

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