This third day of the WTT Champions in Montpellier began with the end of the round of 16. At the end of these last six matches, we now know the posters for the eighth. A stage of the competition scheduled for this Thursday evening and Friday.
To finish this first round of the competition, it was the two Japanese, Tomokazu Harimoto, fifth player in the world, and Yukiya Uda, world number 37, who launched the hostilities. In this duel of compatriots, it was Harimoto who won. Satsuki Odo then did the same, before Lin Gaoyuan (world No. 9) fell to recent European Championship silver medalist Benedikt Duda and Wang Yidi, the No. 1 seed in the draw women, does not qualify for the next round.
Following this first round, Jianan and Félix will meet Cheng I-Ching and Xiang Peng today from 7:30 p.m. Tomorrow, Prithika Pavade will face Mima Ito, world No. 8, an opponent she has already beaten, while Alexis Lebrun will face the Swede Truls Moregard in the following match.
The results of the first session:
Tomokazu HARIMOTO 3-0 Yukiya UDA
Satsuki ODO 3-0 Dina MESHREF
LIN Gaoyuan 1-3 Benedikt DUDA
SHI Xunyao 2-3 QIAN Tianyi
Edward LY 0-3 Patrick FRANZISKA
WANG Yidi 3-0 JEON Jihee
The program for the round of 16:
