WTT Star Contender London: Day Four

The top seeds enter the fray, plus four British players are in action on Day Two of the main draw of WTT Star Contender London – follow updates here.

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Results and draws

Every match on every table will be streamed on the WTT YouTube channel, with a swathe of English players featuring on day one as qualifying gets under way.

With some of the best players in the world in the main draw starting on Thursday, there’s everything to play for!

We’ll also be providing regular updates every day on Instagram and Facebook.

Photos by Michael Loveder

Previous reports

Day one (qualifying) | Day two (qualifying) | Day three (main draw)

8.45pm: A big shock towards the end of the day as second seed Darko Jorgic exits the Men’s Singles at the hands of Sweden’s Kristian Karlsson, the score 3-1 (11-8, 11-2, 2-11, 11-3).

8.30pm: Tom Jarvis & Connor Green gave everything to reach the Men’s Doubles final but just came up short in three close games against Kuo Guan-Hong & Feng Yi-Hsin of Chinese Taipei.

They led the first 9-7 but had to save two game points before ultimately losing it 13-11 on the third game point. They then led the first 5-0 but were pegged back to 5-5 on their way to losing it 11-9. They also led the third at points but were behind from 7-6 to the end as it was another 11-9 scoreline for the victors.

Tom Jarvis & Connor Green with coach John Murphy

7.00pm: Connor Green has had an epic run at the WTT Star Contender, however Manav Thakkar has put an end to his run, with a 3-1 scoreline. Green had chances throughout the match and put up a valiant fight.

5.30pm: Paul Drinkhall & Anna Hursey’s fantastic run is over in the semi-finals with a 3-0 (11-6, 1-6, 11-8) defeat at the hands of second seeds Wong Chun Ting & Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong.

The GB pair were ahead at times in games two and three, but on each occasion their opponents put together a run of five points to open up daylight between the pairs.

3.25pm: We have more English semi-finalists!! Tom Jarvis & Connor Green beat Belgian pair Martin Allegro and Adrien Rassenfosse 3-1 (6-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9). They will play Kuo Guan-Hong & Feng Yi-Hsin of Chinese Taipei this evening.

Interesting second game in that one – Tom & Connor were 9-1 up in the second but were pegged back to 9-8. That prompted a timeout with John Murphy, who worked the oracle to get them back on track.

2.20pm: Wow again! Dimitrij Ovtcharov is out – the great German beaten by compatriot Kay Stumper, who comes from 2-0 down to win 3-2 (9-11, 4-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-9). Not only that – he saved FOUR match points in the fourth, taking six in a row from 6-10!

2.10pm: Top seed Tomokazu Harimoto escapes an upset as he beats Luka Mladenovic of Luxembourg 3-2 (11-5, 11-7, 4-11, 8-11, 11-7).

1.10pm: Wow. Mima Ito goes out of the Women’s Singles. The No 2 seed loses to Zeng Jian of Singapore, who takes it 3-2 (6-11, 12-10, 5-11, 14-12, 11-9). Ito had three match points in the fourth and led 9-6 in the fifth.

1.05pm: Milosz Redzimski of Poland picks up an eye-catching win over 12th seed Yuta Tanaka of Japan, by a 3-2 (11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9) margin.

12.35pm: Tom Jarvis raised hopes of an upset against Japan’s Hiroto Shinozuka when he took the first game 11-9, with a run of four points from 9-7 down, getting the crowd right behind him.

But his opponent came back and ruthlessly snuffed out Tom’s hopes by taking the next three 11-5, 11-2, 11-8).

There was a flicker of hope when Tom (WR 79) led the fourth 6-4 and 7-6, but a run of four points gave the world No 31 three match points, and he took the second to move into the last 16.

11.50pm: Paul Drinkhall & Anna Hursey are into the SEMI-FINALS of the Mixed!! The GB pair defeat Sweden’s Kristian Karlsson & Christina Kallberg 11-7 in the fifth in their quarter-final.

It was a tight match though as Paul & Anna took the first game 12-10 on their second game point, only to then be pegged back as the Swedes saved two game points in winning the second 13-11 – and they then moved ahead as they took the third 11-9.

Paul & Anna were never behind in the fourth, though they were pegged back to 9-9 before they took it 11-9. The fifth saw them only behind after the first point, though it was either pair’s to win at 7-7 – but four points in a row for the British pair put them into the last four, where they will face second seeds Wong Chun Ting & Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong.