Regular updates from WTT Star Contender London, as the main draws get under way in singles and doubles on Thursday.

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How to follow

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

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8.40pm: Anna Hursey & Bernadette Szocs is an eye-catching doubles pairing but they run into tough opponents in the shape of Adina Diaconu of Romania & Maria Xiao of Spain. It was a bit of an epic as the victors took it with a scoreline of 3-1 (15-13, 14-12, 8-11, 11-6) – there was a game point in the first and three in the second for Hursey & Szocs.

8pm: Top seed from qualifying Ryoichi Yoshiyama of Japan ends Paul Drinkhall’s hopes in the singles with a 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 12-10) victory.

7.20pm: Tom Jarvis & Connor Green are into the quarter-finals of the Men’s Doubles thanks to an ‘Ashes’ victory over Nicholas Lum & Finn Luu of Australia. It was a see-saw 3-2 (11-7, 7-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-9) – the English pair were 7-4 down in the fifth.

6.40pm: Kay Stumper ends Sam Walker’s interest in the singles, with a 3-1 (11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9) victory for the German world No 82.

6.05pm: Tin-Tin Ho finds Spain’s Maria Xiao (WR 58) a tough opponent as she can’t quite get close enough to bag a game – it finishes 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-9) to Xiao.

5.30pm: What a start to the evening session as GB duo Paul Drinkhall & Anna Hursey win their first ever match as a pair – and in three straight! They defeated Romania’s Eduard Ionescu & Bernadette Szocs 11-8, 12-10, 13-11 to advance to the quarter-finals, where they will face Sweden’s Kristian Karlsson & Christina Kallberg.

3.30pm: Tianer Yu is defeated 3-1 (11-8, 14-12, 11-13, 11-6) by Camille Lutz of France, the world No 107. It’s a case of what might have been for the teenager as she had five game points in the second game, at 10-7, 11-10 and 12-11.

2.15pm: Not to be for GB and Wales’ Anna Hursey (WR 53) as she is defeated by Yeh Yi-Tian (WR 46) of Chinese Taipei 3-1 (11-8, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7) in the first round.

1.30pm: Tom Jarvis (WR 79) digs deep to hold off a comeback by Belgium’s Martin Allegro (WR 95) . Jarvis wins 3-2 (11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 9-11, 11-5) to set up a clash against Japan’s 10th-seeded Hiroto Shinozuka (WR 31) in the last 32.

12.45pm: Paul Drinkhall & Sam Walker, champions at WTT Feeder Manchester this year, get off to a winning start as they defeat India’s Harmeet Desai & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 3-1 (11-13, 11-5, 11-9, 11-5), recovering from missing two game points in the first.

12.30pm: WHAT A WIN! Connor Green (WR 270) has beaten Feng Yi-Hsin, the world No 55 from Chinese Taipei in the first round. Green took out his illustrious opponent 3-1 (7-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9) – finding a sensational run of points when it mattered as he went from 6-3 down to 10-6 up in the last and then holding his nerve after Feng saved the first three match points, Green having used his timeout already.

12.00: Tin-Tin Ho & Sophie Earley go out of the Women’s Doubles at the hands of Hong Kong pair Ng Wing Lam & Wong Hoi Tung. The English pair had a 9-7 lead in the first but were always chasing after that as they went out 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-6).

11.45am: Top seeds in the Mixed Doubles, Sora Matsushima & Miwa Harimoto come from behind to defeat Flavien Coton & Charlotte Lutz of France 3-2 (12-14, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6) in the last 16. They will next face Slovakian duo Lubomir Pistej & Tatiana Kukulkova, who themselves won 3-2 against Javen Choong & Karen Lyne of Malaysia.

Japanese-South Korean line-up Yukiya Uda & Shin Yubin are also through, coming from 2-1 down to beat Manush Shah & Diya Chitale of India, and Lin Yun-Ju & Cheng I-Ching of Chinese Taipei.