The United Kingdom is the birthplace of table tennis, with Manchester, England, hosting the WTT feeder tournament for the first time from 1 to 4 February. After a day of qualifying competition, by the early morning of February 2, the list of the main race in Manchester was released.
Due to the low level of the tournament, the prize money for the entire tournament is only 22,500 US dollars, and the players are mainly European players, especially English players, and the old and young players are all in the field. Among the Asian players, there is only South Korea's Cho Dae-sung in the men's singles, two Chinese Taipei players and three South Korean players in the women's singles, Korean Cho Dae-sung/Park Kyung-tae in men's doubles, India's Nitya Mani/Selena Serwakuma in women's doubles, and Korea's Yoo Shi-woo/Park Kyung-tae in mixed doubles.
Men's singles
Men's Singles Zone 1/4: England's pitcher Pitchford, ranked 25th in the world, is also the tournament's top seed. Germany's Stephen Menger, the tournament's No. 5 seed, is ranked 59th in the world.
Men's Singles Zone 2/4: Portugal's Apollonia, the No. 4 seed and ranked 49th in the world. Austria's 37-year-old veteran Daniel Harbesson, the No. 8 seed in the tournament, is ranked 71st in the world.
Men's Singles Zone 3/4: Belgium's Martin Allegero, the sixth seed and ranked 64th in the world. Spain's Álvaro Robles, the No. 3 seed in the tournament and ranked 46th in the world.
Men's Singles Zone 4/4: South Korea's Cho Dae-sung, the No. 7 seed and ranked 70th in the world. Denmark's Anders Lind, the No. 2 seed, is ranked 29th in the world.
Women's singles
There are five Asian players in the Women's Singles main draw, namely Liu Xinyin and Huang Yihua of Chinese Taipei, and JI Eunchae, Liang Xiayin and Kim Naying of South Korea.
Women's Singles Zone 1/4: American player Zhang An, the top seed of the tournament, ranked 37th in the world. Chinese Taipei's 36-year-old veteran Liu Xinyin, the No. 5 seed in the tournament, is ranked 59th in the world.
Women's Singles Zone 2/4: Dutch player Brett Illand, the No. 4 seed and currently ranked 217th in the world. South Korea's Yang Ha Eun, the No. 6 seed in the tournament and ranked 60th in the world.
Women's Singles Zone 3/4: Spanish player Xiao Yaoqian, the No. 8 seed in the tournament, ranked 62nd in the world. Luxembourg's 60-year-old veteran Ni Xialian, the No. 3 seed in the tournament, is ranked 41st in the world.
Women's Singles Zone 4/4: South Korea's 17-year-old Kim Na-young, the No. 2 seed and ranked 39th in the world. Poland's Natalia Bayo, the No. 7 seed, is ranked 61st in the world.
Men's Doubles
In Men's Doubles, there are only seven pairs, four of which are England in the bottom half. Hungary's Eksage/Adam Sudi are the top seeds, while England's Kinkhor/Pitchford are the second seeds.
Women's Doubles
A total of 14 pairs competed in the Women's Doubles, with top seeds Balazova/Matlova and second seeds Hussey/Huo Tingting, both having first-round byes and advancing directly to the quarterfinals.
Mixed doubles
There are 16 mixed doubles pairs, six of which are England and two are England and Wales inter-association pairs.
The top seeds are Hungary's Execic/Madarac, the second seeds are Serbia's Isabella Luprescu/Dimitri Levajac, and the third seeds are Luxembourg's Ni Charian/Luka Mladenovic.
On the first day of the main event, there will be the men's and women's singles 1/16 finals, the women's doubles 1/8 finals, and the mixed doubles 1/8 finals.
The key fixtures on the first day of the competition are as follows:
2.2 18:00 Mixed Doubles 1/8 Finals
2.2 18:35 Mixed Doubles 1/8 Finals
2.2 19:10 Zhang An VS Nicolata Stefano
2.2 19:10 Natalia Bayo vs Margot Degrave
2.2 19:45 Xiao Yaoqian VS Balazova
2.2 19:45 倪夏莲VS黄怡桦
2.2 20:20 Stephen Menger vs Louis
2.2 20:55 Martín Allegro vs David Macbeth
2.2 20:55 Álvaro Robles vs Adam Sudi
2.2 21:30 Women's Doubles 1/8 finals
2.2 22:05 Women's Doubles 1/8 Finals
2.3 01:00 刘馨尹VS Mari BALDWIN
2.3 01:00 Brett Illand vs Sophie Earlie
2.3 01:00 Kim Na-young VS Sibel Altinkaya
2.3 01:35 梁夏银VS霍婷婷
2.3 02:10 Pitchford vs. Niag Stoyanov
2.3 02:10 Daniel Lebesson vs Elias Lanfley
2.3 02:10 Cho Dae-sung vs Cedric Meissner
2.3 02:45 Apollonia vs Marco Madrid