There will be regular updates from WTT Star Contender London, with English duo Sophie Earley and Ella Pashley on table 1 during the Wednesday morning action.
How to follow
Every match on every table is streamed on the WTT YouTube channel, with a host of English players on day one as qualifying gets underway.
With some of the best players in the world in the main draw starting on Thursday, there is everything to play for!
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12:00: Ella Pashley beats second seed in qualifying Fatimo Bello of Nigeria in three straight matches to advance to the third qualifying round, where she will face the impressive Xiangyu Zhang (CHN). Pashley started the match strongly, taking the first end 11-6, before a tactical timeout from John Murphy helped the England star take the second 14-12 before finishing the match 12-10 in the third.
11:30: Sophie Earley took an early lead over Slovakian Tatiana Kukulkova to take the first end 11-8, and with a 5-2 lead in the second the Slovak star sparked a comeback as she took the next three games 9,7,4.
11:15 am: Doubles draw announced – There will be no English players in the men’s doubles qualifying draw, with Walker & Drinkhall and Green & Jarvis both facing successful qualifiers with their opponents yet to be announced.
A similar story in the women’s doubles as Earley & Ho take on a qualifying pair. An interesting draw for GB’s Anna Hursey, who teams up with Romanian and European number one Bernadette Szocs, against Adina Diaconu (ROU) and Maria Xiao (ESP).
In the mixed doubles, Tin Tin Ho and Sam Walker will play against Qian Lin Ser and Isaac Quek from Singapore today. Hursey will be partnered by Paul Drinkhall, and Anna will face her women’s doubles partner when they take on Romanian duo Bernadette Szocs and Edouard Ionescu.
11am: Main Draw News – Sam Walker will start against German Kay Stumper (WR 82) when the men’s singles main draw kicks off tomorrow, with the winner facing another German: the legendary Dimitrij Ovtcharov (WR 29).
Connor Green starts against Chinese Taipei’s Feng Yi-Hsin (WR 55), while India’s Manav Thakkar (WR 39) awaits in the second round. Paul Drinkhall and Tom Jarvis face qualifiers – they will discover their opponents after tonight’s matches in the third qualifying round.
In the women’s singles, Tianer Yu will face France’s Camille Lutz (WR 107) in the first round, with the winner facing China’s Qin Yuxuan (WR 37). Tin-Tin Ho starts against Maria Xiao (WR 58) from Spain and the winner will face Manika Batra from India.
Anna Hursey of Wales will take on Yeh Yi-Tian (WR 46) of Chinese Taipei, while the winner will face Xiaoxin Yang (WR 21) of Monaco.
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