Wang Chuqin and Sora Matsushima start the last 16 of WTT Champions Frankfurt on Thursday evening, after the first round finishes with Hugo Calderano against Liang Jingkun and the Montpellier champion, Jang Woojin, against Germany's Benedikt Duda.

Eleven matches are scheduled at the Süwag Energie Arena: the last six first-round matches from midday UK time, 1pm in Frankfurt, then five last-16 matches from 5.30pm. Kuai Man and Chen Yi, the women's fourth and eighth seeds, both play their first matches.

The big matches

Liang Jingkun v Hugo Calderano (1.10pm UK). Calderano, 30 and the world No 7, is the sixth seed. He won the Americas title last month and lost 14-12 in the seventh game to Jang in the Montpellier semi-finals. Liang, also 30 and ranked 30th, came into the draw as a late entrant and reached the quarter-finals in Montpellier before losing 4-1 to Jang. The winner meets Germany's Wim Verdonschot on Friday.

Wen Ruibo v Wang Chuqin (5.30pm UK). Wang, 26 and the world No 4, is the fourth seed and beat Denmark's Anders Lind in straight games on Tuesday, his first match for more than a month after injury. Wen, 19 and ranked 14th, needed 18 minutes 46 seconds to beat South Korea's An Jaehyun on Wednesday. The winner plays Lin Yun-Ju or Zhou Qihao in the quarter-finals.

Dang Qiu v Dimitrij Ovtcharov (6.40pm UK). One German man is guaranteed a place in the quarter-finals. Qiu, 30, the world No 11, eighth seed and last year's runner-up, lost the first game 11-3 to Sweden's Elias Ranefur on Tuesday and won the decider 11-7. Ovtcharov, 38 and ranked 21st, beat Egypt's Omar Assar 3-1. The winner meets Tomokazu Harimoto or South Korea's Lim Jonghoon.

Sora Matsushima v Tomislav Pucar (7.50pm UK). Matsushima, 19, the world No 1 and top seed, closes the day. He beat Portugal's João Geraldo in straight games on Tuesday, a week after Vladimir Sidorenko knocked him out in the last 16 in Montpellier. Croatia's Pucar, 30 and ranked 26th, beat France's Flavien Coton 3-0.

Jang and Franziska

Jang, 31 and up to No 8 in the world after winning Montpellier, meets Duda, 32 and ranked 39th, in the opening match at midday. Patrick Franziska, 34, the man Jang beat from 3-1 down in Sunday's final, plays China's Xiang Peng, 23 and ranked 35th, at 1.45pm. If both win they meet again in the last 16 on Friday evening, for a place against Matsushima or Pucar.

Kuai, Chen Yi and the youngest German

Kuai, 22 and the world No 4, lost Sunday's Montpellier final to Sun Yingsha in five games. She plays Amy Wang of the US, 23 and ranked 54th, at 12.35pm; Wang replaced South Korea's Shin Yubin, who withdrew. The winner meets Nina Mittelham on Friday.

Chen Yi, 22, the Asian champion and world No 8, beat the world No 1, Wang Manyu, in Montpellier last week and lost to Kuai in the semi-finals. She ends the afternoon session at 2.55pm against Josi Neumann, the 16-year-old German wildcard. Ukraine's Margaryta Pesotska plays the winner.

Bajor, Goda, Szőcs and Odo

The two women's last-16 matches in the evening feed the same quarter-final, so one of these four will reach the semi-finals. Poland's Natalia Bajor, 29 and ranked 42nd, took Sun Yingsha's place in the draw and beat Australia's Yangzi Liu 16-14 in the fourth game on Wednesday. She plays Egypt's Hana Goda, 18 and ranked 23rd, at 6.05pm. Goda beat France's Jia Nan Yuan in five games.

Satsuki Odo, 22 and the world No 11, beat her Japan teammate Hitomi Sato, the seventh seed, 3-0 on Wednesday. She meets Romania's Bernadette Szőcs, 31 and ranked 21st, at 7.15pm.

Sweden's Kristian Karlsson, 35 and ranked 48th, replaced his compatriot Truls Moregard and plays South Korea's Oh Junsung, 20 and the world No 19, at 2.20pm. The winner plays Shunsuke Togami.

Order of play

All times UK (GMT) and approximate: matches follow one another on a single table, so they may start later if earlier matches run long.

  • Midday: Benedikt Duda (GER) v Jang Woojin (KOR), men's singles, first round
  • 12.35pm: Amy Wang (USA) v Kuai Man (CHN), women's singles, first round
  • 1.10pm: Liang Jingkun (CHN) v Hugo Calderano (BRA), men's singles, first round
  • 1.45pm: Xiang Peng (CHN) v Patrick Franziska (GER), men's singles, first round
  • 2.20pm: Kristian Karlsson (SWE) v Oh Junsung (KOR), men's singles, first round
  • 2.55pm: Josi Neumann (GER) v Chen Yi (CHN), women's singles, first round
  • 5.30pm: Wen Ruibo (CHN) v Wang Chuqin (CHN), men's singles, last 16
  • 6.05pm: Natalia Bajor (POL) v Hana Goda (EGY), women's singles, last 16
  • 6.40pm: Dang Qiu (GER) v Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER), men's singles, last 16
  • 7.15pm: Bernadette Szőcs (ROU) v Satsuki Odo (JPN), women's singles, last 16
  • 7.50pm: Sora Matsushima (JPN) v Tomislav Pucar (CRO), men's singles, last 16

How to watch

Both sessions are streamed live on World Table Tennis's YouTube channel, and the stream is on Eleven's WTT Champions Frankfurt page, with live scores from every match. Dyn shows the tournament in Germany. Matches are the best of five games up to the last 16 and the best of seven from the quarter-finals, on Saturday.

Day two

Han Ying, the 43-year-old German defender, beat the third seed, Wang Yidi, 11-8, 12-10, 11-4, and Germany won all six of their matches. Lim Jonghoon came from two games down against Anton Källberg. Read our day two review.