Six German players start their WTT Champions Frankfurt campaigns on Wednesday, the second day of first-round matches, and the women's third and fifth seeds, Wang Yidi and Hina Hayata, play their opening matches at the Süwag Energie Arena.

Thirteen matches are scheduled, eight in the women's draw and five in the men's. Play starts at 11am UK time, midday in Frankfurt, when Annett Kaufmann meets Hong Kong's Doo Hoi Kem, and the evening session begins at 5.30pm with Sabine Winter against Wales's Anna Hursey.

The big matches

Wang Yidi v Han Ying (12.10pm UK). Wang, 29 and the world No 5, is the highest-ranked player in action on Wednesday. She won Montpellier last year and reached the semi-finals there on Sunday, coming from 3-0 down against Sun Yingsha to level before losing the seventh game 11-2. Han, the 43-year-old German defender ranked 16th, lost to Romania's Elizabeta Samara in the first round in Montpellier. The winner meets Winter or Hursey.

Satsuki Odo v Hitomi Sato (1.20pm UK). The only all-Japanese match of the first round. Sato, 28, is the seventh seed and world No 9, and beat Winter on her way to the Montpellier quarter-finals, where Chen Yi beat her 4-0. Odo, 22 and ranked 11th, lost in five games to Kaufmann in the first round in Montpellier. Bernadette Szőcs, who beat Peng Yu-han on Tuesday, plays the winner.

Wen Ruibo v An Jaehyun (1.55pm UK). Wen, 19 and the world No 14, lost to his teammate Liang Jingkun in straight games in the first round in Montpellier. South Korea's An, 26 and ranked 36th, is in the draw in place of Japan's Hiroto Shinozuka; in Montpellier he beat Egypt's Omar Assar 13-11 in the fifth game before losing to Lin Shidong. The winner plays Wang Chuqin on Thursday.

Hina Hayata v Lily Zhang (2.30pm UK). Hayata, 26, the fifth seed and world No 6, took Sun to a seventh game in the Montpellier quarter-finals before losing it 11-9 after an hour and 18 minutes. Zhang, 30 and ranked 31st, took Miwa Harimoto to five games in the last 16 there. The winner meets Kaufmann or Doo.

Six Germans in action

Kaufmann, 20 and the European singles runner-up, opens the day. She knocked out Odo in Montpellier before losing to Chen Xingtong in the last 16, and is ranked 29th, 16 places above Doo, who lost to Hayata in the first round there.

Wim Verdonschot, 21, plays his first WTT Champions match on a wildcard against France's Simon Gauzy at 12.45pm. Gauzy, 32, knocked out Tomokazu Harimoto in Montpellier and led Liang 2-0 in the last 16 before losing in five. The winner meets Liang or Hugo Calderano.

In the evening Winter, 34 and the world No 13, faces Hursey, 20, who came from two games down to level against Kuai Man in Montpellier before losing the decider 14-12. Nina Mittelham, who missed Montpellier with back problems, meets Samara, 37, at 6.40pm.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov, 38 and the world No 21, closes the men's day against Assar, 35, at 7.15pm. If Ovtcharov wins he plays his Germany teammate Dang Qiu in the last 16. In Montpellier he let a two-game lead slip against Xiang Peng before winning the decider, then lost to Calderano in straight games.

Togami and Källberg

Shunsuke Togami, the world No 16, meets Kanak Jha of the US, ranked 24th, at 11.35am. Togami lost to Truls Moregard in the last 16 in Montpellier; the winner here plays Kristian Karlsson, Moregard's replacement, or South Korea's Oh Junsung.

Sweden's Anton Källberg, ranked 25th, plays South Korea's Lim Jonghoon at 6.05pm for a place against Tomokazu Harimoto. Källberg lost in five games to his compatriot Elias Ranefur in the first round in Montpellier.

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.

  • 11am: Annett Kaufmann (GER) v Doo Hoi Kem (HKG), women's singles
  • 11.35am: Shunsuke Togami (JPN) v Kanak Jha (USA), men's singles
  • 12.10pm: Wang Yidi (CHN) v Han Ying (GER), women's singles
  • 12.45pm: Wim Verdonschot (GER) v Simon Gauzy (FRA), men's singles
  • 1.20pm: Satsuki Odo (JPN) v Hitomi Sato (JPN), women's singles
  • 1.55pm: Wen Ruibo (CHN) v An Jaehyun (KOR), men's singles
  • 2.30pm: Hina Hayata (JPN) v Lily Zhang (USA), women's singles
  • 3.05pm: Natalia Bajor (POL) v Yangzi Liu (AUS), women's singles
  • 5.30pm: Sabine Winter (GER) v Anna Hursey (WAL), women's singles
  • 6.05pm: Lim Jonghoon (KOR) v Anton Källberg (SWE), men's singles
  • 6.40pm: Elizabeta Samara (ROU) v Nina Mittelham (GER), women's singles
  • 7.15pm: Omar Assar (EGY) v Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER), men's singles
  • 7.50pm: Prithika Pavade (FRA) v Margaryta Pesotska (UKR), women's singles

Poland's Natalia Bajor, who took Sun Yingsha's place in the draw, plays Liu at 3.05pm for a meeting with Egypt's Hana Goda, and France's Prithika Pavade and Ukraine's Pesotska close the day for a place against Chen Yi or Josi Neumann.

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 and homepage, 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.

Day one

Wang Chuqin beat Denmark's Anders Lind in straight games on his return from injury, Miwa Harimoto beat Sofia Polcanova 11-7 in the fifth game and Lin Yun-Ju came from 2-1 down against Darko Jorgic. Dang Qiu was the only German in action and beat Sweden's Elias Ranefur in five. Truls Moregard and Shin Yubin withdrew. Read our day one review.