Han Ying knocked out the women's third seed, Wang Yidi, in straight games and Germany won all six of their matches on the second day of WTT Champions Frankfurt, where Dimitrij Ovtcharov set up a last-16 meeting with his teammate Dang Qiu.
Han, the 43-year-old defender, beat the world No 5 11-8, 12-10, 11-4 in under 26 minutes. Hitomi Sato, the seventh seed, also went out, beaten by her Japan teammate Satsuki Odo, while Annett Kaufmann, Wim Verdonschot, Sabine Winter and Nina Mittelham joined Han and Ovtcharov in the last 16.
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Han ends Wang's week early
Wang reached the semi-finals in Montpellier on Sunday, where she came from 3-0 down to level against Sun Yingsha before losing the seventh game. In Frankfurt she won only 22 points in three games against the German chopper, ranked 16th, and took a timeout without changing the course of the match.
Han took the second game 12-10 and won the third 11-4. She lost to Romania's Elizabeta Samara in the first round in Montpellier.
"I didn't think I could win 3-0," Han told tischtennis.de. She plays Winter on Friday, which guarantees Germany a woman in the quarter-finals.
Six from six for Germany
Kaufmann opened the day by beating Hong Kong's Doo Hoi Kem 11-1, 9-11, 14-12, 11-9. The 20-year-old told tischtennis.de that she had practised with Doo last week and could not get a single ball on the table, so she had little confidence, but that home support on a new day had helped. She meets Hina Hayata next.
Verdonschot, 21 and in his first WTT Champions event on a wildcard, lost the first game 12-10 to Simon Gauzy and then won three in a row against the Frenchman, who knocked out Tomokazu Harimoto in Montpellier last week. He told tischtennis.de that a certain nervousness had played a part. Gauzy's defeat leaves no French man in the draw, after Thibault Poret and Flavien Coton lost on Tuesday. Verdonschot plays Liang Jingkun or Hugo Calderano, who meet on Thursday.
In the evening Winter, the world No 13, beat Wales's Anna Hursey 11-5, 3-11, 11-5, 11-9, and Mittelham, back after missing Montpellier with back problems, beat Samara 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 in 23 minutes. Mittelham plays Kuai Man, the fourth seed, or Amy Wang of the US.
Ovtcharov, 38, beat Egypt's Omar Assar 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9. He meets Dang Qiu, last year's runner-up here, on Thursday evening, so one German man is guaranteed a quarter-final place. Seven Germans are already in the last 16, and Patrick Franziska, Benedikt Duda and Josi Neumann play their first-round matches on Thursday.
Odo beats Sato again
Odo, 22, beat Sato 11-6, 11-6, 11-6 and has not lost in six earlier meetings with her, TV Tokyo reported. Sato, a defender, reached the Montpellier quarter-finals last week. Odo plays Romania's Bernadette Szőcs next.
Hayata, the fifth seed, beat Lily Zhang of the US 11-5, 12-10, 11-4, and Shunsuke Togami came through two close games against Kanak Jha. Togami saved game points at 8-10 in the second, then fell 6-0 behind in the third and saved more game points at 8-10 and 11-12 before winning it 14-12. He plays Kristian Karlsson or South Korea's Oh Junsung.
Lim's comeback and the quickest match
South Korea's Lim Jonghoon played the longest match of the day. He won one point in the first game against Sweden's Anton Källberg, lost the second 12-10, then took the next three 11-8 in a match of 39 minutes 46 seconds. Lim, ranked 38th, plays Tomokazu Harimoto, the second seed, in the last 16.
Wen Ruibo, 19, needed 18 minutes 46 seconds to beat An Jaehyun 11-5, 11-6, 11-3, the shortest match of the day. He plays his China teammate Wang Chuqin on Thursday.
Poland's Natalia Bajor, in the draw in place of Sun Yingsha, beat Australia's Yangzi Liu 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 16-14. She meets Egypt's Hana Goda.
In the last match of the day, Ukraine's Margaryta Pesotska beat Prithika Pavade 11-9, 11-7, 11-9, which leaves France without a player in either singles draw. Pesotska, ranked 44th, plays Chen Yi, the eighth seed, or Germany's Josi Neumann.
Results in full
- Annett Kaufmann (GER) bt Doo Hoi Kem (HKG) 11-1, 9-11, 14-12, 11-9
- Shunsuke Togami (JPN) bt Kanak Jha (USA) 11-4, 12-10, 14-12
- Han Ying (GER) bt Wang Yidi (CHN) 11-8, 12-10, 11-4
- Wim Verdonschot (GER) bt Simon Gauzy (FRA) 10-12, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7
- Satsuki Odo (JPN) bt Hitomi Sato (JPN) 11-6, 11-6, 11-6
- Wen Ruibo (CHN) bt An Jaehyun (KOR) 11-5, 11-6, 11-3
- Hina Hayata (JPN) bt Lily Zhang (USA) 11-5, 12-10, 11-4
- Natalia Bajor (POL) bt Yangzi Liu (AUS) 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 16-14
- Sabine Winter (GER) bt Anna Hursey (WAL) 11-5, 3-11, 11-5, 11-9
- Lim Jonghoon (KOR) bt Anton Källberg (SWE) 1-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8
- Nina Mittelham (GER) bt Elizabeta Samara (ROU) 11-8, 11-9, 11-5
- Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) bt Omar Assar (EGY) 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9
- Margaryta Pesotska (UKR) bt Prithika Pavade (FRA) 11-9, 11-7, 11-9
Day three
The last six first-round matches start at midday UK time on Thursday, including Liang Jingkun against Hugo Calderano, the sixth seed, and Franziska against Xiang Peng. The last 16 begins in the evening session at 5.30pm with Wen against Wang Chuqin, followed by Bajor against Goda, Ovtcharov against Dang Qiu, and Szőcs against Odo. Times are approximate. Read our day two preview and day one review.
