Wang Chuqin returns from injury at WTT Champions Frankfurt this week, two days after the women's world No 1, Wang Manyu, and Lin Shidong pulled out of the tournament with injuries.

Wang Chuqin, the fourth seed, missed WTT Champions Montpellier and opens against Denmark's Anders Lind. The tournament starts on Tuesday 3 November at the Süwag Energie Arena and ends with both finals on Sunday 8 November.

Withdrawals

WTT announced on Sunday that four players had withdrawn injured: Wang Manyu, Lin Shidong, France's Alexis Lebrun and Elizabet Abraamian. Ukraine's Margaryta Pesotska, Liang Jingkun and Simon Gauzy are among the players who replace them.

Wang Manyu lost to Chen Yi in the last 16 in Montpellier, and Lin was beaten by Truls Moregard in the quarter-finals there. Félix Lebrun, the world No 2, is also not in the draw.

Sun Yingsha, who beat Kuai Man in the Montpellier final on Sunday, was drawn at the top of the women's draw against Australia's Yangzi Liu but has since pulled out of the tournament. Poland's Natalia Bajor takes her place.

The men's draw

Sora Matsushima, the world No 1, is the top seed and plays Portugal's João Geraldo. Tomokazu Harimoto, the second seed, meets Vladimir Sidorenko, who beat Matsushima in Montpellier. Moregard, the third seed, plays South Korea's Oh Junsung.

Jang Woojin, who came from 3-1 down to win the Montpellier title on Sunday, is the seventh seed and plays Germany's Benedikt Duda. The man he beat in that final, Franziska, faces China's Xiang Peng. Liang, a late entrant, has a hard first match against Hugo Calderano, the sixth seed, who lost to Jang in the Montpellier semi-finals.

Wen Ruibo plays South Korea's An Jaehyun, who replaced Japan's Hiroto Shinozuka after the draw, Zhou Qihao meets France's Thibault Poret, and Lin Yun-Ju, the fifth seed, plays Slovenia's Darko Jorgic.

The women's draw

Miwa Harimoto, the second seed, plays Austria's Sofia Polcanova after losing to Kuai in the quarter-finals in Montpellier. Wang Yidi, the third seed, meets Germany's Han Ying, the chopper, and Kuai, the fourth seed, plays South Korea's Shin Yubin.

Hina Hayata, the fifth seed, faces Lily Zhang of the US, and there is an all-Japanese first-round match between Hitomi Sato, the seventh seed, and Satsuki Odo. Chen Yi, the eighth seed, plays the 16-year-old German wildcard Josi Neumann, and Chen Xingtong, the sixth seed, meets South Korea's Kim Nayeong.

Ten Germans at home

Germany have five men and five women in the draw. Dang Qiu, the eighth seed and last year's runner-up, plays Sweden's Elias Ranefur, Dimitrij Ovtcharov meets Egypt's Omar Assar and Wim Verdonschot plays Gauzy. Sabine Winter faces Wales's Anna Hursey, Annett Kaufmann plays Hong Kong's Doo Hoi Kem and Nina Mittelham meets Romania's Elizabeta Samara.

"I'm incredibly excited about this tournament in my own country," Dang told tischtennis.de. Richard Prause, the German federation's sports director, said some of the first-round draws were extremely tough but that Germany had a good chance in others.

Schedule in UK time

Matches up to the last 16 are the best of five games; the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are the best of seven. Every match is played on a single table.

  • Tuesday 3 November: first round, 11am and 5.30pm
  • Wednesday 4 November: first round, 11am and 5.30pm
  • Thursday 5 November: first round, midday; last 16, 5.30pm
  • Friday 6 November: last 16, midday and 5.30pm
  • Saturday 7 November: quarter-finals, midday and 5.30pm
  • Sunday 8 November: semi-finals from 10am, finals from 4.30pm

How to watch

Every session is streamed on World Table Tennis's YouTube channel, and Dyn shows the tournament in Germany. The draw, schedule, live scores and results are on Eleven's WTT Champions Frankfurt page. Each singles champion receives $40,000 and 1,000 world ranking points from a prize fund of $500,000.

Read our WTT Champions Montpellier finals review and the story of Germany's wildcards for Frankfurt.