Day two of WTT Champions Montpellier brings 13 more first-round matches, and the home crowd have more to cheer than on Tuesday. Five French players are in action at the Sud de France Arena, led by Alexis Lebrun, the world No 8, who plays Germany's Patrick Franziska in the evening session.

The women's top seed, Wang Manyu, starts her tournament against Egypt's Hana Goda, and Tomokazu Harimoto, the new Asian champion, meets Simon Gauzy. Play starts at 11am UK time, midday in Montpellier, and the evening session begins at 5.30pm.

The big matches

Alexis Lebrun v Patrick Franziska (7.15pm UK). Lebrun, 23, is the seventh seed and spent day one watching his brother Félix beat Anders Lind in 15 minutes. Franziska is 34, ranked 18th and one of the most experienced players in the draw. The winner meets Elias Ranefur, who saved match points against Anton Källberg on Tuesday, in the last 16.

Wang Manyu v Hana Goda (12.10pm UK). Wang is the world No 1 and top seed. Goda, 18 and ranked 22nd, is the youngest player in the women's draw and has just won the singles title at the African Championships.

Tomokazu Harimoto v Simon Gauzy (6.05pm UK). Harimoto, the world No 3, came from two games down to beat Li Tianyang in the Asian Championships final on Sunday. Gauzy, 32 and ranked 30th, is the oldest of the five French men in the draw and will have the crowd behind him.

Sabine Winter v Jia Nan Yuan (7.50pm UK). Winter, the ninth seed, reached last year's final in Montpellier. Yuan, 41, is the oldest player left in the women's draw and France's highest-ranked woman at No 34.

French interest

Flavien Coton, the youngest player in the men's draw at 18 and ranked 23rd, plays South Korea's Jang Woojin, the ninth seed, at 3.05pm. Prithika Pavade, ranked 37th, opens the evening session against Japan's Hitomi Sato, the eighth seed, at 5.30pm. With Gauzy, Yuan and Alexis Lebrun also playing, it is the busiest day of the week for the home players.

Young players to watch

South Korea's Oh Junsung, 20, plays China's Zhou Qihao, the 12th seed, at 11.35am; the winner meets Félix Lebrun. Germany's Annett Kaufmann, 20, faces Satsuki Odo of Japan at 6.40pm, and Wales's Anna Hursey, 20 and ranked 40th, opens the day against China's Kuai Man, the fifth seed.

The rest of China's women's squad also starts. Wang Yidi, the defending champion and fourth seed, plays Egypt's Dina Meshref, and Chen Xingtong, the seventh seed, completes the Chinese entry in the afternoon.

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: Anna Hursey (WAL) v Kuai Man (CHN), women's singles
  • 11.35am: Oh Junsung (KOR) v Zhou Qihao (CHN), men's singles
  • 12.10pm: Wang Manyu (CHN) v Hana Goda (EGY), women's singles
  • 12.45pm: Shunsuke Togami (JPN) v Tomislav Pucar (CRO), men's singles
  • 1.20pm: Dina Meshref (EGY) v Wang Yidi (CHN), women's singles
  • 1.55pm: Darko Jorgic (SLO) v Vladimir Sidorenko, men's singles
  • 2.30pm: Chen Xingtong (CHN) v opponent to be confirmed, women's singles
  • 3.05pm: Flavien Coton (FRA) v Jang Woojin (KOR), men's singles
  • 5.30pm: Prithika Pavade (FRA) v Hitomi Sato (JPN), women's singles
  • 6.05pm: Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN) v Simon Gauzy (FRA), men's singles
  • 6.40pm: Annett Kaufmann (GER) v Satsuki Odo (JPN), women's singles
  • 7.15pm: Alexis Lebrun (FRA) v Patrick Franziska (GER), men's singles
  • 7.50pm: Sabine Winter (GER) v Jia Nan Yuan (FRA), women's singles

How to watch

Both sessions are streamed live on World Table Tennis's YouTube channel, and the stream is on Eleven's WTT Champions Montpellier page and homepage, with live scores from every match. WTT Champions events are singles only and straight knockout: first-round matches are the best of five games, and one defeat ends a player's tournament.

Day one in brief

Sun Yingsha won her first match for about three weeks, dropping 14 points against Camille Lutz, and Félix Lebrun, Chen Yi and Lin Shidong all won in straight games. The top seed, Sora Matsushima, lost a two-game lead against Dang Qiu before taking the decider 11-2. Read the full day one review.