Duesseldorf Masters with FRANZISKA and OVTCHAROV

August 7, 2020
1:13 pm
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Six world-class players will be competing in the ninth edition of the Düsseldorf Masters on Friday (from 4 p.m.) Saturday and Sunday (each from 10 a.m.). Top seed is Dimitrij OVTCHAROV on number 2 comes Patrick FRANZISKA who will take part at Duesseldorf Masters for the first time. All matches in the ARAG CenterCourt can be watched live streaming on Sportdeutschland.TV Borussia-TV and tischtennis.de. On Friday six quarter-final matches will be played.

Ricardo WALTHER who like FRANZISKA wanted to compete in the Masters for the first time had to cancel at short notice due to a thigh injury. Originally seeded number sixth he will be replaced by DTTZ member An Duy Dang but the draw will remain unchanged. A total of 14 players will take part in the Masters.

Düsseldorf Masters 9th tournament (August 7-9)

Round of 16 7 August (in chronological order)

Kanak Jha USA (seeding position 3) – Cedric Meissner GER 4 p.m.

Gerrit Engemann GER – An Duy Dang GER directly after but not before 16.40

Anton Källberg SWE (5) – Tobias Slanina GER immediately following but not before 17.20

Benedikt Duda GER (4) – Lleyton Ullmann GER immediately following but not before 18.00

Tobias Hippler GER (8) – Kirill Fadeev GER immediately following but not before 18.40

Steffen Mengel GER (7) – Fanbo Meng GER directly after but not before 19.20

Dimitrij Ovtcharov GER (1) bye

Patrick Franziska GER (2) bye

Quarter-finals 8 August (in chronological order)

Kanak Jha USA or Cedric Meissner GER – Anton Källberg SWE or Tobias Slanina GER 10 o’clock

Patrick Franziska GER – Tobias Hippler GER or Kirill Fadeev GER directly after but not before 10.45 am

Dimitrij Ovtcharov GER – Gerrit Engemann GER or An Duy Dang GER immediately following but not before 11.30 a.m.

Benedikt Duda GER or Lleyton Ullmann GER – Steffen Mengel GER or Fanbo Meng GER directly after but not before 12.15

Semifinals August 9

Winner 1st quarter final – Winner 2nd quarter final 10am

Winner 3rd quarter final – Winner 4th quarter final immediately following but not before 10.45 a.m.

Final August 9

1 p.m.

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