The finest table tennis awaits the fans on Sunday at the fourth edition of the Düsseldorf Masters 2021. Dang QIU US star Kanak JHA and Egypt’s idol Omar ASSAR three world-class players will challenge Dimitrij OVTCHAROV in the ARAG CenterCourt. Number nine in the ITTF rankings leads the field of eight participants at his second start to the Masters which is completed by four strong DTTB youngsters.
The Düsseldorf Masters is a joint project between the host Borussia Düsseldorf and the German Table Tennis Association (DTTB). There is no play on the next Sunday events five six and seven will be played on May 16 23 and 30.
As in the previous year all tournaments will be streamed completely and with multiple cameras live on sportdeutschland.tv on Borussia TV and on tischtennis.de. On-site spectators are not permitted due to the pandemic.
The Schedule
Quarter finals
10.00 a.m: Dang Qiu – Kirill Fadeev
10.30 a.m: Kanak Jha – Cedric Meissner
11.00 a.m: Omar Assar – Benno Oehme
11.30 a.m: Dimitrij Ovtcharov – Kay Stumper
– about 30 minutes break –
Semifinals
12.30 p.m: Winner Qiu / Fadeev – Winner Jha / Meissner
1 p.m: Winner Ovtcharov / Stumper – Winner Assar / Oehme
– approx. 60 minutes break –
Final 2.30 p.m.
The participants
The four top seed
1 Dimitrij Ovtcharov GER (Fakel Gazprom Orenburg RUS)
2 Kanak Jha USA (TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen)
3 Omar Assar EGY (GV Hennebont TT FRA)
4 Dang Qiu GER (ASV Grünwettersbach)
The other participants
Kiril Fadeev GER (Borussia Dortmund)
Cedric Meissner GER (FSV Mainz 05)
Benno Oehme GER (TTC RöhnSprudel Fulda-Maberzell)
Kay Stumper GER (TTC Neu-Ulm)
