Overview

• Germany started the Table Tennis World Championships in Doha with a strong performance, advancing in multiple matches on Day 1.
• Eighteen-year-old Annett Kaufmann, recovering from a recent ankle ligament strain, won both her singles and doubles matches.
• Kaufmann partnered with Xiaona Shan to defeat Canada’s Mo Zhang and Ivy Lao 3:1, and later swept Hong Kong’s Ng Wing Lam 4:0 in singles.
• Veterans Dang Qiu and Patrick Franziska demonstrated resilience, each winning their opening matches in decisive seventh sets.
• Franziska, trailing 3:5 in the final set against Taiwan’s Liao Cheng-Ting, credited his confidence in tight situations for the comeback victory.