Field of participants, draw, top seeds, opponents of the Austrians

Here is an overview of the field of participants and the opponents of the local players in the qualification:

Sofia Polcanova placed second behind doubles partner Bernadette Szöcs

Sofia Polcanova from Linz will start the title defense project as number two. Her Romanian doubles partner leads the seeding list. In third place is Jia Nan Yuan from France ahead of Nina Mittelham from Germany.

Difficult groups for the Austrians in qualifying

Apart from Polcanova, all other starters have to qualify. Karoline Mischek and Anastasia Sterner have a reasonable starting position as pool runners-up in their group of four. Nina Skerbinz in third and Liu Yuan in fourth have a harder time in their groups. The winners of the groups play against a group runner-up in a play-off round for promotion in the 1/32 final.

Realistic chances for the ÖTTV men in their qualification groups

In the men’s singles, Daniel Habesohn is seeded at number 23. For the other five men’s participants, the draw resulted in feasible groups. Andreas Levenko, Robert Gardos and Maciej Kolodziejczyk are top seeds in their groups of three. Julian Rzihauschek and Liu Zhenlong have a decent chance of progressing as pool two. As with the women, the winners of the groups play against a group runner-up in a play-off round for promotion in the 1/32 final.

Felix Lebrun is ranked number one

The 18-year-old Frenchman Felix Lebrun leads the field of participants as number one. Behind him was the Olympic silver medalist Truls Möregardh, ahead of the two Germans Patrick Franziska as well as the defending champion Dang Qui and the Slovenian Darko Jorgic.

Austrian medalists from Munich among the top seeds in doubles and mixed doubles

Austria has a good chance of winning precious metal in the doubles and mixed doubles competitions. In the men’s doubles, the silver medalists from Munich are number six. The defending champions in women’s doubles, Polcanova/Szöcs, are only ranked number seven. In the mixed doubles, Sofia Polcanova and Robert Gardos are fourth in the seeding list.

The opponents of the Austrian women and men in the qualification

Women’s singles

Seeded: Sofia Polcanova (No. 2/defending champion)

Group 14: Veronika Matiunina (UKR), Karoline Mischek (65), Maja Hansen (DEN), Camelia Merenko (MDA)

Group 13: Gaia Monfardini (ITA), Anastasia Sterner (67), Marina Donner (FIN), Vitalia Reinol (EST)

Group 17: Ema Labosova (SLK), Natalia Bogdanowicz (POL), Nina Skerbinz (98), Aleksandra Jersova (LAT)

Group 16: Anna Brzyska (POL), Ozge Yilmaz (TUR), Patricia Santos (POR), Liu Yuan (98),

Women’s doubles

Seeded in the 1/16 final: Sofia Polcanova/Bernadette Szócs (Ö/ROU/No. 7/defending champion)

Women’s doubles, qualifying final: Nina Skerbinz/Elina Fuchs (Ö/41) – Alexandra Chiriacova (MDA)/Anastasiya Dymytrenko (UKR)

Karoline Mischek/Nikoleta Puchovanova (Ö/SLK/32) – Emma Clement (DEN)/Lara Opeka (SLO)

Men’s singles

Seeded: Daniel Habesohn (No. 23)

Group 5: Andreas Levenko (37), Brin Vovk (SLO), Federico Giardi (SMR)

Group 9: Robert Gardos (41), Alex Naumi (FIN), Noah Lam (NOR)

Group 20: Maciej Kolodziejczyk (52), Yoan Velichkov (BUL), Ivik Nielsen (GRL)

Group 19: Darius Movileanu (ROU), Julian Rzihauschek (78), Danny Bajwa (SCO)

Group 7: Maciej Kubik (POL), Zhenlong Liu (91), Elias Hardmeier (SUI)

Men’s doubles

Seeded for the 1/16 final: Daniel Habesohn/Robert Gardos (No. 6)

Men’s doubles, qualifying final: Maciej Kolodziejczyk/ Vladimir Ursu (Ö/MDA/37) – Leon Benko/Ivor Ban (CRO)

Liu Zhenlong/Mateusz Zalewski (Ö/POL/19) – still open

Mixed competition

Mixed: Seeded for the 1/16 final on Wed: Sofia Polcanova/Robert Gardos (No. 4)

Mixed doubles, 1st qualifying round: Anastasia Sterner/Maciej Kolodziejczyk (45) – Elinar Davidov/Eitay Shushan (ISR)