Top seeds start the day with a win

Runners-up at the 2019 World Tour Grand Finals in December, Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito continue to look a formidable combination after striking a convincing opening round win in Doha. The Japanese pair needed just 16 minutes to see off Serbian qualifiers Marko Jevtovic and Sabina Surjan (11-5, 11-5, 11-7).

Two more fixtures favoured the seeded entries on display in the opening session of play but it was defeat for German no.6 seeds Patrick Franziska and Petrissa Solja, who lost out to Romania’s Ovidiu Ionescu and Bernadette Szocs in a five-game thriller (11-8, 13-11, 9-11, 9-11, 11-6).

Time for action

Here we go – it’s time for the start of the 2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum Qatar Open! Check out the full day’s fixture schedule below: