England Stars Shine at WTT Feeder Otocec 2026 with Deep Runs

Three English players made serious noise at WTT Feeder Otocec 2026 in Otocec, Slovenia, with Tom Jarvis pushing all the way to the Men's Singles semi-finals, Connor Green reaching the last eight, and Tin-Tin Ho knocking out world No. 60 Lea Rakovac on her way through the Women's Singles draw.

The headline story going into the event was the mixed doubles, where Green and Ho arrived as reigning WTT Feeder Dusseldorf champions and seeded second. They reached their second successive WTT Feeder Mixed Doubles final, this time facing fourth seeds Keishi Hagihara and Kotomi Omoda of Japan. They never managed to get a lead in the first game, which their opponents won 11-8, but they did lead early in the second and at 9-9 it was anyone's game. The Japanese took that second game to move one game away from gold. Green and Ho hit back in the third, taking five points in a row from 7-6 down, and they led the fourth 5-3. However, they managed only one more point as Hagihara and Omoda put together two runs of four successive points to take the title. The pair had to settle for silver, unable to make it back-to-back feeder titles.

Jarvis had the tournament run that will sting longest. He came through a tight Round of 16 against Lin Yen-Chun of Chinese Taipei 3-2 (11-13, 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8), then took down Chang Yu-An, also of Chinese Taipei, 3-1 in the quarter-finals (9-11, 11-8, 13-11, 14-12). The semi-final against Sweden's Mattias Karlsson went the full five games, and Jarvis led by a game at points in what Table Tennis England described as an agonising defeat. Karlsson ultimately edged it 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 1-7, 8-11, 16-14), with that brutal 16-14 deciding game doing the damage.

Green's singles run ended one round earlier. He dispatched Germany's Kay Stumper 3-1 in the Round of 16 (8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 12-10), then ran into third seed Kazuki Hamada of Japan in the quarter-finals. That one went five games too, with Hamada surviving a spirited fightback to win 3-2 (11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 6-11, 18-16). Green and Sam Walker also fell in the Men's Doubles Round of 16, going down 3-0 to Hamada and Kanta Tokuda (13-11, 11-8, 11-5).

Ho's Women's Singles run was notable for the scalp she picked up. After a straightforward 3-0 win over home hope Katarina Strazar of Slovenia in the Round of 64 (11-6, 12-10, 11-3), she beat Lea Rakovac of Croatia 3-1 in the Round of 32 (11-9, 11-7, 16-18, 11-7). Table Tennis England noted Rakovac as world No. 60, and their summary described the win as defeating the second seed in the Women's Singles draw. Ho's run ended in the Round of 16, where mixed doubles finalist Kotomi Omoda of Japan beat her 3-0 (17-15, 11-7, 11-9).

The silver in mixed doubles and Jarvis's semi-final appearance represent another strong collective showing from English athletes at WTT feeder level, building on the Dusseldorf title Green and Ho claimed earlier in the season.