Jarvis and Green drawn together in Skopje qualifying battle
Jarvis and Green were drawn together in Skopje, forcing England’s two fastest-rising men into a qualifying collision that could send one home before the main draw.
Tom Jarvis and Connor Green were put on a collision course in Skopje, where one of England’s best hopes for a deep run will almost certainly hurt the other’s path before the main draw even begins. The two will meet in the final round of Men’s Singles qualifying at 4.35pm UK time on Tuesday, with only one able to keep moving toward the main stage at WTT Contender Skopje 2026.
That is no routine domestic wrinkle. Skopje opened on 1 June at Sports Center Jane Sandanski in North Macedonia with $100,000 on the line and more than 100 players fighting for the last eight places in both the men’s and women’s singles main draws. The men’s field is stacked with established names and ranking heat, led by Darko Jorgic at world No. 14, followed by Anders Lind at No. 16, Simon Gauzy at No. 19, Flavien Coton at No. 23, Kanak Jha at No. 29, Oh Junsung at No. 30, Hiroto Shinozuka at No. 31, Omar Assar at No. 32 and Anton Kallberg at No. 33.
For Jarvis, the draw arrives on the back of a sharp climb. Table Tennis England had him up to world No. 41 after the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals London 2026 Presented by ACN, where he won both of his singles matches against Moldova and also beat Sweden’s Mattias Karlsson. Green climbed to a career-best No. 46 after the same event, and both men were part of England’s run to the round of 16, form that explains why this qualifying group matters beyond one match in North Macedonia.
The group around them is not soft either. Jarvis and Green have to navigate Laurens Devos of Belgium and host player Aleksandar Jakimovski before their head-to-head decides the section. Andrew Baggaley is also in the draw and opens against Cedric Nuytinck of Belgium before meeting Darius Movileanu and Satoshi Aida in Group 7, giving England another angle on a demanding opening phase.
Tin-Tin Ho’s route is equally loaded. She starts her Women’s Singles campaign against Romania’s Tania Plaian and then faces Paulina Vega of Chile the following day. In doubles, Jarvis and Green open Men’s Doubles against Puerto Rico’s Angel Naranjo and Steven Moreno, while Green and Ho arrive with momentum already in their corner after winning the WTT Feeder Düsseldorf 2026 mixed doubles title in March, taking that final 3-2. Skopje is packed with quality, but the all-English qualifying battle is the storyline that could shape how many British names are still standing when the tournament reaches its later rounds.
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