DOHA: The Iran Table Tennis Federation president Mehrdad Alighardashi signed a MoU with Qatar Table Tennis Association, headed by President Khalil Ahmed Al Mohannadi here on Sunday.
The signing ceremony was done on the sidelines of WTT Middle East Hub.
Meanwhile, the WTT Contender event of the WTT Middle East Hub got off with a three-day qualifying draw at the Lusail Multipurpose Hall.
A total of 91 players commenced their journey in the men’s singles draw, with a further 76 in the women’s singles.
They will fight it out to be amongst the 8 players to progress to the main draw.
Adding spice to the proceedings, the 8 top players will be selected at random into the main draw, that is held between March 3-6, starting with a round of 32 in both men’s and women’s singles events.
The qualifying draw also features 32 mixed doubles pairs, who are vying for 8 spots in the main draw, that will be contested from the Round of 16 across mixed doubles, men’s doubles and women’s doubles formats.
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