My goal is to reach the final, says Ovtcharov

At 37, Dimitrij Ovtcharov isn’t resting connected his laurels and remains wide astir 1 happening - helium is present to compete. The German star, a six-time Olympic medallist with 4 metallic and 2 bronze medals crossed 5 Olympic Games and a erstwhile World No. 1 (2017), enactment successful much than an hr of aggravated signifier astatine the SDAT High Performance Centre present connected Thursday, alongside his manager and sparring partner. fine-tuning his crippled for the WTT Star Contender array tennis tourney

India has often brought him bully fortune. Ovtcharov won the singles titles astatine the ITTF Indian Open successful 2010 and 2017 and followed it up with a semifinal decorativeness astatine the WTT Star Contender successful Goa successful 2024.

“I’ve ever performed precise good successful India and I anticipation to support that going. I’m seeded 2nd successful the tourney and, of course, my extremity is to scope the final. That’s wherefore I came present with precocious ambitions. But determination are galore beardown players present and it decidedly won’t beryllium easy,” helium said.

It’s not been a furniture of roses for the two-time European champion for helium had a spinal disc occupation (between the limb and neck) for a portion adjacent arsenic helium had country aft the World championships finals past year. It held him backmost for helium missed rather a fewer tournaments, but helium was backmost performing rather good successful 2026 reaching the semifinals of the Star Contender Doha.

“I mislaid a batch of clip owed to the country but present I’m 100% recovered and truly excited to commencement playing much tournaments. I had a bully commencement of the twelvemonth and anticipation to support it up . And present beryllium much accordant successful my results.,” helium said.

“Also, successful the past fewer months, I’ve beaten rather a fewer apical players, Tomokazu Harimoto (WTT Champions Frankfurt successful Nov. 2025, Hugo Calderano (WTT Champions Doha 2026) and Li Shidong (Star Contender Doha successful 2026).

When asked astir his last stop, Ovtcharov said: “It volition beryllium the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.”