After lifting the championship trophy at WTT Contender Durban 2023, Brazilian superstar once again lived up to expectations as top seed in Doha. Hugo Calderano of Brazil defeated Jang Woojin of South Korea in the men’s singles final match at WTT contender Doha 2023 in Doha, Qatar, Jan 21, 2023. He defeated the fifth seed Jang Woojin with three of the five games being decided by the narrowest of margins (12-10, 11-13, 11-3, 14-12, 11-7) on the final day of play at WTT Contender Doha 2023.

Brazil’s Superstar Hugo Calderano win’s first WTT title of 2023, the world rank #7 made splendid display with a winning start of WTT Contender Durban 2023. Hugo previously won WTT Star Contender Doha, 2021 and the WTT Contender Tunis, 2022.

Brazil’s paddler Hugo Calderano reaches his highest rank of #3, his career best ranking with 4913 points. Born in 1996, in Rio de Janerio, Hugo Calderano has made a huge impact on the sport in Brazil. That’s a great start for 2022 for the table tennis superstar!

In the ITTF Qatar Open round of 32, Taipei Chuang Chih-Yuan(38 years old) defeated Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto for the third time in just 2 months. The biggest upset was obviously caused by Table Tennis Legend, Vladimir Samsonov.