China’s Wang Chuqin showed supremacy at the finals of WTT China Smash 2025 in Beijing, beating France’s young star Félix Lebrun 4–0 in the Men’s Singles final at Shougang Park.
Backed by a roaring home crowd, Wang Chuqin relentless pace & consistency overwhelmed Lebrun, sealing yet another major title for World #1.

China’s Xiang Peng delivered the shock of Day 5 at the China Smash 2025 presented by Beijing Shijingshan Culture & Tourism Group, as he overcame Brazil’s Hugo Calderano in a pulsating quarterfinal clash. The 21-year-old held his nerve in key rallies to clinch a dramatic 4–3 victory in front of the Beijing crowd.

China’s Wang Chuqin produced a masterclass at the WTT Champions Macao 2025, storming to the Men’s Singles title without dropping a single game. 🏆 In a commanding final, Wang beat Brazil’s Hugo Calderano 4–0, sealing his dominance and underlining his status as the world’s top contender. I believe Wang will also become WR #1 from next week overtaking China’s Lin Shidong.

The VIP event, WTT Finals 2023 is back and it will be held in Doha! The Men’s category event will be held during 3rd January 2024 - 5th January 2024. Parallel, the Women’s WTT Finals is being held in the city of Nagoya, Japan.

Lots of exciting action happened on the 6th day of Asian Table Tennis Championships 2023, PyeongChang, Korea. The biggest upset of the tournament is Tomokazu Harimoto has already got eliminated by Afshin Norouzi of Iran. For team India, all the members are out of the tournament. Let’s look at the next round of matches planned for 9th and 10th September 2023.

China’s Fan Zhendong is WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2023 winner in Men’s Category after defeating China’s Wang Chuqin who has been dethroned of his world rank 1. In Women’s Category, Sun Yinghsa of China took the title.

Finally we have a new world number #1 table tennis player and that is Wang Chuqin from China. Wang Chuqin has been moving around to the top of the ranking criterion for quite some time but China’s** Fan Zhendong** has been the biggest milestone for him to overcome to get the top rankings. Last year, we shared our views about Wang Chuqin in Most interesting table tennis players article. On 4th July 2023, Wang Chuqin finally became the new world number one table tennis player.

Almost 10 days to go for WTT Contender Goa 2023 and WTT has already announced the lineups for the action packed event. For Men’s side, everyone in top 10 players are already going to participate in WTT Contender Goa except Hugo Calderano. For Indian table tennis fans, this is a must see opportunity to witness stars of table tennis in action. The event will features more than USD 2,50,000 in prize money.