WTT Contender Almaty 2025 Sep 2-7

[Catenaccio]

That edge ball at 7:8 in G5 could make Togami’s day

 

[turbozed]

This game 6 is the most Togami game ever so far lol

 

[NextLevel]

3-2 6-1 to 3-2 6-7... Togami doesnt want you to celebrate, he wants you to have a heart attack...

 

[NextLevel]

Togami defending lol....

 

[turbozed]

Those points at 9-10 and then 10-10 is what Togami needs to be able to do more. Soft blocks between his big loops to get the opponent off balance instead of just blasting away every time.

 

[NextLevel]

Congrats to Shunsuke Togami! Finally!

 

[Catenaccio]

Those points at 9-10 and then 10-10 is what Togami needs to be able to do more. Soft blocks between his big loops to get the opponent off balance instead of just blasting away every time.

Those saved his day!

 

[turbozed]

Togami finally does it!

Has he turned the corner? Is it the Zyre? Who knows?! Congrats to Shunsuke "The Flash" Togami!

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Congrats to Togami on his first title. At least Super Saiyan 'til you drop is fun to watch.

 

[NextLevel]

Waiting for the Tieba crowd to say it was only Zhou Qihao etc. ..

 

[TTLOVE]

good performance by Togami.
I really like his energetic style.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Doesn't happen often, but Japan outduels China at a WTT tournament. OTOH, nice to see the young generation of Chinese actually smiling.

 

[mikeytt]

So happy for togami 🔥

 

[fore.n.back]

I'm happy for Togami, finally he has aquired the champion mentality. The blocking play he did at the end of the 6th set shows his growth, his old self would've just hit it recklessly

 

[Dr Evil]

This game 6 is the most Togami game ever so far lol

Two consecutive 6 point runs (from 0-1 to 6-1 for Togami, and then from 6-1 to 6-7 for Zhou) is rare (about 1 in 160 games by chance assuming equally matched players with no significant advantage to the server, as in this game where the server won 11 of 24 points). Add in Zhou's 9 out of 10 points (from 1-6 to 10-7) and Togami's 4 point run from 7-10 to 11-10 and it definitely was a crazy game.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

I think they will need to bring out a Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu pairing. They really should let these chopping ladies try for LA 2028

I'm not sure how set is the rules for LA is at present
if only the "team" of 3 players can play all other events, then there is little chance you will get 2 choppers in that team of 3.

I would love for the rule to allow its own qualification matrix per event and not limited by the 3 entries in the teams.
the chopper pairing needs to happen, last time was the Koreans pair and this pair is even better.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Togami finally does it!

Has he turned the corner? Is it the Zyre? Who knows?! Congrats to Shunsuke "The Flash" Togami!

congrats to Togami
Butterfly better not raise the price even further!

 

[backspacer]

Not unsurprising but Qian/Shi got absolutely wrecked by Sato/Hashimoto.

This is me when I see the chopper pair win:

 

[FIXPOINT]

WTT Contender Almaty 2025 WS Final

WTT Contender Almaty 2025 MS Final

WTT Contender Almaty 2025 WD Final

WTT Contender Almaty 2025 MD Final

WTT Contender Almaty 2025 XD Final

 

[Catenaccio]

A translation of an article from Yahoo Japan

2025/09/08: Table Tennis Powerhouse China Disappointed: Crushed by Japan's Women's Team—“What Was the Coach Thinking?” “They Had No Answer” Defensive Pair Takes Victory