China Smash 2025

[NextLevel]

Ankur B. vs Zhou Kai was epic. Looking forward to the next round!

Best Indian prospect in a while.

Duda out in 1st round/R64 😬
Uda in to R32

XD R32
Akash Pal/Jee Minhyung 3-2 Ionescu/Szocs (7, -7, -7, 4, 9)

Diaz did herself justice versus Hashimoto.

Diaz is a good player. Jee on the other completely perplexes me with her relative success.

 

[sebi]

What are the thoughts on quadri Arunas ttr reviews against lind.
The angele the checked it on was so whack.

 

[NextLevel]

What are the thoughts on quadri Arunas ttr reviews against lind.
The angele the checked it on was so whack.

It is to me not so much the angle (which is clearly a problem) but that the ball is clearly behind the plane of the body but the judgment sticks to a visibility criterion. They need to make a serious decision on how this will work. I get tired of all the dubious nonsense that this implementation still encourages. I get that serving still has to be a deceptive skill but people should learn to deceive without sticking heads hands and shoulders close to the ball.

 

[sebi]

It is to me not so much the angle (which is clearly a problem) but that the ball is clearly behind the plane of the body but the judgment sticks to a visibility criterion. They need to make a serious decision on how this will work. I get tired of all the dubious nonsense that this implementation still encourages. I get that serving still has to be a deceptive skill but people should learn to deceive without sticking heads hands and shoulders close to the ball.

Facts, but the heads dont cover the point of contact. The contact is clearly visible ita just when the ball drops they can see it for a bit.

I think ttr is whack how it is right now.
I just watched Sora vs Xue Fei and the angle is whack again. Sora should clearly be able to see the ball but it's not visible in TTR, and the angle is completely different to Aruna vs Lind there is no consistency at all.
The should put the camera at the middle line or at the players perspective. Which is impossible to perfectly do because the players move when receiving.
Ttr in this state is useless and does not add fairness.

 

[NextLevel]

Facts, but the heads dont cover the point of contact. The contact is clearly visible ita just when the ball drops they can see it for a bit.

I think ttr is whack how it is right now.
I just watched Sora vs Xue Fei and the angle is whack again. Sora should clearly be able to see the ball but it's not visible in TTR, and the angle is completely different to Aruna vs Lind there is no consistency at all.
The should put the camera at the middle line or at the players perspective. Which is impossible to perfectly do because the players move when receiving.
Ttr in this state is useless and does not add fairness.

The heads do for some players and I rule is visibility throughout the service not just at the point of contact. Otherwise we go back to envelope pushing dubious arguments over whether the ball is hidden by someone's head or shoulder or not at this point or that point of the serve. Was contact just behind their head or just below the chin? Oh it was below the chin, its your fault you didn't see it.

 

[I Love Anders Lind]

Is there any context of the argument or any video proof? They are basically national teammates, why would they be fighting?

it was a doubles match i recall, but youre gonna have to take my word for it beyond that unless u want to trawl through their past livestreams lol.

dont have a naive view abt national teammates; just look at hayatas saga with harimoto over the medical timeout not too long ago for an eg of how cutthroat tt is....even though they wear the same flag

 

[I Love Anders Lind]

Facts, but the heads dont cover the point of contact. The contact is clearly visible ita just when the ball drops they can see it for a bit.

I think ttr is whack how it is right now.
I just watched Sora vs Xue Fei and the angle is whack again. Sora should clearly be able to see the ball but it's not visible in TTR, and the angle is completely different to Aruna vs Lind there is no consistency at all.
The should put the camera at the middle line or at the players perspective. Which is impossible to perfectly do because the players move when receiving.
Ttr in this state is useless and does not add fairness.

they can basically penalise (or cover up for) whoever they want just by changing the angle, absolutely ridiculous

 

[Peter93]

Best Indian prospect in a while.

Diaz is a good player. Jee on the other completely perplexes me with her relative success.

With all due respect to her, she might have the worst forehand I've seen on the women's side of the tour lol

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

With her win over Lily and Han Ying losing to Miwa, Sabine will leapfrog Han Ying to become Germany's highest ranked woman. What an amazing year she's having!

 

[zeio]

这些澳大利亚选手参加比赛的意义在哪里 (What's the significance of these Australian players participating in competitions?)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/10079495456

AUS players:
MS R64
Ankur Bhattacharjee (Q) 2-3 Nicholas LUM (3, -9, -10, 6, -8)

Bhattacharjee's senior results in 2025 could be better, especially against choppers.

So nice of China Smash to give him the host wildcard WTT Youth Nomination. Europe Smash, US Smash and Singapore Smash could've given him the wildcard WTT Youth Nomination but no.

WTT Youth Nomination (Only for Qualifying)
SGP GS 2025
Iulian Chirita
Anna Hursey
USA GS 2025
Lee Seungsoo
Yoo Yerin
EUR GS 2025
Daniel Berzosa
Heo Yerim
CHN GS 2025
Ankur Bhattacharjee

 

[Sali]

这些澳大利亚选手参加比赛的意义在哪里 (What's the significance of these Australian players participating in competitions?)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/10079495456

AUS players:
MS R64
Ankur Bhattacharjee (Q) 2-3 Nicholas LUM (3, -9, -10, 6, -8)

I completely do not understand the rule of wild cards. These Australian players would not pass even first round of qualification round. But these way they get more points just for participating.

 

[Robin0910]

I completely do not understand the rule of wild cards. These Australian players would not pass even first round of qualification round. But these way they get more points just for participating.

They need players from each continent and they also happen to have enough points because of continental points.

 

[FIXPOINT]

Scheduled Matches
All times are local time.
Live streaming https://www.youtube.com/wttglobal

Mon, 29th Sep 2025
11:00 T1 MD R32 XUE(CHN)/XIANG(CHN) - BURGOS(CHI)/GOMEZ(CHI)
11:00 T2 WD R32 DRAGOMAN(ROU)/LUTZ(FRA) - WANG(CHN)/ZHANG(USA)
11:35 T1 WS R64 Hina HAYATA(JPN) - Jia Nan YUAN(FRA)
11:35 T2 MS R64 WEN Ruibo(CHN) - LIANG Jingkun(CHN)
11:35 T3 WS R64 Orawan PARANANG(THA) - Sofia POLCANOVA(AUT)
11:35 T4 MS R64 Samuel KULCZYCKI(POL) - Omar ASSAR(EGY)
12:10 T1 MS R64 LIN Gaoyuan(CHN) - WONG Chun Ting(HKG)
12:10 T2 WS R64 WANG Xiaotong(CHN) - Miyu NAGASAKI(JPN)
12:10 T3 MS R64 Thibault PORET(FRA) - HUANG Youzheng(CHN)
12:10 T4 WS R64 JOO Cheonhui(KOR) - LEE Eunhye(KOR)
12:45 T1 WS R64 HE Zhuojia(CHN) - WANG Manyu(CHN)
12:45 T2 MS R64 Shunsuke TOGAMI(JPN) - Kanak JHA(USA)
12:45 T3 WS R64 ZENG Jian(SGP) - Hana GODA(EGY)
12:45 T4 MS R64 CHEN Yuanyu(CHN) - Dimitrij OVTCHAROV(GER)
13:20 T1 MS R64 Felix LEBRUN(FRA) - Aditya SAREEN(AUS)
13:20 T2 WS R64 CHEN Szu-Yu(TPE) - XU Yi(CHN)
13:20 T3 MS R64 Dang QIU(GER) - OH Junsung(KOR)
13:20 T4 WS R64 Jieni SHAO(POR) - Anna HURSEY(WAL)
13:55 T1 WD R32 VEGA(CHI)/ORTEGA(CHI) - DOO(HKG)/ZHU(HKG)
13:55 T2 MD R32 LUM(AUS)/LUU(AUS) - ABDELAZIZ(EGY)/ELBEIALI(EGY)
18:00 T1 WD R32 MUKHERJEE(IND)/MUKHERJEE(IND) - WANG(CHN)/XU(CHN)
18:00 T2 MD R32 KUBIK(POL)/REDZIMSKI(POL) - HUANG(CHN)/WEN(CHN)
18:35 T1 MS R64 Truls MOREGARD(SWE) - KAO Cheng-Jui(TPE)
18:35 T2 MS R64 Eduard IONESCU(ROU) - Alexis LEBRUN(FRA)
18:35 T3 WS R64 Minhyung JEE(AUS) - KUAI Man(CHN)
18:35 T4 WS R64 KIM Nayeong(KOR) - Satsuki ODO(JPN)
19:10 T1 WS R64 Mima ITO(JPN) - QIN Yuxuan(CHN)
19:10 T2 WS R64 Prithika PAVADE(FRA) - Amy WANG(USA)
19:10 T3 MS R64 Kazuki HAMADA(JPN) - Vitor ISHIY(BRA)
19:10 T4 MS R64 Anton KALLBERG(SWE) - YUAN Licen(CHN)
19:45 T1 MS R64 Tomislav PUCAR(CRO) - LIN Shidong(CHN)
19:45 T2 MS R64 CHEN Junsong(CHN) - Tomokazu HARIMOTO(JPN)
19:45 T3 WS R64 Manika BATRA(IND) - ZONG Geman(CHN)
19:45 T4 MS R64 Jonathan GROTH(DEN) - Ricardo WALTHER(GER)
20:20 T1 WS R64 Hana MATELOVA(CZE) - SHI Xunyao(CHN)
20:20 T2 WS R64 SHIN Yubin(KOR) - NG Wing Lam(HKG)
20:20 T3 MS R64 Kristian KARLSSON(SWE) - Youssef ABDELAZIZ(EGY)
20:20 T4 WS R64 Elizabeta SAMARA(ROU) - YEH Yi-Tian(TPE)
20:55 T1 MD R32 DUDA(GER)/QIU(GER) - ZHOU(CHN)/CHEN(CHN)
20:55 T2 WD R32 KAUFMANN(GER)/LIU(AUS) - JEGER(CRO)/RAKOVAC(CRO)

Tue, 30th Sep 2025
11:00 T1 XD R16 LIM(KOR)/SHIN(KOR) - CHEN(CHN)/KUAI(CHN)
11:00 T2 XD R16 YUAN(CHN)/WANG(CHN) - WONG(HKG)/DOO(HKG)
11:35 T1 MS R32 Yukiya UDA(JPN) - LIN Yun-Ju(TPE)
11:35 T2 WS R32 LI Yu-Jhun(TPE) - Bernadette SZOCS(ROU)
11:35 T3 MD R32 FALCK(SWE)/KARLSSON(SWE) - SAREEN(AUS)/LY(CAN)
12:10 T1 WS R32 SUN Yingsha(CHN) - ZHU Sibing(CHN)
12:10 T2 MS R32 XIANG Peng(CHN) - Nicholas LUM(AUS)
12:10 T4 WD R32 SAWETTABUT(THA)/PARANANG(THA) - GHORPADE(IND)/JEE(AUS)
12:45 T1 MS R32 ZHOU Qihao(CHN) - Anders LIND(DEN)
12:45 T2 WS R32 CHEN Xingtong(CHN) - Xiaona SHAN(GER)
12:45 T3 WD R32 WU(AUS)/PSIHOGIOS(AUS) - ZONG(CHN)/QIN(CHN)
13:20 T1 WS R32 -
13:20 T2 MS R32 Flavien COTON(FRA) - FENG Yi-Hsin(TPE)
13:20 T4 MD R32 BAE(AUS)/CIFUENTES(ARG) - YUAN(CHN)/XU(CHN)
13:55 T1 XD R16 XUE(CHN)/QIAN(CHN) - CALDERANO(BRA)/TAKAHASHI(BRA)
13:55 T2 XD R16 KARLSSON(SWE)/KALLBERG(SWE) - FALCK(SWE)/VARADY(SVK)
18:00 T1 XD R16 SAREEN(AUS)/GHORPADE(IND) - WANG(CHN)/SUN(CHN)
18:00 T2 XD R16 SHAH(IND)/CHITALE(IND) - HUANG(CHN)/CHEN(CHN)
18:35 T1 WS R32 Honoka HASHIMOTO(JPN) - DOO Hoi Kem(HKG)
18:35 T2 MS R32 -
18:35 T3 WD R32 PAVADE(FRA)/DIAZ(PUR) - SHAN(GER)/NG(HKG)
19:10 T1 MS R32 Hugo CALDERANO(BRA) - Simon GAUZY(FRA)
19:10 T2 WS R32 Bruna TAKAHASHI(BRA) - ZHU Yuling(MAC)
19:10 T4 WD R32 LUPULESKU(SRB)/SURJAN(SRB) - HAYATA(JPN)/JOO(KOR)
19:45 T1 WS R32 Sreeja AKULA(IND) - WANG Yidi(CHN)
19:45 T2 MS R32 -
19:45 T3 MD R32 ZELINKA(SVK)/PISTEJ(SVK) - HABESOHN(AUT)/YIU(HKG)
20:20 T1 MS R32 -
20:20 T2 WS R32 CHEN Yi(CHN) - QIAN Tianyi(CHN)
20:20 T4 MD R32 ALLEGRO(BEL)/RASSENFOSSE(BEL) - BERTELSMEIER(GER)/JAIN(IND)
20:55 T1 XD R16 OH(KOR)/ODO(JPN) - MATSUSHIMA(JPN)/HARIMOTO(JPN)
20:55 T2 XD R16 ROBLES(ESP)/XIAO(ESP) - PAL(IND)/JEE(AUS)

 

[chandyrandy]

Seeing Wang Yidi and Lily Zhang team up for the womens doubles is really exciting and fun!

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Seeing Wang Yidi and Lily Zhang team up for the mixed doubles is really exciting and fun!

mixed -> womens

 

[chandyrandy]

I completely do not understand the rule of wild cards. These Australian players would not pass even first round of qualification round. But these way they get more points just for participating.

As an Australian I understand your frustrations, the contentinal points out players get inflates their world ranking allowing for more tournament invites over players who are better. As an Aussie I want us to succeed and I'm not certain that playing these stronger players consistently will actually help them mature into their current world rankings. It might be more beneficial for them to play in the qualifiers as they could get more wins and confidence under their belt, instead of having to play Felix or wcq first round. I would love for our players join international leagues like how Aditya played for MLTT but due to Australia being in the middle of nowhere such leagues provides a big strain on our players.

i feel your frustrations, hopefully this added context allows for a bit more empathy.

 

[chandyrandy]

mixed -> womens

Oops sorry my bad

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

kanak jha vs shunsuke togami is almost up

 

[NextLevel]

kanak jha vs shunsuke togami is almost up

On now.

 

[NextLevel]

Too many good matches to follow. Poret did well and now we have Dima vs Chen and Togami vs Jha.