United States (US) Smash 2026, Los Angeles, California, USA 26 Jun - 5 Jul 2026

says Shoo...nothing to see here. - zeio
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It seems, Giorgia Piccolin is still improving. Technically and tactically too. Very well played against Sutirtha Mukherjee. 👏👏
Same for Monfardini who came up short after leading Zaharia. ITA has been getting better and better results at WTTC 2023/2024/2025/2026.
 
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says Shoo...nothing to see here. - zeio
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MS QR2
Cifuentes WR81 3-0 Shah WR38 (2) (11, 7, 6)
Biggest upset in MS so far.
 
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Jonghoon oppa has been struggling with qualifying stages even since he won the contender event :unsure:
 
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Elena Zaharia very impressive in her 3-0 win over YXX.
Yang really had her best win since coming back from maternity leave against Yuan Jianan at the Singapore Smash, changed her equipment the next match against Nagasaki, then went back to what she was using before maternity leave and barely makes it out of qualification most tournaments now. The correlation between these two things was so obvious but what can you do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
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Asian players who didn't get here with a lot of time to adjust to jet lag are all going to struggle.
It's actually not as bad as the East Coast, which produces the worst possible jet lag for East Asian players at 12 hours.
 
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United States Smash 2026 QLF WS R3
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United States Smash 2026 QLF MS R3
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Scheduled Matches:
All times are local time.
Live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/wttglobal

Sun, 28th Jun 2026
12:00 MS R64 Felix LEBRUN(FRA) - KAO Cheng-Jui(TPE)
12:00 T2 WS R64 KUAI Man(CHN) - Elena ZAHARIA(ROU)
12:00 T3 MS R64 PARK Ganghyeon(KOR) - LIN Shidong(CHN)
12:00 T4 WS R64 Jieni SHAO(POR) - Dina MESHREF(EGY)
12:35 WS R64 YEH Yi-Tian(TPE) - Hina HAYATA(JPN)
12:35 T2 MS R64 Manav THAKKAR(IND) - Flavien COTON(FRA)
12:35 T3 WS R64 Andreea DRAGOMAN(ROU) - Xiaona SHAN(GER)
12:35 T4 MS R64 Omar ASSAR(EGY) - Finn LUU(AUS)
13:10 MD R32 JHA(USA)/XUE(CHN) - WEN(CHN)/YUAN(CHN)
13:10 T2 WS R64 Charlotte LUTZ(FRA) - SHIN Yubin(KOR)
13:10 T3 MS R64 Daniel TRAN(USA) - Darko JORGIC(SLO)
13:10 T4 WS R64 PENG Yu-Han(TPE) - Anna HURSEY(WAL)
13:45 WS R64 LI Yu-Jhun(TPE) - Miwa HARIMOTO(JPN)
13:45 T2 MS R64 Nicholas LUM(AUS) - Anders LIND(DEN)
13:45 T3 WS R64 TAN Zhao Yun(SGP) - Mo ZHANG(CAN)
13:45 T4 MS R64 Nandan NARESH( USA) - CHEN Yuanyu(CHN)
14:20 MS R64 Kirill GERASSIMENKO(KAZ) - Sora MATSUSHIMA(JPN)
14:20 T2 WD R32 JEE(AUS)/BATRA(IND) - SAMARA(ROU)/SZOCS(ROU)
14:20 T3 MD R32 ZELINKA(SVK)/PISTEJ(SVK) - IONESCU(ROU)/MOVILEANU(ROU)
14:20 T4 WD R32 MESHREF(EGY)/GODA(EGY) - LIU(AUS)/MITTELHAM(GER)
14:55 XD R32 PORET(FRA)/PAVADE(FRA) - LEBRUN(FRA)/ODO(JPN)
14:55 T2 MD R32 LIANG(USA)/BOTHA(USA) - FRANZISKA(GER)/OVTCHAROV(GER)
14:55 T3 WD R32 REYES LAI(USA)/WANG(USA) - MOYLAND(USA)/ZHANG(USA)
14:55 T4 MD R32 LIN(TPE)/FENG(TPE) - BAE(AUS)/CIFUENTES(ARG)
18:00 WS R64 Adriana DIAZ(PUR) - Hitomi SATO(JPN)
18:00 T2 MS R64 Joao GERALDO(POR) - Iulian CHIRITA(ROU)
18:00 T3 WS R64 ZENG Jian(SGP) - Natalia BAJOR(POL)
18:00 T4 WS R64 Maria XIAO(ESP) - KIM Nayeong(KOR)
18:35 MS R64 WANG Chuqin(CHN) - ZHOU Qihao(CHN)
18:35 T2 WS R64 Jessica REYES LAI(USA) - CHENG I-Ching(TPE)
18:35 T3 MS R64 Adrien RASSENFOSSE(BEL) - Elias RANEFUR(SWE)
18:35 T4 MS R64 Yukiya UDA(JPN) - Vladislav URSU(MDA)
19:10 XD R32 WEN(CHN)/KUAI(CHN) - LUM(AUS)/LIU(AUS)
19:10 T2 MS R64 Yuta TANAKA(JPN) - Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN(IND)
19:10 T3 WS R64 Irene YEOH(USA) - WANG Manyu(CHN)
19:10 T4 WS R64 Elizabeta SAMARA(ROU) - SHI Xunyao(CHN)
19:45 MS R64 Hugo CALDERANO(BRA) - Maharu YOSHIMURA(JPN)
19:45 T2 WS R64 Honoka HASHIMOTO(JPN) - Fu YU(POR)
19:45 T3 MS R64 LIN Yun-Ju(TPE) - KUO Guan-Hong(TPE)
19:45 T4 MS R64 WONG Chun Ting(HKG) - Jonathan GROTH(DEN)
20:20 WS R64 Mima ITO(JPN) - Amy WANG(USA)
20:20 T2 XD R32 LIND(DEN)/HURSEY(WAL) - MLADENOVIC(LUX)/NG(HKG)
20:20 T3 XD R32 QIU(GER)/WINTER(GER) - GOMEZ(CHI)/ORTEGA(CHI)
20:20 T4 WD R32 PAVADE(FRA)/LUTZ(FRA) - LUPULESKU(SRB)/SURJAN(SRB)
20:55 XD R32 PANG(SGP)/ZENG(SGP) - LIANG(USA)/MOYLAND(USA)
20:55 T2 XD R32 FRANZISKA(GER)/DIAZ(PUR) - SAREEN(AUS)/VARADY(SVK)
20:55 T3 XD R32 NARESH( USA)/REYES LAI(USA) - BOTHA(USA)/QIN(CHN)
20:55 T4 XD R32 PISTEJ(SVK)/KUKULKOVA(SVK) - CHAN(HKG)/KIM(KOR)

Mon, 29th Jun 2026
12:00 MS R64 Alexis LEBRUN(FRA) - Anton KALLBERG(SWE)
12:00 T2 MS R64 Eduard IONESCU(ROU) - Lilian BARDET(FRA)
12:00 T3 WS R64 ZHU Yuling(MAC) - Yashaswini GHORPADE(IND)
12:00 T4 MS R64 CHAN Baldwin(HKG) - JANG Woojin(KOR)
12:35 WS R64 Sabine WINTER(GER) - QIN Yuxuan(CHN)
12:35 T2 WS R64 Prithika PAVADE(FRA) - Sally MOYLAND(USA)
12:35 T3 MS R64 Tomislav PUCAR(CRO) - Patrick FRANZISKA(GER)
12:35 T4 WS R64 Miyu NAGASAKI(JPN) - HUANG Yu-Jie(TPE)
13:10 MD R32 TEODORO(BRA)/IIZUKA(BRA) - NARESH( USA)/NARESH( USA)
13:10 T2 MS R64 Milosz REDZIMSKI(POL) - Simon GAUZY(FRA)
13:10 T3 WS R64 Bernadette SZOCS(ROU) - Nina MITTELHAM(GER)
13:10 T4 MS R64 AN Jaehyun(KOR) - Andre BERTELSMEIER(GER)
13:45 WS R64 Lea RAKOVAC(CRO) - Bruna TAKAHASHI(BRA)
13:45 T2 WS R64 YOO Yerin(KOR) - CHEN Xingtong(CHN)
13:45 T3 MS R64 Joe SEYFRIED(FRA) - Dimitrij OVTCHAROV(GER)
13:45 T4 WS R64 Manika BATRA(IND) - Sakura YOKOI(JPN)
14:20 XD R16 WANG(CHN)/SUN(CHN) -
14:20 T2 XD R16 WONG(HKG)/DOO(HKG) -
14:20 T3 XD R16 MATSUSHIMA(JPN)/HARIMOTO(JPN) -
14:20 T4 XD R16 LIM(KOR)/SHIN(KOR) -
14:55 MS R64 Quadri ARUNA(NGR) - Truls MOREGARD(SWE)
14:55 T2 XD R16 ROBLES(ESP)/XIAO(ESP) -
14:55 T3 XD R16 IONESCU(ROU)/SZOCS(ROU) -
14:55 T4 XD R16 SHAH(IND)/CHITALE(IND) -
18:00 WS R64 SUN Yingsha(CHN) - Yangzi LIU(AUS)
18:00 T2 MS R64 Vladimir SIDORENKO(AIN) - Horacio CIFUENTES(ARG)
18:00 T3 WS R64 DOO Hoi Kem(HKG) - Hana GODA(EGY)
18:00 T4 WS R64 YANG Ha Eun(KOR) - Audrey ZARIF(FRA)
18:35 MS R64 Shunsuke TOGAMI(JPN) - Kanak JHA(USA)
18:35 T2 WS R64 CHEN Yi(CHN) - Ying HAN(GER)
18:35 T3 MS R64 Hiroto SHINOZUKA(JPN) - Liam PITCHFORD(ENG)
18:35 T4 MS R64 Dang QIU(GER) - Csaba ANDRAS(HUN)
19:10 WD R32 WAN(GER)/WINTER(GER) - CHENG(TPE)/YEH(TPE)
19:10 T2 MS R64 Lubomir JANCARIK(CZE) - WEN Ruibo(CHN)
19:10 T3 WS R64 Satsuki ODO(JPN) - LEE Eunhye(KOR)
19:10 T4 MS R64 Benedikt DUDA(GER) - Thibault PORET(FRA)
19:45 MS R64 Jishan LIANG(USA) - Tomokazu HARIMOTO(JPN)
19:45 T2 WS R64 Sreeja AKULA(IND) - JOO Cheonhui(KOR)
19:45 T3 MS R64 Tom JARVIS(GBR) - OH Junsung(KOR)
19:45 T4 WS R64 Margaryta PESOTSKA(UKR) - WANG Yidi(CHN)
20:20 WS R64 Lily ZHANG(USA) - Jia Nan YUAN(FRA)
20:20 T2 WD R32 HURSEY(WAL)/XIAO(ESP) - BARCENAS(MEX)/COSSIO(MEX)
20:20 T3 MD R32 BURGOS(CHI)/GOMEZ(CHI) - LUM(AUS)/LUU(AUS)
20:20 T4 WD R32 ORTEGA(CHI)/VEGA(CHI) - ZENG(SGP)/SER(SGP)
20:55 XD R16 CALDERANO(BRA)/TAKAHASHI(BRA) -
20:55 T2 MD R32 MATSUSHIMA(JPN)/TOGAMI(JPN) - FREITAS(POR)/APOLONIA(POR)
20:55 T3 WD R32 SHAN(GER)/LEE(KOR) - KUKULKOVA(SVK)/VARADY(SVK)
 
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And the following is why Togami has no future...

LIVE! | T4 | Q Day 2 | United States Smash 2026 | Session 2
G1 10:9
https://youtu.be/AzmGuT2lsLI?t=1080
G2 10:7
https://youtu.be/AzmGuT2lsLI?t=2387
G3 5:6
https://youtu.be/AzmGuT2lsLI?t=2843
He's a 2025 World Champion Gold medalist in MD. He is the men's singles champion at 2025 WTT Contender Almaty 2025. And he recently beat Yuan Licen, Park Gyuhyeon, Dima Ovtcharov, Qiu Dang, and Hugo Calderano to take the men's singles championship at 2026 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana. But sure... he has no future because you took some Mizutani quote out of context.
 
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He's a 2025 World Champion Gold medalist in MD. He is the men's singles champion at 2025 WTT Contender Almaty 2025. And he recently beat Yuan Licen, Park Gyuhyeon, Dima Ovtcharov, Qiu Dang, and Hugo Calderano to take the men's singles championship at 2026 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana. But sure... he has no future because you took some Mizutani quote out of context.
No point in responding, he linked to 3 points at which Chan Baldwin served into the net in a match he won. I know that sometimes the gods speak in mysterious ways but even that was too mysterious for me.
 
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Bad draw for Kao :(
Other than match timing, it is actually a good draw. No one will lose any sleep if he loses that match. And getting an early feeling on how good he needs to play to deal with a player at that level is a good thing IMHO.
 
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