WTT Champions Japan 2025 - 7-11 Aug 2025

[TampaBayTableTennis]

oh yaaaaa!

 

[joshmak10]

Xue Fei should’ve won it. That second game proved to be a crucial miss for him.

 

[NextLevel]

Xue Fei should’ve won it. That second game proved to be a crucial miss for him.

He is not on Kallberg's level. To me it has been clear Kallberg has been distracted by things other than TT in recent months

 

[NextLevel]

Winter bringing the Akula template against Wang. Wang will have to figure out how to disrupt Winter or will pack her bags.

 

[NextLevel]

Karate Kid: coach tells Cobra Kai to sweep the leg lol...

 

[NextLevel]

Amazing match. Well played Wang and Winter.

 

[joshmak10]

He is not on Kallberg's level. To me it has been clear Kallberg has been distracted by things other than TT in recent months

That may be true but Xue still should've taken it. 9-5 up and failing to capitalize on a timeout, plus a big net in that fourth game, sealed his fate.

 

[zeio]

WS R32
WYD (5) 3-2 Winter (-4, -5, 4, 6, 10)

Once again, Winter can forget LA28.

蠢迪对面这个是谁 (Who's this opposite to Dumb Di?)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9934250110

 

[NextLevel]

That may be true but Xue still should've taken it. 9-5 up and failing to capitalize on a timeout, plus a big net in that fourth game, sealed his fate.

That is what losing to a better player is generally like when the player is not in top form and it is common to focus on the score as an opportunity rather than the reliability of the patterns by which a player is winning points. Most of Xue Fei's best legit chances came when he opened with backhand quality that Kallberg did not expect. Outside of that, score and mistakes notwithstanding, he has nothing about his game to beat a player of Kallberg"s quality. Focusing on the score obscures that once Kallberg avoided that backhand opening to backhand counter dynamic, and got hus forehand working, Xue Fei wasn't supposed to win the points. Even at our lower level, when you get past 1600, most players have trained enough that even when the score is 9-5, if you don't hit their weaknesses and force them to lose points, their training will take advantage of opportunities so the score almost never matters as much as the stability of how you got the lead. A player digging deep into his training can shut down or change things so never let the score affect your evaluation of the game. Because the mistakes that led to a lopsided score can flip on a dime if the strategic play that led to that score is sound and the execution catches up to the strategy.

 

[lightspin]

I think Kallberg recently got married.

 

[NextLevel]

I think Kallberg recently got married.

Yes. Or engaged. I think he discussed it in the post match. Has been playing really off of late. Hoping he is back to stability now.

 

[NextLevel]

Has Poret been surpassed by Coton? Has Togami been surpassed by the universe? We will find out.

 

[GAOdp]

WTT Champions Yokohama-2025 is the third table tennis tournament of the WTT Champions Series in 2025, held in Yokohama, Japan.

WTT Champions Yokohama 2025 is organized by the Japan Table Tennis Association under the patronage of World Table Tennis (WTT) from 7 to 11 August 2025. The prize fund for the medalists is $500,000.

Tournament Qualification

The tournament will be held in two singles events, men's and women's, to which only the top 32 players by world ranking will be invited.
The entire tournament will be played on a single competition table (with a requirement for 8 practice tables).

National Limit

Singles:

• Each Member Association shall be allowed a maximum of four (4) players per event, excluding host wildcards and WTT nominations.

Wildcards

• WTT is entitled to one (1) WTT nomination per event;
• The Organizer is entitled to one (1) wildcard per event;
• Any unused wildcards/host country selections will be returned to direct entries.

Useful Links

Tournament page on the WTT website: WTT Champions Yokohama 2025
Watch the tournament on the WTT YouTube channel: WTT Champions Yokohama 2025

 

[BlopChock]

I think Kallberg recently got married.

They mentioned multiple times during the match: just spent two weeks in Oahu and got engaged.

 

[NextLevel]

Is it really smart to seed only 8 players in a champions event?

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Is it really smart to seed only 8 players in a champions event?

dumbest change in recent years.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

WS R32
WYD (5) 3-2 Winter (-4, -5, 4, 6, 10)

Once again, Winter can forget LA28.

蠢迪对面这个是谁 (Who's this opposite to Dumb Di?)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9934250110

with chinese mentality like these, and the way they abuse players, is why the likes of FZD don't want to play any more.
chinese fans really need to learn ethics and morals from the western world.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Is it really smart to seed only 8 players in a champions event?

No but I’m happy to see Lin Lin on day1

 

[zeio]

MS R32
LSD (1) 3-1 LYJ (10, 10, -8, 12)

碎石計劃 (Stone Shattering Plan)? Better luck next time (10th).

 

[backspacer]

Adam just said there is no TTR at this event. I was wondering why Sora didn't get called out.