WTT Star Contender Chennai-2025

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WTT Star Contender Chennai-2025 - is the third table tennis tournament WTT Contender Series in 2025 (and the second tournament of the level WTT Star Contenders in 2025), held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Raja Muthiah Rd, Periamet, Kannappar Thidal, Poongavanapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600003, India. WTT Star Contender Chennai-2025 is held Table Tennis Federation Of India under patronage of World Table Tennis (WTT) from 25 March to 30 March 30, 2025. The prize money for medalists in the tournament was $275,000.

Qualification for the tournament

Restrictions on the participation of players of the world Top 20

Singles

• A maximum of six (6) players will be allowed to participate as long as the players are ranked in the top 20 ITTF TTWR players as of the entry deadline.

National Entry Restriction (NER)

Singles

• Each Member Association may be allowed a maximum of six (6) players per category, excluding the WTT category. The limit applies to both the main draw and the qualifying competition to ensure a maximum of six (6) players in any combination (i.e. 4 qualifiers / 2 main draws or 1 qualifier / 5 main draws).

Doubles

• Each Member Association may be permitted to participate in a maximum of eight (8) players per category, with a maximum of three (3) full pairs consisting of players from the same Member Association (i.e. for example 3 Czech/Czech, 1 Czech/Swedish, 1 Czech/German).

Mixed doubles

• Each Member Association shall be permitted a maximum of four (4) players per rank in any pairing combination.

The organizer is permitted to use their wildcards to enter additional players from any member association and/or pairs in any combination beyond the NER limit.

Wildcards

• The Promoter is entitled to the following Wildcards: four (4) players in the Singles Main Draw and two (2) Pairs in the Doubles and Mixed Doubles Main Draw.
• The Organizer is entitled to the following Wildcards: eight (8) players for the qualifying draw for singles and two (2) pairs for doubles.
• Any unused Wildcards/nominations will be returned to direct entries.

Useful links

Link to the tournament on the WTT website: WTT Star Contender Chennai-2025
Tournament playlist on the World Table Tennis Youtube channel: WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025

 

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WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025 WS Final

Japanese version​

 

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WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025 MS Final

Japanese version​

 

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WTT Star Contender Chennai WD Final

Japanese version​

 

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WTT Star Contender Chennai MD Final

Japanese version​

 

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WTT Star Contender Chennai XD Final

Japanese version​

 

[Lizh with skVII]

Why didn't team China participate in the match?

 

[NextLevel]

They have their national games qualifiers going on right now.

Why didn't team China participate in the match?

 

[zeio]

The all-too-familiar India, and they are serious about bidding for 2036 Olympics after what happened in 2010...
https://weibo.com/7360795486/Pkusbsfid

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

The all-too-familiar India, and they are serious about bidding for 2036 Olympics after what happened in 2010...
https://weibo.com/7360795486/Pkusbsfid

Not only do you have to beat your opponents, you have to do it while avoiding bird droppings! Who thought it was a good idea to have the tournament in such a facility?

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

A couple of interesting matches today:

Yeh Yi-Tian vs. Park Gahyeon ... perhaps the best non-Chinese/non-Japanese juniors.

Matsushima/Miwa vs. Yoshimura/Odo Japanese XD battle

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Great match between YYT and Park Gahyeon! YYT wins 13-11 in the decider.

 

[Shine]

Not only do you have to beat your opponents, you have to do it while avoiding bird droppings! Who thought it was a good idea to have the tournament in such a facility?

Man that's sumthin serious
I thought it was the glare from the central lights or some reflection coming from the crowds. Is the stadium an open one?

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Man that's sumthin serious
I thought it was the glare from the central lights or some reflection coming from the crowds. Is the stadium an open one?

It's an indoor stadium, but apparently birds flew in. Wow... WTT is gonna need to research these facilities a bit better for a Star Contender.

 

[zeio]

R32
Odo vs Zeng Jian
G4 71, 1012

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

ODO/YOSHIMURA win the battle of Japan XD

MATSUSHIMA / HARIMOTO...2...11..9..4 12..5

YOSHIMURA / ODO.........3....2 11 11 10 11

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Still early, but Odo is making a solid case for LA2028:

 

[zeio]

This loss couldn't have come at a worse time for Matsushima's fans. After Prince's Mom, introducing Matsushima's Mom...

松岛妈说这话是什么意思，有没有阅读理解的？ (What does Matsushima’s Mom mean by this? Is there anyone who can interpret?)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9608343365
山呀山44 才17岁的年纪，如果不是前辈不靠谱的话，其实没必要打混双，毕竟他的梦想是奥运单打
IP属地:福建来自iPhone客户端1楼2025-03-28 17:03回复
(At the age of 17, if only his predecessors were not unreliable, there would be no need for him to play XD. After all, his dream is to play in the Olympic singles)

生活总是仓促的 张本混双巴黎奥运会一轮游
IP属地:湖南来自Android客户端3楼2025-03-28 17:10收起回复
(Harimoto crashed out in first round of XD at Paris Olympics)

慢嗨梁祝 不愧是日骰，tzm也说因为昕雯没拿金牌所以莎头必须拿，耽误了骰单打
IP属地:河北来自Android客户端5楼2025-03-28 17:17回复
(No wonder he is the Japanese Dice. tzm also said that because XinWen didn't win the gold medal, ShaHead must win it, which cost Dice's singles)

光板荡天下 他一直打混双的态度，和罢工没区别。
IP属地:北京7楼2025-03-28 17:24回复
(His attitude towards playing XD is no different from a strike.)

长崎美柚（上桌版） 呃牢盒14岁开始兼项 19年世乒因为受伤才退的混双 松岛妈有没有心啊 牢盒14岁就开始兼四
IP属地:安徽来自iPhone客户端11楼2025-03-28 18:02收起回复
(Uh, Old Carton started competing in multiple events at the age of 14. He withdrew from XD of WTTC 2019 only because of injury. Does Matsushima's Mom have any heart? Old Carton started competing in 4 events at the age of 14)
自由的风19990: 松岛比起小时候的纸盒差远了，张本小时候可是能赢马龙 张继科的 绝对是有天赋的 她妈这是看不上盒妹呢在阴阳 但是不掂量掂量 现在日乒可以没有松岛 但是不能没有张本兄妹，张本哥哥在亚锦赛拿牌 50年的记录 妹妹更是一人之力带着女团拿的牌 创造了日本54年的记录
2025-3-28 19:12回复
(Matsushima was far inferior to Harimoto when he was a child. Harimoto was able to beat Ma Long and Zhang Jike when he was a child. He was definitely talented. Her [sic] mother is looking down on and dissing Carton's sister, but she didn't think twice. Now the Japanese table tennis team can do without Matsushima, but it can't do without the Harimoto siblings. Brother Harimoto won a medal at the ATTC, a 50-year-old record. His sister carried the women's team alone and won the medal, rewriting a 54-year-old record for Japan)

pechkka 谁叫老盒混双一轮游了，上届冠军还是日本，这对比在日本国内就是翻版的骰子单打32强
IP属地:四川来自Android客户端13楼2025-03-28 18:31收起回复
(Old Carton is to blame for being eliminated in the first round of XD. And the last edition was won by Japan. This is a Japanese replica of Dice's singles R32)
乐观的加贝123: 你这话说的松岛混双多厉害似的，还以为让他混双是他担多大责任，就靠他拿混双冠了呢？jtta 抬他上混双不是为了抬他上洛奥吗，还给他锁定了一个团体名额。这松岛粉丝怎么得了便宜还卖乖，看来jtta比松岛粉丝对松岛认知清晰，别选考又倒数团体都上不了，还单打？他单打有啥成绩吗？
2025-3-28 19:50回复
(You are saying this as if Matsushima is so great in XD. As if letting him play in XD meant how much they are counting on him to win the title? Didn't JTTA recommend him for XD in order to lift him for LA Olympics and secure him a team spot? How can these Matsushima fans act holier-than-thou after enjoying favorable treatment? It seems that JTTA has a clearer understanding of Matsushima than Matsushima fans. Just don't end up failing to qualify for the team after finishing last in the selection, not to mention singles. Does he have any singles results?)

 

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Wan made a big comeback in the fifth game and beat CIC 3-2. That's a career highlight for her, not only beating a top 20 player, but also making it to the round of the last 16 at a Star Contender.

 

[zeio]

Winter can forget LA 2028.