WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 Nov 17-22

[PoppaChubby]

WS R32
CIC (4)(WR19) 2-3 Elizabet Abraamian (Q)(WR196) (-5, -7, 7, 8, -10)
G5 27, 47 TO for Abraamian, 87, 89, 109, 1012

Elizabet ABRAAMIAN 2003/4/29

It's cool to have the russians back, even if thay have to compete under a neutral flag. Sid has beaten Gauzy, and it was normal, he has already beaten Alexis last year in the Pro A, he's a hell of a player and he's gonna make great things for sure !

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Many of these matches happen overnight for me so can't watch live, but some interesting results. Aida/Sato beating the WR#7 XD pair of Robles/Xiao is impressive. Tough loss for Yukiya Uda in a decider to Kristian Karlsson. There's a couple impressive wins under the neutral flag: Sidorenko over Gauzy and Abraamian over CIC.

 

[JackJohnson]

Has Hugo/Bruna qualified for XD WTT Finals yet?

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

All Japanese women advance to the next round in singles with Hina surviving a decider. Tomorrow, 2 compatriot battles: Miyu Nagasaki vs. Sakura Yokoi and Satsuki Odo vs. Miu Hirano.

 

[PoppaChubby]

Many of these matches happen overnight for me so can't watch live, but some interesting results. Aida/Sato beating the WR#7 XD pair of Robles/Xiao is impressive. Tough loss for Yukiya Uda in a decider to Kristian Karlsson. There's a couple impressive wins under the neutral flag: Sidorenko over Gauzy and Abraamian over CIC.

Not impressive, just normal: Sid has been named Player Of The Month several times in Pro A since he arrived in Hennebont. just read this https://www-jaimeradio-fr.translate...l=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=fr&_x_tr_pto=wapp

69% wins in Pro A, undefeated in ETTU Champions League, yes sir: undefeated since 2023.

 

[PoppaChubby]

Eddyyyyy !! but poor Aruna, this has been a nightmare year for him, first he was disqualified in Pro A because Cergy's president Louise Adam has filled an atrocious lawsuit against Jura Morez, and then hired by... Cergy, happens what should have happened: karmic payback.

He should find another club next year, be it Rouen or Bruille, he would be a nice mentor to Flavien Coton, and the north of France region would welcome him way better, living in Valenciennes is really cool, it's a vibrant city, as Normandy is also with Rouen.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Park Gahyeon making the most of her wildcard beating Bernie Szocs 3-2,11-9. She faces compatriot Kim Nayeong in the round of 16.

 

[piligrim]

Eddyyyyy !! but poor Aruna, this has been a nightmare year for him, first he was disqualified in Pro A because Cergy's president Louise Adam has filled an atrocious lawsuit against Jura Morez, and then hired by... Cergy, happens what should have happened: karmic payback.
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He should find another club next year, be it Rouen or Bruille, he would be a nice mentor to Flavien Coton, and the north of France region would welcome him way better, living in Valenciennes is really cool, it's a vibrant city, as Normandy is also with Rouen.

He should retire

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

For tomorrow's compatriot battles, take it for what it's worth, but in WTT Miyu Nagsaki 1 - 0 Sakura Yokoi and Satsuki Odo 1 - 0 Miu Hirano.

Results n T-League

Miyu Nagasaki 8-2 with losses to Rin Mende and Miyuu Kihara
Sakura Yokoi 10-1 (loss to Joo Cheonhui)
Satsuki Odo 4-0
Miu Hirano 11-3 with losses to Mikuu Izumo, Mika Tamura (victory match), and Sakura Yokoi

 

[SilvestriDaVini]

Has Hugo/Bruna qualified for XD WTT Finals yet?

Yes. They have qualified after the Spanish duo loss earlier today.

 

[FIXPOINT]

WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 WS R32

WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 MS R32

 

[FIXPOINT]

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

Fri, 21st Nov 2025
11:00 T1 WS R16 Miu HIRANO(JPN) - Satsuki ODO(JPN)
11:00 T2 WS R16 KIM Nayeong(KOR) - PARK Gahyeon(KOR)
11:00 T3 MS R16 Ryoichi YOSHIYAMA(JPN) - Alexis LEBRUN(FRA)
11:00 T4 WS R16 Elizabet ABRAAMIAN(AIN) - ZENG Jian(SGP)
11:35 T1 MS R16 LIN Yun-Ju(TPE) - Hiroto SHINOZUKA(JPN)
11:35 T2 MS R16 Darko JORGIC(SLO) - KIM Minhyeok(KOR)
11:35 T3 WS R16 Jia Nan YUAN(FRA) - JOO Cheonhui(KOR)
11:35 T4 MS R16 Kristian KARLSSON(SWE) - Vladimir SIDORENKO(AIN)
12:10 T1 WS R16 Hina HAYATA(JPN) - LEE Eunhye(KOR)
12:10 T2 WS R16 Sakura YOKOI(JPN) - Miyu NAGASAKI(JPN)
12:10 T3 MS R16 Yuta TANAKA(JPN) - Flavien COTON(FRA)
12:10 T4 WS R16 Anna HURSEY(WAL) - Hitomi SATO(JPN)
12:45 T1 MS R16 Felix LEBRUN(FRA) - Omar ASSAR(EGY)
12:45 T2 MS R16 JANG Woojin(KOR) - Eduard IONESCU(ROU)
12:45 T3 WS R16 Miyuu KIHARA(JPN) - Sarah DE NUTTE(LUX)
12:45 T4 MS R16 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV(GER) - OH Junsung(KOR)

Sat, 22nd Nov 2025
13:30 T1 XD F AIDA(JPN)/SATO(JPN) - LIN(TPE)/CHENG(TPE)

 

[Janard]

All Japanese women advance to the next round in singles with Hina surviving a decider. Tomorrow, 2 compatriot battles: Miyu Nagasaki vs. Sakura Yokoi and Satsuki Odo vs. Miu Hirano.

Kinoshita Ike!!

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

It's the Pontoise Cergy curse: since years every player that is hired to work for them gets lost:
Freitas dropped from the top 20 in July 2024 to over the top 100 3 weeks ago
Lim dropped from the top 20 in march 2024 to the top ... 75 now
Oh Junsung is facing hard times although is still young
And now Quadri Aruna is regularly injured and plays way under his level: Stephane Ouaiche has beaten him last week in Pro A in the Caen TTC vs Pontoise Cergy match. Cergy lost 3-0 !!!!

both Freitas and Aruna is 37 years old... just need to say that
I'm not sure how long you think 37 years old can remain at their previous level, or do you expect them to continue improving they levels

and yeah, they get injured a lot regular too, they don't heal as fast
Not everyone can be like Timo and Chuang, playing till the 40s

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

He should retire

while this can be a valid post, but it is a tough question.
I ask other older players like Apolonia once and they still have a young family (same as Aruna).
Life after being a Pro in they countries (while both lives in Portugal) may not be as luxuries as say Sharath Kamal, as India is a huge TT market.

 

[NextLevel]

Quadri is 37. So is Dima. Quadri is the Nigerian #1. Timo and CCY played past 40. This is not a serious topic. Ionescu is a top European junior. Quadri has considered not playing for Nigeria to give players opportunities but the level behind him is too low. The issue is not his selfishness. The issue is there is no good reason at the moment first him not to play. It doesn't benefit anyone.

 

[driversbeat]

Hirano blows a 9-3 lead while 2-0 up against Odo. Super late timeout at 9-7, similar to how she lost a major lead against Ito at Singapore Smash 2024.

Ridiculous red card call for Hirano at 1-5 in the fifth. Not sure how much faster they expect players to move. But probably wouldn't have made a difference since Odo's superior technique was clearly winning out. Hirano and Ito seem to have the same problem, they can stay competitive in matches they're not favoured to win but can't seem to close out.

 

[KiwiPong]

Hirano blows a 9-3 lead while 2-0 up against Odo. Super late timeout at 9-7, similar to how she lost a major lead against Ito at Singapore Smash 2024.

It felt like she is still suffering from emotional trauma of some sort…..a bit of a train wreck….so sad, I couldn’t watch …..

 

[zeio]

WS R16
Hayata (1) 0-3 Lee Eunhye (15) (-7, -9, -6)
WS R32
Hayata (1) 3-2 Kallberg (7, -10, 6, -9, 8)

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...s-2025-bhubaneswar-10-11-15.37489/post-545753

No Hirano, Hayata and Ito for LA28 will be the right thing to have for JNT.

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...ould-have-won-the-match-781.35128/post-547264

2 days away from a 1-year anniversary and it becomes more clear the golden generation is fading away.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Although it would have been nice to take another title, a 3-0 loss to Lee Eunhye by Hina says it's time to take a break before the WTT Finals. You can kind of see it already in Hina with a shaky 3-2 win over Kallberg. Like Miwa, Hina's been playing non-stop so needs a break as well. It's all good though. The WTT Champions Frankfurt title was the big one she wanted and got.

Tough loss for Hirano against a quality opponent. An R16 finish at a Star Contender is only 5 pts whereas a QF would have been worth 105 points so Miu really needed this one. She'll drop 260 pts from her current 605 so 345 points which drops her to the low 70s (Orawan is currently 71 at 344 pts).

Although I knew Sakura Yokoi was capable of winning, I didn't expect 3-0 over Miyu Nagasaki. That's a really nice win for Sakura.