WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 Nov 17-22

[NextLevel]

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.

What we just saw was really bad, I hope needing yo take a break explains it.

 

[TTTT]

Tough loss for Hirano against a quality opponent. An R16 finish at a Star Contender is only 5 pts

55 pts

 

[NextLevel]

He should retire

Should Jang retire as well?

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

55 pts

Thanks... somehow I ended up looking at the pts for Star Contender XD R16. A net loss of 210 pts puts her in the low 60s.

 

[NextLevel]

Gauzy, Karlsson, Jorgic... the man from AIN!

 

[piligrim]

Should Jang retire as well?

He still young. Give him chance ))

 

[NextLevel]

He still young. Give him chance ))

Quadri is young as well. Don't put him in a wheelchair....

 

[joshmak10]

Sidorenko might be him

 

[piligrim]

Quadri is young as well. Don't put him in a wheelchair....

ML same age and already retired. He also not on whellchair ))

 

[NextLevel]

ML same age and already retired. He also not on whellchair ))

ML retired in China playing for the top national team in the world. No longer the top player in his country. Timo retired at 44. Neither are apples to oranges for Quadri, but Toriola still played for Nigeria into his 40s. Just for perspective.

 

[CyNyC]

Super Flavien Coton!
Really impressive, seems mentally stable enough to reach Felix level

 

[TTLOVE]

Does anyone knows OH Junsung equipment?

 

[BlopChock]

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.

So you're suggesting he take the road to Rouen?!


(hat tip to A Knight's Tale)

 

[BlopChock]

Does anyone knows OH Junsung equipment?

He signed with Tibhar in January of this year:

Oh Junsung Joins TIBHAR as a Pro Player | TIBHAR

TIBHAR proudly announces the signing of one of Asia's most promising table tennis talents, Oh Junsung, as the latest addition to its roster of Pro Players.

tibhar.info

but unfortunately they've not added his profile including equipment yet:

Pro's | TIBHAR

tibhar.info

 

[M51]

I remember Russians being suspended. Was the suspension lifted, or was that just ITTF, and doesn't apply to WTT?

 

[PoppaChubby]

I remember Russians being suspended. Was the suspension lifted, or was that just ITTF, and doesn't apply to WTT?

They only follow the IOC rules allowing russians and belarussians athletes to compete under a neutral flag, the AIN in french (Athlete Individuel Neutre) rule, means Individual Neutral Athlete

Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Politics should be out of sports, I know... it's impossible for China, USA, Russia, South Africa because their drug enhancement, say doping, system is powered by the politics there. Russians never ceased to compete in tennis in all ATP tournaments, and I think it's a right rule, in that case if we go there, why the israelis are not banned ? why the iranians are not banned because their politics support the houthis, the Hezbollah and the Hamas ? if all athletes had to be responsible for all the shit their politics do, you would have very few athletes participating.

 

[FIXPOINT]

WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 WS QF

WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 MS QF

 

[PoppaChubby]

Either way

I was coming here to brag

WHOOOPPPAAAA

 

[FIXPOINT]

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

Sat, 22nd Nov 2025
11:00 T1 WS SF JOO Cheonhui(KOR) - KIM Nayeong(KOR)
11:40 T1 MS SF Felix LEBRUN(FRA) - Vladimir SIDORENKO(AIN)
12:20 T1 WS SF Miyuu KIHARA(JPN) - Satsuki ODO(JPN)
13:00 T1 MS SF Alexis LEBRUN(FRA) - Flavien COTON(FRA)
13:30 T1 XD F AIDA(JPN)/SATO(JPN) - LIN(TPE)/CHENG(TPE)
17:00 T1 WS F -
18:00 T1 MS F -

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Hitomi Sato puts on a masterclass on modern defense, and Satsuki Odo puts on a masterclass on playing against a modern defender: