WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 Nov 17-22

[pongfugrasshopper]

World Table Tennis

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This is the last major tournament before the 2025 WTT Finals. Top seed in MS is Felix Lebrun and Satsuki Odo in WS. A number of the Japanese women are in this one: Odo, Hayata, Nagasaki, Kihara, Yokoi, Hirano, and Sato. Honoka is attending a JTTL tournament. If Hina makes the Finals here, she will surpass Mima Ito in the rankings. Miu Hirano has huge points expiring (265) with no points in reserve so she needs to do well or will fall out of the top 50 possibly into the low 70s.

For S. Korea's Joo Cheonhui, this is her chance to make the WTT Finals. She is 61 points behind Sabine Winter in the WTT Finals Race, who currently holds the last spot but is not attending SC Muscat. Joo can surpass Sabine if she makes the QF. She certainly has the talent for it as she was just edged out 13-11 in a decider by Hina at WTT Champions Frankfurt.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

World Table Tennis

www.worldtabletennis.com

This is the last major tournament before the 2025 WTT Finals. Top seed in MS is Felix Lebrun and Satsuki Odo in WS. A number of the Japanese women are in this one: Odo, Hayata, Nagasaki, Kihara, Yokoi, Hirano, and Sato. Honoka is attending a JTTL tournament. If Hina makes the Finals here, she will surpass Mima Ito in the rankings. Miu Hirano has huge points expiring (265) with no points in reserve so she needs to do well or will fall out of the top 50 possibly into the low 70s.

For S. Korea's Joo Cheonhui, this is her chance to make the WTT Finals. She is 61 points behind Sabine Winter in the WTT Finals Race, who currently holds the last spot but is not attending SC Muscat. Joo can surpass Sabine if she makes the QF. She certainly has the talent for it as she was just edged out 13-11 in a decider by Hina at WTT Champions Frankfurt.

I am hoping Kihara to win and make the womens final an all China-Japan affair.
that would be the first...

or that Sabine goes as the lone other

 

[TTTT]

I am hoping Kihara to win and make the womens final an all China-Japan affair.
that would be the first...

or that Sabine goes as the lone other

Shin Yubin has already secured a spot.

Shouldn't you be rooting for Cheng I-Ching? She can still qualify with a win in Muscat.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Shin Yubin has already secured a spot.

i missed that, thought I saw only China and Japan, hence the above post

Shouldn't you be rooting for Cheng I-Ching? She can still qualify with a win in Muscat.

I was rooting for all China and all Japan.
and of course a friend in Sabine - especially for 1 x non Asian player.

I can also root for Cheng I-Ching, but it shouldn't be because we are the same nationality.

 

[NextLevel]

Interesting that the Motos are finally taking a rest. Hopefully will help them a bit for the grand finals.
If Joo makes it, I wonder whether it is likely for any player to drop out. That said, Sabine missing the event is not the end of the world, it is likely to be a first round exit for most players (50% of entrants do lose in the first round lol).

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

I am hoping Kihara to win and make the womens final an all China-Japan affair.
that would be the first...

or that Sabine goes as the lone other

Speaking of Miyuu Kihara, she is one busy young lady. Played T-League in Japan on Nov 8. Played Champions League in Paris yesterday (won 3-0 over Hana Arapovic). Back to Japan for T-League this Saturday. Playing SC Muscat in Oman next week.

 

[SilvestriDaVini]

Hopefully Bruna/Hugo are able to qualify for Finals in the mixed doubles. They need Lin Yun-Ju/Cheng-IChing pair to not win the tournament OR the Robles/Xiao pair to not advance to the semifinals. I can see both happening, but more likely for the Spanish pair to lose early than the Taiwan duo to not win it all, in my opinion.

 

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WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 QLF WS R1

WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 QLF MS R3

 

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

Tue, 18th Nov 2025
11:00 T1 MD QLF R1 AL RIYAMI(OMA)/AL BALUSHI(OMA) - KUBIK(POL)/REDZIMSKI(POL)
11:00 T2 MD QLF R1 CHO(KOR)/KIM(KOR) - AL FARSI/AL RASHDI(OMA)
11:00 T3 MD QLF R1 AIDA(JPN)/MLADENOVIC(LUX) - SURAVAJJULA(IND)/GUPTA(IND)
11:00 T4 MD QLF R1 ALKHADRAWI(KSA)/BU SHULAYBI(KSA) - JANG(KOR)/PARK(KOR)
11:35 T1 WS QLF R1 Karina SHIRAY(BRA) - SER Lin Qian(SGP)
11:35 T2 WS QLF R1 Anusha KUTUMBALE(IND) - Elizabet ABRAAMIAN(AIN)
12:10 T1 WS QLF R1 Sarah DE NUTTE(LUX) - Mahshid ASHTARI(IRI)
12:10 T2 WS QLF R1 Vlada VORONINA(AIN) - Poymantee BAISYA(IND)
17:00 T1 XD QLF R1 PARK(KOR)/KIM(KOR) - YOSHIMURA(JPN)/NAGASAKI(JPN)
17:00 T2 XD QLF R1 QUEK(SGP)/SER(SGP) - KATSMAN(AIN)/ABRAAMIAN(AIN)
17:00 T3 XD QLF R1 SIDORENKO(AIN)/TAILAKOVA(AIN) - PANG(SGP)/ZENG(SGP)
17:00 T4 XD QLF R1 THAKKAR(IND)/GHOSH(IND) - AIDA(JPN)/SATO(JPN)
17:35 T1 MS QLF R3 LIM Jonghoon(KOR) - Vincent PICARD(FRA)
17:35 T2 MS QLF R3 Snehit SURAVAJJULA(IND) - KIM Minhyeok(KOR)
18:15 T1 MS QLF R3 Akash PAL(IND) - Darius MOVILEANU(ROU)
18:15 T2 MS QLF R3 KWON Hyuk(KOR) - Evgeny TIKHONOV(AIN)
18:55 T1 WS QLF R1 Elena ZAHARIA(ROU) - Maria PANFILOVA(AIN)
18:55 T2 WS QLF R1 Neda SHAHSAVARI(IRI) - Sutirtha MUKHERJEE(IND)
18:55 T3 MS QLF R3 Joe SEYFRIED(FRA) - PANG Koen(SGP)
18:55 T4 MS QLF R3 Florent LAMBIET(BEL) - Vladimir SIDORENKO(AIN)
19:35 T1 MS QLF R3 Nima ALAMIAN(IRI) - QUEK Izaac(SGP)
19:35 T2 MS QLF R3 Lev KATSMAN(AIN) - Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA(JPN)
19:35 T3 WS QLF R1 Mariia TAILAKOVA(AIN) - Tatiana KUKULKOVA(SVK)

 

[NextLevel]

Finally here....

 

[JackJohnson]

This is the first time the Youtube streams are 1080p/60fps for WTT events. Still doesn’t beat the Asian Championships with 2160p/60fps Youtube streams but at least there is an improvement from 1080p/30fps to 60fps.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Satoshi Aida loses in the 1st round of qualifiers of MS to Akash Pal of India. Interestingly, he is paired with Luka Mladenovic in MD. He's also paired with Hitomi Sato in XD.

 

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WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 WS R64

WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 MS R64

 

[FIXPOINT]

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

Wed, 19th Nov 2025
11:00 T1 XD R16 SIDORENKO(AIN)/TAILAKOVA(AIN) - CHO(KOR)/JOO(KOR)
11:00 T2 XD R16 ABDELAZIZ(EGY)/ALHODABY(EGY) - AIDA(JPN)/SATO(JPN)
11:00 T3 XD R16 MLADENOVIC(LUX)/VARADY(SVK) - QUEK(SGP)/SER(SGP)
11:00 T4 XD R16 ROBLES(ESP)/XIAO(ESP) - THAKKAR(IND)/GHOSH(IND)
11:35 T1 MS R64 Eduard IONESCU(ROU) - Navid SHAMS(IRI)
11:35 T2 MS R64 Jules ROLLAND(FRA) - FENG Yi-Hsin(TPE)
12:10 T1 WS R64 Jiamuwa WU(AUS) - Vlada VORONINA(AIN)
12:10 T2 WS R64 Gaia MONFARDINI(ITA) - Camille LUTZ(FRA)
12:10 T3 MD R16 LIM(KOR)/OH(KOR) - KUBIK(POL)/REDZIMSKI(POL)
12:10 T4 MD R16 AL RIYAMI(OMA)/AL BALUSHI(OMA) - JAIN(IND)/PAL(IND)
12:45 T1 MS R64 Darius MOVILEANU(ROU) - Manush SHAH(IND)
12:45 T2 MD R16 LEBRUN(FRA)/LEBRUN(FRA) - CHO(KOR)/KIM(KOR)
12:45 T3 WS R64 YEH Yi-Tian(TPE) - PARK Gahyeon(KOR)
12:45 T4 WS R64 Sofia-Xuan ZHANG(ESP) - Andreea DRAGOMAN(ROU)
13:20 T1 WS R64 LEE Zion(KOR) - Anna HURSEY(WAL)
13:20 T2 MS R64 Joe SEYFRIED(FRA) - Leo DE NODREST(FRA)
13:20 T3 MS R64 Martin ALLEGRO(BEL) - Ryoichi YOSHIYAMA(JPN)
13:20 T4 WS R64 Diya CHITALE(IND) - Jieni SHAO(POR)
13:55 T1 MS R64 Adrien RASSENFOSSE(BEL) - Kristian KARLSSON(SWE)
13:55 T2 WD R16 VARADY(SVK)/KUKULKOVA(SVK) - ABRAAMIAN(AIN)/VORONINA(AIN)
13:55 T3 MS R64 Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA(JPN) - Luka MLADENOVIC(LUX)
14:30 T1 WS R64 Natalia BAJOR(POL) - Adina DIACONU(ROU)
14:30 T2 WS R64 Fu YU(POR) - Christina KALLBERG(SWE)
14:30 T3 MS R64 QUEK Izaac(SGP) - Andre BERTELSMEIER(GER)
14:30 T4 MD R16 JANG(KOR)/PARK(KOR) - ELBEIALI(EGY)/ABDELAZIZ(EGY)
17:00 T1 XD R16 IONESCU(ROU)/SZOCS(ROU) - LIN(TPE)/CHENG(TPE)
17:00 T2 XD R16 PAL(IND)/BAISYA(IND) - LEBRUN(FRA)/YUAN(FRA)
17:00 T3 XD R16 KARLSSON(SWE)/KALLBERG(SWE) - YOSHIMURA(JPN)/NAGASAKI(JPN)
17:00 T4 XD R16 PANG(SGP)/ZENG(SGP) - SHAH(IND)/CHITALE(IND)
17:35 T1 WS R64 YANG Ha Eun(KOR) - Maria XIAO(ESP)
17:35 T2 MS R64 Flavien COTON(FRA) - Vincent PICARD(FRA)
17:35 T3 WD R16 LIU(AUS)/WU(AUS) - PICCOLIN(ITA)/MONFARDINI(ITA)
17:35 T4 WS R64 Swastika GHOSH(IND) - Elena ZAHARIA(ROU)
18:10 T1 MS R64 Cedric MEISSNER(GER) - KIM Minhyeok(KOR)
18:10 T2 MD R16 AIDA(JPN)/MLADENOVIC(LUX) - DE NODREST(FRA)/ROLLAND(FRA)
18:10 T3 MS R64 Amir Hossein HODAEI(IRI) - Vladimir SIDORENKO(AIN)
18:10 T4 WD R16 MUKHERJEE(IND)/KUTUMBALE(IND) - ZENG(SGP)/SER(SGP)
18:45 T1 WS R64 Sarah DE NUTTE(LUX) - Rachel MORET(SUI)
18:45 T2 WS R64 Barbora VARADY(SVK) - Mariam ALHODABY(EGY)
18:45 T3 MD R16 HAMADA(JPN)/SAKAI(JPN) - ALLEGRO(BEL)/RASSENFOSSE(BEL)
18:45 T4 MD R16 SURAVAJJULA(IND)/GUPTA(IND) - PANG(SGP)/QUEK(SGP)
19:20 T1 MS R64 Abdullah YIGENLER(TUR) - Ahmed AL RIYAMI(OMA)
19:20 T2 MD R16 ZALEWSKI(POL)/SHAMS(IRI) - SHAH(IND)/THAKKAR(IND)
19:20 T3 WD R16 CHITALE(IND)/GHOSH(IND) - YU(POR)/SHAO(POR)
19:55 T1 WS R64 Elizabet ABRAAMIAN(AIN) - Hana ARAPOVIC(CRO)
19:55 T2 WS R64 Tatiana KUKULKOVA(SVK) - Giorgia PICCOLIN(ITA)
19:55 T3 MS R64 Evgeny TIKHONOV(AIN) - CHO Daeseong(KOR)
19:55 T4 MS R64 Alvaro ROBLES(ESP) - PARK Gyuhyeon(KOR)
20:30 T1 MS R64 PARK Ganghyeon(KOR) - Lilian BARDET(FRA)
20:30 T2 WS R64 Filippa BERGAND(SWE) - SER Lin Qian(SGP)
20:30 T3 MS R64 Youssef ABDELAZIZ(EGY) - Kazuki HAMADA(JPN)
20:30 T4 WS R64 Sutirtha MUKHERJEE(IND) - LEE Daeun(KOR)

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Vincent Picard of France booked his place in the Main Draw by beating Lim Jonghoon 3-2,13-11 in the final round of qualifiers. He faces his compatriot, Flavien Coton, in the 1st round of the Main Draw.

 

[NextLevel]

Vincent Picard of France booked his place in the Main Draw by beating Lim Jonghoon 3-2,13-11 in the final round of qualifiers. He faces his compatriot, Flavien Coton, in the 1st round of the Main Draw.

France, Germany and Sweden have too many good players lol ...

 

[PoppaChubby]

Vincent Picard of France booked his place in the Main Draw by beating Lim Jonghoon 3-2,13-11 in the final round of qualifiers. He faces his compatriot, Flavien Coton, in the 1st round of the Main Draw.

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 !!!!

There's a really bad atmosphere in Cergy's club, since they've done everything possible to kill the Jura Morez pro team... where Quadri Aruna was hired last season ! they are now at the 9th place, means they'll probably have to fight for the play downs to avoid relegation in Pro B. Pun intended: it's the Adam's family that runs the club, yep, but there are not like the Lebrun's Family running Montpellier's club or the Coton's familly running the Bruille club. They're ex pros... in the 70's you didn't earn any money or making a living with table tennis, only Claude Bergeret and jacques Secrétin have paid their bills with table tennis at that time, Louise Adam was in fact working at Air France and was playing international events representing Air France, competing against other international companies, but do not have children or grand children being developed or training there. This club is being disconnected from reality like it happened to Levallois. They have to pass the torch to a new staff. They're more interested in winning by nitpicking the other pro clubs like they did with Jura Morez and even La Romagne last year than really focusing on their own business. That's lame.

 

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

Thu, 20th Nov 2025
11:00 T1 XD QF ROBLES(ESP)/XIAO(ESP) - AIDA(JPN)/SATO(JPN)
11:00 T2 XD QF YOSHIMURA(JPN)/NAGASAKI(JPN) - CHO(KOR)/JOO(KOR)
11:00 T3 XD QF LEBRUN(FRA)/YUAN(FRA) - LIN(TPE)/CHENG(TPE)
11:00 T4 XD QF MLADENOVIC(LUX)/VARADY(SVK) - SHAH(IND)/CHITALE(IND)
11:35 T1 MS R32 Andre BERTELSMEIER(GER) - Hiroto SHINOZUKA(JPN)
11:35 T2 WS R32 Elena ZAHARIA(ROU) - Satsuki ODO(JPN)
11:35 T3 MS R32 KIM Minhyeok(KOR) - Milosz REDZIMSKI(POL)
11:35 T4 WS R32 Jieni SHAO(POR) - ZENG Jian(SGP)
12:10 T1 WS R32 KIM Nayeong(KOR) - Natalia BAJOR(POL)
12:10 T2 WS R32 Sarah DE NUTTE(LUX) - Yangzi LIU(AUS)
12:10 T3 MS R32 Vincent PICARD(FRA) - OH Junsung(KOR)
12:10 T4 MS R32 Yukiya UDA(JPN) - Kristian KARLSSON(SWE)
12:45 T1 MS R32 Darko JORGIC(SLO) - Manush SHAH(IND)
12:45 T2 WS R32 CHENG I-Ching(TPE) - Elizabet ABRAAMIAN(AIN)
12:45 T3 MS R32 Kazuki HAMADA(JPN) - Alexis LEBRUN(FRA)
12:45 T4 WS R32 Sutirtha MUKHERJEE(IND) - Miyu NAGASAKI(JPN)
13:20 T1 WS R32 Hina HAYATA(JPN) - Christina KALLBERG(SWE)
13:20 T2 WD QF ODO(JPN)/YOKOI(JPN) - CHITALE(IND)/GHOSH(IND)
13:20 T3 MS R32 Vladimir SIDORENKO(AIN) - Simon GAUZY(FRA)
13:20 T4 MD QF DE NODREST(FRA)/ROLLAND(FRA) - PANG(SGP)/QUEK(SGP)
13:55 T1 MS R32 LIN Yun-Ju(TPE) - Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA(JPN)
13:55 T2 WD QF ABRAAMIAN(AIN)/VORONINA(AIN) - SZOCS(ROU)/SAMARA(ROU)
13:55 T3 MD QF LIM(KOR)/OH(KOR) - JANG(KOR)/PARK(KOR)
13:55 T4 WD QF DIACONU(ROU)/DRAGOMAN(ROU) - LIU(AUS)/WU(AUS)
14:30 T1 WS R32 Miu HIRANO(JPN) - Mariam ALHODABY(EGY)
14:30 T2 MD QF HAMADA(JPN)/SAKAI(JPN) - SHAH(IND)/THAKKAR(IND)
14:30 T3 MD QF LEBRUN(FRA)/LEBRUN(FRA) - JAIN(IND)/PAL(IND)
14:30 T4 WD QF MUKHERJEE(IND)/KUTUMBALE(IND) - JOO(KOR)/KIM(KOR)
17:00 XD SF -
17:00 XD SF -
17:00 T3 WS R32 PARK Gahyeon(KOR) - Bernadette SZOCS(ROU)
17:00 T4 MS R32 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV(GER) - Joe SEYFRIED(FRA)
17:35 T1 MS R32 Felix LEBRUN(FRA) - FENG Yi-Hsin(TPE)
17:35 T2 WS R32 Elizabeta SAMARA(ROU) - Anna HURSEY(WAL)
17:35 T3 MS R32 Manav THAKKAR(IND) - Ryoichi YOSHIYAMA(JPN)
17:35 T4 WS R32 Sakura YOKOI(JPN) - Tatiana KUKULKOVA(SVK)
18:10 T1 WS R32 Jia Nan YUAN(FRA) - Vlada VORONINA(AIN)
18:10 T2 MS R32 PARK Gyuhyeon(KOR) - Omar ASSAR(EGY)
18:10 T3 MS R32 JANG Woojin(KOR) - Abdullah YIGENLER(TUR)
18:10 T4 WS R32 Andreea DRAGOMAN(ROU) - JOO Cheonhui(KOR)
18:45 T1 MS R32 PARK Ganghyeon(KOR) - Flavien COTON(FRA)
18:45 T2 MS R32 Yuta TANAKA(JPN) - CHO Daeseong(KOR)
18:45 T3 WS R32 SER Lin Qian(SGP) - Hitomi SATO(JPN)
18:45 T4 WS R32 Miyuu KIHARA(JPN) - YANG Ha Eun(KOR)
19:20 WD SF -
19:20 MD SF -
19:20 WD SF -
19:20 T1 WS R32 Camille LUTZ(FRA) - LEE Eunhye(KOR)
19:55 MD SF -
19:55 T1 MS R32 Eduard IONESCU(ROU) - Quadri ARUNA(NGR)

 

[andymagata]

So Kristian Karlsson has already played poorly in mixed, excellent in singles, thrown his bat on his head and greeted the ballgirl after the singles victory. You don’t see that often! Hopefully he will be able to take down Uda today, but whatever he already made an impression.

 

[zeio]

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