WTT Frankfurt Championship: Chen Xing and three Chinese female players advance to the quarterfinals

On November 6, local time, the 2026 World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Frankfurt Championship continued in Germany. The men's and women's singles 1/8 finals all ended. The three Chinese table tennis women's singles players Chen Xingtong, Kuai Man, and Chen Yi who competed that day defeated their respective opponents and advanced to the next round.

In the women's singles arena, Chen Xingtong's opponent is Brazilian player Takahashi Bruna. During the game, Chen Xingtong was in hot form and continued to suppress his opponent's batting rhythm, sealing the victory with 11:5, 11:4, and 11:3. Chen Xingtong will face Japanese player Miwa Harimoto in the quarter-finals.

In an interview after the game, Chen Xingtong said that he was more focused during the game and trained on Bruna's unique serving and stalemate rhythm before the game. Looking forward to the next game, she said that she should put aside the results and hope to do better in the process. She was somewhat conservative in her previous fight with Harimoto Miwa, and she hopes to show all her abilities in the next game.

In the other two national table tennis women's singles 1/8 finals, Kuaiman relied on high-quality serve and return to sweep German player Nina Mittellam with a big score of 3:0, and will face Japanese player Hina Hayata in the next game.

Chinese player Chen Yi and Ukrainian player Margarita Pesotska fought fiercely for five games. In the first game, Pesotska continued to use her backhand and won the first victory at 11:3. Subsequently, Chen Yi adjusted his rhythm and constantly made changes in his placement, winning two consecutive games at 11:4 and 11:6. Pesotska tied the score at 11:6 in the fourth game. In the decisive game, Chen Yi controlled the rhythm and won 11:2, advancing to the women's singles quarterfinals.

In the men's singles 1/8 finals, Chinese player Zhou Qihao lost to Chinese Taipei player Lin Yunru 1:3 and was unfortunately eliminated. So far, among the top eight players, only teenager Wen Ruibo is left in the national table tennis men's singles.

In terms of foreign players, in the men's singles 1/8 finals, German player Wim Widonschoot defeated Brazilian star Hugo 3:1. Japanese men's singles player Tomokazu Harimoto defeated South Korean player Lim Jong-hoon 3:1 and advanced to the quarterfinals. German women's singles veteran Han Ying lost to teammate Sabine Winter 0:3 and missed the quarterfinals.

On November 7, the WTT Frankfurt Championship will usher in the men’s and women’s singles quarter-finals.