WTT China Grand Slam: Wang Manyu defends women's singles title and ends with two national table tennis titles

China News Service, Beijing, October 11 (Reporter Zhou Xin) The 2026 World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) China Grand Slam came to an end on the 11th. Chinese women's singles star Wang Manyu defeated Japanese player Hitomi Sato with a score of 4:0 and successfully defended her title. Japanese player Matsushima Terukong won the men's singles championship.

In the women's singles final, Wang Manyu took the lead in the first game and won easily with 11:2. In the second game, Hitomi Sato's serve changed. After Wang Manyu and Hitomi Sato fought until 9:8, they entered the "rotation serving method" and won another game at 11:8.

Previously, Hitomi Sato and Chinese player Zhu Sibing also introduced the "rotation serving method" in the women's singles quarter-finals. In a table tennis match, when a game has lasted for 10 minutes and the total score of both sides has not reached 18 points, the "rotation serving method" will be introduced. After that, each player will serve from two balls to one ball.

In the third game, Wang Manyu showed strong ability to control the field and continued to lead with 11:3. In the crucial fourth game, Wang Manyu made consecutive forehand blasts and finally defeated Hitomi Sato 11:9 to win the women's singles championship in this tournament and successfully defended her title.

Wang Manyu said in the post-match interview that today he was determined and patient enough mentally, and he was also decisive in his technical and tactical execution. "Yesterday I also prepared the 'rotation serving method', no matter which link is very sufficient." Wang Manyu said that this championship is of great significance. He withstood the pressure and overcame many difficulties.

The men's singles final was between Japanese player Matsushima Terukong and Chinese Taipei player Lin Yunru. The former defeated the national table tennis men's singles "lone seedling" Zhou Qihao 4:2 in the semifinals.

In the men's singles final, Matsushima Terukong and Lin Yunru fought fiercely for seven games. Matsushima Terukong won the championship with 11:7, 11:9, 7:11, 8:11, 5:11, 11:7, 11:9.

At this point, the 2026 WTT China Grand Slam has come to an end. The Chinese table tennis team won two championships in women's singles and women's doubles.