
Chinese players successfully advanced to the top 16 of men's singles in their first game back
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After Wang Chuqin won the runner-up in the men's team, mixed doubles and men's singles at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games this year, he withdrew from the WTT China Grand Slam and WTT Montpellier Championship due to injury. This game is his first game since his comeback.
China News Service, Frankfurt, Germany, November 4th. On November 3rd, local time, the 2026 World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Frankfurt Championship kicked off in Germany. Chinese player Wang Chuqin swept Danish player Linde 3:0, making a "good start" in the first game after his comeback and successfully advanced to the top 16 of the men's singles.
This site's WTT Frankfurt Championship has two events: men's singles and women's singles. The national table tennis men's team sent Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Zhou Qihao, Wen Ruibo and Xiang Peng. The national table tennis women's team sent Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Chen Yi and Kuaiman. Before the game, Chinese players Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Lin Shidong withdrew.
This year, after winning the runner-up in the men's team, mixed doubles and men's singles at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Wang Chuqin withdrew from the WTT China Grand Slam and WTT Montpellier Championship due to injury.
In this competition, in the first round of men's singles, Wang Chuqin faced Linde. In the first game, Linde attacked aggressively, and Wang Chuqin continued to mobilize his opponents, winning the first victory at 11:7. Subsequently, the two sides got into a fight. Wang Chuqin was better at handling the key ball and won another game at 14:12. In the third game, Wang Chuqin withstood the pressure and sealed the victory with 11:9.
Wang Chuqin said in the post-match interview that every time he played against Linde, it was very close, and he had certain adaptations in technique and tactics. I returned to the game after a while and was very satisfied with my performance in the first game.
In the other two matches of the national table tennis competition, Chinese men's singles player Zhou Qihao defeated French player Peret 3:0, and Chinese women's singles player Chen Xingtong defeated South Korea's Kim Na-young 3:0 to advance to the top 16.
In terms of external cooperation, Japanese players Harimoto Miwa, Harimoto Tomokazu, Matsushima Terukong, and German star Qiu Dang successfully advanced to the top 16.
The 2026 WTT Frankfurt Championship will last until November 8. On the 4th, Chinese players Wang Yidi and Wen Ruibo will appear on the court. (over)
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Wang Chuqin will continue to participate in subsequent rounds of the WTT Frankfurt Championship
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