Top ranked Sun Yingsha clinched her third women’s singles title while Wang Chuqin his second men’s singles title at the Singapore Smash table tennis championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yingsha prevailed in an epic contest against World No.2 Wang Manyu prevailing 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for Chuqin, he clawed his way past Lin Yun-Ju with a spectacular 11-3, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9 final victory. Mr. Lion Heart himself, the man who took home the Singapore Smash title back in 2024 was the red-hot favourite heading into the showdown, and had dropped just two games en route to the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Facing off against Yun-Ju, who last month brought a 798-day title drought to an end at WTT Champions Doha, Chuqin walked onto Infinity \u221e Arena with purpose in his stride.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Greeted with huge roars from the sell-out crowd, the Chinese megastar was fired up right from point one, displaying his clinical best to lock up the opening five points. Yun-Ju slowly began to work his way into the contest, but couldn\u2019t cope with his opponent\u2019s blistering pace as Chuqin took game one by a dominant eight-point margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking top-notch all week long in the Lion City, Yun-Ju by no means looked off the mark, showing glimpses of his brilliant best in the early exchanges of game two, but everything he threw at Chuqin was returned with interest as the latter player went 5-1 up again. The margins would tighten, with Wang putting a couple of balls into the net unexpectedly before Yun-Ju unleashed a stunning counter into Wang\u2019s crossover to raise the tension. But another game would go in Chuqin\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After seeing a promising start to the third slip through his fingers, Yun-Ju went for his time-out, knowing he absolutely must take the game to have any chance of turning his fortunes around. While there was a late flurry from Lin, it wasn\u2019t enough to knock Chuqin off course as the World No.1 extended his advantage to three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fighting bravely until the end, No.8 seed Lin emptied the tank in the fourth game, going for broke. He\u2019d lead for large parts of the game, but his efforts were in vain, as Chuqin raised his fist in the air once again in celebration of Singapore Smash glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With another Singapore Smash winner\u2019s trophy in his hands, Chuqin now has five WTT Grand Smash titles to his name, and hasn\u2019t lost a WTT Grand Smash singles match since last year\u2019s Singapore Smash, having recorded title wins at United States Smash and China Smash. Chuqin\u2019s overall singles record on the WTT Series improves to 15 titles, coming away with the honours on his first appearance of the season, starting his 2026 at breakneck speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite missing out at the final hurdle, the Yun-Ju leaves Singapore with a new personal best WTT Grand Smash finish, reaching his first final at this level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n