{"id":3866,"date":"2025-09-28T22:25:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T14:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=3866"},"modified":"2025-09-28T22:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T14:25:25","slug":"teen-flavien-coton-lights-up-grand-smash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/teen-flavien-coton-lights-up-grand-smash\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Flavien Coton lights up Grand Smash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Seventeen-year-old Flavien Coton clinched his victory on the WTT Grand Smash stage, after putting three games past Xu Yingbin without reply 11-7, 12-10, 11-6 in Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teenage French ace has enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2025, a year that has seen him make the semifinals at WTT Star Contender level, while also holding aloft his first senior title on the WTT Feeder Series stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now he has his first Men\u2019s Singles match win at a WTT Grand Smash event, moving through to the last 32 where he\u2019ll face Feng Yi-Hsin, who caused a stir earlier in the day against Benedikt Duda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Xu Yingbin vs Flavien Coton | MS R64 | #ChinaSmash 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hJ5wP9mBb9c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in the Men\u2019s Singles action, Hugo Calderano encountered early pressure in his opening round showdown with Hiroto Shinozuka, but had enough in his locker to freeze out the Japanese player in four (6-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8), while Milosz Redzimski pulled off a stunning upset against Lee Sang Su (11-9, 10-12, 11-13, 11-9, 11-7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facing off against Yangzi Liu for the second consecutive month, Wang Yidi once again got the better of the Australian player in straight games, matching her result from last month\u2019s WTT Champions Yokohama showdown (11-9, 11-8, 11-6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hit with a setback in Mixed Doubles action earlier in the day, Bernadette Szocs responded with a ruthless display in her opening Women\u2019s Singles match, dispatching Yuan Wan 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-5) to end her day on a positive note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The local crowd at Shougang Park were also treated to a thrilling finale to the day, as Chen Yuanyu and Kuai Man sprung a late turnaround to see off Simon Gauzy and Prithika Pavade (9-11, 11-13, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the early signs pointed in the French pair\u2019s direction as Gauzy and Pavade raced into a commanding two-game lead on Infinity \u221e Arena, but a late flourish from Chen and Kuai would completely change the mood in the home stands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Putting the opening two games behind them, the Chinese stars found another gear, and from that point on they never looked like losing. Roared on by the home fans, Chen and Kuai locked up three games on the bounce to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in a Mixed Doubles epic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crowd blew the roof off with deafening cheers in the match before that, as Wang Chuqin began his China Smash campaign with a resounding win over Jang Woojin (11-2, 11-9, 11-9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the second time these two had met this month, with Wang holding the upper hand in their semifinal clash at WTT Champions Macao 2025. The outcome was the same on Sunday evening as World No.1 Wang showed no mercy, kicking the afterburners into action to race into the second round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ankur Bhattacharjee\u2019s magical week in Beijing also came to an end, with the qualifying star seeing his run halted by Nicholas Lum (3-11, 11-9, 12-10, 6-11, 11-8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lam Siu Hang vs Ankur Bhattacharjee | MS QR1 | #ChinaSmash 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BwgIGMNLW4Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" 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