Asian desk tennis staff championship | Theres no stopping the Chinese

China stamped its authority over the twenty eighth Asian desk tennis staff championship by finishing a commanding double on the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.

Soon after the ladies’s staff avenged its 2024 last defeat to Japan in Astana (Kazakhstan) by recording a complete 3–0 win, the Chinese males’s facet brushed apart Hong Kong (China) with an an identical margin in a one-sided last to clinch its twenty fifth continental crown.

In the ladies’s last, World No. 2 Wang Manyu was stretched early by Japan’s defensive specialist Honoka Hashimoto. After conceding the opening recreation, Wang adjusted her technique by focusing on the centre line, cramping Hashimoto for room and dictating the rallies to offer China the lead.

World No. 1 Sun Yingsha then gave a masterclass in tempo and precision, dismantling Miwa Harimoto in straight video games to put China on the brink. World No. 4 Kuai Man accomplished the formalities, recovering from a recreation down in opposition to left-handed Hina Hayata to seal China’s record-extending twentieth girls’s staff title.

Later, the lads’s staff ensured a becoming finale. After surviving a tense semifinal in opposition to Japan the earlier evening, China was scientific in opposition to Hong Kong (China), dropping only one recreation.

In the opening rubber, World No. 1 Wang Chuqin was briefly examined by the in-form Chan Baldwin, who matched him for velocity and placement early on earlier than Wang’s class prevailed.

Liang Jingkun, the hero of China’s semifinal win, then sealed the title with one other dominant show, triggering joint celebrations as each groups shared a proud second on the rostrum.

With the double triumph, China reaffirmed its undisputed supremacy in Asian desk tennis — and underlined that its subsequent technology stays as formidable as ever.

The outcomes: Final: Women: China bt Japan 3-0 (Wang Manyu bt Honoka Hashimoto 10-12, 11-3, 11-6, 11-3; Sun Yingsha bt Miwa Harimoto 11-9, 11-5, 11-7; Kuai Man bt Hina Hayata 8-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-9).

Men: China bt Hong Kong (China) 3-0 (Lin Shidong bt Wong Chun Ting 11-8, 11-4, 11-4, Wang Chuqin bt Chan Baldwin 12-10, 11-9, 5-11, 14-12, Liang Jingkun bt Yiu Kwan Go 13-11, 11-6, 12-10).