Chennai: The eighteen-year-old Oh Jun-Sung defeated the French young young people Thibault Poret in a seven-game singles thriller to have presented his first WTT star competitor in the WTT star candidate Chennai 2025 on Sunday from Indianoil. In women singles, 16-year-old Miwa Harimoto, an Olympic medalist in Paris 2024, defeated her compatriot Honoka Hashimoto with 4: 2 to win her first crown at this level.
Manav Thakkar’s historical run used to end in the penultimate round and gave him the sole Indian male player in order to have reached a WTT star candidate. South Korea’s Lim Jong Hoon and Shin Yu-Bin-Bin meanwhile won the Mixed Doubles title with a win with a straight game.
The WTTSTART CUSTAMPLE CHENAI 2025 presented by Indianoil was organized by Stupa Sports Analytics and Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) under the Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) table. The event launched a price foundation of USD 275,000 and presented the winners 600 ranking points.
Harimoto and Hashimoto, who plays in front of a packed house in the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium. In the first two games, both players could be canceled, but from game 3 the competition under the restriction of the Expedite rule recorded a new dimension. Harimoto was forced to play faster and more determined with the 13-shot cap. It stayed under pressure and shows extraordinary mobility and tactical brilliance. Despite the relentless resistance of her opponent, the 16-year-old captured her nerves to win the finals of women.
Later the men between OH and Poret was an exciting, end-to-end fight, in which a swing shifted at every turn. Both players showed incredible skills and resistance and held the crowd on the edge of their seats. Oh, 2-3, a brilliant comeback drove to win the last two games and seal a dramatic victory.
Manav’s memorable campaign ended in session 1 with a highly competitive 3-1 defeat against Thibault Poret in the men’s singles semi-final, achieving 210 WTT-ranking points and a price of $ 4,000, which marked a significant performance for Indian table tennis. Shortly afterwards, South Korea’s Lim and Shin, both Olympic medalists, showed their skills by winning the Mixed Doubles title in straight games by leaving the Japanese Maharu Yoshimura and Satsuki odo with a clinical win from 11-8, 11-5, 11-4.
The WTT star candidate Chennai 2025, which was played for over six days, showed 158 paddlers from all over the world and delivered top-class games and unforgettable moments throughout the event.
Complete results (mainless, day 4)
Men singles (semi -finals)
Oh jun-sung (KOR) (12) against Flavien Cotton (FRA) 3-0: 11-4, 12-10, 11-7
Thibault Poret (from) against Manav Takkar (Ind) 3-1: 12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7
(Finale, best from 7)
Oh jun-sung (choir) (12) against Thibault Poret (from) 4-3: 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, 9-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7
Women singles (semi -finals)
Miwa Harimoto (JPN) (2) vs. Shin Yu-Bin (KOR) (4) 3-0: 11-8, 11-4, 12-10
Honoka Hashimoto (JPN) (13) against Kim Nayeong (Cor) 3-0: 11-6, 11-2, 11-2
(Finale, best from 7)
Miwa Harimoto (JPN) (2) vs. Honoka Hashimoto (JPN) (13) 4-2: 9-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7
Mixed doubles (final)
Lim Jong-Hoon (KOR)/Shin Yu-Bin (KOR) (2) vs. Maharu Yoshimura (JPN)/Satsuki Odo (JPN) (Q) 3-0: 11-8, 11-5, 11-4
