Lin Shidong defended the World Cup men's singles for the national table tennis alone, and Sun Yingsha was only one win away from defending the title

Brazilian good player Hugo played again in the 2025 World Cup Table Tennis Tournament on the 19th, winning 7 games in the men's singles semifinals with China's No. 2 seed Wang Chuqin, and the women's singles championship was determined to belong to China. In the men's singles final, Hugo will face another Chinese player, the world's No. 1 brother Lin Shidong.

Lin Shidong reached the men's singles final alone and will shoulder the heavy burden of defending the World Cup men's singles for China

Hugo, who is ranked No. 5, has played Wang Chuqin five times, and he has a 1-4 advantage. However, in this World Cup, he was in great shape, defeating Japan's twin heroes Daito Tsuka and Tomokazu Zhangmoto to reach the top 4 for the first time.

Hugo 4 strong defeat Wang Chuqin made history. In this semi-final, he made persistent efforts to defeat Wang Chuqin 14-12, 5-11, 6-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 12-10 and prevented the Chinese team from hosting the men's singles final. At the same time, Hugo has also become the first South American player to reach the men's singles championship match since the World Cup was first held in 1980!

Hugo also became the first South American player to reach the men's singles title match since the World Cup was first held in 1980

The other semi-final was a Chinese civil war, with Lin Shidong beating teammate Liang Jingkun 4-1 (13-15, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7). Lin Shidong will shoulder the burden in the final, defending the men's singles for the Chinese team since the 2018 tournament, which has not been lost in the World Cup.

China locked the women's singles championship in advance. In the women's singles semifinals, after Sun Yingsha won Chen Xingtong, she will compete for hegemony in the finals. Since the women's singles event was first established in 1996, China has only lost the title in 2016, and including this tournament, it has now won six consecutive women's singles titles (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024 and 2025).

Sun Yingsha is just one win away from defending her title

In the women's singles semifinals on the 19th, China's Kuo Man lost 2 games 9-11, 6-11, and then defeated Japan's Misei Ito 11-4, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7 to advance to the final. Defending champion and world No. 1 Sun Yingsha defeated teammate Chen Xingtong 4-1 (11-7, 11-8, 11-2, 10-12, 11-4) in the Chinese civil war, just one win away from defending her title.