There are many highlights in the men's singles final of the 2025 World Cup Table Tennis Tournament, and Sun Yingsha completed two consecutive women's singles domination

On the evening of the 20th, Beijing time, the men's singles and women's singles finals of the 2025 Macao World Cup Table Tennis Tournament began. In men's singles, can Lin Shidong defend the men's singles of national table tennis, or will Calderano write a new page in the history of South American table tennis?

After becoming the first South American player to win a men's singles medal in the Table Tennis 3 tournament and reach the final, Hugo is expected to continue to write history

The World Cup of Table Tennis, which was first held in 1980, was replaced by the WTT Finals from 2021 to 2023, and it was not until last year that the singles tournament resumed. The men's singles finale of the day will be played by China's world No. 1 Colin Shidong against Brazilian star Calderano. At the age of 20, Lin Shidong will be responsible for winning the men's singles championship in four consecutive World Cups (2018, 2019, 2020 and 2024) for China since the 2018 Games.

Lin Shidong said in an interview, "I am very much looking forward to the final, and I believe it will be a very exciting matchup. I'm going to give it my all and try to play my best." Lin Shidong defeated his brother Liang Jingkun 4-1 in the men's singles quarterfinals on the 19th, becoming the champion representative of the Chinese team in the final.

Lin Shidong shoulders the important task of protecting China's crown

Calderano became the first South American player in history to win a men's singles medal and reach the final in the Table Tennis 3 tournament, and the next step is to win the World Cup and break through the monopoly of Eurasian players.

Calderano has become more and more courageous in this tournament, defeating Japan's three-time World Cup medallist Tomokazu Motomoto 4-1 in the quarterfinals, and defeating China's former world No. 1 Wang Chuqin 4-3 in the semifinals. Calderano, who fell to the ground to celebrate after winning the top 4, admitted frankly in an interview that he couldn't believe that he really defeated Wang Chuqin, and laughed that the key to winning was a secret. Calderano and Lin Shidong have only met once before, when the former won the WTT Challenger Durban 2023, now for the first time in two years.

swept her sister Kuo Man in the final, and Sun Yingsha won the women's singles championship twice in a row in the World Cup Table Tennis Tournament

On the other hand, China has reached six consecutive hegemony in women's singles ahead of schedule, and defending champion Sun Yingsha will compete with 21-year-old sister Kuo Man in the final. In the end, Sun Yingsha swept Kuo Man in four straight games in the final, and while defending her title, she became another player to win two consecutive World Cup women's singles titles since China's predecessor Liu Shiwen (2012 and 2013), while Kuo Man missed her first women's singles title in three major tournaments.

In the women's singles semifinals, Kuaiman narrowly defeated Japan's Misei Ito 4-3 to host the final for China, and Sun Yingsha defeated teammate Chen Xingtong 4-1. Therefore, Kuo Man made great contributions to the national table tennis championship in advance.