Table Tennis: Winner of China's Smash, Japanese Sora Matsushima Wins
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[OSEN=Reporter Jung Seung-woo] Only one point away from the championship. However, a yellow card was issued to a player who pointed out camera flashes in the stands. At the moment Japan's world number one table tennis player Sora Matsushima (19) achieved a come-from-behind victory, the protests and the umpire's response that occurred at the end of the match also became a subject of controversy. On the 11th (Korean time), in the men's singles fin…
The men's final in China Smash was decided in a tiebreak. Then world number one Sora Matsushima drew a warning before the last match point. – Unexpected drama, says SVT commentator Johan Ejeborg
New world number 1, the 19-year-old Japanese pongist won a magnificent final in Beijing against Taiwanese Lin Yun-Ju (11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9).
At 19 years old, the Japanese table tennis star is continuing to make history. Just a week after becoming world number one, he added another milestone with a men's singles title at the China Smash 2026.
The kingdom is expressing its anxieties. In the WTT China Smash table tennis tournament (held on the 11th in Beijing, China), world number one Teruaki Matsushima (19) defeated world number six Lin Yun-Ju (Taiwan) 4-3 in the men's singles final...
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