China's table tennis star Wang Chuqin kicked off his quest for a maiden world title in style, crushing USA's Nandan Naresh 4-0 in a first-round showdown at the ITTF World Championships in Doha! 🌍 The World No. 2 served up a masterclass, leaving the 18-year-old American scrambling with scores of 11-6, 11-4, 11-2, 11-4. 🚀
💡 Highlight reel moment: Wang challenged a disputed serve call—and won! 🎥 'I trust my serves,' he declared post-match, flexing that championship mindset.
Fifth-ranked Liang Jingkun joined the victory parade, edging out Ham Yu Song from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in a five-game thriller. But it wasn’t all good news for China—penhold grip specialist Xue Fei suffered a heartbreaking collapse after leading 2-0 against Japan’s Hiroto Shinozuka. 😮💨
Meanwhile, France’s Felix Lebrun—the world’s top penhold player—cruised past Slovakia’s Lubomir Pistej. Will this be Wang’s year to shine? The table tennis world is watching! 👀
