Wang/Sun win third straight mixed doubles title at TT worlds
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Wang Chuqin (R)/Sun Yingsha celebrate winning the mixed doubles final between Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha of China and Yoshimura Maharu/Odo Satsuki of Japan at ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025 in Doha, Qatar, May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
China’s Olympic champions Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha defeated Japan 3-1 to win their third straight mixed doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships on Saturday.
The second seeds overcame a late surge from 16th-seeded Maharu Yoshimura and Satsuki Odo, winning 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8 over 39 minutes in what was their 16 consecutive win in the event.
“Our rivals posed a great threat with cohesion and tactics even if they are both right-handed,” said Sun. “We trusted each other when the scores were close. We shared the same determination to make it three in a row.”
Liu Guoliang, first vice president of the International Table Tennis Federation, presented the winners’ trophy to the Chinese pair.
Earlier in the day, Wang and Sun advanced into the men’s and women’s singles final respectively. ■
Gold medalists Wang Chuqin (L)/Sun Yingsha pose during the awarding ceremony after the mixed doubles final between Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha of China and Yoshimura Maharu/Odo Satsuki of Japan at ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025 in Doha, Qatar, May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/He Zhangshan)
Wang Chuqin (Top L)/Sun Yingsha (Top R) compete during the mixed doubles final between Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha of China and Yoshimura Maharu/Odo Satsuki of Japan at ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025 in Doha, Qatar, May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha (R) compete during the mixed doubles final between Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha of China and Yoshimura Maharu/Odo Satsuki of Japan at ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025 in Doha, Qatar, May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Wang Chuqin (R)/Sun Yingsha celebrate winning the mixed doubles final between Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha of China and Yoshimura Maharu/Odo Satsuki of Japan at ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025 in Doha, Qatar, May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Wang Chuqin (L)/Sun Yingsha celebrate winning the mixed doubles final between Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha of China and Yoshimura Maharu/Odo Satsuki of Japan at ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025 in Doha, Qatar, May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
Wang Chuqin (L)/Sun Yingsha celebrate winning the mixed doubles final between Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha of China and Yoshimura Maharu/Odo Satsuki of Japan at ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025 in Doha, Qatar, May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Wang Chuqin (L)/Sun Yingsha celebrate winning the mixed doubles final between Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha of China and Yoshimura Maharu/Odo Satsuki of Japan at ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025 in Doha, Qatar, May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
Gold medalists Wang Chuqin (L)/Sun Yingsha pose during the awarding ceremony after the mixed doubles final between Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha of China and Yoshimura Maharu/Odo Satsuki of Japan at ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025 in Doha, Qatar, May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/He Zhangshan)
Wang Chuqin (1st L)/Sun Yingsha (2nd L) of China and Yoshimura Maharu (2nd R)/Odo Satsuki of Japan compete during the mixed doubles final at ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025 in Doha, Qatar, May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/He Zhangshan)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
