World's best return for WTT Singapore Smash

It is looking to be a smashing new year for table tennis fans, with the sport’s top stars to compete at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash from Feb 19 to March 1 at the OCBC Arena.

- Melvyn Teoh

China’s top-ranked men’s and women’s players Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha lead the player list announced by WTT on Jan 10.

Also travelling to Singapore for the US$1.55 million (S$1.99 million) tournament are the remaining men’s top five players Lin Shidong of China, Brazil’s Hugo Calderano, Tomokazu Harimoto (Japan), and Truls Moregard (Sweden).

Sun will be joined by compatriots Wang Manyu, Kuai Man, Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi, who are ranked in the top five.

World No. 4 Harimoto will be looking to make a mark at the first WTT Grand Smash event of the 2026 season — which kicks off on the third day of the Chinese New Year — having won the WTT Finals for the first time in Hong Kong against Moregard in December 2025.