China's Wang, Sun pull out of WTT Champions Montpellier

The World Table Tennis (WTT) announced Tuesday that six players, including world No. 1s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha of China, have withdrawn from next week's WTT Champions Montpellier.

Wang Chuqin hits a return during the men's singles round of 32 match between Wang Chuqin of China and Wong Chun Ting of China's Hong Kong at ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025 in Doha, Qatar, May 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

The withdrawing players include Wang, Sun, Lin Shidong, Liang Jingkun and Wang Manyu, the key players that powered China to both men's and women's team titles at the recently concluded ITTF-ATTU 28th Asian Table Tennis Team Championships in Bhubaneswar of India, and Japan's Shunsuke Togami.

The WTT also announced the replacements, with fellow Chinese Wen Ruibo replacing Liang in the men's singles.

The WTT Champions Montpellier will take place from October 28 to November 2.