Sun Yingsha leads China's dominance in Singapore Smash

Chinese players dominated the second day of main-draw action Monday at the 2026 World Table Tennis Singapore Smash, with women's world No. 1 Sun Yingsha advancing, along with Huang Youzheng, Xiang Peng, Chen Yuanyu, He Zhuojia, Kuai Man, Shi Xunyao and Wang Yidi.

Sun Yingsha of China hits a return during the women's singles round of 64 match between Sun Yingsha of China and Orawan Paranang of Thailand at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash 2026 in Singapore on Feb. 23, 2026. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

In the men's singles, Huang beat India's Manav Thakkar 3-1, while Xiang defeated Egypt's Youssef Abdelaziz by the same scoreline. Chen edged Slovenia's Darko Jorgic 3-2 in a five-game thriller.

In the women's singles, Sun defeated Thailand's Orawan Paranang 3-1 and will face Romania's Elizabeta Samara next. He Zhuojia beat Chinese Taipei's Yeh Yi-tian 3-1. Kuai, Shi and Wang all won in straight games, defeating Germany's Annett Kaufmann, Gaia Monfardini of Italy and South Korea's Joo Cheon-hui, respectively.