Sun Yingsha leads Chinese players into last 16 in Singapore Smash

China's paddlers maintained their momentum at the 2026 WTT Singapore Smash as the event continued with the remaining round-of-32 singles matches on Wednesday, with world No.1 Sun Yingsha leading a group of Chinese players advancing.

Sun Yingsha of China hits a return during the women's singles round of 32 match between Sun Yingsha of China and Elizabeta Samara of Romania at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash 2026 in Singapore on Feb. 25, 2026. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)

In the men's singles, Chen Yuanyu beat Poland's Milosz Redzimski 3-1 to advance, while Xiang Peng won an all-Chinese match against Huang Youzheng 3-0.

In the women's draw, Sun defeated Romania's Elizabeta Samara 3-1, while Shi Xunyao won 3-0 against Lily Zhang of the United States, setting up a round-of-16 meeting between the two. Wang Yidi beat Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong, China 3-1, and Kuai Man won by the same score against Wales' Anna Hursey.

In the men's doubles, Lin Shidong and Huang beat Germany's Benedikt Duda and Dang Qiu 3-2. In the women's doubles, Kuai and Chen Yi reached the semifinals with a 3-1 win over South Korea's Kim Na-yeong and Ryu Han-na. In mixed doubles, Huang and Chen Yi lost 0-3 to Chan Baldwin of Hong Kong, China and Kim of South Korea, missing out on a semifinal place.