On the evening of May 25, Kuai Man, a first-year undergraduate majoring in Leisure Sports at Hainan University (HNU), partnered with Wang Manyu to claim the women’s doubles title at International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025, defeating the transnational duo Sofia Polcanova (Austria) and Bernadette Szőcs (Romania) in straight sets (3–0).

Kuai Man (left) and Wang Manyu in action on May 25. Photo: Xinhua

The 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals were held from May 17 to 25 at the Lusail Sports Arena and the Qatar University Sports Complex in Doha, Qatar. The tournament featured five events: men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles, with 128 players in each singles event and 64 pairs in each doubles competition.

Team China clinched its 19th consecutive women’s doubles title at the World Championships and concluded the tournament with a total of four gold, one silver, and two bronze medals.

On May 25, Kuai Man (left), Wang Manyu, and coach Ma Lin celebrate their victory. Photo: Xinhua

Translated by Li Xiang

Proofread by Xie Gengquan