Fu Yu and Apolónia/Freitas win home titles at WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia
8 November 2026: Portugal win the women's singles and men's doubles, and reach the mixed doubles final

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Portugal won two titles on the final day of WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia on 8 November, with Fu Yu taking the women's singles and Tiago Apolónia and Marcos Freitas the men's doubles.

Fu Yu beat South Korea's Kim Seongjin 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 in the final, having beaten Japan's Misuzu Takeya 3-0 in the semi-finals that morning. The win lifted her 15 places to 68th in the world rankings published the next day.

Shortly before, Apolónia and Freitas beat France's Lilian Bardet and Leo de Nodrest 13-11, 13-11, 11-9 in the men's doubles final.

Portugal had a third finalist pairing in the mixed doubles, where Tiago Abiodun and Mariana Santa Comba lost 3-1 to Italy's John Oyebode and Gaia Monfardini.

The men's singles went to England's Liam Pitchford, who beat Slovenia's Deni Kozul in the final. The event ran from 4 to 8 November.

The video above is the women's singles final; the men's doubles final is here.

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For doubles practice and club play, a box of DHS D40+ 3-star balls is a good start, and the Andro Synteliac VCI OFF Gauzy Edition is a fast all-round blade.

Sources: FPTM (Portuguese federation), 8 Nov 2026 · Record · Comité Olímpico de Portugal · Ping Pong Times rankings, 9 Nov 2026

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