Sun Yingsha wins WTT Montpellier 2026

Sun Yingsha beats Kuai Man in Montpellier for her 20th WTT title

1 November 2026: China fill all four women's semi-final places after Chen Yi knocks out world No.1 Wang Manyu

Sun Yingsha won the women's title at WTT Champions Montpellier on 1 November, beating her China team-mate Kuai Man 4-1 for the 20th WTT title of her career.

Kuai took the opening game 11-8, but Sun won the next four 11-7, 11-3, 11-9, 11-6 in a final that lasted under 40 minutes. It was her first final in Montpellier, according to the French federation.

Her semi-final was far tighter. Sun won the first three games against Wang Yidi, then watched Wang win three in a row to level at 3-3, before taking the decider 11-2. In the quarter-finals she also needed seven games to get past Japan's Hina Hayata, after a 3-2 win over South Korea's Shin Yubin in the round of 16.

China filled all four semi-final places. Kuai reached the final by beating Chen Yi 4-2, ending a strong week for Chen, who had knocked out world No.1 Wang Manyu in the round of 16 and then beaten Japan's defender Hitomi Sato 4-0.

The win did not lead straight into Frankfurt. WTT announced the next day that Sun had withdrawn from WTT Champions Frankfurt with an injury, with Poland's Natalia Bajor taking her place.