Wang Manyu won the women's singles at the 2026 Asian Games on 27 September, beating Sun Yingsha 4-2 (11-8, 11-9, 11-13, 11-9, 4-11, 15-13) in a final between the world's top two.

Wang came from four points down to win the fourth game and closed out a tense sixth 15-13. It was her second Asian Games singles gold, eight years after Jakarta 2018. Japan's Hina Hayata and Miwa Harimoto took bronze.

Wang also won women's doubles gold with Kuai Man and team gold with China. She carried that form into WTT China Smash two weeks later, where she won both singles and doubles again.

Sun Yingsha, the defending champion, left with silver in singles and mixed doubles (with Wang Chuqin) and gold in the team event.

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Sun Yingsha uses the national-team DHS S968 Hurricane Sun blade and DHS Hurricane 3 National on her forehand (reported at 41°; ours is the 39° blue sponge).

Sources: Chinese Olympic Committee / Xinhua · Wikipedia: Asian Games 2026 women's singles · Wikipedia: Asian Games 2026 table tennis