Wen Ruibo beats Wang Chuqin in Frankfurt

Wen Ruibo sweeps Wang Chuqin 3-0 on Wang's return in Frankfurt

5 November 2026: the 19-year-old needs only 23 minutes to end Wang's first event in more than a month

China's Wen Ruibo beat team-mate Wang Chuqin 3-0 in the round of 16 at WTT Champions Frankfurt on 5 November, ending Wang's first international tournament in more than a month.

Wen won 11-7, 11-8, 11-6 in 23 minutes and 37 seconds, Xinhua reports. Wang led 7-6 in the opening game before Wen won five points in a row, and in the second Wen pulled away to 10-6. Wang saved two game points but could not stop his younger team-mate going two games up, and the third followed the same pattern.

Wang, the fourth seed, had missed WTT China Smash and WTT Champions Montpellier through injury before returning in Frankfurt, where he beat Denmark's Anders Lind 3-0 in the opening round. Wen, 19, had beaten South Korea's An Jae-hyun in straight games in round one.

Wen's run ended in the quarter-finals against Lin Yun-Ju, and China finished without a men's semi-finalist. Elsewhere in the round of 16, Hugo Calderano beat Liang Jingkun 3-2 and Benedikt Duda beat Montpellier champion Jang Woojin 3-1.

The win mattered beyond Frankfurt. When WTT updated its list of WTT Finals Hong Kong qualifiers on 11 November, Wen was among the new names, while Wang's place had not yet been confirmed.

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We stock Wang Chuqin's signature DHS Hurricane Wang Chuqin blade and the player-version DHS rubbers sold as his forehand and backhand sheets. Calderano plays JOOLA's Trinity Charged.

Sources: Xinhua, 6 Nov 2026 · Ping Pong Times, 6 Nov 2026 · Sports360 HK · 163.com, 12 Nov 2026 · Webthethao, 12 Nov 2026

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