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Hugo shared that he fell into depression after his failure at the recent Olympics, but he overcame it all to come back exceptionally strong. |
The World Cup Table Tennis Championship is one of three championships that make up the Grand Slam of the sport 's legends (including Olympic Championship, World Championship and World Cup Championship). This year's World Cup Table Tennis was held in Macau (China) and athlete Hugo Calderano created a huge surprise when he won the championship.
In the final, Hugo Calderano met home player Lin Shidong, who was in very good form.
In 2025, Lin Shidong won 16 matches in the tournaments he participated in, losing only two, while Hugo Calderano won 5 matches and lost 4. Although Hugo Calderano won Lin Shidong in the quarterfinals of the WTT Contender Durban 2023, Lin has made huge strides in recent times and is currently holding the No. 1 position in the world rankings.
Hugo Calderano (ranked 5th in the world) entered the match with great determination, but very cautiously. Although he lost the advantage in the first set, Hugo continuously took the initiative in the following sets and especially handled the key points of the match well, winning convincingly with a total score of 4-1 (6/11, 11/7, 11/9, 11/4, 11/5).
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Hugo's free-spirited yet refined style of play has inspired countless |
The World Table Tennis Organization, the press and forums all acknowledged this as a historic victory for Hugo Calderano as well as for table tennis "outside China". Because from 2015-2024; only the 2017 World Table Tennis Cup championship belonged to German player Dimitrij Ovtcharov, the remaining championships of the 3 major table tennis tournaments in the Grand Slam system all belonged to Chinese table tennis, specifically the victories of Ma Long or Fan Zhengdong.
In the 2025 World Cup, the Chinese team will not have the services of Ma Long and Fan Zhendong for many reasons, but this team still has all the players who hold the world's No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 positions.
Hugo Calderano's victory was not lucky because on the way to glory, he defeated both the world number 1 and number 2 athletes from China, Lin Shidong, in the final and before that, in the semi-final, he won against Wang Chuqin.
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Hugo alone has surpassed the most famous names in world table tennis, all of whom are members of the Chinese team. |
Hugo Calderano possesses the essence of European-style table tennis, which is a very spinny and varied serve, a very strong and precise backhand, and he also possesses a strong and dangerous righthand drive that is no less than that of Chinese players.
Hugo Calderano's victory was truly impressive to the audience and table tennis lovers because this athlete created a color, an attractive, fiery, new style of table tennis.
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Hugo Calderano shocked the world of table tennis, especially table tennis powerhouse China, when he won the 2025 World Cup in Macao. |
Table tennis commentator Tran Anh Tuan shared: "Congratulations to Samba dancer Hugo for defeating both world number 1 and number 2 and winning the championship. Strength and speed were combined with cunning and sublimation perfectly. There have been many athletes who could have defeated members of the Chinese national team, but the common point is that they were all exhausted and tense. The way the one-sided final match played out made us see the helplessness and immaturity of Lin Shidong, even though he was world number 1."
The commentator of the SportTV table tennis channel also commented: "Hugo Calderano became the first athlete outside of Asia and Europe to win the world championship. A championship that can be said to be perfect".
Congratulations to Samba dancer Hugo and to Brazilian table tennis for making history.
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Source: https://tienphong.vn/hugo-calderano-lat-do-su-thong-tri-cua-bong-ban-trung-quoc-post1735488.tpo
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