The World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals 2025 event didn’t result in favour of India’s mixed doubles duo of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale. The result could not end in their favour. The pair saw the end of their campaign after they were knocked out by three consecutive losses. On Friday, December 12, 2025, the world No. 9 duo lost their third match against China’s Lin Shidong and Kuai Mann in a 28-minute clash and finished in sets of 5-11, 11-7, 6-11, 6-11.
In order to stay in contention, the third match was a must-win for Shah and Chitale, which could have qualified them in the semi-finals, but instead got outplayed by the world No. 1 Chinese pair. Despite the loss, the Indian duo are the first to ever qualify in the WTT Finals.
On Wednesday, Shah and Chitale started their campaign with their first loss in the Group 1 clash against China’s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha by 0-3. In the second game that followed, the two showcased an improved performance by clashing against world No. 5 Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem. The two, however, went down by 2-3 in that match but had a 4-1 lead in the decider match.
In the Group 1 ranking, the Indian duo of Shah and Chitale finished at the bottom with zero victories in all three matches played in the tournament. Meanwhile, the top two pairs from the group have qualified for the semi-finals.
A look into the WTT Finals 2025 event
The WTT Finals 2025 tournament will take place from December 10 to 14 at the Hong Kong Coliseum and has a total prize pool worth $1,300,000. The event includes three main categories, which are the men’s singles, women’s singles, and mixed doubles. No Indian player has participated in the singles event this time.
The tournament is being played in a knockout format with 16 players each in the men’s and women’s singles events, while the mixed doubles event has eight pairs in competition starting with the quarter-finals event.
All the matches of the WTT Finals Hong Kong 2025 event are going live on the Official YouTube Channel of the World Table Tennis (WTT) as well as the WTT App. In addition to that, the live streaming of the matches is available for all the fans across worldwide to watch on the WTT’s official website.
