r/sports • u/fundefined1 • Apr 20 '25

Table Tennis Hugo Calderano of Brazil defeats World #1 Lin Shidong of China (In China!) to become the first man from the Americas to win the Table Tennis World Cup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMktTSUy4pI
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u/leobog Apr 20 '25

Probably the biggest victory from a non Chinese player since Dimitrij Ovtcharov won the World Cup in 2017.  Incredible performance, defeating the world no.1 and no.2 along the way.

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u/cone10 Apr 20 '25

Wow! That is amazing news indeed. It's like someone took on Messi or Michael Jordan one-on-one.

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u/Positive-Media423 Apr 20 '25

destroyed number 3, 2 and 1 in China, monstrous performances

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u/momoenthusiastic Apr 20 '25

This is amazing. Hugo is a great player. Congratulations to him!

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u/GratefulDud3 Apr 20 '25

Bravo! 👏

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u/MyNameIsHaines Apr 20 '25

I thought Forrest Gump won it already.

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u/jppizer Apr 20 '25

Haters be downvoting

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u/lordchickenburger Apr 20 '25

So china number 2？