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WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 poster
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FinishedWTT Series

WTT Star Contender Astana 2026

15 to 20 September 2026Martial Arts Palace, Astana, Kazakhstan

Champions

Women's singles champion

Miyuu Kihara

Beat Hitomi Sato 4-3 in the final3-11, 12-10, 3-11, 13-11, 12-10, 3-11, 11-8

Men's singles champion

Dang Qiu

Beat Alexis Lebrun 4-2 in the final6-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4

Women's doubles champions

Miu Hirano / Miyuu Kihara

Beat Honoka Hashimoto / Adriana Diaz 3-1 in the final8-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-5

Men's doubles champions

Eduard Ionescu / Darius Movileanu

Beat Nikita Artemenko / Denis Ivonin 3-1 in the final13-11, 12-10, 5-11, 11-7

Mixed doubles champions

Chen Junsong / Wang Yidi

Beat Hiromu Kobayashi / Miyuu Kihara 3-0 in the final11-9, 11-8, 12-10

How it was won

Japan's Miyuu Kihara won the women's singles in Astana without being seeded, and Germany's Dang Qiu beat the top seed, Alexis Lebrun, in the men's final.

Kihara beat the second seed, Satsuki Odo, 3-2 in the semi-finals and Hitomi Sato 4-3 in the final, 11-8 in the seventh game. She also won the women's doubles with Miu Hirano and reached the mixed doubles final with Hiromu Kobayashi.

Dang, the second seed, lost the first game of the final and then won four of the next five against Lebrun, 4-2. China's Li Tianyang, unseeded, knocked out the third seed, Darko Jorgic, and reached the semi-finals.

Romania's Eduard Ionescu and Darius Movileanu won the men's doubles, and China's Chen Junsong and Wang Yidi the mixed.

Matches

  1. Women's singles, semi-finalWang YidiHitomi Sato 231171191315811611
  2. Women's singles, semi-finalMiyuu KiharaSatsuki Odo 32711116711117115
  3. Men's singles, semi-finalAlexis LebrunZhou Qihao 31611117115118
  4. Men's singles, semi-finalLi TianyangDang Qiu 13119911911711
  5. Mixed doubles, finalHiromu Kobayashi / Miyuu KiharaChen Junsong / Wang Yidi 039118111012
  6. Women's singles, finalHitomi SatoMiyuu Kihara 34113101211311131012113811
  7. Men's singles, finalAlexis LebrunDang Qiu 24116511115611611411

Times are UK time. Times are approximate: matches can start late or run over, so a match may not have started when its time passes. Tap a played match for point by point. Order of play and results from World Table Tennis.

The draw

Seeds shown in grey. Times are UK time. Times are approximate. Scroll sideways to follow each round.

Last 64

1Wang YidiCHN
ByeBYE
Zhu ZiyuCHN3
Ekaterina ZironovaRUS0
Elena ZahariaROU3
Sofia-Xuan ZhangESP2
ByeBYE
Elizabeta SamaraROU
Nina MittelhamGER
ByeBYE
Ainhoa CristobalESP0
Li Yu-JhunTPE3
Zong GemanCHN3
Yang Ha EunKOR2
ByeBYE
7Bernadette SzőcsROU
3Hitomi SatoJPN
ByeBYE
Maria XiaoESP3
Anusha KutumbaleIND0
Mariia TailakovaRUS3
Yoo YerinKOR1
ByeBYE
Jia Nan YuanFRA
Anna HurseyWAL
ByeBYE
Sayali WaniIND0
Arina SlautinaRUS3
Debora VivarelliITA0
Vlada VoroninaRUS3
ByeBYE
8Qin YuxuanCHN
5Shi XunyaoCHN
ByeBYE
Yoo SiwooKOR0
Ece HaracTUR3
Filippa BergandSWE3
Maria PanfilovaRUS2
ByeBYE
Miyuu KiharaJPN
Huang Yu-JieTPE
ByeBYE
Wang XiaotongCHN3
Andreea DragomanROU0
Elvira RadESP1
Charlotte LutzFRA3
ByeBYE
4Honoka HashimotoJPN
6Adriana DiazPUR
ByeBYE
Zhu SibingCHN3
Gaia MonfardiniITA1
Kim SeongjinKOR1
Han FeierCHN3
ByeBYE
Miu HiranoJPN
Elizabet AbraamianRUS
ByeBYE
Manika BatraIND3
Arantxa CossioMEX1
Yao RuixuanCHN3
Yang YiyunCHN1
ByeBYE
2Satsuki OdoJPN

Last 32

1Wang YidiCHN3
Zhu ZiyuCHN0
Elena ZahariaROU3
Elizabeta SamaraROU0
Nina MittelhamGER1
Li Yu-JhunTPE3
Zong GemanCHN0
7Bernadette SzőcsROU3
3Hitomi SatoJPN3
Maria XiaoESP0
Mariia TailakovaRUS0
Jia Nan YuanFRA3
Anna HurseyWAL3
Arina SlautinaRUS0
Vlada VoroninaRUS1
8Qin YuxuanCHN3
5Shi XunyaoCHN1
Ece HaracTUR3
Filippa BergandSWE0
Miyuu KiharaJPN3
Huang Yu-JieTPE1
Wang XiaotongCHN3
Charlotte LutzFRA0
4Honoka HashimotoJPN3
6Adriana DiazPUR2
Zhu SibingCHN3
Han FeierCHN0
Miu HiranoJPN3
Elizabet AbraamianRUS0
Manika BatraIND3
Yao RuixuanCHN2
2Satsuki OdoJPN3

Last 16

1Wang YidiCHN3
Elena ZahariaROU0
Li Yu-JhunTPE3
7Bernadette SzőcsROU0
3Hitomi SatoJPN3
Jia Nan YuanFRA0
Anna HurseyWAL0
8Qin YuxuanCHN3
Ece HaracTUR0
Miyuu KiharaJPN3
Wang XiaotongCHN0
4Honoka HashimotoJPN3
Zhu SibingCHN1
Miu HiranoJPN3
Manika BatraIND1
2Satsuki OdoJPN3

Quarter-finals

1Wang YidiCHN3
Li Yu-JhunTPE0
3Hitomi SatoJPN3
8Qin YuxuanCHN1
Miyuu KiharaJPN3
4Honoka HashimotoJPN2
Miu HiranoJPN0
2Satsuki OdoJPN3

Semi-finals

1Wang YidiCHN2
3Hitomi SatoJPN3
Miyuu KiharaJPN3
2Satsuki OdoJPN2

Final

3Hitomi SatoJPN3
Miyuu KiharaJPN4

Official draw from World Table Tennis, updated 6 November, 12:00.