The Zhang siblings are full of enthusiasm for the 2025 WTT Championship Yokohama Station, "I hope you must come and see it"

On the 9th local time, the press conference of the "2025 WTT Championship Yokohama Station" (August 7-11, Yokohama Buntai), where the world's top table tennis players gathered, was held at the Yokohama City Hall, and Tomokazu Haramoto (Toyota Motor), who is ranked 4th in the men's singles world, and Miwa Haramoto (Kinoshita Group), who is ranked 6th in the women's singles world, took the stage. Tomokazu Haramoto said with a smile, "I want you to come and see a game that I haven't had in Japan before." Zhang Benmeihe also said excitedly: "The atmosphere in the venue is very dark, and I feel very handsome. I want people to see a good performance. ”

(from left) Kasumi Ishikawa, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, and Miwa Zhangmoto at the press conference

The 2025 WTT Championship Yokohama will feature only 32 players from the top 32 players in the men's and women's singles world rankings, and it is also a high-level tournament in the WTT. The 2023 WTT Women's Finals will be held in Nagoya, and the 2024 WTT Finals will be held in Kitakyushu City, making it the third consecutive year that WTT events have been held in Japan, including Yokohama.

Kasumi Ishikawa, who served as the host of the press conference and won the medal in the women's table tennis team with the team for three consecutive Olympic Games, exchanged views with the Zhang brothers and sisters at the meeting. Both are the highest-ranked players in the world in the Japanese table tennis team. It's very difficult to continue to be active in the world, but it's great that both of them have maintained a certain level of success." Kasumi Ishikawa also said of the charm of the tournament, "Because it will gather top players from all over the world, you can enjoy it even throughout the day."