World's top-ranked paddlers Lin Shidong and Sun Yingsha of China both bagged wins in straight sets on Thursday in the second round of the 34th

Lin Shidong serves during the men's singles Group 1 match between Lin Shidong of China and Shinozuka Hiroto of Japan at the 34th ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup table tennis tournament in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

In the women's singles, Sun saw off Sreeja Akula of India 11-8, 12-10, 11-5, while Lin needed only 25 minutes to ease past Hiroto Shinozuka of Japan 11-7, 11-8, 11-3 in the men's singles.

"I was well prepared so I could keep a good rhythm during the whole match," Sun said.

Women's second seed Wang Manyu of China secured her second win, overcoming Huang Yi-Hua of Chinese Taipei 6-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-3.

"This is our first meeting, I did not do very well in the beginning to counter her serves and forehand attack. After losing the first set I decided to focus on my own attack and turned the match around," Wang said.

Men's second seed Wang Chuqin defeated Yukiya Uda of Japan 11-8,11-8,11-7.

Another men's singles five-set thriller saw China's Lin Gaoyuan edged Cho Dae-seong of South Korea 7-11, 11-7, 14-16, 11-7, 11-9.

Women's singles defending champion Wang Yidi of China beat Hirano Miu 11-7, 11-8, 11-13, 11-2. The men's singles defending champion, Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan, bagged his first victory, defeating South Korea's Oh Jun-sung 11-5, 12-10, 11-9.