Who is the most watched superstar at the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships, national table tennis player Lin Shidong is the best player

The 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar, which began on May 17, is the first World Table Tennis Championships to be held after the Paris Olympics. After the end of the Olympic Games, a major event, the table tennis world has also entered a new cycle. This year's World Table Tennis Championships features a number of young players who are expected to make a breakthrough in their careers and aim for a medal at the Los Angeles Olympics.

The Japanese monthly magazine "Zhuoqiu Kingdom" pays attention to Lin Shidong, who is participating in the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha

The representative player is the 20-year-old national table tennis player Lin Shidong. In February, the man became the youngest ever to become the world's No. 1 at the age of 19 and has since maintained the No. 1 position. This is his first time participating in the singles competition of the World Table Tennis Championships, but he is listed as one of the candidates for the championship.

Lin Shidong has been referred to by the Japanese media as "Fan Zhendong II" who was born in the "Hawaii of the East", referring to Sanya, Hainan Province, a hugely popular resort in China. After entering the national second team in 2020, Lin Shidong participated in the men's doubles and mixed doubles competitions at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, and won the third place in the mixed doubles with Kuo Man.

Lin Shidong is 1.68 meters tall, and although he is short in stature, he has a strong physique. Lin Shidong has won the men's singles title in the WTT series many times in recent years, and he is similar to Fan Zhendong, who won the gold medal in the singles competition at the Paris Olympics, so he is called "Fan Zhendong II".

Fan Zhendong participated in the singles competition of the World Table Tennis Championships at the age of 16 in 2013, becoming the youngest player in the history of Chinese men's table tennis. Lin Shidong's victory in the world championship is considered a matter of time, but Fan Zhendong's first men's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston was at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, and it depends on whether Lin Shidong can reach this height in a shorter time.

According to the official WTT website, Lin Shidong, the world No. 1 and one of the favourites to lift the St. Bride Cup in Doha, has been the most in-form player for the past eight months, reaching incredible heights in the WTT series. This is Lin Shidong's first career in the men's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships, and when the dust settles, will this be the debut of his dreams?