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USA Table Tennis Announces Team for ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025

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by USA Table Tennis

USA Table Tennis (USATT) is proud to announce the roster of athletes who will represent the United States at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar from May 17 to 25. The team is anchored by three Olympians, Kanak Jha, Lily Zhang and Amy Wang who all had standout performances at the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer. The four men’s team players, Jha, Liang, and the Naresh brothers were part of the history making team at the 2024 Pan Am Championships, winning gold for USA for the first time ever. The women’s team includes 4x Olympian Lily Zhang, 2x US Open Champion Amy Wang, Paris 2024 Olympic Alternate Sally Moyland and up and coming star Jessica Reyes-Lai.


The team brings together a dynamic blend of experience and emerging talent, aiming to showcase America's growing strength on the global table tennis stage.


Singles: Kanak Jha (USA) versus Truls Moregard (SWE) in the round of 32 at WTT Singapore Smash 2025. Singapore, Singapore. February 5, 2025.
Singles: Kanak Jha (USA) versus Truls Möregårdh (SWE) in the round of 32 at WTT Singapore Smash 2025. Singapore, Singapore. February 5, 2025. (Photo by WTT).
Men’s Singles:
  • Kanak Jha
  • Jishan Liang
  • Nandan Naresh
  • Sid Naresh

Singles: Lily Zhang (USA) against Lin Qian Ser (SGP) on Day 1 of WTT Singapore Smash 2025. Singapore, Singapore. February 2, 2025.
Singles: Lily Zhang (USA) against Lin Qian Ser (SGP) on Day 1 of WTT Singapore Smash 2025. Singapore, Singapore. February 2, 2025. (Photo by WTT).
Women’s Singles:
  • Lily Zhang
  • Amy Wang
  • Sally Moyland
  • Jessica Reyes-Lai

Jishan Liang and Sid Naresh Competing in men's doubles at the ITTF Pan American Championships 2024. San Salvador, El Salvador. Oct. 13-20, 2024.
Doubles: Jishan Liang and Sid Naresh Competing in men's doubles at the ITTF Pan American Championships 2024. San Salvador, El Salvador. Oct. 13-20, 2024.
Men’s Doubles:
  • Jishan Liang / Sid Naresh

Singles: Jessica Reyes-Lai (USA) during Day 2 of the WTT Singapore Smash qualifying rounds versus Katarzyna Wegrzyn (POL). Singapore, Singapore. January 31, 2025.
Singles: Jessica Reyes-Lai (USA) during Day 2 of the WTT Singapore Smash qualifying rounds versus Katarzyna Wegrzyn (POL). Singapore, Singapore. January 31, 2025. (Photo by WTT).
Women’s Doubles:
  • Sally Moyland / Jessica Reyes-Lai

Doubles: Sally Moyland/Nandan Naresh (USA) versus Stuti Kashyap/Oliver De La Torre (USA/MEX) at WTT Youth Contender San Francisco II. Burlingame, California. April 8, 2025. (Photo by WTT).
Doubles: Sally Moyland/Nandan Naresh (USA) versus Stuti Kashyap/Oliver De La Torre (USA/MEX) at WTT Youth Contender San Francisco II. Burlingame, California. April 8, 2025. (Photo by WTT).
Mixed Doubles:
  • Jishan Liang / Amy Wang
  • Nandan Naresh / Sally Moyland

Coaches:
  • Jun Gao, USATT National Team Coach
  • Mark Hazinski, USATT National Men’s Team Coach

The 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships will be hosted across two premier venues in Doha: Lusail Multipurpose Hall, serving as the main venue and center stage for the championship, and Qatar University Sports Complex, which will host matches during the first four days of competition. This will be the second time Doha has hosted the World Championships, having made history as the first Middle Eastern country to host the event in 2004, 21 years ago. For all 5 medal events, the playing system will be straight knockouts, with singles played best of 7 and doubles played best of 5.


For continued updates on our athletes in Doha, please follow @usatabletennis_ on Instagram and USA Table Tennis on Facebook alongside our news page at https://www.usatt.org/news.

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