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Szudi Wins Sixth Title at 109th Hungarian National Championships

Ádám Szudi swept three gold medals at the 109th Hungarian National Championships in Mosonmagyaróvár, capping his sixth singles title with a dramatic seven-game final win over Csaba András.

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Szudi Wins Sixth Title at 109th Hungarian National Championships
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Ádám Szudi and Judit Nagy claimed the singles titles at the 109th Hungarian National Championships in Mosonmagyaróvár, both overcoming the defending champions in the finals.

For Szudi, the men's singles crown was a title years in the making. In the men's singles, 2025 champion Csaba András, fresh from his WTT victory in Varaždin earlier in the week, progressed confidently to the semifinals, dropping only one game to Nándor Ecseki. On the opposite side of the draw, former champions Szudi and Bence Majoros met in a high-quality encounter, with Szudi prevailing in six games to reach the final.

The final itself was anything but straightforward. Szudi raced into a 3-0 lead, but András responded impressively, saving six match points in the fifth game and forcing a decider after levelling the match. In the seventh game, Szudi regrouped and sealed victory to secure his sixth national crown.

The women's final delivered its own drama. The final delivered a captivating battle between generations. Despite Póta taking leads of 2-1 and 3-2, Nagy turned the match around to claim a dramatic 4-3 victory and secure the first senior national title of her career.

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Szudi's day was far from over after the singles. Szudi completed a remarkable treble, winning the men's doubles with Ecseki and the mixed doubles alongside Szandra Pergel. The most successful player of the tournament was Szudi, who collected three gold medals across the weekend. On the women's doubles side, Bernadett Bálint and Mercédesz Nagyváradi successfully defended their title for the fourth consecutive year.

At the previous edition where Szudi won the singles, he defeated Majoros in a match filled with spectacular points, with that victory marking his fifth singles and fourth doubles championship. Sunday's win in Mosonmagyaróvár adds a sixth singles crown to that legacy, making Szudi the defining men's singles figure of his generation in Hungarian table tennis. Nagy, meanwhile, enters the history books herself: a first national title is a milestone no number of future crowns can replicate.

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