The Indian table tennis player Manush Shah faced a crucial service fault call during his match against France’s Felix Lebrun, which contributed to his straight-games defeat, at the 2025 ITTF World Championships. The Round of 64 match saw a controversial moment that highlighted the strict enforcement of service rules in professional table tennis. Leading 2-0 in the second game against Lebrun, Shah’s serve was called “hidden” by the referee, prompting an immediate dispute from the Indian player. After a brief exchange with the referee, Shah asked for a Table Tennis Review or TTR. #News | Manush Shah bows out of men’s singles at IITF World C’ships💔 Shah loses 5-11, 6-11, 6-11, 9-11 in straight games against the sixth seeded Felix Lebrun in a match filled with drama🫣#TableTennis pic.twitter.com/i4yDBOvw7z — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) May 19, 2025 The video review confirmed the referee’s call, showing that Shah’s head had obscured Lebrun’s view of the ball at the moment of contact between ball and racket during the serve. This obstruction, classified as a “hidden” serve in table tennis …