Not to take anything away from the robot, but I would have liked to see the match be against a male player, as they can impart higher speed an spin on the ball, which would give the robot less reaction time.
It did play against a male player, as outlined in the article:
> Sony AI autonomous robot Ace returns a shot back against its human opponent, table tennis player Yamato Kawamata, during a match in December 2025, as seen in this photograph released on April 22, 2026.
It did also win against two male players - you can see some of the replays and the scores in the actual sony publicity video here: https://ace.ai.sony/.
Most notably the best player it played (#64 last year) it lost against quite handily, 11-2, 11-6.
