In the semi-finals of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships held on November 29, the record of Chinese players is actually not brilliant.
Chen Meng/Qian Tianyi's women's doubles lost 2-3 to Ito Mimako/Hina Hayata, Liang Jingkun/Lin Takaen lost 0-3 to Karlsson/Falke in men's doubles, and Lin Gaoyuan/Zhang An lost 2-3 in the cross-border mixed doubles to Zhang Benzhihe/Hayata Hina.
However, in the context of several Chinese players encountering Waterloo, a Chinese player made great progress, and all 3 projects reached the final, she is Sun Yingsha.
In the earliest mixed doubles semi-final, she teamed up with Wang Chuqin to beat Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing/Lin Yunru 3-1 to reach the final.
In the women's doubles semifinals, she teamed up with Wang Manyu to beat Luxembourg's Ni Xialian/Nath 3-0 to reach the final.
In the final women's singles semifinals, she defeated teammate Wang Yidi 4-1 and also reached the final.
In this way, the Houston World Table Tennis Championships gave birth to an iron man, all 3 events participated, all reached the final. Can Sun Yingsha win all the championships and achieve an alternative Grand Slam?
The mixed doubles opponents are Zhang Benzhi and/Hina Hayata, and Sun Yingsha has great hopes for winning the championship.
The women's doubles opponent is Ito Mimachi / Hayata Hina, because Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu are two right-handed combinations, and it is more difficult to win the championship.
The opponent of the women's singles is Wang Manyu, because Sun Yingsha has to play three finals a day, and her physical strength will definitely be affected, and Wang Manyu's backhand advantage is facing Sun Yingsha's backhand disadvantage, and it is the most difficult to win the championship.
Therefore, this number predicts that Sun Yingsha may be able to get 2 gold and 1 silver, becoming the biggest winner of this World Table Tennis Championships.
It should be noted that Japan's Hayata Hina also broke into the finals of the mixed doubles and women's doubles events, and her doubles strength is worth paying attention to.