The 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships continued, and the national table tennis women's team showed great strength, with Sun Yingsha defeating South Korean chipper Xu Xiaoyuan 4-0, so that the national table tennis won the women's singles final four. This is also the third game that Sun Yingsha won today, she reached the final four in the women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles, locking in three medals.
In the women's singles quarterfinals, Sun Yingsha's opponent was South Korea's chipper Xu Xiaoyuan, which is also her second encounter with a chipper after defeating Germany's Han Ying 4-0 in the third round. Xu Xiaoyuan used a spin to cut the ball to beat Hong Kong's Du Kaixuan 4-1 to reach the quarterfinals in the last round, while Sun Yingsha defeated Puerto Diaz 4-2 after six sets to advance. In the first game, Sun Yingsha was not very accustomed to Xu Xiaoyuan's rotation, the start was 0-4 behind, and then she chased back one point at a time, the two sides were deadlocked until 8 draws, and then Sun Yingsha scored 2 consecutive points to get the set point 10-8 and win the first set 11-9.
In the second set, Sun Yingsha opened with a 3-1 lead, and the middle set extended the lead 6-2 to win another set 11-4. In the third set, Xu Xiaoyuan's serve was once again punished, and her mentality was particularly affected, and Sun Yingsha scored consecutive points to lead 8-2 and win the third set 11-4. In the fourth set, Sun Yingsha began to lead 4-1, at which point Xu Xiaoyuan called a timeout. After the suspension, Xu Xiaoyuan increased the fighting intensity, chasing the score to 5-6, Sun Yingsha scored 2 consecutive points, pulled the score apart again at 8-5, and won the match point at 10-6, after Xu Xiaoyuan saved a match point, Li Falcon called a timeout for Sun Yingsha, after the suspension, Sun Yingsha won 11-7, and defeated Xu Xiaoyuan 4-0 to enter the final four.
Sun Yingsha played three matches in one day today, the third line reached the final four, locked three medals, the women's doubles partner Wang Manyu defeated Japan's Ishikawa Yoshinori / Hirano Miyu 3-2, and the mixed doubles partner Wang Chuqin defeated the Spanish duo Robertus / Xiao Yaoqian 3-1. With Sun Yingsha entering the final four in the women's singles arena, the national table tennis team will win the top four women's singles of this World Table Tennis Championships, and lock in the women's singles championship in advance. Sun Yingsha will face teammate Wang Yidi in the semifinals, and in the quarterfinals, Wang Yidi eliminated Japan's Ito Mimachi 4-1. In the first half, the tournament's top seed Chen Meng defeated Japan's Ishikawa Yoshijun 4-0, and the other quarter-final was the National Table Tennis Civil War, with Wang Manyu playing Against Chen Xingtong.