On the morning of January 20, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Macau Tournament ushered in the second day of competition, and the national table tennis players Wang Manyu and Ku Man broke out into an encounter. This match is very interesting, because the former was the women's singles champion of last year's World Championships and the latter was the women's singles champion of last year's World Junior Championships, which can roughly represent the highest level in the world at two different age groups.
However, it is clear that there is still a gap between the 17-year-old Kuman and Wang Manyu, and as a result, Wang Manyu eliminated the little sister to advance to the quarterfinals with a score of 3-1, winning the final victory of her Macau debut: congratulations to Wang Manyu, and also praise for Ku Man's performance: it is already very good for young people to fight like this, and although she lost today!
Wang Manyu was born in 1999, Ku Man was born in 2004, both are the best among the young players of the national table tennis, the age gap is probably an Olympic cycle, coupled with the outstanding results among the players of the same age, so many fans are regarded as the potential two generations of leaders of the national table tennis women's team.
Last year, Wang Manyu and Ku man were in a very good state, the former defeated Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha three times in a row, and the latter also defeated Chen Meng in the Table Tennis Super League, showing the momentum of young players, so although Today's battle Pu Man is inferior, but there is still a possibility of upset, Wang Manyu absolutely can not be careless.
Sure enough, after the game began, Ku Man fought very fiercely, taking the lead at the beginning, but was quickly equalized by Wang Manyu, and then everyone entered the stage of the glue-fighting battle, and as a result, Wang Manyu did not grasp the key points, losing the first set 9-11.
In the second set, Ku man still used his left-handed line advantage to contain Wang Manyu, but Wang Manyu also strengthened the threat of serve and stalemate, especially a mid-range front and backhand pull after 9-8 is rare in the field of women's table tennis, and the game was defeated by Ku Man, and then equalized 11-8.
In the third set, Wang Manyu began to gradually dominate the direction of the game, and although Ku Man was not conservative, there was still a gap in strength after all, and he soon lost 4-11, and the situation was reversed. In the fourth set, Kuman fought back, but the opening lead was reversed, and finally lost 9-11 and missed the top eight.
A very wonderful duel, Wang Manyu and Ku Man basically played their respective superior techniques, played many advanced balls, and showed the advanced playing style of today's women's table tennis: Finally, congratulations to Wang Manyu again! At the same time, I also look forward to kuman growing up as soon as possible, from a junior world champion to a world champion in the entire table tennis field, come on!