The competition on the first match day of the WTT Macau Tournament can be described as colorful, especially the competition between Lin Shidong and Zhou Qihao, and the competition between Chen Meng and Du Kaixuan is full of suspense, until the decisive game is divided into winners and losers. In the mixed doubles field, Ma Long and Qian Tianyi also combined for the first time to challenge Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin, the mixed doubles champions of the new World Table Tennis Championships, but in the end, they regrettably lost because of the relatively unfamiliar cooperation. The first match of the second matchday was a key battle and a focus battle. The two sides of the clash are Wang Manyu, the women's singles champion of the Xinke World Table Tennis Championships, and Ku Man, the women's singles champion of the Xinke World Youth Championships. One was born in 1999 and is 23 years old this year, and the other was born in 2004 and is now only 18 years old, so the contest between the two people can be called a dispute between two people and can be defined as a contest between the two generations of top players of the new generation.
In the first set of the game, it seems that Ku man was more prepared for the difficulty of the game, the whole person was more excited, and the opening entered the game state earlier, through the tactic of hanging right and pressing left, directly hit Wang Manyu a 3-0. Then Wang Manyu also began to increase the intensity of the attack, starting from the backhand, continuous fighting short or large angle to mobilize Ku Man, catch up with the score, the two also began to enter a state of stalemate, from 3-3 to 6-6, 8-8, the key point at the end of the game, or Ku Man's offensive efficiency is higher, 11-9 to win the first set of the game. Dominant position in the innings.
In the second set of the game, the opening and the first set of the two sides were slightly similar, but also earlier into the 3-3, 4-4 and 6-6 state of equal division, Wang Manyu after the loss of the first set, the game improved the quality of the single board, but also paid attention to limit the killing board attack of Ku Man. And in the serve link, she continuously used the sharp long ball to kick off, both time caused Ku man's serve to lose points, and also through the control of the first three boards caused Ku Man to return the ball to the quality is not high, continue to lose points. And Ku Man did not return to the position in time when he forced the side, the score of the two sides came to 9-6, and Wang Manyu opened up the difference between the two sides in the middle and back. However, Kuman played very positively, and at the end of the innings he also participated in the change at the end of the set, and at one point forced the score to 8-9, Wang Manyu took the initiative to call a timeout in the tense situation. The suspension effect was really good, Wang Manyu dialed under Xiao Zhan's guidance and returned to the court to score 2 points in a row. 11-8 pulled back a city, the big score on the field to 11 draws.
In the third game of the game, Wang Manyu has slowly found the technical style and characteristics of Ku man through the adaptation of the first two sets, in general, taking the initiative to fight and fight for points through changes in priorities is the main scoring method of Ku Man in this campaign. Therefore, Wang Manyu broke through from the first three boards, as well as the changes in serve and serve, giving Ku Man the pressure of increasing the first three boards, making it difficult for her to enter the stalemate and fight for the opportunity to attack more boards. In this way, Wang Manyu controlled the rhythm of the field little by little, and the third set could be said to completely suppress Ku Man and easily win the third set 11-4. The big score of the two sides came to 2-1, and Wang Manyu took the lead in the big score.
The game entered the fourth set of contention, Ku Man as the new Ke World Youth Championship champion, but also in the field to respond more timely, he took the lead in the beginning of the game to change, in addition to the rapid long ball also to Wang Manyu to create difficulties in receiving the ball, but also pay attention to attack Wang Manyu's middle of the road and then move her two lines, Ku Man also achieved a 4-2 lead. However, Wang Manyu then served through the change of hooker, so that Ku Man had problems with continuous serves. Even if you don't eat the serve directly, there is a decline in the quality of the return ball, which directly gives Wang Manyu the opportunity to rush with his forehand. Wang Manyu reversed the score to 5-4. Kuman hurried to call himself a pause to adjust. After the timeout returned, Kuman also used his own changes in the starting point and the drop point to chase the score to an 8-8 draw. However, the key point at the end of the game, or Wang Manyu played more stably, and Ku Man's half-shot return mistake and directly eat Wang Manyu's serve, coupled with the opportunity ball to lose, or let the two sides of the game score fixed at 11-9.
In this way, Wang Manyu won the final victory of the match with a score of 3-1 (9-11, 11-8, 11-4 and 11-9) and won a place in the quarterfinals of the women's singles. In the post-match interview session, Wang Manyu faced the reporter's questions, and also bluntly said that Ku Man gave himself a great impact, and this game he actually won. This also shows from one side that Ku Man's play did make Wang Manyu feel the pressure. However, as the women's singles champion of the Xinke World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Manyu finally overcame difficulties in the competition and finally won the competition. It also makes us look forward to Wang Manyu playing better in the later games.