On January 20th, the WTT Macau Race came to its second match day as the competition progressed.
On the morning of January 20, a high-profile competition was played between Wang Manyu, the women's singles champion of the Xinke World Table Tennis Championships, and Ku Man, the 17-year-old world youth champion.
Wang Manyu is an outstanding young player who has emerged in Chinese women's table tennis in recent years, especially in the 2021 season, Wang Manyu has made a major breakthrough in his career.
At last year's Tokyo Olympic Games, Wang Manyu, as a P card player, temporarily played in the team, performed very well, played perfectly in the women's team competition, and helped the Chinese women's table tennis successfully defend the women's team.
The Olympic women's team champion also made Wang Manyu's confidence soar, in the Olympic Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Manyu defeated Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha, two Olympic women's singles participants, and won the women's singles championship of the National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships.
However, in the WTT World Cup finals after the World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Manyu unexpectedly lost to Hong Kong's Du Kaixuan, which also made many fans feel very disappointed.
The young player Ku man is the women's singles champion of the World Youth Championships, only 17 years old, but Ku Man's temperament in the game is very good, dare to fight, this game, also regarded as the impact of the younger player on Wang Manyu.
In the first game, the two sides fought very fiercely at the beginning, the score was fiercely fought from 3 draws all the way to 8 draws, 9 draws, and at the critical moment, Ku man made a more decisive move, scoring two points in a row, and took the lead in winning the first set with an 11-9 score!
In the second set, Ku Man had a good start and took a 3-1 lead, but Wang Manyu quickly caught up with the score, after which Wang Manyu's sharp forehand attack made It difficult for Ku Man to overwhelm, and Wang Manyu took a 6-4 lead.
But Kuman did not want to show weakness and chased the score to 6 draws.
After that, Wang Manyu became more and more courageous, gradually pulling the point difference apart, and finally Wang Manyu pulled back a set with an 11-8 score, and the two sides fought to a draw.
In the third set, Wang Manyu quickly entered the state of the game at the beginning of the game, taking a 3-1 lead.
Wang Manyu has fully entered the state of the game at this time, and the backhand twisting also made Ku Man suffer a lot, although Ku Man tried desperately to catch up, but there was still a big gap with Wang Manyu after all, and in the end, Wang Manyu won another round with an 11-4 score.
In the fourth set of the game, the two sides fell into a bitter battle at the beginning, the score was drawn many times, after 6 draws, Wang Manyu gradually occupied the advantage on the field, scored consecutive points, and finally, Wang Manyu ended the battle with an 11-9 score.
After winning, Wang Manyu was also very excited and shook his fist to celebrate!
In this game, it can be seen that Wang Manyu has completely walked out of the shadow of losing in the WTT World Cup finals, playing very actively in the game, whether it is the attack of the forehand or the holding of the backhand, occupying a certain advantage in the game.
Although Ku man lost the game, the performance of the young general in the game was still very exciting, and he could take the lead from the singles champion of the Xinke World Table Tennis Championships to take the next set, which can be said that for the young player, although the defeat is still glorious!