Although the 17-year-old national table tennis player lost! Wang Manyu praised Ku Man for his outstanding performance and his own impact. The 2022 WTT Macau Championship continues, in the women's singles 1/8 final, the national table tennis Xinke World Table Tennis Championships women's singles champion Wang Manyu against the 17-year-old young player Ku Man, although the gap between the strength of the two seems to be very large, but the game process did not appear one-sided situation, Wang Manyu did not occupy an absolute advantage.
In the first set, Ku man took the lead in the state, starting with 3-0, and then Wang Manyu scored 4 consecutive points to win, but Ku Man quickly caught up, the two fell into a battle, when the score was 9-9 in peacetime, Ku Man scored 2 consecutive points to win a set 11-9. In the second set, Ku man's performance in the opening stage was still very strong, leading 3-1, and then Wang Manyu also showed the strength of the world champion, 6-4 to overtake the score, but Ku Man scored 2 consecutive points, the two fought a 6-6 draw, after which Wang Manyu scored 3 consecutive points to establish a lead and pulled back a set at 11-8. In the third set, Wang Manyu felt hot and quickly opened the point difference 8-3, and when Ku Man recovered one point, Wang Manyu won another set 11-4. In the fourth set, Ku Man backwater battle, to lead 4-1, and then Wang Manyu scored 4 consecutive points to overtake, but Ku Man Quickly caught up, at the critical moment, Wang Manyu withstood the pressure, 11-9 to lock up the win, thus winning 3-1 on aggregate, advancing to the women's singles round of 8.
Judging from the course of the game, Wang Manyu was a little slow and hot, but fortunately, Wang Manyu quickly adjusted and reversed 3 sets in a row in the case of losing one set first. After the game, Wang Manyu said in an interview that Ku Man's performance was very good, and it was normal for him to play like this, so it was very difficult to win the game, and the state still needed to be adjusted. Then Wang Manyu also said that the impact of young players is inevitable, I hope that I can stay down-to-earth, last year's achievements will have some impact on my mentality, but I will adjust my mentality, take every game seriously, and release more energy.
Last year, Wang Manyu's performance was seen by everyone, first in the Tokyo Olympics to replace Liu Shiwen, helped the national table tennis team to win the gold medal of the women's team, and then won the women's singles championship at the Shaanxi National Games, and then won the women's singles championship at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, from the performance alone, Wang Manyu was second only to Chen Meng, who won the Olympic women's singles gold medal, but Wang Manyu is younger, there is still more room for growth in the future, and wang Manyu's goal in the new season is bound to get more championships and consolidate his position within the national table tennis.