On January 20, Beijing time, the women's singles quarterfinals of the Macao Table Tennis Championships continued, and Wang Manyu ushered in his debut against Ku Man. After the first round of the Table Tennis World Cup, this is also Wang Manyu's first time to participate in the competition, this battle her opponent Ku Man's strength is not bad, although she did not participate in too many international competitions, but her strength is also very competitive in women's table tennis, as a 2004 young player, Ku Man has great potential, personal strength is in an upward period.
In the first round of this game, Ku Man showed his strong personal strength, although in the face of Wang Manyu, whose strength is above himself, Ku Man has a strong ability to seize opportunities, and he did not suffer losses in the confrontation between the middle and far platforms, and his performance in the first three boards was also very good. In the first set, Kuman took the lead to win the game 11-9, leading Wang Manyu 1-0.
In the second set, Wang Manyu lost a set first, she also quickly adjusted her state, in the standoff with Ku Man, she had the advantage, in the front and back hand pulling quality is also very high, at the same time in the rush attack and the long platform attack, Wang Manyu also has an advantage. In the second set, Wang Manyu won 11-8, and the two players fought to a 1-1 draw.
In the third set, Kuman's free throws were not of high quality, and Wang Manyu was very adaptable, and she took a 4-1 lead. Then Wang Manyu continued to exert her strength, and Ku Man could not withstand Wang Manyu's attack, and she lost points continuously. In the single game, Wang Manyu won easily 11-4, leading Kuman 2-1.
In the fourth set, Kuman started with a 4-2 lead, and then Wang Manyu scored 3 consecutive points, and in the middle of the game, Wang Manyu surpassed Kuman by 1 point. Subsequently, the two players alternated the lead, in the stalemate, Wang Manyu is still better, she is very good at handling key points, and Ku Man still lacks experience in the game. Finally, in the fourth set, Wang Manyu won 11-9, and the big score was 3-1 to reverse Ku Man, and won the opening red, successfully advancing to the women's singles quarterfinals.
At the beginning of this game, Ku Man created a lot of trouble for Wang Manyu, and the effect of her spinning ball was very good, so that Wang Manyu did not adapt for a while, which also led to Wang Manyu losing the first set first. However, as the game progressed, after Wang Manyu gradually adapted to Ku Man's serve, Ku Man did not have much advantage, Wang Manyu showed a deeper strength, and had to fully suppress Ku Man's play at both ends of the attack and defense.
In the case of losing one set first, Wang Manyu won three consecutive sets, including in the third set, Wang Manyu also exploded an 11-4 disparity. In the end, Wang Manyu in the women's singles 1/8 final, she successfully defeated Ku Man with a 3-1 score reversal, made her debut and entered the women's singles quarterfinals, and Ku Man suffered the first round of travel, for this young player, she still needs to continue to improve herself, and there is still a gap between her and becoming a top singles player.