On March 10, Beijing time, the 2022 German Open entered the third matchday. In a match in the second round of the women's singles, dai Ziying, who is ranked No. 1 in the world, competed against Japan's Sayaka Takahashi. The two sides have met a total of 6 times before, and Dai Ziying has won the game. Today's match Takahashi Also performed even better, she dropped two straight sets to block Dai Ziying out of the quarterfinals.
In the first half of the first set, the two sides alternated leads, the point difference was not pulled open, and Takahashi also added an 11-8 lead to enter the technical interval. After the suspension, Dai Ziying once chased down 12-13 only 1 point. Takahashi also scored five consecutive points to take advantage of six points at 18-12. She continued to work hard, taking seven innings 20-13. Dai Ziying chased down 15-20, and Takahashi also scored another point to win the first set 21-15.
In the second set, Dai Ziying came up and had a slight advantage, Takahashi Also added 10-7 to win, dai Ziying scored 3 consecutive points until 10 draws. After that, the two sides alternated the lead, fighting all the way to 18 draws. At the crucial moment, Sa Takahashi also scored three consecutive points to win the second set 21-18.
In the end, in a 34-minute match, Japan's Sasuke Takahashi also defeated the top seed Dai Ziying 21-15, 21-18 to successfully reach the quarterfinals of the tournament. The opponent of the quarter-finals against Takahashi Sayaka will be China's Zhang Yiman, and with Dai Ziying's exit, the National Women's Singles has lost the biggest opponent on the way to the championship in this tournament.