On March 12, in the first round of the mixed doubles of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin faced egyptian duos Messeve and Assar. In the end, the "Shatou Combination" swept the opponent 3-0 and advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals, of which in the third set, the two saved 3 innings points, successfully reversed and won, and performed strongly.
At the beginning of the first set, the Egyptian combination played very tacitly, and they chased down to 3-4 at one point. Wang Chuqin began to exert his strength, they scored consecutive points, and the opponent Messeve also made more mistakes. Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin led 8-3, and Wang Chuqin received the ball and sent a score. Sun Yingsha also showed her efficient side, scoring three consecutive points to win the first set 11-4.
At the beginning of the second set, Messeve and Assar started well, once fighting a 2-2 draw, and then the strength of Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin still occupied the advantage, especially Sun Yingsha's point, the performance was getting better and better, they easily won 11-3, leading the opponent 2-0.
In the third set, Messeve and Asar scored three consecutive points, but their own mistakes were not well controlled. Wang Chuqin made many mistakes, and when he was 4-7 behind, Wang Chuqin also kept shaking his head. The Shatou combination did not give up, tenaciously chased to a 7-7 draw, and Wang Chuqin made another mistake. The opponent led 10-7, but their mistakes began to increase, and Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin saved three innings to win 12-10 and beat the opponent 3-0 on aggregate.
Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin both have three events at this WTT Singapore Grand Slam, and the tasks are very heavy. Judging from today's game, the two are still in good shape, before they had a good performance in singles, to the familiar mixed doubles field, their tacit understanding is still very high, relatively easy to win the first game, advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals.
The combination of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha has achieved brilliant achievements, in 2018, the two were paired, they won the mixed doubles runner-up at the Korean Table Tennis Open, and at the Asian Games in Jakarta in the same year, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha defeated Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu 4-2 to become the Asian champion. Later, Sun Yingsha and Xu Xin were paired, and in 2020, the Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha combination won the runner-up of the ITTF Qatar Open. At last year's World Table Tennis Championships, the "Shatou Combination" successfully won the championship and won the World Table Tennis Mixed Doubles Championships Trophy, the Herduzek Cup, for the first time.
This time to the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin reunited, the goal of the two is very clear, is to win the championship, and strive to continue to make breakthroughs after the World Table Tennis Championships to the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, but also look forward to the next performance of the "Shatou Combination".