On March 13, WTT Singapore Grand Slam men's singles reached the quarter-finals. The first match of the national table tennis was played by "big head" Wang Chuqin against England's Pecheford.
In the first round of the main tournament, Wang Chuqin defeated Sweden's Fark 3-0 and Pichford beat Paraguay's Aquiri 3-1.
Peecheford is a very strong player. In the men's doubles final of the Qatar Open Table Tennis Championships in March 2020, Pichefort/Kinkohor lost 1-3 to Malone/Xu Xin and finished second. In the same competition, he personally lost 2-4 to Fan Zhendong in the men's singles final and won the second place. Pecheford is now ranked 15th in the world, only two places behind Wang Chuqin.
If the world rankings were, the two should be able to fight a glue battle, which turned out not to be the case. Wang Chuqin swept Pickeford 3-0, with the scores in three sets 11:8, 11:8 and 11:5.
In the first set, Wang Chuqin won the set point 10-6, and Pitcheford scored two consecutive points to narrow the gap. Pecheford took the lead and Wang Chuqin won the first set 11:8.
In the second set, Wang Chuqin took a 5-4 lead. He scored two more points in a row, bringing the difference to three points. Wang Chuqin won the set point 10:7. Wang Chuqin made a mistake and gave his opponent a chance. However, Wang Chuqin won the second set at 11:8.
In the third set, Pitcheford scored a 3-1 start, and Wang Chuqin scored three consecutive points to win. Peecheford scored two consecutive points to lead Wang Chuqin again 5-4. Wang Chuqin began to exert his strength, scoring 7 consecutive points to win the set 11:5.
In the end, Wang Chuqin swept Pickeford 3-0 to advance to the men's singles round of 16. Wang Chuqin is in good shape and is likely to achieve good results in this tournament.
Another national table tennis match is the women's singles quarterfinals, with "Sasha" Sun Yingsha playing against Kuman. This is a showdown between two young national table tennis players. Sun Yingsha has achieved great results in adult competitions, won many international championships, and has won the Olympic Games, World Table Tennis Championships, World Cup and other major competitions, and is now ranked first in the world rankings.
Kuo Man is three or four years younger than Sun Yingsha, and previously mainly participated in the youth group competition, winning the women's singles championship at the World Youth Championships. Although Kuman is young, his level is high. She started with the qualifiers, winning all three qualifying matches 3-0. In the first round of the main round, Kuman defeated Singapore veteran Feng Tianwei 3-1. Victory after victory shows that Ku man's strength is very strong.
The head coach of both men is Qiu Yike. In the match with the disciples and sisters, Qiu Yi can be optimistic about its success and does not need to be personally directed.
In the end, Sun Yingsha defeated Ku man 3-0. The scores in the three sets were 11:8, 11:5, 11:5. Sun Yingsha's strength is obviously stronger than Ku Man.'s.
In the first set, Kuman showed great strength, making a 5:1 start. At 6:2, Sun Yingsha rose to catch up and scored 3 consecutive points, with a point difference of only 1 point. At 7:5, Sun Yingsha scored four consecutive points to overtake Kuman 9:7. Sun Yingsha came up and won the first set 11:8.
The second set began with a sticky run until 4 draws. Sun Yingsha scored three consecutive points to take the lead. After Kuman scored one point, Sun Yingsha scored four more points to win another set at 11:5. In the third set, Sun Yingsha made a 2-0 start, and after Ku Man scored 1 point, Sun Yingsha scored 7 consecutive points to take a 9:1 lead. Ku Man couldn't do anything, and Sun Yingsha won the round 11:5.
In the end, Sun Yingsha defeated Ku Man 3-0 and successfully advanced to the women's singles round of 16.
This result is somewhat unexpected, and it seems to be expected. I thought that Kuman would lose, but I didn't expect to lose so completely. It is reasonable that the two will not have such a big gap. Although Kuman competes less in the adult category, her strength is really good. And the mind is very mature, dare to fight, dare to fight, dare to fight. This time Kuman did not play at his own level.
Maybe Ku Man also felt that he couldn't win Sun Yingsha, so he didn't do his best. In front of the master sister, there was a bit of convergence. It is believed that Kuman will soon come out of the defeat and achieve good results in other competitions.
Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha are known as the "Shatou Combination". The two advanced to the singles round of 16 at the same time, which is gratifying!