On the afternoon of March 13, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Grand Slam broke out a big cold, Hong Kong, China's "first sister", the world's 7th place Du Kaixuan in the women's singles event was tragically reversed, 1-0 lead after the Austrian player Polkanova won 3 consecutive sets of overturned, thus stopping in the second round.
It is worth mentioning that Du Kaixuan is the only athlete who has recently defeated the national table tennis Olympic champion Wang Manyu, and this Grand Slam is divided into a community with Wang Manyu, so everyone originally wanted to see them again, but Du Kaixuan was out of the second round, so who can stop Wang Manyu from winning the championship this time?
Du Kaixuan and Polkanova are asian and European women's table tennis celebrities, but relatively speaking, the former is still stronger, after all, the foundation of the Hong Kong team is much better than that of the Austrian team, so everyone is optimistic about Du Kaixuan winning this competition, but the result is greatly unexpected.
After the game started, Du Kaixuan took the lead and came out on top 11-4 with great ease in the first set, and everything looked so normal. However, then the situation on the court took a big turn, and Polkanova won two consecutive key sets, winning the second set 11-9 and the third set 12-10, but forcing Du Kaixuan into a desperate situation!
In the fourth set, Du Kaixuan fought backwaters but the momentum was not as good as before, this time she did not even play the key points to end the battle, 6-11 lost the whole game, lost 3 consecutive sets and was eliminated, it was really unexpected - and as mentioned before, Du Kaixuan's exit is undoubtedly a good news for Wang Manyu.
Friends who pay attention to Wang Manyu know that the young player has maintained a good state for nearly a year, winning the women's singles championship of the National Table Tennis Express, the National Games, the World Table Tennis Championships, and the WTT Macau Tournament in a row, defeating Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Liu Shiwen and others in a row, and the only defeat was the 0-3 defeat to Du Kaixuan in the WTT World Cup final at the end of last year.
According to the women's singles signing of the WTT Grand Slam, the strongest opponent in the 2/4 zone where Wang Manyu is located should be Du Kaixuan: whether from past achievements or recent meeting records, Du Kaixuan is the most qualified person to challenge Wang Manyu, and she did not expect that she would collapse in the second round.
I have to say that competitive sports are indeed full of uncertainty. For example, Polkanova's previous record is really lackluster, and there is no advantage over China's first-class athletes, but she did not expect to eliminate Du Kaixuan this time, so Wang Manyu can not be paralyzed: the cold door may appear at any time, and if you want to win the championship, you have to take one step at a time.
So will the women's singles championship of this competition be won by Wang Manyu? Let's sit back and wait for the latest war report to come back!