On March 15, 2022, Beijing time, the Singapore Table Tennis Grand Slam continued, the women's singles 1/8 final, the world's fifth-ranked Wang Yidi played well, 3-0 eliminated Germany's Miltham, advanced to the quarterfinals, 1/4 final against the winner between Yuan Jiannan and Ito Mimakoto.
The 25-year-old Wang Yidi is slowly approaching the main lineup, and the steady improvement in the world ranking also shows that she has been improving. At present, Wang Yidi ranks 5th in the world, second only to the three olympic main players. In this competition, Wang Yidi signed the luck in general, and encountered Chen Xingtong in the first round, and she fought hard for 5 rounds to pass the pass. In the second round, Wang Yidi played against Miyu Hirano, and although he won 3-0, it was not easy to win.
After advancing to the round of 16, Wang Yidi finally welcomed a relatively weak player, that is, Germany's Miltheim, who drew the lottery and seized the opportunity to reach the women's singles round of 16 for the first time in such a high-level competition. Against Wang Yidi, her personal strength and competition experience are at a disadvantage, and she can only give it a go.
In the first set, Wang Yidi quickly entered the state, leading 4-2 at the beginning, Miltham's veneer quality was relatively average, the offensive rhythm was not too fast, wang Yidi was easy to adapt to the opponent's ball path. In the second half of the set, Wang Yidi gradually entered a good situation, completely suppressed the opponent, and easily won the first set 11-5.
In the second set, Wang Yidi led 4-0, and the opponent did have a relatively large gap, and it was difficult to keep up with wang Yidi's rhythm, and Wang Yidi led 8-2. Miltham chased a few points at the end of the set, but Wang Yidi still won another set 11-5, leading 2-0.
In the third set, Miltham let go of a fight, leading 3-1 in the opening, Wang Yidi made a slight adjustment, 4-3 to overtake, the opponent helplessly called a timeout. However, the huge gap in strength makes the suspension useless, Wang Yidi is very relaxed, with an occasional smile on his face, and he is indeed very confident. In the end, Wang Yidi successfully won the round 11-9, eliminating Miltham, the main player of German women's table tennis, 3-0, and advancing to the women's singles quarterfinals.
Wang Yidi will face the winner between Yuan Jiannan and Ito In the quarter-finals, considering that Ito's honesty is dominant, Wang Yidi's opponent in the next round is most likely Ito. However, Wang Yidi is Ito's nemesis, naturally will not be afraid of opponents, is in the ascending period of Wang Yidi is expected to advance to the final four!