The ITTF WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament continued on the 16th, at present, there are three men's and women's singles players in the national table tennis to enter the singles quarterfinals, while the men's doubles and women's doubles have reached the final four, and the mixed doubles national table tennis combination Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha will finally appear on this match day, and they will compete with the Chinese Taipei team Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing for the gold medal. Sun Yingsha ushered in three important matches on this match day, mixed doubles she wants to partner Wang Chuqin to attack the gold medal, women's doubles she wants to partner Wang Manyu to impact the final, and women's singles competition she wants to compete with Liu Shiwen for a place in the quarterfinals, it can be said that this match day is a very big test for Sun Yingsha.
The world's number one Sun Yingsha to meet the veteran Liu Shiwen, this game is the women's singles start so far the most concerned focus of the battle, this game is very important for both sides, Sun Yingsha although the current world ranking first, but the difference between the score and Chen Meng is not large, if eliminated too early, Sun Yingsha not only can not get the Asian Games singles qualification for the first time, her world ranking may also be surpassed by Chen Meng, with the ranking to obtain the right to singles is also very risky, If Liu Shiwen wants to participate in the singles competition of the Asian Games, she can only win the championship of this competition. From the perspective of world rankings, there is a big gap between Liu Shiwen, who ranks 17th, and Sun Yingsha, who ranks first, but the fact is that the comprehensive strength of the two is almost the same, and Liu Shiwen's experience is even richer. Sun Yingsha and Liu Shiwen are currently in good shape, Sun Yingsha has kept two consecutive rounds of clean sheets, especially the previous game's big victory over "genius girl" Ku Man, which can be said to be gradually getting better.
Veteran Liu Shiwen's performance is also strong, the first two rounds of the game has defeated two Chinese celebrities Tian Zhixi and Shan Xiaona, vaguely let people see the shadow of Liu Shiwen's peak period. Objectively speaking, Sun Yingsha's current comprehensive strength is still stronger than Liu Shiwen, as long as it does not play abnormally, Sun Yingsha's winning side is greater, but the veteran Liu Shiwen also has her own advantages, that is more experienced and faster, the last time the two met was in the semi-finals of the Macao Championship at the beginning of the year, when Liu Shiwen defeated Sun Yingsha, this time again Liu Shiwen had a psychological advantage. Liu Shiwen's career competition results have been good, and Sun Yingsha encountered players with particularly outstanding internal strength in national table tennis who always could not play their due level, the suspense of winning or losing this game was very large, and Sun Yingsha, who played three games a day, faced a huge test. Men's singles 1/8 final, China's famous Xu Xin to meet the German famous Francesca, the suspense of this game is still very large, Xu Xin this game is in good shape, but the first two rounds of the opponent's strength is limited, Xu Xin's weakness in the state of decline is covered up, against the German famous Francesca, Xu Xin can not be too careless, in the past there are many events, Xu Xin are at a critical moment to drop the chain, this game Xu Xin to be difficult to prepare, otherwise it is not impossible to be upset.
The first game of the women's doubles semifinals was played by the national table tennis world champion combination Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha against the Luxembourg combination Ni Xialian / Denut, the national table tennis combination won the last round of the game is not easy, they won three consecutive sets in the case of losing one game first, and finally it was difficult to eliminate the Korean combination Liang Xiayin / Tian Zhixi, Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha Although winning, in fact, the competition between the two sides in each game is very fierce, the semi-final against the Luxembourg combination Ni Xialian / Denute, Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha needs to come up with better state and more tacit cooperation, From the perspective of the comparison of the strengths of the two sides, the national table tennis king Manyu / Sun Yingsha has greater hopes for promotion. Men's doubles semifinal Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin against the German combination of Duda / Qiu Dang, the national table tennis combination to ensure that the five event finals have Chinese players, men's doubles semifinals must win, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin strength is better, the probability of winning is very large.
Sun Yingsha will make her third appearance on this match day, she will partner with Wang Chuqin to participate in the mixed doubles final, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha will impact the first champion of this competition in the mixed doubles final, their opponent is the Chinese Taipei combination Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing, at present, the World Table Tennis Mixed Doubles Champion Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha has become the first mixed doubles combination of national table tennis, which is very favorable for the two to compete for the qualification for the Paris Olympic Games, the current specifications of the Singapore Grand Slam Are second only to the "Three Majors", if they can win the championship in this competition, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha will continue to consolidate her position in the national table tennis team. Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha final opponent Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing strength is quite strong, currently ranked first in the world, the two pairs of pairs met in the semi-finals of the World Table Tennis Championships, when the national table tennis combination won 3:1, this time again, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha is still optimistic, the two are expected to win the first gold medal for the national table tennis competition.
WTT Grand Slam Singapore 16th Schedule:
13:30 Yoshinori Ishikawa vs Zheng Yijing
14:00 Lin Yunru vs Dako
14:10 Duda vs Carlson
14:40 Sun Yingsha vs Liu Shiwen
14:50 Yukiya Utada / Hayabusa Tokami vs Tomoyuki / Chen Jian'an
15:20 Szokos / Polkanova vs Hina Hayata / Yoshimachi Ito
15:45 Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha vs De Nutt / Ni Xialian
16:00 Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin vs Qiu Dang / Du Da
19:00 Xu Xin vs Francesca
19:40 Sutasini v Polkanova
20:20 Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha vs Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing