On March 16, 2022, Beijing time, the Singapore Table Tennis Grand Slam entered the 6th day of the main tournament, and a total of 11 matches were arranged throughout the day, including the mixed doubles final, and the national table tennis team strived to win the first championship of this competition. Ito, who was unexpectedly out of the women's singles, ushered in the battle of redemption, and she partnered Hina Hayata to fully impact the women's doubles final. In the women's singles arena, the focus battle is Sun Yingsha vs Liu Shiwen, which is somewhat cruel.
The men's singles has already decided five quarter-finals, and three more will be decided on this matchday. Veteran Xu Xin against Germany's Francesca, this is obviously an uphill battle. Lin Yunru's opponent is The European star Dako Yochek, and Germany's Duda vs. Sweden's Karlsson, the two matches are also strong dialogue.
In the women's singles arena, the focus battle is Liu Shiwen vs Sun Yingsha, the two powerful players met in advance, there are indeed some regrets, this is obviously a final-level contest, the key to victory or defeat is the on-site play. In addition, Japan's Yoshinori Ishikawa played against Zheng Yijing, and Thailand's Sutasini played against Polkanova. After this matchday, the men's singles quarterfinals and women's singles quarterfinals will all be released.
This matchday will produce the first title in grand slam history, with the mixed doubles final featuring Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha vs. Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing. Obviously, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha is more optimistic, but the physical consumption of two people is more large. Before playing in the mixed doubles final, Sun Yingsha also had to participate in the women's singles 1/8 final and the women's doubles semifinals, and Wang Chuqin had to participate in the men's doubles semifinals, which was worrying physically.
In contrast, Lin Yunru and Zheng Yijing's schedule is more relaxed, Zheng Yijing is idle, Lin Yunru only plays a men's singles game, and their physical reserves may be better than Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, which is one of the variables in the final.
In addition, the men's doubles semifinals and women's doubles semifinals will be held on this matchday. The two semi-finals of men's doubles are Yukiya Utada / Hayabusa Tokami vs. Zhuang Zhiyuan / Chen Jian'an, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin vs. Qiu Dang / Du Da, and the national table tennis combination strives to reach the men's doubles final. The women's doubles semi-finals were Szokos/Polkanova vs. Hina Hayata/Ito, Wang Manyu/Sun Yingsha vs. Denut/Ni Xialian, and Ito was unexpectedly out of the women's singles, the women's doubles was a redemption battle and her only chance to compete for the title.
Overall, Sun Yingsha plays three games a day, the test is huge, I hope she unloads her baggage, easily faces every game, and wishes good luck in national table tennis!