22 years of Grand Slam seventh match day began, in the women's singles 1/4 final, China's Wang Yidi ushered in the competition with the French player Yuan Jianan, this event is full of highlights, many fans are not very familiar with Yuan Jianan, she does not often participate in international events, more in France, but she broke out the Grand Slam big cold, counted as a dark horse player, so that today's Yuan Jianan and Wang Yidi's contest has more suspense.
Originally expected to be Ito Mimachi against Wang Yidi, the two jointly grabbed the final four places, reproducing the Grand Situation of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, but they did not expect to kill Yuan Jiannan halfway and beat Ito Mimako out of the round.
Looking back at the tournament, Ito Mimachi herself made many mistakes, but it is undeniable that the strength of opponent Yuan Jiannan cannot be denied. Due to the advantages of arm length and height, Yuan Jiannan's platform area is very large, the quality of the veneer is high, especially the high throwing serve makes Ito Mimachi suffer a lot, and the ability to hold the distance platform is first-class, which requires Wang Yidi's attention.
In the first set, the two sides started 1-1, Yuan Jianan belonged to the forehand glue particles near the platform fast attack method, the main pressure was in the first three boards, Wang Yidi was still inclined to the aesthetics of forehand violence, after mutual testing, Wang Yidi began to enter the state, 6-4 to maintain the advantage, because the opponent's main offensive point was in the first three boards, so as long as Wang Yidi could hold on to the situation, after Yuan Jianan threw the ball high, Wang Yidi had adapted to Yuan Jiannan's playing style, calculated the route score, and finally took the lead in entering the set point 10-8, winning 11-9.
In the second set, Wang Yidi started 3-0, she became more and more patient, the advantage increased after the number of boards increased, Yuan Jianan opened the line, Wang Yidi was somewhat uncomfortable in the face of the positive glue particle play, making it difficult for Wang Yidi to step on the serve on time, but Yuan Jianan did not have much breakthrough in the score, Wang Yidi 7-5 occupied the initiative, after playing 8-9, Wang Yidi cleanly and neatly dunked, yuan Jianan half out of the ball stared, and then 10-9 into the innings point, Wang Yidi lost a point because he was too anxious, and finally won 12-10.
In the third set, the two sides started 1-1, Wang Yidi became more and more patient, Yuan Jiannan used the suspension 3-1, after returning to the field, Wang Yidi led 5-4 as usual, 7-4, Wang Yidi was held up by Yuan Jianan's high throw, his expression was particularly annoyed, next, Wang Yidi changed his strategy, wanted to directly carry out the upward rotation ball confrontation, by improving the quality to get the match point, after 10-9, Qiu Yi could guide the suspension, after returning to the field, Yuan Jianan 11-10 rebounded, and finally won 14-12
In the fourth set, Yuan Jiannan became more and more courageous, directly 4-0 strong start, Wang Yidi faced the mentality of the dark horse players was affected, there were many unnecessary mistakes in the forehand position, Yuan Jiannan led 7-4, Wang Yidi's tactics were clear, relying on line changes and offensive consecutive 4 points to equalize the score (8-8), and then 10-9 entered the match point, and finally won 12-10, Wang Yidi shook hands with his opponent, calmly withdrew, and did not celebrate.
In short, Wang Yidi is strong and not afraid to confront Yuan Jiannan, but she is sometimes too anxious, always making unnecessary mistakes on her own, although there is no danger, she still needs to adjust her state. Yuan Jiannan's victory over Ito Mimachi has already achieved very good results, there is no psychological baggage, although the whole time downwind, but occasionally can find opportunities, play well.