In a women's singles quarterfinal at the just-concluded WTT Grand Slam In Singapore, mainland China's Wang Yidi defeated The Dark Horse Yuan Jiannan from France by a score of 3:1.
In the first set, Wang Yidi was less accustomed to Yuan Jiannan's serve, so he fell behind 1:3 at one point. Subsequently, Wang Yidi gradually became self-centered, quickly equalizing the score and taking a 5:3 lead. Then from 6:4 to 7:5 to 8:6, Wang Yidi firmly controlled the narrow lead on the field. Although Yuan Jianan took advantage of the fight and Wang Yidi's mistakes to chase the score to 8:8, Wang Yidi did not give Yuan Jianan a chance on the key ball, and at 11:9, Wang Yidi won the first game.
In the second set, Wang Yidi started 3:1 to establish a lead, and then maintained the lead at 5:3, 7:5. Although Yuan Jianan tightly grasped the score to drag the game into 8:8, 9:9, 10:10 draws, Wang Yidi was not soft on the key ball, she tore the forehand attack score with a backhand, 12:10, Wang Yidi won the second set.
When Wang Yidi led 3:1 in the third set, Yuan Jiannan called a timeout. Back, the two sides fought even more fiercely, and the score changed from 5:3 and 7:5 to 8:8 again. After that, Wang Yidi used the serve to grab the attack at one point 10:8 to get the match point, but Yuan Jiannan used his varied serve to disrupt Wang Yidi's rhythm, and the two sides played 10:10. After that, the two sides fought with wits and courage, and the score was also from 10 draws to 12 draws. The last polish tennis Wang Yidi rescued in time, yuan Jiannan won a round back at 14:12.
In the fourth set, Wang Yidi fell behind 0:4 from the beginning, and later after she chased hard, the score gradually chased from 2:6 to 4:7, 6:8, 8:8 draw. After the two men experienced a 9:9, 10:10 tie, Wang Yidi used the change in serve to win the match point again at 11:10. Yuan Jiannan returned to the net, and Wang Yidi scored a winning point, defeating Yuan Jiannan with a score of 12:10. First to advance to the women's singles semifinals of the WTT Grand Slam Singapore.
In this Grand Slam tournament, Wang Yidi defeated his sister Chen Xingtong and Japan's Miyu Hirano to advance to the quarterfinals. Although she finally defeated her opponent Yuan Jiannan, judging from the score of each set, she did not win very easily.
Although Yuan Jiannan has been unknown before, she did play very well in this Grand Slam tournament - she first defeated Hong Kong's famous Su Huiyin, and then eliminated the third seed of this tournament, Japan's Ito Mimachi, in the sixteen-into-eight competition.