On the evening of March 16, Beijing time, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam mixed doubles final, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha combined defeated the Chinese Taipei team Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing 3-0 to win the championship.
Beijing time last night, the first Grand Slam championship trophy in the history of table tennis was won by Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha, who defeated the Chinese Taipei duo Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing 3-0 in the mixed doubles final, following the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, once again won the heavyweight championship, the "Shatou" combination in the Paris Olympic cycle has a good future.
Like the Tokyo Olympics, each association only has one pair of combinations that can participate in the Grand Slam mixed doubles competition, and the Chinese team sent Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, which is enough to show that "Shatou" is the most preferred candidate for the coaching staff at this stage of the national table tennis, if in the remaining two years of the Paris Olympic cycle, no combination can surpass them, the two are likely to join hands on the Olympic field.
They did live up to expectations at the all-new WTT Grand Slam arena, with a strong advance to the final in the semi-finals against Hong Kong's Hong Kong duo of Wong Chun Ting/Du Kai-hsuan. Facing the old rival Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing, Wang Chuqin said that the strength of the two sides is half and half, mainly to see the on-the-spot play, Sun Yingsha also said that everyone's strength is similar, and this game should be based on fighting.
But in fact, they are still a bit modest, in the Houston World Table Tennis Championships in November last year, the two were in this final 3-1 defeat this Chinese Taipei combination to advance to the final, and finally defeated Zhang Benzhihe / Hayata Xina to win the championship, in the history of pairing, "Shatou" has achieved good results since 2018, all the way to the tacit understanding is obvious to all, in terms of personal ability, Sun Yingsha is a rare female player who can play against Lin Yunru, and Zheng Yijing's side can not give Wang Chuqin a greater threat.
In fact, before the start of the final, Wang Chuqin was still a bit bottomless in his heart, but after playing, they came up with the best state, after winning 11-3 in the first set, Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing had a certain counterattack in the second set, but "Shatou" also continued the pattern of mutual encouragement and communication when the semi-final encountered difficulties, biting this round 12-10, to the third set, the other party has been beaten, "Sha tou" played a small climax of 9-1, and finally locked up the win 11-3, winning the first gold medal of this Grand Slam.
After winning the championship, Wang Chuqin has always put the word happy on his lips: "Both sides played very well in this final, we developed some tactics for them before the game, and the execution was very successful in the game, and I was very happy to win with Sasha in the end." Seeing the new WTT Red Championship Trophy, Sun Yingsha was also overjoyed: "I like red, I will take a few more more in the future." ”
They have the ability to take more in the future, because in addition to their own strength, trust is the most indispensable factor between doubles partners, and this, similar age they really did. Sun Yingsha said: "The two of us can get such results now, it lies in mutual trust and encouragement, this time we are both in three, every day the game is very busy, but still will have good communication before the game." ”
In Sun Yingsha's eyes, Wang Chuqin fully met the standard of excellence of a mixed doubles male player: "Datou has done a good job in taking responsibility, from the World Championships to this time, he lost before the mixed doubles semi-finals, but his ability to adjust quickly is much faster than I thought, whether it is cooperation or tacit understanding." I'm all happy with him. ”
Wang Chuqin also did not hesitate to praise Sun Yingsha: "Salsa's singles strength is very strong, it is the top two in the world, and often the players with strong singles are not so focused on the mixed doubles, but Sasha is very good at this and attaches great importance to the game." ”
One is to step by step on the growth trajectory, young age is very big picture, one is to re-precipitate and start after experiencing the years of youth, the personalities of the two people are actually very different, but in Wang Chuqin's view, it is this kind of personality complementarity that makes them go better in the mixed doubles pairing: "I sometimes have some emotional and radical ideas, and she can give me comfort." She is more calm, I am more liberated, and I hope that we can achieve more good results in the future. ”
Wen | Li Ting
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