The inaugural WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament, on the evening of March 17, featured a women's singles quarterfinal, featuring young Chinese Player Sun Yingsha and Japan's YoungSter Hina Hayata.
Sun Yingsha and Hina Hayata are the same age, both born in 2000, and Sun Yingsha won the women's singles runner-up and women's team championship at the Tokyo Olympics last year. It is an outstanding representative of young Chinese women's table tennis players.
And Hayata Hina has been in very good shape recently, winning the women's singles championship in the round of 32 held in Japan not long ago, and thus qualifying for the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships!
In the first set, Hayata started fiercely, using her own serve to score two consecutive points to take a 2-0 lead. But Sun Yingsha soon chased the score to 2 draws.
Since then, the competition between the two has become more intense, and the score has been drawn many times, from 3 draws to 7 draws!
Hayata's landing point was excellent, and Sun Yingsha tightly held the score, and the two sides scored to 8 draws! After the 8 draw, Sun Yingsha and Hayata Xina began a multi-shot standoff, sun Yingsha took advantage of the rhythm change, scored two consecutive points, and took the lead in the round point 10-8!
Hina Hayata saved a set, but Sun Yingsha still won the first set with an 11-9 lead!
In the first set, Sun Yingsha handled some key points better, daring to play with Hayata Hina in the later stages, and using the change of rhythm to force Hayata Hina to make mistakes.
In the second set, Hina Hayata started very actively, scoring three consecutive points to take a 4-0 lead! Sun Yingsha took advantage of the change in the landing point of the backhand serve to mobilize Hayata Xina, and Sun Yingsha chased the score to 2-4.
Hayata Isena is better at playing relay balls, and at this point, Sun Yingsha needs to pay attention! Sun Yingsha stepped up the change of rhythm, disrupted Hayata's fierce and fierce attack, and chased the score to 5-4, sun Yingsha chased 5 points in a row, and the score was reversed!
At present, Hayata Hina is more afraid of Sun Yingsha's serve and delays in solving the problem of receiving the serve. At this point, Hayata's shot was no longer as decisive as it was at the beginning, and Sun Yingsha led 8-6.
Sun Yingsha became more and more courageous, won the set point again 10-7, and finally won another round with a score of 11-7!
In this game, Hayata Xina started very fiercely, but in the handling of some balls, it was not as delicate as Sun Yingsha, who quickly adjusted in the case of 0-4 behind, scoring 6 consecutive points to reverse the score.
When Sun Yingsha was in better shape in Hayata, Sun Yingsha used the change in the landing point of the serve to disrupt hayata's rhythm, which was also the fundamental reason for Sun Yingsha's victory!
The third set was very important for Hayata Hina.
Hayata Xina, who had no way back, started a fierce fight, Sun Yingsha did not want to show weakness, and the two played a multi-shot stalemate, and the score was 3 draws. 4 draws, Sun Yingsha seized the opportunity to score two consecutive points in Hayata's serve to take a 6-4 lead.
Hina Hayata suppressed Sun Yingsha with her backhand, scoring consecutive backhand attacks to chase the score to 6 draws. Sun Yingsha was a little anxious at this time, and Hayata Shina scored two consecutive points to take an 8-6 lead.
Sun Yingsha recovered a point, and Hayata Wasa was forced to call a timeout at this time.
Back from the suspension, Sun Yingsha chased another point, and the score came to 8 draws. After the 9 draw, Sun Yingsha scored two consecutive points to end the game with an 11-9 score.
In this game, although Sun Yingsha led 3-0, every inning Hayata Xina created great difficulties for Sun Yingsha.
And Sun Yingsha was able to win in the end, mainly because of the solid basic skills, and at the same time, the handling of key balls was more reasonable, while Hayata Xina was a bit difficult to handle the fierce relationship, sometimes too fierce, resulting in a lot of mistakes.
After the game, Sun Yingsha also gave a high evaluation to Hayata Hina, believing that she and Hayata Hina had played a very high level!
At the same time, Sun Yingsha also expressed her gratitude to the fans at the scene, thanking everyone for their support for themselves, and at the same time, she will go all out in the semi-finals to show a better self!
Sun Yingsha's opponent in the semifinals is likely to be Wang Manyu. Previously, Sun Yingsha has lost to Wang Manyu in the final of the National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, this time the two meet again, can Sun Yingsha win back a city?
Let's wait and see!