On March 17, 2022, Beijing time, the Singapore Table Tennis Grand Slam continued, and the last 1/4 final of the women's singles, Wang Manyu eliminated European player Polkanova 3-0 to advance to the final four. At this point, the national table tennis won the women's singles final four, and in the next semi-finals, Wang Manyu fought against Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi and Chen Meng competed for another final seat.
Women's singles 1/4 final, Wang Yidi eliminated Yuan Jiannan 3-1, Chen Meng eliminated Ishikawa Jiachun 3-1, Sun Yingsha eliminated Waseda Xina 3-0, whether the national table tennis can lock the women's singles championship in advance, it depends on the last 1/4 final, that is, the contest between Wang Manyu and Polkanova. As the women's singles champion of the Xinke World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Manyu is of course stronger, and the strength of the two sides should not be on the same level.
However, Polkanova is in good shape, eliminating the famous player Du Kaixuan, her attack is very distinctive, and she dares to fight at key moments. Wang Manyu hardly faced too many challenges before the quarter-finals, although she was in two, her consumption was not large, and her physical strength was of course very abundant.
In the first set, Wang Manyu was a bit slow and hot, and fell behind 1-4 in the opening. Subsequently, through several back-and-forth moves, Wang Manyu gradually found his rhythm, and the second half of the set was chased to 8 draws. Subsequently, Wang Manyu seized his two serve opportunities and won the set point 10-8. Not to be outdone, Polkanova chased 10 draws. At the critical moment, Wang Manyu seized the opportunity and won the game 12-10.
In the second set, Wang Manyu became more and more courageous, taking a 4-1 lead, Polkanova was very tenacious, chasing 5 to 6 in the middle of the game, but Polkanova's strength did have a gap, and the control and handling of details was still relatively rough. Wang Manyu scored two points in the opponent's serve round to lead 10-8 at the end of the set, and then Wang Manyu served and scored, winning another set 11-8.
In the third set, Polkanova let go of a fight, but the strength gap was indeed relatively large, she fell behind 2-5, and then called a timeout. The suspension could not stop Wang Manyu, who would not easily miss the opportunity, and easily won the set 11-2, with a big score of 3-0 to advance to the final four.
At this point, the women's singles 1/4 finals are all over, and the national table tennis has successfully won the women's singles final four, locking in the Grand Slam women's singles championship in advance. Three Olympic players Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu joined hands to advance, and the other top four seat belonged to Wang Yidi. In the next women's singles semifinals, Wang Manyu again fought Against Sun Yingsha, wang Yidi challenged Chen Meng, and each game was a strong dialogue!