On March 17, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam women's singles quarterfinals ended the focus showdown, the national table tennis Olympic champion Wang Manyu defeated Austria's Polkanova to reach the semifinals, and the women's singles top 4 were all won by the national table tennis players. In the women's singles semifinals, Sun Yingsha will fight Wang Manyu and Chen Meng will face Wang Yidi.
In this Grand Slam match, Wang Manyu played foreign battles all the way, all 3-0 victories, defeating 3 opponents including Porta and Diaz. Polkanova can break into the top 8, there is still a certain strength, although it also brought a lot of trouble, but Wang Manyu is still stronger than the opponent, and finally swept Polkanova 3-0, continuing the good play of 4 clean sheets against the opponent.
In the first set, Polkanova quickly launched, actively rushed to attack, started 4-1, 6-3 lead, Wang Manyu chased to 5-6 behind, Polcanova did not fall behind in the multi-shot confrontation, and then scored 2 points to lead 8-5, Wang Manyu launched a crazy attack at this time, scored 5 points to complete the counter-overtaking at 10-8, won 2 innings, Polkanova is also very tenacious, pulled the score into 10 draws, Wang Manyu took 2 more points to take the lead at 12-10;
In the second set, Polkanova was still full of morale, pulling the score into 6 draws and then 8 draws, but Wang Manyu's key point ability was too strong, scoring 3 points in a row to win 2 consecutive games 11-8; in the third set, Wang Manyu was full of firepower to lock in the victory 11-2.
In the semi-finals, Wang Manyu will once again face off against Sun Yingsha, and the two leaders of the new generation will have a peak duel again!
In the women's singles final of last year's National Games and houston world table tennis championships, Wang Manyu defeated Sun Yingsha and won the championship, and Sun Yingsha won the women's singles runner-up in a row. Until the Singapore World Cup, Wang Manyu was out of the cold in the first round, and Sun Yingsha defeated various masters all the way and finally won the women's singles championship.
Coming to the Macao Championship at the beginning of this year, Wang Manyu "made a comeback", defeating Liu Shiwen in the final and winning the women's singles championship. On the whole, after the Tokyo Olympic Games, Wang Manyu's state in the singles field can be called the best in the women's table tennis team, and he has won the most singles championships.
In this Grand Slam competition, Sun Yingsha has the help of the head coach Qiu Yike, and her status has been greatly improved, and there is a possibility of rushing to the triple crown. In addition, Chen Meng is also riveted and is bound to break the singles championship drought. Can Wang Manyu still stand on the podium of the World Series again in the fierce competition?
In the men's singles competition, national table 3 ma long, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, and Japan's only miao Utada Yukiya reached the men's singles quarterfinals. Overall, there are 7 national table tennis players in the top 4 of men's and women's singles, which once again reflects the strength of national table tennis.