On March 18, Beijing time, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Championship ushered in the eighth matchday. The women's singles semi-final will be staged later in the national table tennis civil war, Wang Yidi vs Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha vs Wang Manyu. These four national table tennis players occupy 4 of the top 5 places in the women's singles world rankings (Sun Yingsha 1st, Chen Meng 2nd, Wang Manyu 4th, Wang Yidi 5th). So tonight's 2 matches can be said to be the highest level of table tennis women's singles showdown in the world at present.
These 2 matches are said to be the highest level of duels in the world's table tennis women's singles, and can also be said to be the front stop of the national table tennis sister dispute. Fans who like table tennis should know that Chen Meng has been ranked first in the women's singles world for consecutive years. Unfortunately, after winning the women's singles championship at the Tokyo Olympics, it suffered a low tide. First, he lost 3-1 to Liu Shiwen at the National Games, then lost 3-4 to Wang Manyu at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships to stop in the round of 4, and then lost to Wang Yidi 3-4 in the women's singles match of the WTT World Cup. Subsequently, Chen Meng's world ranking first place was taken away by Sun Yingsha. Therefore, some fans believe that Sun Yingsha is the first sister of the current national table tennis.
Now, in the arena of the WTT Grand Slam, Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha walked to the semi-finals at the same time. After half a year, the 2 players are expected to meet again in the final and prove with strength who is the first sister of national table tennis. However, before the battle between the first sister of the national table tennis begins, Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha still need to face the test of Wang Yidi and Wang Manyu.
Because, the most recent meeting between Chen Meng and Wang Yidi was in the WTT World Cup, Chen Meng finally lost to Wang Yidi 3-4. The most recent meeting between Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu was at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, and Sun Yingsha also lost to Wang Manyu, and the score of that match was 2-4. Therefore, whether Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha can meet in the final and carry out this national table tennis sister dispute still needs to see the faces of Wang Yidi and Wang Manyu.
Looking back at this WTT Singapore Grand Slam, the 4 players are in very good shape. Sun Yingsha eliminated Winter Sabine, national table tennis teenager Kuman, veteran Liu Shiwen and Japan's Hina Hayata in 3-0 in 4 games. Wang Manyu eliminated Liu Xinyin, Pota, Diaz and Polkanova in 3-0 in four games. Wang Yidi eliminated Chen Xingtong 3-2 in the first match, Miyu Hirano 3-0 in the 2nd game, Mittheim Nina in the 3rd game, and Yuan Jiannan in the 4th game 3-1. Chen Meng eliminated Hitomi Sato 3-0, Zeng Jian 3-1, He Zhuojia 3-0, and Ishikawa Yoshijun 3-1 (played Ishikawa Yoshinori 11-0).
If, purely in terms of achievements and the strength of her opponents, Sun Yingsha's record will be better. However, Chen Meng's ability to beat Ishikawa Yoshizumi 11-0 shows that the state has reached its best. Besides, table tennis is also round, and in the case of a small disparity in the strength of 4 players, any result may occur. Do you think That Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng will eventually meet in the final?