On the evening of March 18, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam women's singles semifinals, two national table tennis civil wars, both played to 7 innings, the game was unusually glued, can be called "fairy fight". The first to appear was the Olympic women's singles champion Chen Meng against the world's fifth-ranked main teammate Wang Yidi, the two sides fought hard for 7 sets, and finally Chen Meng defeated Wang Yidi 4-3 to take the lead in the final. In another semi-final, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu met, and finally Wang Manyu won 4-3 and advanced to the final.
At this WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Chinese women's table tennis won the women's singles final four, so the two semi-finals were internal competitions of national table tennis. The first to appear were Chen Meng and Wang Yidi, who, since winning the double title at the Tokyo Olympics, chen Meng has stopped in the semi-finals at the National Games, the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, the Singapore World Cup and the WTT Macau Championships. Coming to the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Chen Meng withdrew to the decider after leading 3-1 and was dragged into the decider, resisted the pressure to win the decider, and finally defeated teammate Wang Yidi 4-3 to advance to the final.
Chen Meng said after the game that Wang Yidi fought very fiercely in this game, she entangled with me point by point, and sometimes when she was one or two points short, she often felt that it would be much worse. Recently, I have never played such a difficult game with Wang Yidi, and from the perspective of this duel, it feels very valuable.
Talking about the showdown, Chen Meng said: "I think today's match between me and Wang Yidi presented a wonderful game for the audience, and Wang Yidi and I both showed our best state, playing seven games, consuming a lot, and being lucky to win the game. The last time the seventh inning was lost 10-8, this time the difference was that the seventh inning was won 10-8, and this game was not easy to win. ”
In another semi-final, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu met. Previously, in the women's singles final of the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston last year, Wang Manyu defeated Sun Yingsha 4-2 to win the championship. At this WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Sun Yingsha has successfully won the mixed doubles championship, and then she and Wang Manyu joined forces to reach the women's doubles final. In the women's singles semifinals, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu once again staged a peak showdown. In the end, the two played a decider, Wang Manyu defeated Sun Yingsha 4-3 and met Chen Mengshi in the final.
Wang Manyu said after the game that this game was the first time to meet Sun Yingsha after the World Championships, the two were similar in strength, played very well, and there were also a lot of luck balls, "Thank you for cheering me and everyone all the time, I hope to show you more and better games." ”
This time, Sun Yingsha competed in a total of three competitions: women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. For the loss of the women's singles semifinals, Sun Yingsha admitted after the game that although she lost this game, she also played her best level, "I think there is also a chance to win, go back and summarize well, there is still a lot of room for improvement." ”
Text/Beiqing Sports Zhou Xueshuai