On March 18, Beijing time, the 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam Women's Singles Semifinals, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha staged a seven-set peak duel, and finally Wang Manyu narrowly defeated Sun Yingsha 4-3 and will compete with Chen Meng for the championship.
National table tennis has previously won the women's singles semifinals, locking in the championship in advance. The second semi-final was when Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu met, and the most classic battle between the two was the women's singles final of last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, when Wang Manyu defeated Sun Yingsha 4-2 to win the championship. In this Singapore competition, Sun Yingsha has won the mixed doubles championship.
Previously, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu's promotion path was called "destroying the decay", and all of their singles matches were won 3-0. In the quarter-finals, Sun Yingsha swept Japan's Hina Hayata 3-0, while Wang Manyu also beat Polkanova 3-0. This is the 13th time that Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu have played each other in an international competition, and both sides have won 6 and lost 6. However, in the last few competitions, Sun Yingsha is in the inferior position in the singles match with Wang Manyu.
It was a showdown at the highest level of women's table tennis in the world today, with the two sides playing seven innings, each with a small point difference and almost equal (7-11, 12-10, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 12-14, 11-8).
After the difficult victory, Wang Manyu excitedly knelt down to celebrate this difficult victory.
In an interview at the scene after the game, Wang Manyu said, "Today's ball is also another fight with Sasha after the World Championships, the process is still fierce and tense, our level ah, the overall ability is very close, so today there are a lot of luck balls." Slightly better luck. ”
The host also asked Wang Manyu what he said to the audience and fans around the world, wang Manyu said: "Thank you for always, whether it is to cheer for yourself or to everyone, and thank you very much for liking table tennis!" I also hope that I can show you more and better competitions! ”
It is worth mentioning that the women's doubles combination of Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu also advanced to the final, and they will face the Japanese team of Ito Mimachi / Hayata Hina in tonight's final.
(Highlights of the 8th day of the main tournament)
In another semi-final, Chen Meng defeated Wang Yidi 4-3 to advance to the final. Last year's World Cup finals, the two also met in the women's singles semifinals, and finally Wang Yidi defeated Chen Meng to advance to the final, ending a four-game losing streak against Chen Meng, and this game Chen Meng completed "revenge".
Chen Meng said after the game, "I think today's game with Wang Yidi presented a wonderful game for the audience, and Wang Yidi and I both showed our best form, playing seven sets, consuming a lot, and we were lucky to win the game." ”
Chen Meng and Wang Manyu's women's singles final will start tomorrow night, which will be another peak showdown of equal strength, and it remains to be seen who can lift the first women's singles championship trophy in the history of the WTT World Table Tennis Federation.
On 19 March, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament entered its ninth matchday. CCTV-5 will broadcast live the men's singles semifinals and women's doubles finals. In the men's singles semifinals, Fan Zhendong faced Japan's Yukiya Utada, and Ma Long played against Liang Jingkun. The women's doubles final will be played by Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha against the Japanese duo of Hina Hayata / Mimachi Ito.
19:00 Singapore Grand Slam - Men's Singles Semifinals, Women's Doubles Finals (CCTV-5 Live)
19:00 樊樊东 VS Uda Koya (Japan)
19:45 Ma Long vs Liang Jingkun
20:00 Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha vs Hayata Hina / Ito Mimachi (Japan)
(Photo and video transferred from WTT World Table Tennis Federation)
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