March 19 marks the penultimate day of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam. Today's match starts at 19:00 Beijing time, in the first two men's singles semifinals, Fan Zhendong defeated Japan's Yukiya Utada 4-2, And Ma Long defeated teammate Liang Jingkun 4-0, and the two will compete for the men's singles championship of the first WTT Grand Slam tomorrow (March 20).
At 21:10 Beijing time, the women's doubles final of the first WTT Grand Slam was staged. Played by Sun Yingsha / Wang Manyu against the Japanese duo of Hina Hayata / Mimachi Ito. The two sides are old rivals, Sun Yingsha / Wang Manyu have won 4-2 at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest and 3-0 at the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships.
In the first set, Sun Yingsha / Wang Manyu pulled the state full, 7-1, 9-2 quickly led the score. On the other hand, Hayata Xena / Ito Mimachi made a series of mistakes, only at the end of the innings, with Ito Mimachi's fight to score. But in the end, Sun Yingsha/ Wang Manyu were able to win easily 11-4. Although Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu are both right-handed, the running position is not affected at all, and the cooperation is also tacit.
In the second set, Hina Hayata and Mimachi Ito were paired left and right, and they were more comfortable in the running position. Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu are familiar with it's launch and changes, and continue to lead 4-2, 5-3. While Ito's unnecessary mistakes are slightly more, Hayata Isuna is more stable. Sun Yingsha had already predicted it for ito's changes, taking the first set point 10-5 and going down two cities 11-6.
In the third set, Ito Washo was not in good shape today, almost forming a situation in which Hayata Shina fought independently. Sun Yingsha / Wang Manyu scored 5 consecutive points after 4 draws in the middle of the game, opening the score gap 9-4. They defeated the Japanese duo 3-0 again 11-4 to win the inaugural WTT Grand Slam Women's Doubles Title. In this competition, Sun Yingsha won the season mixed doubles and women's doubles championships, and Wang Manyu will compete with Chen Meng for the women's singles championship tomorrow night.