On July 18, Beijing time, the ITTF WTT Championships are underway. This open tournament only has a men's and women's singles competition, no doubles. In the national table tennis side, 9 people signed up to participate, and in the already concluded competition, Olympic champion Chen Meng defeated the Chinese player Yang Xiaoxin 3:2 and successfully advanced. Malone lost three straight sets to keep a 3-0 clean sheet against Austrian veteran Gardos and successfully advanced. In the last open race, Chen Meng withdrew from the tournament and Ma Long fought on both fronts, but neither won the championship. In this open tournament, the two are the top seeds in singles.
Next, Japan's Miyu Kihara took on German chipper Han Ying. In the first set, Japanese teenager Miyu Kihara launched quickly, winning the first set 11:7 and leading 1:0. In the second set, Han Ying actively counterattacked while strengthening the rotation and pulled back a set at 11:8. Han Ying is a veteran of table tennis, who has led the German women's team to win the silver medal in the Rio Olympics and has rich experience. Miyu Kihara is the leader of the new generation, although she is not very old, but her technical and tactical characteristics are distinct.
In the third inning, Miyu Kihara began to actively mobilize Han Ying and consume the opponent's physical strength. The two sides began to draw 4:4, and Han Ying was far from the stage, but both sides played very patiently. There are many excellent chippers in the Japanese team, so Miyu Kihara usually trains to cut the ball very well. Han Ying played very passively, and Miyu Kihara's offensive ball was of high quality, leading 7:6. Miyu Kihara stepped up the number of transition balls to limit Han Ying's spins, and Miyu Kihara won another 11:6 to lead 2:1.
In the fourth set, Han Ying started 2:0. Both sides are constantly changing, with Miyu Kihara equalizing the score and drawing 2-2 between the two sides. Han Ying's physical strength has declined, and as she grows older, Han Ying's physical strength in the style of cutting the ball is obviously not as good as at the peak of her career. As a young general of the new generation, Kihara Miyu is full of physical strength and has been working hard to mobilize Han Ying. In the key sub-link, Miyu Kihara led 7:4. Han Ying chased after 6:9, and then Kihara Asked for a pause.
After the timeout, Kihara Miyu won the match point 10:7, Han Ying has begun to fight, han Ying played very hard. In the end, Miyo Kihara locked up the victory 11:8, defeating Olympic silver medalist Han Ying 3:1 on aggregate to advance to the women's singles round of 16. Miyu Kihara is expected to meet the famous National Table Tennis player Wang Yidi in the women's singles semifinals.