Beijing time on October 7, the 2022 World Table Tennis Team Championships in Chengdu entered the eighth day. In the women's team semi-finals, Sun Yingsha won 11-1 clean sheet Chen Siyu, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu also won 3-0, and the Chinese women's table tennis team defeated Chinese Taipei 3-0 on aggregate to advance to the final, competing with the winners between Japan and Germany for the championship.
In this year's Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition, the Chinese women's table tennis team who played at home was listed as the top seed, and the group stage defeated Canada, Puerto Rico, the United States and Malaysia respectively, and advanced to the round of 16 with four wins without losing a set. In the knockout rounds, China Women's Table Tennis defeated Hungary and Portugal 3-0 respectively to reach the final four. In the semi-finals, the Chinese team faced the Chinese Taipei team, the Olympic team Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu appeared again, and the Chinese Taipei team did not send Zheng Yijing to play.
Sun Yingsha 3-0 Chen Siyu (11-9, 11-1, 11-4)
22-year-old Sun Yingsha is ranked first in the world, transferred to the profession for 5 years, and won 5 world singles championships; Chen Siyu, 29, has been professionally for 14 years and has not yet won the singles championship. The two players have played each other 3 times in the past, and Sun Yingsha remains unbeaten. The two most recently played at last year's Tokyo Olympics, when Sun Yingsha beat Chen Siyu 4-0.
In the first set, the two sides played more gluely, the score alternately rose, after 5 draws, Sun Yingsha lost two points in a row, but then scored three consecutive points to overtake the score at 8-7. Chen Siyu received the ball and went down the net, and Sun Yingsha won the first place 11-9. In the second set, Sun Yingsha was merciful after 10-0 and won 11-1.
In the third set, Sun Yingsha scored three consecutive points after 0-2, and then held the middle of the road to score consecutive return shots to open the score at 9-3. Chen Siyu's receiving was not of high quality, resulting in a mistake in the return of the ball to send out the set 4-10, Sun Yingsha attacked and scored, won 11-4, and defeated Chen Siyu 3-0 in the set, and the Chinese team led 1-0 on aggregate.
Chen Meng 3-0 Li Yuzhen (12-10, 11-8, 11-6)
Chen Meng, 28, is ranked second in the world and has been professionally for 12 years, winning 22 World Series singles titles, including last year's gold medal in women's singles at the Tokyo Olympics. The 24-year-old Li Yuzhen is ranked 88th in the world and has not yet won the title. It was the first time the two players had met in their careers.
In the first set, Chen Meng was slightly slow and hot to fall behind 1-4, after which the Olympic champion stubbornly chased the points, although wasting a set point, but the key moment shot decisively, 12-10 to win the first place. In the second set, Chen Meng led 3-0, 10-6, Li Yuzhen saved two set points, and Chen Meng continued to exert pressure after serving to make it 11-8 to the next city. In the third set, Chen Meng won 11-6, defeated Li Yuzhen 3-0 in the set, and the Chinese team led 2-0 on aggregate.
Wang Manyu 3-0 Liu Xinyin (11-3, 11-5, 11-9)
Wang Manyu, 23, is ranked third in the world and has won six World Series singles titles, including last year's Women's Singles Championships at the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston. Liu Xinyin, 34, is ranked 71st in the world. The only previous clash between the two was at this year's WTT Singapore Grand Slam, when Wang Manyu won three straight sets.
In the first set, Wang Manyu started with a 5-0 lead and won the lead 11-3. In the second set, after three draws, Wang Manyu scored six consecutive points and won 11-5. In the third set, Wang Manyu overcame the fluctuations to lock in the victory 11-9, and won 3-0 against Liu Xinyin, so that the Chinese team defeated Chinese Taipei 3-0 on aggregate to advance to the final.