In the women's singles semifinals, 37-year-old veteran Yang Xiaoxin fought hard for two consecutive games to win the tiebreaker, eliminated Singapore's Zeng Jian 3-2 in the quarterfinals, and defeated Japan's Haruna Koshio 4-3 in the semifinals to reach the final. South Korea's 18-year-old Shin Yubin beat Japan's Miyu Nagasaki 3-1 and swept the World Cup women's singles runner-up Romanian veteran Samara, in the semifinals to reach the final of the first international tournament of the year.
South Korea's Shin Yubin is the No. 2 main force of the South Korean women's team in the Tokyo Olympic cycle, second only to the Chinese athlete Tian Zhixi, but she has rarely won the championship in a series of WTT competitions at the Tokyo Olympics and the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, and the number of singles reaching the top 8 is handful, plus last year's arm fracture, this year's comeback is not optimistic, but this station is a succession of victories. In the 1/4 final between Japan and South Korea, Shin Yubin defeated Miyu Nagasaki 3-1 (11-9/11-7/5-11/12-10), and South Korea lost 0-3 to Japan in the World Table Tennis Championships team 1/8 final a month ago.
Monaco's Yang Xiaoxin and Singapore's Zeng Jian competed for a semi-final place, Yang Xiaoxin is a long-rubber play, reaching the semifinals of the women's singles at multiple open tournaments this year, and also has a record of winning the title, this round of the match Yang Xiaoxin 3-2 (11-6/8-11/11-6/9-11/11-8) narrowly defeated Zeng Jian. Small Japanese salt dish
3-0 (11-3/11-4/11-9) swept Thailand's Sutasini and Romania's Samara eliminated Turkey's big dark horse Sibel 3-0 (11-9/11-7/12-10).
Semifinals Yang Xiaoxin vs. Xiaoyan Haruka, both an attack battle, but also a two-generation showdown, Yang Xiaoxin ranked 13th in the world, this year suddenly into the first-class women's singles ranks, and Japan's young player Haruna Koshio gradually became another powerful player after Han Ying and Linda, Yang Xiaoxin controlled the situation well in the first 2 sets and took a 2-0 lead, but Xiaoyan Yaona then used the counterattack to disrupt Yang Xiaoxin's rhythm to equalize, and the two sides each won another game and entered the tiebreaker, In the end, Yang Xiaoxin defeated Xiaoyan Yao Cai 4-3 (11-7/11-3/6-11-13/11-6/10-12/11-5).
Another semifinal Shin Yubin vs. Samara, Shin Yubin eliminated Miyu Nagasaki in the 1/4 final, while the iron was hot, she defeated Romania's veteran Samara 4-0 (11-8/11-4/11-5/12-10), who reached the women's singles final at the Yellowstone World Cup, and was finally swept by the champion Liu Shiwen to finish second, Samara showed fatigue in this game, basically and Shin Yubin in the stalemate in a clear downside, Shin Yubin's sudden outburst brought a ray of light to the Korean women's team in the dark trough.
The final of the women's singles is still a dialogue between young and old, and 18-year-old Shin Yubin challenges Yang Xiaoxin, and if she can win the championship, it will also be the first WTT highest level crown of the talented Korean girl, but Yang Xiaoxin has rich experience in the competition, and the long rubber play style is very characteristic, and the young and vigorous Shin Yubin may not pass easily.