On March 17, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Singapore Grand Slam entered the penultimate day of competition, and the women's singles top 4 officially came out; The men's and women's doubles produced the final spots, details below.
First of all, let's look at the singles, the national table tennis men's and women's teams each have 4 people in the singles 1/4 final, the women's team won 4 big victories, won 4 foreign battles, successfully won the four finals, and the national table tennis women's team also locked the women's singles championship in advance! However, in Sun Yingsha's match against the big dark horse Korean Chinese player Zhu Qianxi, Ma Lin broke out in a cold sweat.
When Sun Yingsha took the lead 3-1, she was pulled by Zhu Qianxi for two consecutive games, dragging the game into a tiebreaker. Fortunately, in the tiebreaker, Sun Yingsha turned the tide and won 11-5 to advance to the women's singles semifinals! Zhu Qianxi's ability to force the women's singles world number one Sun Yingsha into the tiebreaker is enough to prove that she has strong strength.
To know that Zhu Qianxi is currently 21 years old, the world ranking is only 104, is the only qualified player among all the top eight players, won 6 consecutive games to advance to the quarterfinals, and is also the only player in the South Korean team to advance to the singles quarterfinals, and now the 1/4 final has forced Sun Yingsha into a corner, shocked Ma Lin in a cold sweat, I have to say that this player to get the national table tennis coaching staff to pay great attention.
In the other 3 women's singles 1/4 finals, Qian Tianyi defeated European champion Polkanova 4-1; Wang Manyu defeated Monaco Chinese veteran Yang Xiaoxin 4-1; Zhang Rui defeated German Chinese chipper Han Ying 4-1, so far the women's singles semifinal match format:
Sun Yingsha against Wang Manyu in the first half; Zhang Rui vs. Qian Tianyi in the second half, judging from the two women's singles semifinals, the match between Sa Sa and Manyu in the first half will undoubtedly attract the attention of many fans, and whoever advances to the final will basically win the women's singles championship of this Grand Slam, after all, Zhang Rui and Qian Tianyi in the second half can not compete with Sun Yingsha or Wang Manyu.
The 4 players of the national table tennis men's team have now confirmed that 2 have advanced to the top 4 of the men's singles, namely Ma Long and Wang Chuqin, the dragon team swept the German Chinese straight board player Qiu Dang 4-0, and only let Qiu Dang score 15 points in 4 games, I have to say that Ma Long's current state is too hot! Wang Chuqin eliminated teammate Lin Gaoyuan 4-1.
In the only 1/4 final in the men's singles without the participation of national table tennis players, Brazil's Hugo swept the "African brother" Nigerian player Aruna 4-0, this match Hugo very well limited Aruna's strong forehand ability, the whole game completely controlled the initiative of the game, the last two games were 11-2 disparity to win. At present, the match between Fan Zhendong and Moregade is ongoing, as long as Fan Zhendong plays normally, there is no big problem in defeating the opponent.
Next, looking at the doubles match, in the two semifinals of the men's doubles, the only pair of national table tennis participants, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, defeated the top seeds in the men's doubles and the Japanese pair Yukiya Uda/Hayasuke Togami 3-1; The Korean pair Zhang Yuzhen / Lim Zhongxun defeated Chinese Taipei pair Lin Yunru / Zhuang Zhiyuan 3-1, hoping that Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin will have a better performance in the final!
In the two semifinals of the women's doubles, Chen Meng/Wang Yidi defeated the Japanese pair Mimato Ito/Hina Hayata 3-1; Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu defeated the Korean pair Shin Yubin/Tian Zhixi 3-0, so far the national table tennis team has also successfully completed the meeting in the women's doubles event and locked the women's doubles championship in advance! Congratulations!