In the early morning of May 27, Beijing time, the 57th World Table Tennis Championships continued to be held in Durban, South Africa, the mixed doubles champion has been produced, the national table tennis combination Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha swept the Japanese combination Zhang Benzhihe / Hina Hayata 3-0, successfully defended the title, congratulations to the "Shatou combination"!
In addition to the mixed doubles champion, the men's and women's doubles each produced a final place, and the national table tennis pair Chen Meng/Wang Yidi defeated the Japanese pair Miyu Kihara/Miyu Nagasaki 3-1 to advance to the women's doubles final; In a semifinal in the men's doubles, the South Korean pair Jang Yujin/Lim Joong-hoon defeated the German pair Ochalov/Francesca 3-2 to advance to the men's doubles final.
In the singles event, Fan Zhendong swept Egypt's Asar 4-0; Liang Jingkun defeated the national table tennis men's team's archrival Zhang Benzhihe of Japan 4-2; Wang Chuqin defeated the dark horse and Denmark's Linde 4-1. And the last men's singles top 4 battle is the civil war Ma Long of the national table tennis against Lin Gaoyuan, so the national table tennis men's team has swept the top 4 singles and locked the men's singles championship in advance!
Women's singles, Chen Xingtong swept the defending women's singles champion Wang Manyu 4-0, such a score is indeed beyond everyone's expectations, this match Chen Xingtong played really exciting, but Wang Manyu is not very excited, completely lost the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships winning the tough momentum, I have to say that in the critical period of Paris Olympic preparations, Wang Manyu must make changes in time.
In other women's singles matches, Sun Yingsha swept German Chinese chipper Han Ying 4-0, I have to say that Sun Yingsha's ability to fight outside is indeed too strong! Chen Meng swept the tournament's No. 6 seed in the women's singles tournament 4-0, Mimato Ito of Japan, and will compete with Chen Xingtong for the women's singles title.
And the last game of the women's singles round of 4 is national table tennis player Wang Yidi, against Japan's Hina Hayada, if Wang Yidi wins, the national table tennis women's team will win the top 4 and lock the women's singles championship in advance, so Wang Yidi's match against Hina Hayata is very critical.
The two have met twice before, and Wang Yidi has maintained a complete victory. The first meeting was in the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, when Wang Yidi blocked Hina Hayata from the women's singles top 8 with a score of 4-2. The most recent meeting between the two was in last year's Asian Cup women's singles semifinals, when Wang Yidi defeated Hina Hayata 4-1, and in summary, Wang Yidi will have a certain advantage, and here are the details of this match.
In the first game, Wang Yidi took a 4-0 lead, and it was obvious from the beginning of the game that Wang Yidi entered the state very quickly and was full of desire to win, while Hina Hayata was a little confused, and Wang Yidi took the lead 11-4.
In the second game, Wang Yidi took a 3-1 lead, and then Hina Hayata scored 10 consecutive points to win the second game 11-3 to tie the score at 1-1. In this game, Wang Yidi seemed a little anxious, and there were too many senseless mistakes.
In the third game, Hina Hayata took a 6-2 lead, and Wang Yidi scored seven consecutive points to overtake the score 9-6, and Wang Yidi increased the quality of the veneer. However, Hina Hayata quickly adjusted, scoring five consecutive points to win the third set 11-9, overtaking Wang Yidi 2-1. It was indeed a pity that Dadi lost this game, and suddenly dropped when he led 9-6.
In the fourth game, Wang Yidi took a 3-0 lead, and Hina Hayata chased the score to a 5-5 draw in the middle of the game, then Wang Yidi scored three consecutive points, and after Hina Hayata scored one point, Wang Yidi scored three consecutive points to win the crucial fourth game 11-6 to tie the big score to 2-2.
In the fifth game, Hina Hayata took a 4-2 lead, Wang Yidi chased 5-5 draws, then Hina Hayata scored 3 consecutive points to take an 8-5 lead, Wang Yidi chased 3 points in a row, the two sides fought to 8-8 draws, and then the two sides fought to 9-9 draws, at the key moment, Wang Yidi did not resist, Hina Hayata scored 2 points in a row, won the fifth game 11-9, the big score 3-2 took the lead again, Wang Yidi had no way back.
In the sixth game, Wang Yidi took a 2-0 lead, Hina Hayata chased 3-3 and overtook the score 6-5 in the middle of the period, Ma Lin helplessly asked for a timeout, and Wang Yidi seemed a little impatient in this section. Coming back from a timeout, Hina Hayata scored two more points in a row to take an 8-5 lead, and then Wang Yidi chased two points in a row, and Hina Hayata requested a timeout.
Coming back from a timeout, Wang Yidi scored 4 consecutive points to win the sixth game 11-8, chasing the big score to 3-3, and the two sides entered the tiebreaker, and the game was quite exciting!
In the tiebreaker, Hina Hayata took a 3-0 lead, Wang Yidi chased 2 points in a row, then Hina Hayata scored 2 points in a row to take the lead 5-2, Wang Yidi tenaciously chased 8-8 in the middle and late stages, and then Wang Yidi won 2 match point opportunities in this match 10-8, Hina Hayata strongly saved 2 match points, and the score reached 10-10 draw.
After that, the two sides fought until a 19-19 draw, and the match was quite exciting! At the crucial moment, Wang Yidi did not resist, Hina Hayata scored 2 consecutive points, with a 21-19 super high score, won the tiebreaker, and Wang Yidi missed a total of 9 match points, which is indeed a pity.