On July 5, WTT Ljubljana Star Challenge, "Shatou Combination" Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha swept Zhou Zheyu and Zeng Jian 3-0 in the mixed doubles 1/8 final, with the scores of the three sets 11-6, 11-2, 11-6. It can be said that Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin did not encounter too much test in this match, and soon ended the battle, clocked out at the speed of light, and advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals.
When Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin played in the third game, they scored consecutive points to open the score gap and get the match point. Then Wang Chuqin twisted and pulled the score, Sha Tou combination easily advanced 3-0, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin were very calm, did not celebrate, and after a short greeting, shook hands with their opponents to end the fight.
With the debut of the new version of "Double World One", Wang Chuqin surpassed Fan Zhendong this week to become the men's singles world number one for the first time, a position previously occupied by Fan Zhendong and has led the standings for more than three consecutive years since reaching the top in April 2020. Now Wang Chuqin has become the first post-00s player to reach the top, and the world number one in women's singles is also Sun Yingsha, so "Double World One" has entered the post-00s era.
Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha are not only ranked first in singles, but also in mixed doubles, they have teamed up, rarely lost, and also firmly at the top of the mixed doubles world rankings. The outside world's expectations for Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin are very high, before the national table tennis lost the mixed doubles gold medal in Tokyo, was won by Japan's Mimato Ito and Hayabusa Mizutani, so in the Paris cycle, a major task of the national table tennis is to cultivate a top mixed doubles combination to regain the gold medal, it is clear that Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin are trustworthy.
The Shatou combination has participated together since a very young age, participated in mixed doubles competitions, and has been a champion partner since childhood, and won the championship of the World Table Tennis Championships and other competitions in the later stage, but has never appeared in the Olympic Games, after all, the mixed doubles in the Olympic Games can only send a pair, and the previous sent was Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen of "Xinwen Simulcast".
Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin, the two world's No. 1 singles players, are indeed one plus one is greater than two, and look forward to their future performances.