On November 4, Beijing time, the ITTF WTT Frankfurt Championship is underway. What is going on is the battle for the top four seats in individual events, and in terms of national table tennis, Liang Jingkun, Fan Zhendong, and Chen Meng have been eliminated. Ma Long easily eliminated the German world champion Orcha with a total score of 3:0, while Wang Chuqin defeated South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon 3:0 in three straight games and successfully advanced.
In the women's singles semifinals, Wang Yidi played against Japan's Misei Ito, and the two sides are also old rivals. In the first game, Wang Yidi entered the state very quickly, Wang Yidi's ball, the momentum was heavy, although Ito Misei was fierce in the first three boards, but he couldn't withstand Wang Yidi's attack, Wang Yidi won the first game 11:8. The opponent Misei Ito has not had an off-court coach, and Ito himself explained that he hopes to adjust it by himself.
Ito wants to exercise his ability to think more, but at present, it is a bit counterproductive, and the feeling of being behind closed doors is not good. In the second game, Wang Yidi still didn't give Ito Misei too many chances, full of firepower, very well prepared for difficulties, leading 9:6, and finally breaking through, winning another game 11:9, leading 2:0.
In the third game, under the pressure of Wang Yidi, Ito Micheng completely collapsed, Wang Yidi directly started 9:0 and took the lead, and finally easily locked the victory 11:1, and eliminated the Olympic champion Ito Micheng with a total score of 3:0 and successfully advanced to the women's singles semifinals. After the game, in the face of media interviews, Wang Yidi modestly said that he didn't expect it. Last time, Ito and Wang Yidi fought very fiercely at the Asian Championships. But this time we met again, Wang Yidi handled the first three boards better than the last time, and his mentality was better.
In the women's singles semifinals, Wang Yidi played against teammate Sun Yingsha, which means that the national table tennis women's singles advanced to the finals in advance and locked a place in the finals, which is gratifying. The latter, Sun Yingsha, won three games in a row after losing one game first, and reversed the Korean genius Shin Yubin with a total score of 3:1. Sun Yingsha is more determined, confident and decisive in the handling of key points.
In the lower half of the women's singles, Japan's lone seedling Hina Hayada suffered a hard battle, winning two games in a row with a big score of 1:2, and eliminated Romania's Szokos with a total score of 3:2 and successfully advanced to the semifinals. In the women's singles semifinals, Hina Hayada will face the national table tennis king Manyu. Wang Manyu also won not easily, and South Korean Chinese player Zhu Qianxi, fought hard for five rounds, and Wang Manyu advanced with a total score of 3:2.
After the game, Wang Manyu admitted that he won very thrilling and was very nervous. Wang Manyu said that he was a little conservative in the lead and gave the opponent a chance to play. Szokos was very remorseful after the loss. Szokos said that with a 9-8 lead in the fourth game, he should ask for a timeout to adjust his competitive condition. Szokos had a chance to get the win.