On December 16, Beijing time, the 2023 WTT Nagoya Annual Finals officially kicked off. In the 1/8 finals, the world's No. 1 and defending champion "Little Devil" Sun Yingsha encountered the opponent's tenacious resistance in the match with Japan's Miwa Zhangmoto, and after five rounds of hard fighting, she narrowly won 3-2 to advance and officially started the journey of defending the title!
In the 2023 WTT Women's Finals, the world's No. 1 "Little Devil" Sun Yingsha is the defending champion of the tournament and the No. 1 seed.
This year's finals came to Nagoya, and Sun Yingsha faced Tomokazu Zhangmoto's sister Miwa Zhang in the first match of the women's singles (1/8 finals). In this battle, the defending champion was chased 2-2 by Zhang Benmei and the match point when he won the match point 2-1. In the deciding game, Sun Yingsha withstood the pressure and narrowly defeated Zhang Benmeihe with a total score of 3-2 and advanced to the next round.
In the other focus match of the women's singles 1/8 finals in the Nagoya Women's Finals, German player Han Ying also refused to reverse 3-2. Han Ying, ranked ninth in the world, and Zhu Qianxi, a South Korean player in this round of the Masters.
In this battle, the two played very closely, the two fought fiercely for five rounds, Han Ying lost one game first, and launched a Jedi counterattack after being 1-2 by the opponent to get the match point, and the total score was 3-2 reversal to advance. In the first game of this game, Han Ying lost a game 6-11.
In the second game, Han Ying and Zhu Qianxi started a tug-of-war, and in the stalemate game, she won 13-11 and equalized 1-1. In the third game, Zhu Qianxi exerted her strength again, winning another game with the same 11-6, leading again 2-1 and winning match points.
In a desperate situation, Han Ying was not discouraged, she saved the match point 12-10, and the game entered the deciding game. In the fifth game, Han Ying locked the victory with 11-8, and the total score was 3-2 to advance. The 3-2 victory was also "Big Dream" Chen Meng, who won two games in a row after being held 2-1 match point by Japan's Hina Hayata, and the overall score was 3-2 to advance.