On December 16, Beijing time, the WTT year-end finals entered the stage of the top 8 of women's singles, and the first top 4 seats will be generated between Chinese player Wang Manyu and teammate Chen Xingtong.
In the game the day before, Wang Manyu swept Monaco veteran Yang Xiaoxin 3-0 to advance, and Chen Xingtong went through 5 rounds of battles and eliminated the Romanian beauty Szokos with difficulty, in fact, in the 16-8 game, in addition to Chen Xingtong, the national table tennis also Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng all eliminated their respective opponents after a tiebreaker.
Back to this game, in the first game, Wang Manyu kept his first serve and led 2-0, and then Chen Xingtong strengthened the quality of his backhand, chasing 4 points in a row to reverse, the two sides played multiple shots to hold each other, Wang Manyu returned the ball to the net, and Chen Xingtong led 5-3. On the key points, Wang Manyu held the ball and flew away, made a mistake, fell behind 6-9, and with Chen Xing's forehand draw a big slash score, 11-9 took the lead and led Wang Manyu 1-0 in the total score.
In the second game, Chen Xingtong calculated the landing point, drew a forehand straight line, 3-2 overtake, and then Wang Manyu made a mistake of backshooting the net, 2-5 behind, obviously her state in this game was not as good as Chen Xingtong, and then wiped the net out of bounds, and the score gap continued to widen. The quality of Chen Xingtong's holding on the long platform was very high, the speed was fast, the mobilization was many, and the landing point was controlled very accurately, and the "eel" was a little caught off guard.
The score gap was pulled to 8-3, Chen Xingtong took the initiative to rush and beat it, scored again, 9-4, with Wang Manyu pulling the ball out of bounds with his backhand, 4-11, and lost another game, Chen Xingtong led 2-0!
In the third game, Wang Manyu had to give it a go, but Chen Xingtong took the lead to get the first point, and then another side dribble, leading Wang Manyu 2-0. When holding each other on the long platform, Chen Xingtong's return was of higher quality, controlling Wang Manyu's backhand, scoring 2 points in a row, leading 4-1, Wang Manyu called a timeout for himself, leaving a lonely back.
However, after returning to the game, Wang Manyu's situation did not improve, losing points in a row, falling behind 1-8, and finally Chen Xingtong won the game, swept Wang Manyu, ranked second in the world, and took the lead in breaking into the top 4!