On December 16, Beijing time, on the second match day of the WTT Nagoya Women's Finals, the women's singles ushered in an eight-in-four match. After a fierce competition, Chinese women's table tennis players Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, and Chen Xingtong advanced to the semifinals and won the women's singles championship and runner-up for the Chinese team in advance.
The first match of today's national table tennis is the civil war between Chen Xingtong and Wang Manyu. Although Chen Xingtong is the No. 5 position in the national table tennis women's team, friends who often watch the game may know that her strength is not weak, and even the holding ball is the top in the main force of the women's team. The reason why Chen Xingtong did not become an athlete who was reused by the coaching staff like Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng was because she had a fatal shortcoming - she would not play when she encountered a special style of play. For example, the well-known chipper Han Ying and the granular playing style Yang Xiaoxin, if they meet them in the international arena, it is often difficult for Chen Xingtong to win. However, when she faces Wang Manyu, especially in recent times, her strength in holding on to each other will be perfectly displayed. Wang Manyu's standoff is already very good in the women's team, but Chen Xingtong can almost be called terrifying. Yesterday's five-game clash with Romania's Szokos has completely stimulated her fighting spirit, and in today's match, Chen Xingtong is in a hot state, and Wang Manyu has no way to parry. In fact, to fight against a strong holding player like her, Wang Manyu's first choice of skills and tactics should be to solve the game in the first three boards, but today's Chen Xingtong is really amazing, the ball counting, landing point, and stage rate are all excellent, and even the expression is very light and light, directly swept Wang Manyu into her rhythm, and won the game 3:0 (11-9/11-4/11-5).
The second game is Zhang Rui vs. Wang Yidi. In yesterday's game, Zhang Rui performed well and won from Qian Tianyi in three straight games. However, today's against Wang Yidi, one of the five golden flowers of Shanghai table tennis, her delivery does not seem to be as good as yesterday. Wang Yidi, who has the nickname "Niu Di", has a style of playing with heavy artillery, similar to Liang Jingkun of the men's team, she is also a very brave type of ball, no matter what, she swings the racket directly. In the face of her stormy attack, Zhang Rui tried his best to turn the situation around by dexterous dodge, but it only worked for one game. In the third game, in the face of Zhang Rui's impact, Wang Yidi was slightly distracted and lost a game 9-11. But then she adjusted in time to earn a 3-1 victory (11-6/11-8/9-11/11-8).
The third scene is Chen Meng vs. Misei Ito. Misei Ito is also the last seedling of Japanese women's table tennis in the singles event of this competition, but in the face of Chinese players, her strength is still a little worse. As early as the Tokyo Olympic cycle, the national table tennis has conducted research on her, the main foreign player, in all aspects, and it is not a problem for any of the five golden flowers to beat her. Sure enough, Chen Meng ended the battle 3:0 (11-8/11-2/11-6) without much effort.
The last match was Sun Yingsha against German chipper Han Ying. Han Ying is 40 years old this year, and she is still shining in the ring, which in itself is a very admirable spirit. And she is also a more difficult chipper in a special style of play, which can be described as a role model and model for chippers in the world. In the first game, the scores of the two went back and forth, and as the opponent of the active women's No. 1 forehand Sun Yingsha, Han Ying also made full preparations for this game. But Sun is often a little more prepared than she is – which is one of the reasons why she can win. After three rounds of hearty competition, Sun Yingsha won 3:0 (14-12/11-4/11-7).
Tomorrow, the four national table tennis Jinhua will compete in the semifinals to compete for the only two places in the finals. Sun Yingsha vs. Chen Meng, Wang Yidi vs. Chen Xingtong, let's look forward to the wonderful showdown between them!