On December 17, Beijing time, in the women's singles semifinals, Chinese player Chen Xingtong played against Wang Yidi, in the previous game, Chen Xingtong swept Wang Manyu to enter the semifinals, and Wang Yidi also defeated the national table tennis teammate Zhang Rui, it is worth mentioning that the women's singles semifinals at the end of the year were all won by the national table tennis, and the gold medal also belonged to the Chinese team in advance. The winner of Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi will compete with the winner of Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha for the final championship.
Before the women's singles semifinals, the women's doubles semifinals had just been held, and Wang Yidi's partner Chen Meng unfortunately lost, in contrast, Chen Xingtong had no competition tasks and his physical reserves were better than Wang Yidi's.
Back to this game, the semi-finals stage took 7 rounds and 4 wins, the score of the two sides in the first game was very tight, from 1 to 1 to 5 to 5, it was difficult to distinguish, and then Chen Xingtong continued to score a sideways forehand attack 7-5 lead, but then the tenacious Wang Yidi scored 3 points in a row, to achieve a reversal, the score rose alternately, and the palms of the people were sweating, and finally Chen Xingtong returned the ball with a backhand to wipe the net out of bounds, 10-12 regrettably lost.
In the second game, Wang Yidi opened the score gap as soon as he came up, and attacked strongly, making Chen Xingtong very uncomfortable, 1-6 behind, and the pressure was very great, and then Wang Yidi continued to mobilize and give the accurate landing point, 9 to 2, the big score controlled the situation, and took the lead in grabbing the game point, as Chen Xingtong returned the ball to the net, Wang Yidi won another game 11-5, and the total score was 2-0 ahead.
In the crucial third game, Chen Xingtong gave it a go, took the lead in scoring 4 points, and the momentum picked up. Then the two sides held each other for a long time, Wang Yidi made a mistake and sent another point, 0-6 behind. After that, Chen Xingtong continued to pressurize, scoring 2 points in a row, 8-0, the game basically lost suspense, and finally Chen Xingtong pulled back a city 11-3.
In the fourth game, Wang Yidi stabilized his mentality, fought with Chen Xingtong, and finally the key points were more reasonable, and he won 11-8 in one go, leading 3-1 with a big score, and in the fifth game, although Chen Xingtong took the lead in getting the game point, Wang Yidi continued to chase points and overtake, and finally won 12-10, with a total score of 4-2 to take the lead in the women's singles finals.