The first day of the ITTF WTT year-end finals was all over, Japan's hopeful star Miwa Zhang almost made history, Chen Meng refused to lose to Hina Hayata, and Zhang Rui stole the spotlight in the national table tennis derby.
Wang Yidi and Shen Yubin's first game was uneventful, Wang Yidi eliminated Shen Yubin 3-1, as the first game, Wang Yidi was reversed by Shen Yubin in the third game, and finally won Shen Yubin 11-5 in the fourth game to get off to a good start in national table tennis. The second game was the national table tennis derby, Qian Tianyi and Zhang Rui were fighting, and Zhang Rui swept Qian Tianyi a little unexpectedly. Wang Manyu played against Yang Xiaoxin, a Chinese veteran of the overseas corps, although it was 3-0, the score was still very close.
Chen Xingtong and European Dinnings Jokos also played 5 rounds, and Chen Xingtong took revenge on Szokos. Chen Meng and Hina Hayada competed for the top 8, Chen Meng had never lost to Hina Hayada before, Chen Meng didn't want Hina Hayada to break the precedent and narrowly beat the top 4 3-2 in five games and then fight against Misei Ito of Japan.
The focus of the evening battle was Sun Yingsha's fierce battle against Japan's popular star Zhang Benmeihe, Sun Yingsha didn't start a good game, 6-11 lost the first game, and in the second game, Sasha moved back 11-9 to a game, and finally played five games Sasha 3-2 to advance to the risk. After the game, Sasha praised Zhang Benmeihe: Zhang Benmeihe is much stronger this time than in Lanzhou, the technique and tactics are more detailed, the ball speed is very fast, and my rhythm today is a little unable to keep up. Zhang Benmei and served a lot of backspin today, I haven't handled the catch well, there are a lot of passive balls, and I have to give Mei and a lot of praise.
The next top 4 matchups: Chen Meng vs. Misei Ito, Wang Manyu vs. Chen Xingtong, Sun Yingsha vs. Han Ying, Wang Yidi vs. Zhang Rui.