At the WTT Nagoya Women's Finals 2023, the Women's Doubles final will be played on the evening of December 17 against China's Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu and Japan's Miyu Nagasaki/Kihara Miyu. After a wonderful competition, Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu defeated their opponents 3-1 and won the women's doubles championship in the finals.
Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu 3-1 Miyu Nagasaki/Miyu Kihara【12-10;8-11;11-4;12-10】
The Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu combination ranked third in the world with 2,790 points, Wang Manyu ranked fifth with 3,933 points in individual doubles, and Sun Yingsha ranked sixth with 3,064 points. The eel and shark have been combined as seafood sisters for several years with doubles, and the first 2 years were excellent and invincible, but in 2023 they are still cracked. The seafood sisters were dismantled in the previous stage, and this time they won a place in the finals due to their high ranking, and the regrouping performed well.
The Nagasaki Miyu and Kihara Miyu pair are ranked seventh in the world with 1,230 points, Nagasaki Miyu is eighth with 2,040 points in individual doubles, and Miyu Kihara is ranked 12th with 1,533 points in individual doubles. The Meimei combination has also been partnered for a long time, and reached the semifinals at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban this year, and its comprehensive strength should not be underestimated.
Venue: Nagoya-Kaneshiro Buto Gymnasium
The road to qualification: The Seafood Sisters previously defeated Sweden's Bergstrom/Carlberg 3-0 in the quarter-finals and teammates Chen Meng/Wang Yidi 3-1 in the semi-finals. Miyu Nagasaki/Miyu Kihara defeated Korea's Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin 3-2 in the quarter-finals and Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing/Li Yuzhen 3-0 in the semi-finals.
World Ranking Dynamics:
Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu won the Women's Doubles title in the finals, and the world ranking will be rewarded with 1,500 points, and their total points will increase to 4,290 points. The Chen Meng/Wang Yidi combination is currently ranked second with 3,490 points, and their total points will increase to 4,015 points after reaching the semi-finals with 525 points. It can be seen that the combination of Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu will rise to the second place in the world in the next period, and there is still a gap of 330 points with the world No. 1 Tian Zhixi/Shen Yubin combination.
Miyu Nagasaki and Miyu Kihara won the women's doubles runner-up in the finals, and the world ranking will be rewarded with 1,050 points, and their total points will increase to 2,280 points, and the next world ranking will rise to fifth.
Final Recap
In the opening game, the Japanese led 5-1, and the seafood sisters were still finding their rhythm, and then Nagasaki Miyu ate serve, and the seafood sisters took the opportunity to chase 3-5. After that, the two sides made mistakes with each other, and the seafood sisters followed up the score to 5-7, and then Sun Yingsha twisted the dead corner to score, and the seafood sisters chased 7 draws. The seafood sisters strengthened their running cooperation, scored consecutive points and suppressed strongly, and won the game point 10-8, and then the Japanese team chased 10 draws, and the seafood sisters withstood the pressure and won the first game 12-10.
In the second game, the seafood sisters scored 2 points in a row, but they did not stabilize the advantage, and the Japanese pair chased 3 draws, and then the seafood sisters continued to lose the upper hand in the matchup, and the Japanese team performed very strongly, rewriting the score to 8-4. Then the Seafood Sisters finally scored and scored consecutive points to chase 7-8, forcing the Japanese team to choose a timeout. After that, Japan held the score 10-8 and won the second game 11-8 to level the overall score.
In the third game, the seafood sisters scored three points in a row to lead, and this time they were chased by their opponents to three draws, and then the seafood sisters slowed down the pace and steadily led to 7-4. After that, the Seafood Sisters continued to control the situation, combining fast and slow to disrupt their opponent's rhythm to take the game point at 10-4 and directly end the third game at 11-4.
In the fourth game, the Japanese team led 3-1, and the seafood sisters were unhurried and steady, scoring 2 points in a row to chase 3 draws, and then the Japanese team scored 2 points in a row, and the seafood sisters counted the opponent and directly overtook the score 6-5. After that, Sun Yingsha strongly reversed the high quality, Wang Manyu cooperated in place, and the seafood sisters led to 8-5; then the Japanese team scored 4 points in a row to overtake, and then the Japanese team scored another 10-8 to get the game point, and the seafood sisters chased down to 10 draws. The key ball scored against the Lahai sisters to get the match point at 11-10 and seize the opportunity to win the game directly.
So far, Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu defeated Miyu Nagasaki/Miyu Kihara with an aggregate score of 3-1 to win the women's doubles title at the 2023 WTT Women's Finals.