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Text: Yu Yu
Edited by Yu Yu
[Preface]
On December 17, the WTT World Cup Women's Finals came to an end, and as the curtain came down, Sun Yingsha from China successfully won the championship and won the title of champion in both doubles and singles.
So far, Sun Yingsha has also secured her position as the world's No. 1 and has become the biggest winner of this competition, especially after the prize money is announced, our Sun Yingsha is also called "rich woman" by netizens.
In fact, there are other interesting things about this competition, and today I will take you to review what information is worth recalling about this WTT.
【WTT World】
WTT World Cup, also known as the "World Table Tennis Federation", is a world table tennis event founded by the International Table Tennis Federation, although it was established in 2019, it still has a good status in the industry.
The WTT Women's Finals is a total of 3 days, starting from the 15th, in Nagoya, a total of 6 players in the national table tennis competition.
From the one-eighth final of the competition, we were already able to feel the strong smell of gunpowder, especially in the first match, when our Chinese Wang Yidi faced off against Shin Yubin from South Korea.
The last matchup on the morning of the same day was also a civil war between two of our Chinese powerhouses, which was also a highlight of the day.
In addition, in fact, as the finale on the 15th, Sun Yingsha and supernova Miwa Zhang from Japan are also the focus of many people's attention.
We have also held this competition in China before, and on April 9, 2023, the championship was successfully held in the Plains Center in Xinxiang, and the competition also came to an end on the 15th.
At the same time, Xinxiang is the third time to host the WTT event, plus it is Liu Guoliang, Liu Guodong's hometown, so Xinxiang is also known as the "hometown of table tennis".
It is worth mentioning that at the WTT finals at the beginning of the year, Sun Yingsha successfully defeated teammate Wang Yidi in the women's singles final on April 15 and won the women's singles championship.
Like this Nagoya final, Sun Yingsha won the championship trophy again, which also proved her terrifying strength as the world's No. 1, and this time in the women's singles final, she also competed with Wang Yidi for the championship.
In addition to the women's singles, Sun Yingsha also won the women's doubles championship with Wang Manyu in one fell swoop.
[2 crowns in 1 day, Sun Yingsha became the biggest winner]
In this competition, the women's singles and women's doubles championships and runners-up battles were all held on the 17th, so in just one day, Sun Yingsha won two trophies in a row.
And this is also the third year in a row, Sun Yingsha ended the season perfectly, which is enough to prove that she is the world's No. 1 gold content, and such a result is also very dazzling in the world.
This time, the prize money is also a focus of attention, and Sun Yingsha won $40,000 for the women's singles championship alone.
In addition to the women's doubles championship, the prize of 4,000 US dollars after the equal share was obtained, and this time I got 44,000 US dollars at once, which is about 300,000 yuan when converted to RMB.
At the same time, it also brought Sun Yingsha 3,000 points, not only consolidating the first place in the women's singles standings, but also hitting the second place in the doubles standings, catching up with the combination of Chen Meng and Wang Yidi.
According to this trend, Sun Yingsha's doubles topping the world number one scene is also just around the corner, and the current No. 1 pair is still South Korea's Tian Zhixi and Shin Yubin.
They won the Women's Doubles title at this year's WTT Challenger in Zagrad and are two of the most powerful table tennis players.
However, after this competition, the player's prize money caused a certain amount of controversy, because compared with the previous prize amount, Sun Yingsha's award amount this time has obviously shrunk to a large extent.
In this year's Grand Slam tournament in Singapore, Sun Yingsha won a women's singles title worth US$100,000, which is more than double the total prize money in the final in Nagoya.
At that time, after the end of the Singapore station, Sun Yingsha received a total of 112,000 yuan in prize money, although it was said that there was one more mixed doubles title than this time, but this event only occupied 8,000 US dollars.
Especially compared with Chen Meng and Liu Shiwen of Chinese women's table tennis in previous years, they also won the championship for a second time, but the championship prize of these two is much higher than that of Sun Yingsha.
As for why the prize money has shrunk seriously in this competition, it is likely that it is directly related to the operator, after all, the organizer of WTT is the World Table Tennis Federation, and this organization has to undertake many other events.
Therefore, the reduction of the prize money is reasonable, but compared to the badminton next door, this bonus is really pitiful.
[Wang Manyu's points fell to fourth]
In fact, in this competition, in addition to the bonus, the players and fans also paid attention to the players' points, and after the game, the players' standings also ushered in a reshuffle.
In addition to the first place Sun Yingsha has not changed, Wang Manyu, who was originally in second place, was hit by Waterloo this time, before Nagoya, Wang Manyu's points were 4082 points, and the third place Chen Meng had a gap of 522 points.
In other words, the competition for the second and third places is very fierce in itself, and the points of the two people are very different, including Wang Yidi, who is in third place, and Chen Meng is 15 points worse.
After the end of this game, the positions of the three people reversed, and Wang Manyu, who was originally in second place, fell directly to fourth place, this gap I think before the start of the game, many people did not expect.
In this game, Wang Manyu fell behind by a huge score, lost to teammate Chen Xintong, and fell directly in the quarterfinals, which was greatly reduced from the original expectations.
Due to the drop in rankings, there is also a lot of pressure on the qualification for the Olympic team event, and it is unknown whether Wang Manyu will be able to return to the second place again.
With less than a year to go before the Paris Olympics, this defeat is a big disaster for Wang Manyu, although there is a possibility of missing the Olympics, but it is not hopeless.
In an interview after the game, Chen Xintong, who was his opponent, also attributed part of the reason for his victory to luck, of course, more because of the difference in strength and form.
In recent years, Chen Xintong has won many results in the hands of Wang Manyu, and Chen Xintong did not express too much pride in this matter, but still maintained the dignity of his teammate Wang Manyu in the interview.
I hope that Wang Manyu can adjust himself in the next training, can successfully qualify for the Olympic Games, and show us the strength of China's top table tennis players.
【Dark Horse Wang Yidi】
In the semifinals of the women's singles, Wang Yidi directly eliminated Chen Xintong with a 3-point advantage and successfully met Sun Yingsha in the final.
Similarly, Sun Yingsha also crushed Chen Meng with a score of 4 to 1 in the semifinals, which is enough to prove that the strength of the two is not much different.
And this time in Nagoya, Wang Yidi also won the women's singles runner-up and women's doubles runner-up, and the results are also commendable, according to the rules of the event, Wang Yidi's award this time also came to 3500 US dollars.
Chen Meng and Chen Xintong, who stopped in the semifinals, also had $2,700 and $2,500 in prize money, although a bit unsatisfactory, but they were acceptable.
In the semifinals, in fact, more people also predicted that Wang Yidi would be able to defeat Chen Xintong, although in the early years, Chen Xintong still beat Wang Yidi's existence.
However, in recent years, Wang Yidi's dark horse posture has made her catch up with her teammates one after another, and in the latest meeting between the two, Wang Yidi has just defeated Chen Xintong.
It is obvious that Wang Yidi still maintained his level in the semifinals, and at the beginning he scored two points in a row, directly with a huge advantage of 2-0, and gained two match points.
Even in the third game, Chen Xintong pulled back a game with a score of 11-3, but continued to lose in the fourth game, and the pressure of the score had come to Chen Xintong by then.
At the beginning of the fifth game of the two, Chen Xintong took a certain lead, and just when the audience thought that the big score would be equalized, Wang Yidi directly caught up and completed the turnaround.
This game is also thrilling to watch, not to mention the result, at least let the fans and friends enjoy a hearty game.
After all, the semi-finals this time are all our Chinese players, so the final honor has long been destined to be brought back to China.
Of course, for Wang Yidi, being able to complete the jump in the standings this time is undoubtedly the best news for her, but on the other hand, Wang Manyu's defeat seems a little lonely.
However, Wang Manyu is not the only one who upset this time, Qian Tianyi, who is also a Chinese player, is also a bit surprising in this competition.
[Qian Tianyi is out of the game]
Back to the first day of the game, in order to compete for the quarterfinals, Qian Tianyi and Zhang Rui competed, but what many people didn't expect was that Qian Tianyi would be directly swept out by the opponent 3-0.
If you don't look at the on-the-spot performance of the game, Qian Tianyi's strength on paper is actually higher than that of his opponent Zhang Rui, although Qian Tianyi does not have the proud strength of Wang Yidi and Sun Yingsha, but she is also second only to the main force.
This result made her fans very disappointed, even if she lost, she didn't expect it to be a fiasco, and the sluggish form she showed couldn't help but make her supporters sweat.
Qian Tianyi, who has always been known as the "national table tennis beauty", still has a lot of fans who support him, but this upset also let us see the cruelty of competitive competitions.
I hope she can find her form as soon as possible, after all, a failure does not mean future performance, and I still hope that the national table tennis can bloom and more and more strong players will emerge.
【Conclusion】
Overall, the WTT was a great event for us, as it was a great event for us to play over the course of three days, despite the many surprises that took place over the course of three days.
This year is also coming to an end, and I look forward to the national table tennis next year to continue to shine and bring more exciting and beautiful games to our fans and friends.
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