The semifinals of the women's team of the 2023 Table Tennis Super League came to an end, Shandong Luneng defeated Shanghai Longteng 3-1, Shenzhen University defeated Shanghai East China University of Technology 3-1, and the two giants met again in the finals. Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha are the No. 1 women's singles of their respective teams, and the peak duel between the two has become a major attraction. However, the women's doubles and second women's singles matches in which Olympic women's singles champion Chen Meng participates may become variable.
In the semifinals, Chen Meng was very unexpectedly defeated by Li Yake 3-0. Chen Meng's form in the Paris Olympic cycle has been quite up and down. Will she be able to withstand the pressure and get back to shape?
In last year's table tennis Super League women's team final, Chen Meng just didn't resist, she teamed up with Sun Yizhen in the women's doubles match and lost to Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi. She lost to Chen Xingtong in the women's singles competition. Although Sun Yingsha scored 2 points alone, Shenzhen University was defeated 3-2 by Shandong Luneng.
Shandong Luneng has completed two consecutive championships and aims to win three consecutive championships this season. Wang Manyu showed strong combat effectiveness in the Table Tennis Super League. In the semifinals this time, Wang Manyu scored 2 points alone, she defeated Zhang Rui 3-2, and in the case of falling behind 1-2, Wang Manyu was ruthless, winning 11-2 in the fourth game and 11-3 in the fifth game.
Wang Manyu defeated Sun Mingyang 3-1 in the other women's singles match, and won 11-3 in the fourth game. Shandong Luneng's second women's singles Chen Xingtong lost to rising star Chen Yi 1-3. Chen Xingtong's state has also seen ups and downs.
In the past three seasons, the Table Tennis Super League has been dominated by Shandong Luneng and Shenzhen University. Shenzhen University won the championship in 2020, and Shandong Luneng won the championship in 2021 and 2022.
Shenzhen University recruited Kuaiman this year and formed a powerful triumvirate formation, aiming to win the championship again. But Shandong Luneng has Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi, and the strength is also very strong.
The final will start on December 24, and the first women's doubles match should be Qian Tianyi/Chen Xingtong against Kuo Man/Chen Meng, which is a very important match. The second match should be the first women's singles contest between the two sides, Sun Yingsha against Wang Manyu. Recently, Sun Yingsha has a relatively high winning rate against Wang Manyu, but she can't win steadily.
Chen Xingtong and Chen Meng's second women's singles duel is also crucial, can Chen Meng get back to form and take revenge? Last year, Chen Meng lost to Chen Xingtong. Therefore, how Chen Meng plays in the final is likely to be the X-factor.