Sun Yingsha Doha Star Match encountered three masters in the same area, can the world No. 1 win the championship?
The results of the women's singles draw for the WTT Doha Stars Tournament are out! Looking at the lottery of all the players in the national table tennis, Sun Yingsha's draw is the hardest. Zhang Benmeihe, Hina Hayata, and Wang Manyu are all in the top half of the zone with Sasha. The world No. 1 encountered such a strong test in the first game of the new year, so can Sasha women's singles win the championship?
Zhang Benmeihe tested Sasha's problem-solving ability, and Hina Hayada became more and more comfortable, and Wang Manyu was a spear and shield battle.
Before we get into that, let's take a look at the WTT Doha Stars Women's Singles Top Half draw:
Zone 1/8: Sun Yingsha, Miyu Nagasaki, Balazova, Miwa Zhangmoto
Zone 2/8: Hina Hayata, Du Kaiqin VS Li Shiwen, Szokos, Yuan Jiannan VS Linda
Zone 3/8: Wang Manyu, Batra VS Liu Yangzi, Samara, Zheng Yijing
Zone 4/8: Chen Xingtong, Zhu Chengzhu VS Diaconu, Bruna Takahashi, Shin Yubin
Doha star Sai Sasha is almost surrounded by Japanese players, and Miyu Nagasaki should find it difficult to pose a threat to the world No.1. Zhang Benmeihe has fought with Sasha twice, and was once in the lead in terms of game points and scores. For Japan's post-00s supernova, Sasha doesn't fully understand her. This time in the Doha star match, Sun Yingsha still has to continue to solve the problem against Zhang Benmeihe. Zhang Benmeihe's mother and Deng Yaping were teammates and are still familiar with the Chinese team's style of play. In recent years, in order to break through Sun Yingsha, the Japanese women's table tennis has also done key research on her.
Before the singles finals of the Star Competition, the best-of-5 system was adopted, and the space for upsets was relatively large. I hope that Sasha can make more preparations for Zhang Benmei and this time to prevent the situation from falling behind again. Hina Hayada and Sasha have already faced each other several times in 2023, and the Japanese number one looks like a big threat, but she will struggle to taste victory against the world No.1. Hina Hayata's improvement lies in her ability to hold on to the far table, her defensive ability, her backhand has a certain lethality, and her forehand backpull ability is weak.
Sasha and Hina Hayada did not fall behind the bombardment, and the backhand tore to the large angle of Hina Hayata's forehand, and Hayata's defensive advantage in the left half of the table did not exist. The competition in the upper half of the women's singles should ultimately be the collision between Wang Manyu and Sasha. Wang Manyu's recent form has recovered, and the Asian Championships defeated Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, and Sun Yingsha to win the women's singles championship. As long as Wang Manyu stays healthy, her strength at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is still very strong. However, if Wang Manyu wants to meet Sasha, she must first pass Chen Xingtong. Chen Xingtong has already sent Wang Manyu to 4 consecutive defeats, and Wang Manyu is also going to fight a turnaround battle in Doha this time.
The women's doubles have finally been untied, the Doha Stars Match is just a small test, and Sun Yingsha will focus on the World Cup and the Olympics this year.
No matter how strong and tough the Doha draw is, this is also only a star match, and the most important task for Sasha this year is to hit the women's singles championship of the World Cup and the Olympic Games. The star game and championship game are just for Sun Yingsha to further play an advantage and experience against these opponents when she is currently leading in points, so that she can be more stable in the game and have more ability and tactical methods to control the opponent. As long as Sasha does her best, she will remain the favourite to win the Women's Singles title at the Doha Stars.
What is gratifying is that it has always been a three-line battle in women's doubles, mixed doubles, and women's singles, and at the beginning of 2024, the coaching staff finally untied Sun Yingsha, that is, she will no longer play women's doubles. As an ironclad single in the team competition, Sasha's women's doubles does not have much meaning except for consuming physical energy and increasing injuries. Compared with mixed doubles, I personally hope that Sasha will win a championship in women's singles at the first stop of the new year. In the lower half of the women's singles, there are not many players who can pose a threat to national table tennis, mainly Chen Meng and Wang Yidi competing for a place in the finals.
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