On February 16, Beijing time, on the first match day of the 2024 World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, the Chinese women's team played its first match against the group stage opponent India. In the first game, Sun Yingsha, the world No. 1 in women's singles, lost 1-3 to Aishka Mukherjee, who was ranked 155th in the women's singles world, and the Chinese women's team suffered a black start to this World Table Tennis Championships.
Yesterday, the head coach of national table tennis Li Ying said in an interview with CCTV that the fiasco of the 2002 Busan Asian Games is still very deep in his memory, first of all, we must do our best and prepare ourselves before the game. But competitive sports are like this, there are accidents and upsets, and sometimes it can be impossible to prevent it.
Ashika Mukherjee is 26 years old and has a special style of play with granular glue, and her backhand is long glue with more variations. In the Asian Championships in September last year, Chen Xingtong encountered her in the single 1/16 finals, and Chen Xingtong was also very uncomfortable with the opponent's style of play at that time, and only made a thrilling 3-2 reversal after losing two games. In the quarterfinals of the women's doubles at the Hangzhou Asian Games on September 30 last year, Chen Meng/Wang Yidi lost 1-3 to the Indian pair Sutirta Mukherjee/Eshka Mukherjee.
In today's match between Sun Yingsha and Aishka Mukherjee, Sun Yingsha played awkwardly at the beginning. In the first game, Sun Yingsha lost 10-12, and in the second game, Sun Yingsha controlled the situation and easily won 11-2. But in the third game, the opponent once again had the upper hand, and Sasha, who was a little anxious, lost again 11-13. In the third game, Sun Yingsha chased from 4-6 to 6-6, and the live broadcast screen was full of salsa cheering, and the national table tennis fans in the stands have been clapping to cheer for Sun Yingsha, and it is estimated that her hands have already been hurting. Next, the opponent scored 5 points in a row, and Sun Yingsha lost the game 6-11.
The opponent has a special style of play, which has created a lot of trouble for Sun Yingsha in terms of rhythm. Sun Yingsha was obviously a little lacking in patience and did not have many effective means to deal with the unfavorable situation, resulting in the loss of the first point in the first game of the team competition. But then again, it's impossible for our players to win forever. Sun Yingsha should also summarize in time to avoid similar situations in the future.
Now in the second women's singles, Wang Manyu is in an absolute advantage against India's first sister Batra.