At 9 a.m. on February 16, Beijing time, the Busan World Table Tennis Championships began the team competition, with the Chinese team vs the Indian team. I thought it was an easy game, but the unexpected loss of the two singles Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi, the game played five sets, relying on Wang Manyu's two consecutive victories, and finally defeated the opponent 3:2 to win the first victory. Let's take a look at the process of the competition.
In the first game, Sun Yingsha VS Aishka Mukherjee, facing an opponent who is far lower than her in the world ranking, Sun Yingsha did not play well in the opening stage, and lost directly after being held by the opponent after getting the match point in the first game, and she also shook her head. In the second game, Sun Yingsha played relatively smoothly and easily won 11-2. But in the third game, when it came to the key ball, Sun Yingsha made consecutive mistakes and lost the key point 11-13. In the fourth game, Mukherjee's morale was high, and he scored consecutive kills to win the game 11-6. Losing the first game, the coaching staff was also a little surprised, after all, Sun Yingsha is ranked No. 1 in the world, but this is also a fact that cannot be changed.
In the second game, Wang Manyu VS Manica Batra. As one of China's four golden flowers, Wang Manyu did not relent, and gave his opponent a dismount as soon as he came up, only allowing the opponent to score 3 points and win the first game 11-3. In the second game, Wang Manyu went all out and won 11-8. In the third game, the opponent Batra began to gradually find his form, and the scores of the two also rose alternately, and finally Wang Manyu lost a game 13-15. In the crucial fourth game, Wang Manyu did not give his opponent a chance and won the game 11-7. The Chinese team equalized the score.
In the third game, Wang Yidi VS Sliga Akula. As the world's No. 2 Wang Yidi seems to have been affected by Sun Yingsha, and he was not in the game at all, and was defeated by his opponent in three games in a row and lost the game. The scores were 7-11, 9-11, 11-13 in the three games, and although Wang Yidi has been trying to find his form, the 11-point game does not allow you to make the slightest mistake. The Indian team led the Chinese team 2-1, and I believe that such a result is beyond everyone's expectations.
In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha VS Manica Batra. This time, Sun Yingsha did not give her opponent a chance, and started the first game with 11-3. In the second game, Sun Yingsha was also ruthless, winning another game 11-6 and leading her opponent 2-0. In the third game, Batra began to desperately chase the score, but Sun Yingsha was still not decisive enough in the handling of the key ball, allowing the opponent to pull back a game 13-11. In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha fought hard, did not give her opponent any chance after winning the match point, and won the key point 11-9. The score was 2-2, and the Indian team and the Chinese team drew again.
In the fifth tiebreaker, Wang Manyu played again against Ajka Mukherjee. Facing the victory over the world No. 1 Sun Yingsha at the close, Wang Manyu also played extremely hard, although he finally defeated the opponent 3-0, but the first two games both sides fought to the end, Wang Manyu also withstood the pressure and won the opponent 11-9 and 13-11 respectively. In the last game, Wang Manyu did not give his opponent any chance and won the game 11-6. In the end, the Chinese team successfully reversed and relied on the excellent performance of "Eel" to defeat the Indian team 3-2.
After watching the game, I had to sweat for the Chinese team, whether it was Sun Yingsha or Wang Yidi, they were not resolute enough in the handling of key balls, which also reflected their psychological state of wanting to win and being afraid of losing. In the next games, we have to face South Korea and Japan, this kind of game state is not good, I hope they can adjust and win the championship in the best condition.