On February 16, the first round of the team competition of the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships started, and in the just finished game, the game broke out a big upset. Sun Yingsha, No. 1 in the world, and Wang Yidi, No. 2 in the world, lost at the same time, and the Chinese team almost lost in an upset. Fortunately, Wang Manyu withstood the pressure and scored 2 points, and the Chinese team finally won 3-2.
The Chinese women's team is the strongest, with the world's top four women's singles, how to play the women's team competition, many people will think that the Chinese team will win the championship without losing a set. In the first round, the Chinese team played against the weak Indian team, which was a game of strong players.
In the first match, world No. 1 Sun Yingsha faced world No. 155 Mukherjee. There is a huge disparity in strength in this game, Sun Yingsha has been in good form recently, and today's performance is a big surprise. The first game was unexpectedly lost 10-12, and in the second game, the game adjusted in time and easily equalized the score 11-2. In the third game, Sun Yingsha lost 3 points in a row while leading 10-7, and was finally reversed by the opponent 13-11. In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha was more impatient, made a lot of mistakes, lost the game 6-11, and lost 1-3 with a big score, and the Chinese team got off to a black start.
In the second match, world No. 4 Wang Manyu faced world No. 36 Batra. Batra is the first sister in India, and she still has a certain strength. Wang Manyu played steadily, withstood the pressure of losing the first set, and easily won the first two games 11-3, 11-8. Batra started the third game and won the first game 15-13. In the fourth game, Wang Manyu played steadily and won 11-7, winning 3-1 with a big score and equalizing for the Chinese team.
In the third match, world No. 2 Wang Yidi faced world No. 49 Akula. Wang Yidi's ferocious forehand and backhand attack did not come out at all, and finally lost 3 games in a row 7-11, 9-11, 13-15, and lost an incredible upset, and the Chinese team fell behind 1-2.
In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha played again, and the first sister of both sides PK directly. Sun Yingsha adjusted her form and finally won 11-3, 11-6, 11-13, 11-9 against Batra, winning 3-1 and equalizing the score to 2-2 for the Chinese team.
In the fifth game, Wang Manyu played against Mukherjee. Wang Manyu played handily, winning three games in a row 11-9, 13-11, 11-6, and easily winning 3-0 with a big score, sealing the victory for the Chinese team.
In the whole game, Wang Manyu performed the best, winning the second and fifth key games. Sun Yingsha lost unexpectedly at the beginning, adjusted back to her form in time to win the fourth game, and made up for it. Wang Yidi was more disappointing, losing 0-3.