The Chinese women's table tennis reversed the Japanese team to achieve six consecutive championships, and Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng cried after the game
On the evening of February 24, the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships team competition ended the women's team finals, and the Chinese team played by Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng and Wang Yidi fought hard in five sets and narrowly defeated the old rival Japanese team 3-2, realizing the feat of the women's team winning the World Table Tennis Championships for six consecutive years, which is also the 23rd time in the history of the Chinese team to win the women's team championship trophy Corbillon Cup.
For a long time, Chinese women's table tennis has been the pinnacle of the world table tennis stage and has continuously won honors. Since winning the World Table Tennis Championships team championship for the first time in 1965, Chinese women's table tennis has won 22 championships and has always maintained the dominance of women's table tennis. This World Table Tennis Championships is the last team competition before the Paris Olympics, and it is also an important battle for the national table tennis team to test the results of winter training and prepare for the Paris Olympics. In this event, the Chinese women's table tennis sent Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong to participate in the competition. Since 2012, the Chinese women's table tennis team has won the women's team championship at the World Table Tennis Championships five times in a row, and their only goal this time is to win six consecutive championships.
In the first match of the finals, world No. 1 Sun Yingsha and Japan's star of hope Miwa Zhang launched a fierce duel, the two have played each other three times before, and Sun Yingsha has won all of them. In this campaign, Sun Yingsha performed very strongly in the game, firmly controlled the rhythm of the game, and lost three games in straight games 11-5, 11-8 and 11-4, swept Zhang Benmeihe 3-0, and won the first place for the team.
In the second game, Chen Meng played against Hina Hayata, the first sister of Japanese table tennis. As a result, Chen Meng won one game first, and was defeated by Hina Hayada in three consecutive games. Then Wang Yidi played against Miu Hirano, Wang Yidi played poorly in this game, losing three games in a row 8-11, 11-13 and 10-12, and the Japanese team reversed the score 2-1.
In the crucial fourth game, Sun Yingsha appeared again against Hina Hayata. In the first game, Sun Yingsha showed super forehand strength, completely crushing the opponent's confidence and fighting spirit 11-2. Then Sun Yingsha, who completely took the initiative, won two more games 11-7, 11-6, and swept Hina Hayada 3-0 to tie the big score. In this game, Sun Yingsha scored 2 points, showing the strength of the world's No. 1 and making the first contribution to the team's six consecutive championships. In the decisive game, Chen Meng won three games in a row after losing one game first, defeated Zhang Benmeihe 3-1, and also helped the national table tennis team reverse the Japanese team 3-2 and achieve the sixth consecutive championship of the women's team in the World Table Tennis Championships, which is also the 23rd time in the history of the Chinese team to win the Babylon Cup. After the game, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng burst into tears, and the five sisters of the women's group hugged each other tightly and witnessed the glorious moment of winning the cup together.
Sun Yingsha said after the game, "I am very happy to be able to win the championship in the end. This championship does not belong to the five of us, it belongs to the entire Chinese table tennis team, and belongs to everyone who cheers for us on the spot. ”
As the absolute main force of national table tennis, Sun Yingsha reached the top of the ITTF world rankings for the first time on January 30, 2022, and thus became the first post-00 world No. 1 in the world table tennis world. In the past year, she has won seven women's singles titles, including the three most advanced championships – the Singapore Grand Slam, the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, and the Nagoya Finals. In this peak battle of the World Table Tennis Championships, Sun Yingsha's two appearances were not only domineering, but also showed super dominance at the technical level, beating Miwa Zhang and Hina Hayada had no room for resistance. It is precisely because of Sun Yingsha that the Chinese women's table tennis has survived the difficulties in adversity and has not let the champion fall aside. She is already a well-deserved anchor of the team.
In the award ceremony, Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, personally presented the award to the Chinese women's table tennis, and he hugged and greeted the five golden flowers Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong and Wang Manyu one by one, and congratulated them on defending the honor of national table tennis.
Chen Meng, who withstood the huge pressure and won the last point, said: "Today, in such a difficult situation, Sasha won two games, which is really excellent, and it makes me feel the strength of the team, and this trophy is the best Lantern Festival gift for the audience and friends." ”
Text/Beiqing Sports Zhou Xueshuai