3-0! National table tennis won 4 consecutive victories, Sun Yingsha swept Miyu Hirano, and Tomokazu Zhang also won three games in a row to advance
On March 28, 2024, Beijing time, the WTT Incheon Championship entered the second match day, and Sun Yingsha ushered in her debut, she faced Japanese star Miu Hirano in the first round of the women's singles. After a fierce competition, Sun Yingsha eliminated Miu Hirano 3-0, successfully took revenge, advanced to the women's singles round of 16, and next faced Sweden's Linda Bergstrom.
In this competition, 7 national table tennis players played, Wang Yidi, Liang Jingkun, and Ma Long appeared on the first match day, all defeated their respective opponents, and entered the top 16. On the second match day, Sun Yingsha, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu appeared one after another, and Sun Yingsha faced Miyu Hirano in the first round of women's singles. Previously, Miu Hirano had defeated Sun Yingsha, and this fight was also Sun Yingsha's revenge battle. After an early exit from the Singapore Grand Slam, Sun Yingsha was not affected and wanted to compete for the title in Incheon.
In the first game of the game, Sun Yingsha quickly entered the game and took a 4-0 lead, while Miyu Hirano made more unnecessary mistakes, missed opportunity balls in a row, and fell behind 4-8 in the game. Sun Yingsha seized the opportunity and won the first game 11-7. In the second game, Sun Yingsha continued to suppress Miyu Hirano, leading 4-2 at the beginning, Miyu Hirano couldn't keep up with Sun Yingsha's rhythm, and the quality of the veneer was far inferior to Sun Yingsha, falling behind 3-7 in the game, a little helpless. Miyu Hirano worked hard to chase the score and mobilized Sun Yingsha through the change of the landing point, but Sun Yingsha defended tightly and did not give Miyu Hirano a chance to continue to fight back, winning another game 11-6, leading 2-0.
In the third game, Sun Yingsha led 4-1, and Miyu Hirano had no choice but to call a timeout. After returning from the pause, Miu Hirano once chased it to 3-4, but Sun Yingsha was comfortable and did not give Miu Hirano a chance to continue to fight back, and she finally sealed the victory with 11-7, swept Miu Hirano 3-0, advanced to the women's singles round of 16, and then faced Sweden's Linda Bergstrom. So far, the national table tennis has won 4 consecutive victories.
In the other women's singles matches, Adriana Diaz swept Wang Amy 3-0 to advance to the round of 16, where she will next face Romanian star Szokos. Another Romanian player, Samara, fought hard in 5 games, narrowly defeated Zhang An 3-2, advanced to the round of 16, and then challenged Wang Yidi. Japan's Hina Hayada also played five games, narrowly beating India's Batra 3-2 to face Egypt's Meshev in the next round.
In other men's singles matches, South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon defeated Guo Yong 3-0 and then faced Ma Long. Lim Yunru swept Denmark's Jonatan Grote 3-0 to advance to the round of 16 and next face the winner between Jang Woo-jin and Ahn Jae-hyun. Fourth seed Felix Lebrun defeated another Denmark's Linde 3-1 to secure a place in the round of 16 before facing world champion Ocharov. Zhang Benzhihe fell in three straight games, swept Zhuang Zhiyuan, easily advanced to the round of 16, and then faced South Korean teenager Wu Huicheng!