At the 2024 WTT Incheon Championships, the 1/8 finals will be held on March 29, and national table tennis player Wang Yidi will face Romanian star Samara in this round. Wang Yidi played well in this game, although there were some ups and downs, but the overall situation was still very stable, defeating Samara with a total score of 3-1 and successfully advancing to the quarterfinals of women's singles.
Wang Yidi 3-1 Samara【11-4;10-12;13-11;11-2】
It was the first time the two sides had met each other, and they didn't know each other well and needed to get used to the rhythm first. Wang Yidi, currently ranked third in the world, has lost many foreign wars this Olympic cycle, especially against Miu Hirano and Hina Hayata, and has also lost to Miyu Kihara and Akula, and lost to Ni Xialian in 2021. Wang Yidi has lost the qualification for the Paris Olympics, but especially at this stage, it is more necessary to ensure the record in foreign wars.
Samara is from Romania, currently ranked 37th in the world, and is a 34-year-old veteran, seven years older than Wang Yidi. Samara is a left-handed attacking player with great quality and a lot of experience. Samara eliminated American player Zhang An in the last round, while Wang Yidi eliminated Monaco's Yang Xiaoxin.
Game recap
In the opening Samara serve, Wang Yidi stabilized the service and took a 3-0 lead in the opening game, and then Samara mobilized to recover 1 point, Wang Yidi continuously suppressed the opponent and quickly rewrote the score to 7-1. Samara then chased one more point, Wang Yidi led to 8-2, and then both sides scored one point each, Wang Yidi led to 9-3. After that, Samara accelerated the pace to chase 1 point, but then made a mistake, Wang Yidi won the game point 10-4 and won 11-4.
In the second game, Samara scored first, and continued to change the attack to suppress it to 3-1, and then Samara continued to rush and play fast, and the rhythm was indeed better controlled, thus suppressing Wang Yidi to a 5-2 lead. After that, Wang Yidi was still pinned, so that the score fell behind 2-7, and then Wang Yidi grasped the serve and took advantage of the situation to chase 6-8. After that, Samara moved quickly again and won the game point at 10-6, and then Wang Yidi chased four points in a row, but unfortunately lost 10-12.
In the third game, Samara scored first, Wang Yidi decisively grabbed the attack, and then Samara scored again, and Wang Yidi mobilized the opponent to score consecutive points to overtake 3-2. After that, Wang Yidi played a little anxiously, making the situation a little passive, and the score reached 4-6; then Wang Yidi calmed down and chased to 6 draws, and held with the opponent to 8 draws; and then the key point Samara held the service round, so as to get the game point 10-8. Wang Yidi chased 10 draws and reversed 13-11.
In the fourth game, Wang Yidi scored first and continuously suppressed the opponent to take a 4-1 lead, and then Samara made consecutive mistakes, and Wang Yidi rewrote the score to 6-1. After that, Samara recovered 1 point, Wang Yidi withstood the lead to 7-2, and then Wang Yidi continued to change to suppress the opponent, directly won the match point 10-2, and won 11-2.
So far, Wang Yidi defeated her opponent with a total score of 3-1 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of women's singles.