Winning the semi-finals is released: Wang Manyu 3-1 Tian Zhixi, fighting 5♂, symbolically winning the semi-finals
At the 2024 WTT Incheon Championships, the women's singles quarterfinals will be held on March 30, and the four golden flowers of the Chinese table tennis team have played successively, and all of them have advanced. So far, the Chinese table tennis team has won the women's singles semifinals.
Semi-final matchup
Sun Yingsha VS Wang Yidi
Chen Meng VS Wang Manyu
Sun Yingsha 3-2 Hina Hayata【9-11;11-5;9-11;11;11-6;11-6】
Sun Yingsha and Hina Hayada are very familiar with each other, the two sides are post-00s players of the same age, and they have met frequently in the past two or three years. This is the 14th dialogue in the history of the two sides, and Sun Yingsha has won all of the previous 13 matches. Hina Hayada is currently ranked sixth in the world, and after Misei Ito was beaten, Hina Hayada became the new first sister of Japanese table tennis.
Sun Yingsha had a bad start in this game, although she adjusted the rhythm to catch up with the score, she still lost to her opponent in the first game. After that, Sun Yingsha quickly pulled back a game, but was pinned down by her opponent in the third game and lost 9-11. After that, Sun Yingsha withstood the pressure and fought back with all her might, reversed her opponent in 2 consecutive games, and won 14 battles with each other.
Wang Yidi 3-0 Polkanova【11-4,11-9,11-4】
Wang Yidi made a quick decision and swept his opponent 3-0, thus winning all three matches against Polkanova. Wang Yidi successfully completed three foreign war tasks, and then turned to the internal communication of national table tennis. Polkanova, 29 years old, two years older than Wang Yidi, is currently ranked 29th in the world and has previously eliminated South Korean rising star Shin Yubin.
Wang Yidi played relatively steadily in this tournament as a whole, and encountered some danger against Samara in the last round, but he held the key ball. Wang Yidi missed the Olympics is indeed a pity, the missed opportunity is also lost by himself, he fell and stood up bravely, it is really difficult to get to the next session at this age, but it is not completely without a chance.
Chen Meng 3-2 Szokos【11-2,7-11,11-2,4-11,11-9】
Chen Meng defeated Szokos with great difficulty, and there was no danger to achieve revenge. This match is very important for Chen Meng, and if he loses the foreign battle at this stage, it will be very fatal, and it will have a great impact on the Olympic singles quota. Originally, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu were slightly behind in the competition, and it was really difficult to lose the foreign war at this time.
Szokos looks very insightful against Chen Meng, having defeated Chen Meng twice in the past, and this game has caused great trouble to Chen Meng. Fortunately, Chen Meng's adjustment was in place in time, and the key opportunity was finally grasped. At 29 years old and currently ranked ninth, Szokos is a good individual player.
田志希 1-3 王曼昱【7-11；16-14；8-11；7-11】
The finale of this game was held, after Wang Manyu eliminated Mittram and Zheng Yijing, both of which won 3-0 against their opponents, while Tian Zhixi defeated Liu Yangzi and Ito Micheng, and won 3-2 in both games. This is the 5th meeting between Wang Manyu and Tian Zhixi, and Wang Manyu has won the previous 4 times, but the last time the two sides met was back in 2019. Tian Zhixi is 31 years old, six years older than Wang Manyu, and is currently ranked 20th in the world.
Regarding the situation of this game, Tian Zhixi opened with great momentum and led 2-1, and then Wang Manyu quickly tied and took a slight advantage in the continuous stalemate, thus rewriting the score to a 7-5 lead. Then Tian Zhixi followed up the score, but Wang Manyu was not soft on the key ball, won the game point 10-7, and won the first game 11-7.
In the second game, the two sides started with each other, and the multi-shot battle was extremely exciting, scoring alternately to 3 draws, and then the two sides held each other, and advanced back and forth to 6 draws. After that, Wang Manyu scored 3 points in a row to take the lead, Tian Zhixi adjusted the line change and chased 2 points in a row, and then Wang Manyu withstood the hold and won the game point 10-8, but unfortunately he didn't grasp it and lost 14-16.
In the third game, Tian Zhixi led 3-1 strongly, Wang Manyu held it to chase 3 draws, and then Wang Manyu continued to advance strongly, rewriting the score to a 7-4 lead. Then Tian Zhixi chased 2 points in a row, Wang Manyu withstood the pressure and led to 9-7, and then Wang Manyu resisted again, and then reached the game point 10-8, this time 11-8.
In the fourth game, Wang Manyu led 3-0, and then continued to resist the lead to 5-1, and then Tian Zhixi chased 2 points in a row, and Wang Manyu suppressed the key backhand to rewrite the score to 7-3. After that, Wang Manyu stabilized the advantage to 9-4, Tian Zhixi immediately chased 2 points in a row, and then Wang Manyu got the match point 10-6 and ended the game 11-7.
Wang Manyu defeated Tian Zhixi with a total score of 3-1 and successfully advanced to the women's singles semifinals, winning all 5 matches against Tian Zhixi.