On March 31, Beijing time, the Incheon Championship entered the final match, and the men's and women's singles champions will be born! The women's singles final is the national table tennis civil war, Sun Yingsha vs. Wang Manyu, and the men's singles final is the national table tennis foreign war, Liang Jingkun vs. Brazilian player Hugo, these two decisive battles will undoubtedly be watched by everyone!
There are only singles events in this competition, and a total of 7 people from the national table tennis team participated, namely Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Ma Long, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, and Chen Meng. Some fans may have questions, why did Wang Chuqin not participate?
In fact, Wang Chuqin was on the list of invited participants, but because Datou chose to withdraw due to personal reasons, not due to injury, but simply rested, and will return in the Table Tennis Singles World Cup on April 15, looking forward to the moment when Datou returns to the arena with a new look.
Perhaps it was Wang Chuqin's absence that made the national table tennis men's team lose in the upper half of the region, because if Wang Chuqin participated, as the world's No. 1 in the new men's singles, he would be the top seed in the men's singles of the tournament and guard the upper half of the region. Fan Zhendong will enter the bottom half of the bracket as the second seed, and Ma Long and Liang Jingkun will be drawn to determine the final position.
At that time, there will be two national table tennis players in each of the upper and lower halves of the men's singles, so that one half of the zone can be avoided to a large extent.
At present, Fan Zhendong has become the first player of the national table tennis team to lose a foreign war in this event, and the men's singles semifinals lost to the "first brother of the Americas" Brazilian player Hugo 2-4, which broke out the biggest upset since the start of the tournament, resulting in the national table tennis men's singles not completing the finals.
Fan Zhendong's loss can be divided into two aspects, the bad side is undoubtedly the loss of foreign wars in the Olympic year, which is definitely a minus point for Fan Zhendong himself, which will make the national table tennis coaching staff and many fans full of worries about Fan Zhendong's performance in the Paris Olympics.
Although the current list of national table tennis Paris Olympics has not yet been released, Fan Zhendong's place in the Paris Olympics can be regarded as a certainty, and the loss to Hugo this time has not had a great impact on Fan Zhendong's participation in the Paris Olympics.
And after Fan Zhendong lost to Hugo, it can also be a wake-up call for Fan Zhen in the process of preparing for the Olympics, we must pay attention to every opponent, and we are not allowed to make mistakes in the Olympic Games, from this point of view, Fan Zhendong's defeat to Hugo is not a bad thing.
In addition to Fan Zhendong, the rest of the three players of the national table tennis team who lost out of the game all lost in the civil war, and all in the semifinals, Ma Long lost to Liang Jingkun 3-4, Wang Yidi lost to Sun Yingsha 0-4, and Chen Meng lost to Wang Manyu 2-4.
In the last match day, the first to be played was the women's singles final, Sun Yingsha vs. Wang Manyu, although it was a national table tennis civil war, but it will also receive great attention from many fans. Sun Yingsha is No. 1 in the women's singles world, and Wang Manyu is ranked No. 2 in the world, so this match will definitely be very fierce!
The two have had a total of 15 previous encounters, and Sun Yingsha has a slight advantage of 8-7, but the most recent meeting between the two was in the women's singles final of the Asian Championships in September last year, when Wang Manyu defeated Sun Yingsha 3-2 to win the women's singles championship. Here are the details of the Women's Singles final.
In the first game, Sun Yingsha took the lead 2-0, Wang Manyu chased it to a 2-2 draw, and then the two sides fought until a 4-4 draw, Sun Yingsha scored 3 points in a row, and Wang Manyu chased it to 7-8 in the middle and late stages, and then Sun Yingshalai scored 3 points in a row and took the lead 11-7.
In the second game, Sun Yingsha took the lead 2-0, Wang Manyu scored 3 points in a row, and after the two sides fought to a 4-4 draw, Sun Yingsha scored 4 points in a row, and after Wang Manyu scored 1 point, Sun Yingsha scored 3 points in a row, 11-5 and another city, with a big score of 2-0 to take the lead.
In the third game, after the two sides fought to a 2-2 draw, Sun Yingsha scored 5 points in a row, 7-2 to pull the score apart, Wang Manyu chased to 4-8, Sun Yingsha scored 3 points in a row, won the third game 11-4, and took the lead with a big score of 3-0, Sun Yingsha completely occupied the initiative of the game.
In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha made an 8-0 start as soon as she came up, and then Wang Manyu chased 2 points in a row, due to the disparity in points, Wang Manyu was also powerless, as a result, Sun Yingsha won the fourth game 11-4, defeated Wang Manyu 4-0, and won the women's singles championship of the Incheon Championship!
Throughout this game, Sun Yingsha's condition is indeed too good, while Wang Manyu is a little unprepared and did not mobilize his best condition. After Sun Yingsha won the women's singles championship in this event, the world ranking and the national table tennis Paris Olympic selection points are still ranked first.
Although Wang Manyu won the runner-up, the national table tennis Paris Olympic selection points surpassed Chen Meng and rose to the second place in the national table tennis women's team, and the overall performance is still worthy of recognition.