In the second round of the women's singles group stage of the ITTF Macau World Cup, world No. 1 Sun Yingsha faced Taipei's Chen Siyu. As a result, Sasha won 4-0. In the last round, the world No. 1 also defeated Hong Kong's Zhu Chengzhu 4-0, so that Sasha successfully advanced to the women's singles round of 16 with the first place in the group.
At the beginning of the game, Chen Siyu launched a multi-board attack with Sun Yingsha from the first ball. However, Sasha's strength and offensive and defensive conversion are still much stronger than Chen Siyu, it seems that the other party is attacking strongly, but in fact, it is difficult for Chen Siyu to impress the world's No. 1. 11-7 Sun Yingsha took the lead in winning the first game. In the second game, Sasha took the lead 3-1, and Chen Siyu dared to boldly change Sasha's forehand on the offensive line, which just gave Sun Yingsha the opportunity to burst with her forehand.
In the middle game, Sasha led Chen Siyu 5-1. Chen Siyu is at a disadvantage in terms of strength, quality, and speed in the stalemate phase, and the only change for her to score more points is to fight on the first three boards, or wait for Sasha's active mistakes. In the middle game, Chen Siyu chased the score to 7-9 at one point, but after Sasha's forehand firepower was released, Chen Siyu was difficult to resist. 11-7 Sun Yingsha won the second game and led 2-0.
In the third game, Chen Siyu started well, blocking Sasha's multi-board attack, and the score also led 3-0. When you are close to winning a match, you will often be counterattacked by your opponent, which is also a normal situation. For Chen Siyu's counterattack, Sun Yingsha calmly responded and soon overtook the score to 5-3. After that, Chen Siyu once chased the score to a 9-9 draw. In the end, Sasha still had the last laugh at 11-9. In the fourth game, Chen Siyu did not give up the game, and she fell behind by a big score, but let go of her hands and feet, and the score led 5-3. blindly added quality to fight, which increased Chen Siyu's mistakes. 11-9 Sun Yingsha won the 4th game and sealed the victory of the whole game.
After the end of the competition on April 17, the top 16 of men's and women's singles will be produced, and this World Cup will usher in another draw. After the draw, there will be a knockout stage of the competition. I don't know if Sun Yingsha will play the anti-Japanese hero again in this World Cup, and will be assigned to the top half of the zone with Hina Hayata. I hope Sasha's condition is getting better and better, and she will go all out to hit the World Cup women's singles championship!