At the 2024 ITTF Macau World Cup, the third round of the group stage will be held on April 17, and Wang Manyu will face India's star Batra in this round. This match decided who could advance from both sides, and Wang Manyu played strongly, swept Batra 4-0 and advanced to the round of 16.
Women's Group 2 standings
Wang Manyu defeated Romania's Diaconu 4-0 in the first round and Batra defeated Diaconu 3-1 in the second round. After the first 2 rounds, Diaconu lost 2 consecutive games and went straight out, and the group qualification place was between Wang Manyu and Batra. Because of the particularity of the rules of this tournament, Wang Manyu, who won 4 games/lost 0 games, has a relative advantage, and Wang Manyu can advance if he wins 2 games in the final round, while Batra has to win at least 3 games.
The two sides competed in the last round, Wang Manyu suppressed the opponent as a whole in the first 2 games, and locked the promotion seat in advance after winning in a row. However, there are new rules for the competition for singles seats in the national table tennis Olympics recently, and getting a score of 3-1 can ensure that points will not be deducted internally. In the end, Wang Manyu defeated Batra 4-0, won 8 games/lost 0 games in the group stage, won the first place in the group with an absolute advantage, and advanced to the top 16 of the women's singles.
Wang Manyu 4-0 Batra【11-6;11-4;11-9;11-4】
Wang Manyu, ranked No. 2 in the world, is now 25 years old and three years younger than Batra, and is a strong contender for the women's singles player at the Paris Olympics. Batra, currently ranked 37th in the world, has faced Wang Manyu for the fifth time in his career, having been defeated by Wang in his previous four fights. The most recent clash was the team event at the 2024 World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea, where Wang Manyu won 3-1.
A brief summary of the progress of the race
In the opening game, Batra served, Wang Manyu stabilized the serve, scored consecutive points to take a 2-0 lead, and then Wang Manyu served a long ball to contain 3-0 and stabilize the advantage to a 4-1 lead. After that, the two sides continued to hold each other, Wang Manyu decisively attacked sideways to suppress, maintaining the advantage to a 6-2 lead, and then Batra returned sideways, Wang Manyu again grabbed to 8-4. After that, Batra chased 2 points in a row, and Wang Manyu carried the opponent to get the game point 10-6, and successfully won the first game 11-6.
In the second game, Batra quickly led 3-1, Wang Manyu continued to attack and suppress with a backhand, and quickly chased to 3 draws, and then Wang Manyu continued to suppress, rewriting the score to 5-3 to stop the opponent. After the pause, Wang Manyu pulled to the corner to score, and Batra also scored to chase 4-6, and then Wang Manyu attacked the opponent continuously to get the game point at 10-4. With Batra making a mistake and losing points, Wang Manyu won the second game 11-4, thus directly locking the first place in the group and successfully winning the top 16 seats.
In the third game, Wang Manyu quickly took a 4-1 lead, Batra was out of the game in advance, but still tried his best to play the game, chasing 2 points in a row to 3-4; After that, Wang Manyu scored in time to stabilize it, and the two sides advanced to 7 draws, and then Wang Manyu made consecutive long ball errors, and Batra led to 9-7. After Batra's key serve error, Wang Manyu seized the opportunity to get the game point 10-9 and won the third game 11-9.
In the fourth game, Batra scored first, Wang Manyu scored 3 points in a row to overtake, and then Wang Manyu scored continuously, Batra didn't have anything, Wang Manyu changed the score to 8-1 lead. After that, Wang Manyu won the game point at 10-4 and ended the match at 11-4.