On April 18, Beijing time, the Macau World Cup entered the men's and women's singles 1/8 finals. At 18:00 in the evening, there will be a key battle, that is, the national table tennis Olympic champion Wang Manyu against the Romanian beauty Szokos. The two had previously met once in 2018, when Wang Manyu won. After six years, despite the fact that Szokos has risen to ninth in the world, Manyu still won 4-1. Details are as follows:
In the first game, Wang Manyu led 3:1 at the beginning, 8:4 in the middle game, and 9:6 in the final game, but was chased to 9:9, and after 9:9, Szokos won two points in a row and won the first game 11:9.
In the second game, Wang Manyu led 5-1 at the beginning, 8-3 in the middle game, 10-6 to take the lead in the game, and 11-7 to pull back a game.
In the third game, Wang Manyu led 5:3 at the beginning, 8:4 in the middle game, and 9:5 in the final game, and Szokos chased it to 7-9. However, after that, Wang Manyu used the backhand advantage and the change of landing point to win two points in a row 11-7 to win the third game. The big score is 2-1 ahead.
In the fourth game, the two sides started 4:4, Szox took an 8:5 lead in the middle game, and got the game point 10:8 in the final game, Wang Manyu chased 4 points in a row and reversed the game 12:10, leading Szokos 3:1.
In the fifth game, Szokos led 4:2 at the beginning, and Wang Manyu tied and overtook the score 5:4. That's when Szokos called for a timeout. After the pause, Wang Manyu scored 6:4, and then the two sides played 6:6, and after 7:7, Manyu scored three points in a row to get the match point 10:7, and ended the game with Manyu's forehand pick score 11-7.
Congratulations to Manyu for the 1/4 finals, where Manyu will face the winner of Hina Hayada and Shin Yubin. Congratulations again to Manyu for advancing to the quarterfinals. Her backhand is so handsome!