On April 19, Beijing time, in the 1/4 finals of the ITTF women's singles, the world's No. 1 Sun Yingsha faced Taipei's Zheng Yijing. As a result, Sasha defeated her opponent 4-2 and successfully advanced to the semifinals of women's singles. Let's take a look at the competition:
In the first game, Sun Yingsha took the lead and led Zheng Yijing 5-2. Zheng Yijing is already a veteran of 30+ years old, and she is not a player of the same era as Sasha, and the difference between the two is still very big in the whole hitting quality and technical advancement. Under the strong offensive firepower of the world No. 1, Zheng Yijing handed over the first game 5-11. In the second game, Sasha was still in control of the situation on the court, and Zheng Yijing's twisting and fast attack did not pose much threat to Sun Yingsha. On the contrary, the world's No. 1 top three boards and hard power make Zheng Yijing really difficult to resist. 11-2 Sasha won the second game, leading Zheng Yijing 2-0.
In the third game, Zheng Yijing found some feelings, perhaps because she also did some targeted research before the game, and the holding session was mainly to suppress Sasha's middle lane, avoiding the world's No. 1 forehand and backhand firepower. At the end of the game, Zheng Yijing also won the game point 10-8. After Sasha chased the score to 9-10, Zheng Yijing called a timeout. After the pause, Zheng Yijing returned the ball with her forehand and hooked a large angle to pull back a game at 11-9.
In the fourth game, the two sides tied 2-2 at the beginning, and Zheng Yijing's fight in the middle game did play a role. After several years of experience, Sun Yingsha is becoming more and more calm no matter what situation she faces on the court. Being able to go from 4-6 down to 8-6, Sasha's ability to control the game was too strong. When the score came to 9-7, Sasha played a wonderful attack, there was a change in the rhythm of fast and slow after the backhand, and after pulling out the forehand, a burst rush, 11-7 The world No. 1 successfully achieved a single-game reversal. Sasha leads Zheng Yijing 3-1.
In the fifth game, Zheng Yijing was not affected by the big score behind, and still fought back wildly, leading Sasha 5-3 at the beginning. As a representative of the masculine style of play in women's technology, the quality of Sasha's boards is very high. Once she was asked to pull out her hand to fill up the mass, Zheng Yijing, who seemed to be attacking, was also directly penetrated. Relying on continuous backhand critting, Sasha equalized the score 6-6 in the middle game. After that, the two sides fought to a 10-10 draw, and the key point was Zheng Yijing's rolling tennis, and she successfully pulled back a game at 12-10. The score came to 3-2. In the sixth game, Sasha didn't give her opponent a chance and led 7-1 at the beginning. In the end, the world No. 1 sealed the victory 11-5 and won the whole match.
In the 2020 World Cup, Sun Yingsha reached the women's singles final, but Sasha lost 1-4 to Chen Meng and was the runner-up. At that stage, Sun Yingsha had not been on the team for a long time, and the thickness of the holding stage was not enough. In the next semi-finals, she can defeat Chen Meng, advance to the women's singles final, and even win the first World Cup women's singles championship, Sasha will continue to work hard. Do you want Sun Yingsha to win the World Cup in Macau?