On April 20, Beijing time, in the women's singles semifinals of the ITTF World Cup, a long-awaited Sino-Japanese battle, Wang Manyu faced Zhang Benmei and staged as scheduled. Previously, the two sides had a meeting in the Asian Games women's team final, and Wang Manyu defeated the Japanese teenager 3-1. In the rematch of the Macau World Cup, Wang Manyu withstood the pressure and defeated Zhang Benmeihe 4-2 and successfully advanced to the women's singles final.
Wang Manyu, Zhang Benmei and were able to reach the semifinals, and both of them were in very good shape. Wang Manyu eliminated Szokos and Hina Hayada in the 1/8 finals and 1/4 finals, while Miwa Zhang overthrew the world No. 3 Wang Yidi and defeated the world No. 10 Diaz to advance. After the start of the game, both sides came up and started very quickly, from backhand to fast straight line, Zhang Benmei and took the initiative to use the change of landing point to try to mobilize Wang Manyu, so as to seize the loophole to start. In the end, Wang Manyu was still superior and took the lead in winning the first game 11-9.
In the second game, the two continued to attack each other, Zhang Benmeihe was only 15 years old, her tactical execution ability on the court, the quality of the holding and the short ball in the table, indeed exceeded the level that she should have at this age. Wang Manyu also made full preparations for this game, focusing on suppressing Zhang Benmei and the middle lane, compressing the space for Zhang Benmei and high-quality fighting. Zhang Benmeihe should say that he played well, and there were not too many ups and downs on the court, the key is that Wang Manyu held on to each other and his defensive ability was too strong, and Wang Manyu won the second game smoothly at 11-6.
In the third game, Wang Manyu played very freely, with a big lead, the forehand and backhand were full of firepower, and the backhand was twisted in a straight line so that Zhang Benmeihe did not react. After winning the Singapore Grand Slam women's singles championship and the runner-up in the Incheon Championships, Wang Manyu's condition is indeed getting better and better, and she is also full of confidence on the court. In the middle game, Zhang Benmeihe increased the quality of fighting, Wang Manyu made more mistakes, and Zhang Benmeihe won the game point 10-4. Wang Manyu also chased the score by changing the line with his backhand after that, but Zhang Benmeihe still managed to pull back a game with 11-6, and the score between the two sides was 2-1.
In the fourth game, Zhang Benmei and the opening game led 3-0, Wang Manyu fought back strongly to overtake the score to 5-3, Zhang Benmei and the quality of the board was good, but she was still too young, and she was not stable enough in front of Wang Manyu. Wang Manyu's will to win this game was very strong, in addition to the backhand, she also took the initiative to serve and then grabbed sideways, and the score quickly stretched to 8-4. Zhang Benmeihe was short in the fight in the stage, and she couldn't take the advantage, so she forcibly changed the line, which also led to an increase in her mistakes. 11-6 Wang Manyu won the fourth game, leading Zhang Benmeihe 3-1.
In the fifth game, Zhang Benmei took a 3-1 lead, and then she relied on ferocious consecutive forehand attacks to stretch the score to 7-3. When the score came to 8-4, the two sides played a very wonderful COSCO platform transfer and defense conversion. At the end of the game, Zhang Benmei and 10-6 got the game point, and after Wang Manyu caught up with 1 point, Zhang Benmei and called a timeout. After the pause, Zhang Benmei and the line were very resolute, 11-9 Zhang Meihe pulled back another game. In the sixth game, Zhang Benmei and the fight were very fierce, and the score was always in the lead, and Wang Manyu chased the score to 8-8 at the end of the game. In the key point competition, Wang Manyu won 13-11, and finally defeated the opponent with a big score of 4-2 and advanced to the women's singles final.
As a 15-year-old player, he was able to get 2 games in the hands of the world's second king Manyu, and he also played more than 10 draws in the sixth game. In this Sino-Japanese war, Wang Manyu still withstood it!