On April 20, Beijing time, the WTT Macao World Cup entered the semi-finals, in a focus battle that just ended, Sun Yingsha defeated the Olympic champion Chen Meng 4-2 and successfully advanced to the finals, in another women's singles semi-finals, Wang Manyu withstood the impact of Japan's 15-year-old Zhang Benmeiwa, won 4-2, and took the lead in advancing to the finals.
Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Meng 4-2
Sun Yingsha is ranked No. 1 in the world and Chen Meng is ranked No. 4 in the world, and the two have faced each other 14 times in their careers, with Sun Yingsha leading Chen Meng 9-5. The last time the two met was in the women's singles semifinals of the WTT Xinxiang Championship 2024, where Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Meng 4-0.
In the 1/4 finals, Chen Meng swept the Japanese star Miyu Hirano 4-0, and after the game, Chen Meng also said that he hoped to play more actively in the competition with Sun Yingsha.
In the first game, the two started a wonderful duel at the beginning, and the score has been rising alternately, the score has been rising from 3-3 to 7-7, at the critical moment, Sun Yingsha scored continuously, 9-7 to open the score gap, but Chen Meng in the multi-shot competition, Sun Yingsha made a mistake in the process of changing the line in a straight line, 9-9 draw, the two launched a wonderful attack at the end of the game, the score went from 10-10 to 11-11, with Chen Meng twisting and scoring, Chen Meng 13-11 took the next city, and the big score was 1-0 ahead.
In the second game, Sun Yingsha led 2-0, but then Chen Meng scored three points in a row, 3-2 overtook the score, Chen Meng mobilized Sun Yingsha's forehand position, pulled a back, 4-3 led again, as Chen Meng returned the ball to the net, Sun Yingsha 6-4 expanded the lead, the two forehand and backhand competition was very fierce, the score was tied 8-8, but at the critical moment Sun Yingsha scored two points in a row, 12-10 pulled back a game, and the big score was 1-1 draw.
In the third game, Sun Yingsha was full of firepower, with the victory of the second game, Sun Yingsha's state was completely up, leading by a big score of 5-0, Chen Meng continued to move at a large angle, the score chased to 3-6, Sun Yingsha twisted and scored, 8-4 to expand the lead, Chen Meng's forehand was wrong, Sun Yingsha got the game point 10-6, and as Chen Meng returned the ball to the net, Sun Yingsha won the game 11-6, leading 2-1.
In the fourth game, Oh Crazy broke out, blasting out a crazy score of 11-1, and the big score was tied 2-2.
In the fifth game, Chen Meng led 8-6, Chen Meng quickly twisted the sideline, Sun Yingsha returned the ball out of bounds, Chen Meng led 9-6, Sun Yingsha scored points continuously through speed, the score chased to 8-9, Chen Meng also called a timeout to adjust, after the pause came back, Chen Meng returned the ball out of bounds, 9-9 draw, Chen Meng pulled the slash line after the transfer and scored, 10-9 got the game point, Chen Meng smashed the mistake, 10-11 behind, Sun Yingsha made a service error, and the two sides played 12-12. Sun Yingsha served successfully and won 14-12, leading 3-2.
In the sixth game, Chen Meng led 6-1, Sun Yingsha chased three points in a row, the score came to 6-4, Chen Meng only led by two points, Chen Meng performed well on the defensive end, 8-4 opened the score gap again, Sun Yingsha served and scored directly, the score chased to 8-9, Chen Meng returned the ball out of bounds, Sun Yingsha got the match point 10-9, and as Chen Meng returned the ball out of bounds, Sun Yingsha won the sixth game 11-9, thus winning the final victory 4-2.
Chen Meng went from a 6-1 lead to a 9-11 loss, and Sun Yingsha's performance at key moments was exceptional, showing her excellent big heart.
In the end, the young Sun Yingsha won the final victory with her stable mentality and more stable play at the critical moment, winning 4-2, congratulations to Sun Yingsha, congratulations to the national table tennis.