In the women's singles final of the 2024 ITTF Singles World Cup, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu dedicated a showdown that went down in history, with a tiebreaker of 11-9, a difference of 2 points, and joy and sorrow!
There will always be winners and losers in the game, but for this epic showdown, there are no losers! Just like Sun Yingsha said after the game: No matter who wins or loses in today's game, Man Yu and I are the winners in the arena. Previously, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu had not won the World Cup women's singles championship, and at the same time, the two of them won the women's singles championship of the World Championships in the three major competitions, Sun Yingsha won the World Cup before Wang Manyu, and Sun Yingsha is one step closer to the table tennis Grand Slam.
Sun Yingsha kissed the table and won the World Cup women's singles championship for the first time, which is of great significance! Sun Yingsha said: This is an unusual game, and it is a very big gain for her future career.
In the Olympic year, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu are in very good shape, Wang Manyu took the lead in winning the Singapore Grand Slam women's singles championship, Sun Yingsha won 2 consecutive championships in the Incheon Championship and this Table Tennis World Cup, and Sun Yingsha defeated Wang Manyu in the final, in all fairness, Sun Yingsha's current comprehensive strength is indeed a little stronger than Wang Manyu, this gap may be very small, maybe only exists at the psychological level, but it is indeed real.
From 3-1 lead, to 3-4 defeat, losing the last three games in a row was reversed and lost the championship, the deciding game chased from 1-5 to 5-5, from 5-7 to 7-7, from 7-8 to 8-8, from 8-9 to 9-9, and finally 9-11 lost.
However, 2024 is the Olympic year, with Wang Manyu's current competitive state, coupled with her Olympic points, she should be able to beat Chen Meng to win the women's singles seat in the Paris Olympics.