The WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam ushered in the mixed doubles semi-finals, Sun Yingsha partnered Wang Chuqin, against Hina Hayada and Tomokazu Zhangmoto, in the end, the Shatou combination defeated their opponents with a score of 3-0 and advanced to the final, while the Japanese pair was eliminated!
According to the announcement released on the official website of the Table Tennis Association, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin will represent the national table tennis in the Paris Olympics and take on the heavy responsibility of winning gold for the team, and our main opponent is the Japanese combination.
After the 2-minute warm-up, the game officially began. In the first game of the competition between the two sides, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha were in good competitive condition, achieving a 4-1 advantage, and Wang Chuqin caused Hina Hayada to return the ball out of bounds, and the advantage came to 5-1, which was a very good start. Tomokazu Zhang's backhand return was very sharp, helping the Japanese table tennis pair score. Soon, though, the Shatou combination was still in color. Hina Hayada hit a high-quality straight ball, causing Sun Yingsha to make a mistake, but Sasha responded with a tricky return ball that made Tomokazu Zhang very embarrassed. Tomokazu Zhangmoto's hand was average, and the Japanese table tennis combination quickly fell behind 5-9.
However, Hina Hayada and her teammates chased 3 points in a row, and the difference came to 1 point, and the two Japanese athletes continued to exert their strength to tie the score, 9-9, and the Japanese combination accelerated to a very good effect. The Shatou combination fell into a slump and lost points again, the opponent won the game point, and Wang Chuqin picked the ball to score and tie the score. After scoring 2 points in a row, the Shatou combination won the first game with a score of 12-10.
In the second game, Sun Yingsha and her teammates still started well, leading 2-0, and then, Wang Chuqin twisted out of bounds, Sun Yingsha played a big angle, and Hina Hayada was embarrassed. Although the Japanese players chased 3-3, the national table tennis combination scored 2 points in a row and continued to establish an advantage. After 8-6, the national table tennis combination caused Zhang Benzhi and the ball return error to lead 9-6. As Hina Hayada returned the ball to the net, Shatou established a 10-7 advantage, got the game point, won 11-9, and the total score was already 2-0 ahead.
In the third game, the Shatou combination took a 5-2 lead, 8-8, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha lost points, the opponent took the lead in getting the game point 10-9, the national table tennis players equalized, and then won 12-10, and finally, the two players of the national table tennis won and advanced to the finals.