On the evening of May 9, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam ended the two women's singles 1/4 finals, Hina Hayada reversed Batra, Wang Yidi narrowly defeated Misei Ito, and the two took the lead in breaking into the semifinals.
Women's Singles 1/4 finals
1. Hina Hayada 4-1 Batra
Five-game scores: 7-11, 11-6, 11-4, 13-11, 11-2.
Batra was in excellent form at this event, knocking out a number of high-ranking players, including world No. 2 Manyu.
Hina Hayada and Batra have played each other three times before, with Hina Hayada winning two and losing one.
In this game, Batra's backhand serve was very confusing, and Hina Hayada couldn't catch it well at first, losing 5 points in the first game just by receiving the serve, and Batra took the lead 11-7. Hina Hayada gradually eased up after 4-4 in the second game, first made her own service round, attacked through the serve, and took the initiative to speed up when holding multiple shots, which suddenly disrupted the opponent's rhythm, scored 5 points in a row in the game, and finally pulled back a city at 11-6. In the third game, he continued to work hard and won 11-4. In the fourth game, both of them thought it was the last game, so the competition was extremely fierce. Hina Hayada took the match point at 10-9, followed by Batra at 11-10. At the critical moment, Batra's forehand attack was still a little bit off the fire, and he made consecutive mistakes, and Hina Hayada finally won the game 13-11.
When the two were about to shake hands with the assistant referee, they were reminded that the quarterfinals were best-of-seven games. But Batra, who had been beaten to the point of losing confidence, turned the fifth game into "garbage time", and Hina Hayada was not polite and won 11-2 neatly.
Hina Hayata's victory also gave other players experience in dealing with Batra, no matter how passive the situation is, as long as they hold their own service wheels, they can win at least half of the victory.
Hina Hayata's opponent in the semifinals was the winner between Chen Meng and Miwa Zhangmoto.
2. Wang Yidi 4-3 Misei Ito
Seven games: 11-5, 11-7, 7-11, 12-10, 9-11, 6-11, 11-8.
The two sides have played each other 9 times before, and Wang Yidi has 7 wins and 2 losses, occupying an absolute advantage.
Ito's technique and tactics have long been finalized due to factors such as her height and raw rubber play, and there has been little improvement in the Paris Olympic cycle, at most a little skill has been added. Many players are also getting familiar with her style of play, and more and more players can beat her.
Wang Yidi has an obvious advantage in multi-shot holding, so the main thing is to send a spin half billiards to Ito's backhand position, so that the opponent can't attack at the first time. In the first two games, Wang Yidi took an 8-3 lead early and quickly won.
In the third game, Wang Yidi sent a short forehand ball, which was not very effective, and Ito's return to the serve was very threatening. In addition, Ito strengthened his forehand fight and pulled one back 11-7.
In the crucial fourth game, Wang Yidi took a 3-point lead at the beginning, but he didn't resist it in the game and lost 7 points in a row, allowing Ito to get the game point 10-7. But after the score was behind, Wang Yidi was more bold and dared to send a long ball to attack, and the wave of 5-0 at the end of the game finally won 12-10 thrilling again. In the fifth game, Wang Yidi wasted a good start of 4-1 and did not win it in one go, giving the opponent room to adjust, resulting in losing two games in a row, and the game was dragged into the deciding game.
In the deciding game, Ito continued his previous good form and took a 6-3 lead. Just when the situation was good, Ito missed the opportunity ball with a forehand attack, and she was also full of regret, which also became the turning point of the game. Wang Yidi also breathed a sigh of relief, taking advantage of the situation to blast out a wave of 6-0, reversing the decline 9-6, and finally locking the victory with 11-8.
Wang Yidi still needs to pay attention to concentration, slack off halfway, that is, to give the opponent a chance to fight back, has been reversed by Japanese player Hina Hayada many times, and this time it is also a fluke. If there is still a situation where the lead is reversed by the Japanese players, then the storm of public opinion that is pressed by the black will come again......
Wang Yidi's opponent in the semifinals was the winner between Sun Yingsha and Qian Tianyi. Therefore, the national table tennis has won the two semi-finals in the upper half of the women's singles in advance, and has also locked a final place in advance.