On the evening of May 10, Beijing time, the semifinals of the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam women's singles continued, and the world's No. 1 Sun Yingsha appeared on the stage, and the opponent was the world's No. 3 Wang Yidi, as a result, Sun Yingsha defeated Wang Yidi 4-1 and met Chen Meng in the Grand Slam women's singles final.
Prior to this, Chen Meng in the lower half of the women's singles eliminated Hina Hayada several times to enter the final, that is, the women's singles champion of the Grand Slam of this station will be produced in Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng.
Sun Yingsha has a lot of changes in playing, her forehand is prominent, Wang Yidi is more about playing strength ball, and there are relatively few changes, netizens jokingly called the two "one 800 hearts and eyes, one 800 pounds of strength", please see below for the specific game.
Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi are very familiar with each other and usually train together, and the last time the two met was in the semifinals of the Incheon Championship, when Sun Yingsha won 4-0. Recently, Wang Yidi lost more and lost less, because it was a civil war, the two had neither the pressure of competing for Olympic points nor the pressure of losing the foreign association, and both sides played relatively freely.
At the beginning, Sun Yingsha entered the state quickly, the first three boards changed a lot, the forehand was strong, Wang Yidi did not have many ways to score, 11-4, Sun Yingsha easily won the first game.
In the second game, Sun Yingsha changed the serve to limit Wang Yidi's twisting, and scored strongly on the forehand, Wang Yidi played more finely than in the first game, and even carried Sun Yingsha's offense, but Sun Yingsha was in too good shape, 11-7, Sun Yingsha won another game.
In the third game, Sun Yingsha grabbed Wang Yidi's middle, served or returned the ball to play that one drop point, Wang Yidi made frequent mistakes, in the middle game, Wang Yidi switched to using hook serves, and various large angles mobilized Sun Yingsha to tie the score, and then the score rose alternately, 12 draws, a wonderful forehand bombardment, worthy of a "top ten ball", 15-13, Wang Yidi pulled back a game.
In the fourth game, Wang Yidi continued to use the hook serve, Sun Yingsha was still trying to find a way to crack Wang Yidi's serve, the two fought each other in the near stage, the score was entangled, 9 draws, the key point Sun Yingsha held a very wonderful middle and far platform, and then saved a very extreme forehand large-angle return, 11-9, Sun Yingsha led 3-1.
In the fifth game, Wang Yidi fought against the water, actively seeking change, and fought more with Sun Yingsha, Sasha stabilized the situation, both sides protected the ball very well, the two frequently played wonderful balls, 9 draws, Sun Yingsha grasped her own service round, 11-9, won 4-1 with a big score and advanced to the finals.
Sun Yingsha's final opponent is another teammate Chen Meng, the two had a very exciting competition in the Macau World Cup in April, and what kind of sparks will collide when they meet again in this Grand Slam final? It's worth looking forward to, continue to cheer for the national table tennis players!