The Saudi Grand Slam is in full swing! Sun Yingsha, who already holds the mixed doubles gold medal, will face Chen Meng again in the women's singles final. For Sun Yingsha, the best opportunity to hit the double crown has come!
After the experience of the Tokyo Olympics, Sun Yingsha of the Paris Olympics cycle has completely exploded! At last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, Sun Yingsha defeated Wang Manyu to win the championship. In the recently concluded Macau World Cup, Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Meng to win the championship. To achieve her great career in the Grand Slam, Sun Yingsha is now only one Olympic women's singles gold medal. Recently, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the list of participants for the Paris Olympics, and Sun Yingsha was the first to be selected. At the Paris Olympics, Sun Yingsha will compete in three events: women's singles, mixed doubles and women's team. Obviously, Sun Yingsha is also shouldering a heavy responsibility! The opportunity to achieve the dream of a Grand Slam is just around the corner, and I believe Sun Yingsha will not miss it easily!
It is said that there are three gangs of one hero! Sun Yingsha can achieve today's results, which is inseparable from the guidance of the coaching staff, and even more inseparable from the sparring partner who accompanied her in obscurity! Among them, 22-year-old Wang Tianyi has made great contributions!
In 2002, Wang Tianyi was born in Jinan, Shandong. Because of practicing with his brother, Wang Tianyi fell in love with table tennis! Thanks to the coach's discernment, Wang Tianyi entered the Shandong Luneng team in 2012. In 2016, with the runner-up of the Junior Championships, Wang Tianyi entered the national team. After entering the national team, Wang Tianyi appeared more often in doubles events! In 2019, Wang Tianyi partnered with Chen Yi at the ITTF Italian Junior Open and narrowly defeated the combination of Kuo Man and Wu Yangchen 3-2 and won the championship. At last year's National Championships, Wang Tianyi and Liu Dingshuo competed in the mixed doubles competition. When combining with world No. 1 Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin, Wang Tianyi defeated Sun Yingsha 3-0. In the women's doubles final of the 2023 WTT feeder tournament in Dusseldorf, He Zhuojia/Wang Tianyi defeated Matlova/Balazova 3-1 and won the women's doubles championship of this station.
And being able to become Sun Yingsha's sparring partner is also because Wang Tianyi is a rare "particle player", who can help Sun Yingsha solve the "particle problem" well. So Wang Tianyi has also been reused by the coaching staff! Fans are deeply impressed by Wang Tianyi, in addition to her football skills, there is also a very important reason for her image! With a height of 1.76 meters, she is tall and has a delicate face, which is worthy of being a beauty once in 30 years of national table tennis, and some people even say that Wang Tianyi looks like Liu Yifei! Her matches are often attended by very large crowds! She could have eaten with her face, but she still chose table tennis, which shows her love for table tennis!
In the next Taiyuan Challenger, the mixed doubles combination of Wang Tianyi and Liu Dingshuo will challenge Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin again. Will they continue to upset this year? Let's wait and see!