The national table tennis women's will not perform well
Wang Yidi missed 9 match points and lost to Hina Hayata
In the early morning of May 27, Beijing time, a key battle in the women's singles 1/4 finals of the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, South Africa kicked off. World No. 3 China's Wang Yidi takes on Japan's number one main player and world No. 10 Hina Hayata. This is the second time that the two top players have met each other in a year, and the result of the last meeting was Wang Yidi's 4-3 victory over Hina Hayata.
At the beginning of the game, Wang Yidi took the initiative and controlled the situation with his excellent serve and attack. In the first game, she took the lead with an 11-4 advantage. In the second game, although Wang Yidi temporarily lost his rhythm, he quickly adjusted and won 11-3. At this point, the big score has reached 2-0 and victory looks like it is only a matter of time.
The game then took a dramatic turn. Hina Hayada hit her best backhand large-angle spin ball, constantly disrupting Wang Yidi's rhythm. In the third game, she chased a point 11-9, and in the fourth game, she tied the score again at 11-6.
Entering the decisive game, the two sides come and go, and the atmosphere on the field is tense. The score alternated and the two sides fought to a draw of 21. At this critical moment, Wang Yidi got 9 match points in a row, but each time it was resolved one by one by the tenacious Hina Hayata. In turn, Hina Hayada also got a match point at 21-20, but was quickly retied by Wang Yidi.
The two fought until 29 draws, and Hina Hayada finally seized the opportunity on her sixth match point and defeated Wang Yidi 4-3 on aggregate with a total score of 29-27. After the game, Hina Hayada cried excitedly, while Wang Yidi showed helplessness, missing 9 match points was undoubtedly her biggest regret in this battle.
Chen Meng was reversed by Hina Hayata, and his mentality was not good
In addition to Wang Yidi, Chen Meng also suffered setbacks in this round. As the Olympic champion of national table tennis and the world No. 3, Chen Meng originally had an absolute advantage against Hina Hayata. The two have played each other in the past 7 times, and Chen Meng has won all of them, and he also has a huge home advantage psychologically.
At the beginning of the game, Chen Meng seemed a little out of shape. In the first game, although she took the lead with her excellent holding ability, she began to get tired when she was leading 11-6, and was chased by Hina Hayada for 5 points in a row, and finally could only take the lead 11-6.
In the second game, Chen Meng's state was even more sluggish, and he paused to adjust when he fell behind 11-8, but he still couldn't get out of the predicament after returning to the game, and finally lost another game with the same score of 11-8.
Although Chen Meng led 7-1 at the beginning of the third game, the subsequent game seemed to have given up completely, and was once again overtaken by Hina Hayada 11-9. Ma Lin called a timeout on the sidelines to no avail, and Chen Meng's mentality had completely collapsed. When she fell behind 14-12 in the fourth game, she was tied again by Hina Hayata, and finally lost another game 14-12, losing 0-4.
After the game, Chen Meng's face was ugly, obviously extremely dissatisfied with his performance. Hina Hayata, on the other hand, was smiling and finally defeated the former killer in the 8th match, giving the Japanese team the lead in this China-Japan summit matchup.
Sun Yingsha withstood the pressure
3-2 reversal of Hina Hayada to enter the semifinals
On March 30, Beijing time, the WTT Incheon Championship women's singles 1/4 finals staged a Sino-Japanese showdown. World No. 1 Sun Yingsha takes on Japan's number one Hina Hayata. The two have played each other 13 times before, and Sun Yingsha won all of them and occupied an absolute advantage. But in this game, Sun Yingsha encountered a huge challenge.
In the first game, Hina Hayada played her best backhand spin ball and led 5-1. Sun Yingsha scored 3 points in a row to chase 4-5, but then was passive again and finally lost the first game 9-11.
In the second game, Sun Yingsha strengthened her awareness of the landing point, returned the ball with her backhand and approached Hina's small triangle with her backhand, and tried her best to pull through the two lines with her forehand. These subtle adjustments worked, and Sun Yingsha quickly opened up the difference and pulled back a city 11-5.
In the third game, Sun Yingsha fell into passivity again and fell behind 9-3 at one point. After chasing 6 points in a row, the Japanese team called a timeout, and Sun Yingsha was forced to adjust. After returning to the game, although Sun Yingsha chased the score to 9-10, she finally fell behind again at 9-11.
In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha played more decisively, and continued to attack when she came up, and did not flinch in the large-angle arc ball attack that Hina Hayada is good at. Soon she equalized again at 11-6 to take the match to a decider.
In the deciding game, Sun Yingsha once led 4-1, but then was chased by Hina Hayada for 5 points in a row and fell behind 5-6. Fortunately, Sun Yingsha responded calmly and quickly overtook the score by scoring on serve. The two sides went back and forth, Sun Yingsha relied on her excellent feel and stable performance, and finally won the tiebreaker 11-6, and the big score was 3-2 to reverse Hina Hayada and advance to the semifinals.
After the game, Sun Yingsha said that every time she played against Hina Hayata, she would have a different feeling. "She's always looking for changes and improvements, and she's a very hard worker. Sun Yingsha was sincerely admired. As for her own performance, she said that she was more confident in the deciding game and played with determination in every point.
Both Japanese teams were wiped out
In addition to Hina Hayata, all other Japanese players at this WTT Incheon Championship were also swept by the national table tennis. In the men's singles, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Takashi Niwa, Maharu Yoshimura and other main players are all out. Women's singles Miu Hirano, Misei Ito and others also failed to reach the semifinals.
In this pinnacle showdown between China and Japan, the Japanese team was almost wiped out. Except for Hina Hayata's victory over Wang Yidi in the women's singles quarterfinals, the rest of the matches were all overwhelming victories for national table tennis.
In addition to beating Hina Hayata, Sun Yingsha also swept German chipper Han Ying 4-0 in the quarterfinals. Sun Yingsha alone made great contributions to the national table tennis in this Sino-Japanese showdown.
Japan's poor performance is no accident. In recent years, with the growth of the post-00s main forces such as Tomokazu Zhangmoto and Hina Hayata, the overall strength of the Japanese team has improved significantly, and it is no longer an absolute disciple of national table tennis in many events.
The poor performance at this year's WTT Incheon Championships just shows that the gap between the Japanese team and the national table tennis team still exists in the new Olympic cycle, and there is still a long way to go if they want to make a difference in the Paris Olympics.
Wang Manyu successfully resisted Japan
Eliminated Hina Hayada 4-1
On the evening of April 19, Beijing time, the 2024 Table Tennis Macau World Cup once again staged a key showdown between China and Japan. National table tennis Olympic champion Wang Manyu played against Japan's number one main Hina Hayata.
The two have played each other twice before, and Wang Manyu has the advantage of winning all. However, this World Cup involves the selection of the national table tennis Olympics, and 3,000 points will be deducted if you lose the foreign war, and Wang Manyu is under a lot of pressure. And Hina Hayata's form has also improved recently, so this one is quite interesting.
At the beginning of the game, Wang Manyu took the initiative to exert his strength and refused to be passive by serving and attacking. In the first game, she took the lead 11-8. In the second game, Wang Manyu took the initiative and went to the next city 11-7, and the score came to 2-0.
In the third game, Hina Hayada finally found an opportunity, and with her powerful backhand slash, she pulled one back 11-8. In the fourth game, Wang Manyu once again controlled the situation, and through a high-quality arc ball attack, she expanded the advantage to 11-6 and expanded the big score to 3-1.
In the decisive game, the two sides fell into a white-hot tug-of-war, you went back and forth, and the score once came to 8 draws. But in terms of key points, Wang Manyu relied on his excellent feel and experience, and finally locked the victory with 11-8, eliminated Hina Hayada with a big score of 4-1 and advanced to the semifinals.
This victory not only helped Wang Manyu take the lead in the Olympic trials, but also increased her confidence in winning the gold medal at the Paris Olympics. For the Japanese camp, Hina Hayata's exit is also undoubtedly a heavy blow.
After Wang advances to the semi-finals, her next opponent will be 15-year-old Japanese teenager Miwa Zhangmoto. The latter previously eliminated Wang Yidi in the round of 16, and his strength should not be underestimated. With the excellent performance against Hina Hayada in this game, I believe that Wang Manyu will be able to win another city in the next round.