Upset! Another 23-year-old rising star in women's table tennis has risen to defeat Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin, and the MVP of the World Youth Championships is on the rise

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2024-05-24 15:13Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

On May 24, Beijing time, in the WTT regular season challenge Taiyuan Station, in the mixed doubles 1/4 finals, the world's No. 1 Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin combination was upset and lost 2-3 to Shi Xunyao/Xue Fei. This is the first defeat of the Shatou duo in 2024. 23-year-old Shi Xunyao is the MVP of the 2016 World Youth Championships, she became famous at a young age and has been in the national team for many years, but unfortunately she has not entered the main class. Defeating the world's No. 1 combination this time may make Shi Xunyao more confident.

Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin were careless, after confirming the Olympic qualification, they played a little relaxed, and they were not fighting foreign wars, they may not be so ruthless, but there are no weak players in national table tennis, and players who can enter the national team have two brushes.

In the first game of this game, Shi Xunyao/Xue Fei lost 9-11, but won two games in a row, 11-5 and 13-11. The Shatou pair won the fourth game 11-6 and equalized the score. However, Shi Xunyao/Xue Fei won the fifth game 11-8, thus breaking out the biggest upset in the mixed doubles match.

Born in 2004, Shi Xunyao is a new star to watch, winning the Junior Women's Singles and Mixed Doubles at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships, followed by the Women's Singles at the 2016 World Junior Championships.

In the 2017 World Youth Championships, Shi Xunyao partnered with Sun Yingsha to win the women's doubles championship. At the 2018 World Junior Championships, she won the Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles titles. In the junior competition, Shi Xunyao is the top player. It's a pity that the former partner of Sun Yingsha has not transformed after entering the national team.

Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi and Chen Xing are all in the first echelon of Chinese women's table tennis. Shi Xunyao is still some distance away from them, and her results are slightly inferior to Qian Tianyi, Kuo Man, Zhang Rui, He Zhuojia and other national table tennis generals.

Of course, Shi Xunyao does not have enough international competitions at the senior level, which may also restrict her from further transformation. After all, the national table tennis is full of talents, and generally speaking, the national table tennis masters will occupy the places in important events.

In this WTT regular season challenge Taiyuan station, the national table tennis is mainly for training, and the Olympians are either absent, or only participate in doubles and mixed doubles competitions, and Shi Xunyao won the quota. In the mixed doubles competition, she and Xue Fei teamed up to cause a big upset.

In an interview after the game, Xue Fei said: "It's more about enjoying this game before the game, and the mentality is better." Shi Xunyao said: "Fighting with them is also with a learning mentality, without too many ideas, you can fight with all your might." The first three boards were handled more carefully, and we didn't make too many unnecessary mistakes, and we played more openly. Looking ahead to the semi-finals: Let's play. ”

In the mixed doubles semifinals, Shi Xunyao/Xue Fei will face their fierce rivals Kuo Man/Lin Shidong. In the other semi-final, Wang Yidi/Lin Gaoyuan faced Du Kaiqin/Huang Zhenting.

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