At 3 a.m. Beijing time on August 1, the 1/8 finals of the women's singles table tennis competition at the Paris Olympics, the women's singles favorite and No. 1 seed Sun Yingsha of China played against India's Akula. In the first and second games, Sun Yingsha chased multiple game points in a row when she was behind, and struggled to take a 2-0 lead. In the subsequent game, Sun Yingsha completely entered the state, did not give her opponent too many chances, and finally advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles with a score of 4-0, and will face Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing in the quarterfinals.
In the first game, Sun Yingsha launched a strong attack and took a 5-3 lead at the beginning. However, in the backward situation, the India player has been beating Sun Yingsha's backhand and successfully pulled the score to a 5-5 draw. Then the scores of the two alternately rose, and the Indian player showed strong resilience in the first game, causing Sun Yingsha's return errors many times, once overtaking the score to 8-6, causing Sun Yingsha great trouble, and taking the first game point, leading 10-6. But Sun Yingsha became more focused at the last moment, chasing four game points in a row with excellent attacks, chasing the score to a 10-10 draw, and winning the first game with a thrilling score of 12-10.
In the second game, Akula showed a good mentality when the first set was reversed, and the score continued to be deadlocked, from 1-1 to 3-3, and then Akula took advantage of Sun Yingsha's mistake to overtake the score to 5-3. Akula's short ball style made it more difficult for Sun Yingsha to deal with, and Sun Yingsha fell into a 5-10 deficit. In the face of the 5 game points held by Akula, Sun Yingsha still struggled to attack, focused her attack on the middle, successfully saved 5 game points, chased the score to 10-10 again, and finally won the winning point with a smash. The score in the second game was still 12-10, and the big score came to 2-0.
In the third game, Sun Yingsha was fully in the groove, beating her opponent 3-0 in the opening game, and then the India player fought back, but the game was firmly controlled by Sun Yingsha. Sun Yingsha extended the score to 6-2 through continuous attacks. Akula, who was behind in the score, still gave Sun Yingsha some problems, strengthened her defense while chasing the score to 6-8, and in the final stage, Sun Yingsha did not give her opponent a chance, and her stability in multiple shots helped her win the third game with a score of 11-8, leading 3-0.
In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha, who was leading by a large score, played more relaxed, and her continuous forehand attacks made it difficult for the opponent to parry, and once took a 7-2 lead. Although Akula used a wonderful long ball to recover a point, it was still difficult to save the defeat, and Sun Yingsha successfully won the fourth game with a score of 11-3 and advanced to the women's singles quarterfinals with a score of 4-0.