On September 11, Beijing time, the 2024 Table Tennis Macau Championship first ended the first round of the competition, and then started the second round of the competition.
Take the lead in a game, is a focus of the battle, Wang Manyu against Zhu Yuling, Zhu Yuling currently joined Macau, China, this time with a wild card to participate, to be able to enter the second round is already good, although it was the world No. 1, but has not participated in the competition for three years, let alone training, even if the basic skills are in, the feel is in, compared with the absolute main force of the current national table tennis, there must still be a gap.
The two have met three times in the past, all of which were won by Wang Manyu, for Zhu Yuling, the peak was around 2017, and she won a total of 6 world championship titles, including the women's singles World Cup champion.
At the beginning of the game, Zhu Yuling made a lot of mistakes, basically served and received, and continued to eat serves, falling behind 1-4, Wang Manyu's hitting quality was very high, Zhu Yuling seemed a little difficult, and the confrontation was obviously inferior, but occasionally he was able to play a higher-quality attack, and Wang Manyu won 11-5.
In the second game, Wang Manyu still had the advantage, it was difficult for Zhu Yuling to fight strongly, and she couldn't keep up with Wang Manyu in terms of speed, so she had to launch an active attack first, and it was difficult to prevent Wang Manyu's ball, 1-5 behind, basically one-sided, 4-11 and another game.
In the third game, Wang Manyu led 6-0 and played very strongly, and then Zhu Yuling's state improved, and some technical and tactical changes were made, plus Wang Manyu may not have made some balls with all his strength, and some of them were retained, after all, they were former teammates, and finally won the game 11-6.
The post-match interview brought tears to my eyes: this game feels so good, this week with the best players in the world, so happy. When asked when the next time she will see her on the field, Zhu Yuling responded humorously: Who knows.
The last game before leaving was to fight with Manyu, and this time I fought with Manyu, as if God told me that he had never left, although he had left the arena in the past few years, his life experience did not stop, he met a lot of sincere friends, and every step of his life was not in vain.