On October 6, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT China Grand Slam entered the final day, and the men's and women's singles champions with high gold content will be born on this day! The women's singles final is a battle for the top two seeds, Sun Yingsha vs. Wang Manyu;
The men's singles final is a competition for the fifth and sixth seeds in the tournament, and the Dragons, who will turn 36 years old in half a month, will face Lin Shidong, who is only 19 years old! Although it is a national table tennis civil war, the competition process will be very exciting and highly anticipated by many fans!
According to the schedule, the first to be held is the women's singles final, Sun Yingsha vs. Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha is 23 years old, the world's No. 1 in women's singles; Wang Manyu, 25 years old, is the third in the women's singles world, and the two have previously met a total of 22 times on the international stage, with Sun Yingsha holding a 14-8 advantage.
Sun Yingsha's path to qualification: Women's singles 3-0 win over Bayo of Poland in the first round; 3-1 in the second round against teammate Kuaiman; defeated teammate Liu Weishan 3-1 in the 1/8 finals; 1/4 final swept Japan's Misei Ito; defeated teammate Fan Siqi 4-0 in the semifinals and advanced to the women's singles final!
Wang Manyu's road to promotion: 3-1 victory over teammate Shi Xunyao in the first round of women's singles; defeated Germany's Winter 3-0 in the second round; defeated teammate Qin Yuxuan 3-0 in the 1/8 finals; defeated teammate He Zhuojia 4-1 in the quarterfinals; Eliminated teammate Chen Xingtong 4-2 in the semifinals and advanced to the women's singles final.
To sum up, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu's promotion road, Wang Manyu's opponent is undoubtedly stronger, a total of 5 games 4 are civil wars, and at the same time, He Zhuojia and Chen Xingtong are two strong players, compared to Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu's promotion road is more challenging, this women's singles final will be very fierce competition between the two sides, the following brings the details of this game.
In the first game, Wang Manyu took the lead 3-1, and then Sun Yingsha scored 4 points in a row to overtake the score, Wang Manyu chased to a 5-5 draw, Sun Yingsha scored 4 points in a row to pull the score apart, Wang Manyu scored 1 point, Sun Yingsha scored 2 points in a row, and took the lead 11-6.
In the second game, Wang Manyu took the lead 3-1, Sun Yingsha overtook the score 6-4 in the middle section, Wang Manyu chased it to 5-6, and then Sun Yingsha scored 2 points in a row, 8-5 to take the lead, Wang Manyu chased it to 7-9, Sun Yingsha got 3 game points in the second game 10-7, Wang Manyu stubbornly chased 3 game points in a row, and the score came to 10-10 draw.
After Wang Manyu saved the game point for the fourth time, the score came to 11-11 draw, Sun Yingsha also saved the game point, and the two sides fought to 12-12 draw, at the critical moment, Wang Manyu scored 2 points in a row, 14-12 reversal to win the second game, chasing the big score to a 1-1 draw, this game Wang Manyu reversed and won in the case of 7-10 behind, showing a big heart.
In the third game, Sun Yingsha scored 9 points in a row after falling behind 1-2, and got 8 game points in the third game 10-2, Wang Manyu saved 2 game points, due to the disparity in points, Sun Yingsha won the third game 11-4, and the big score was 2-1 to take the lead again.
In the fourth game, Wang Manyu took the lead 3-1, Sun Yingsha scored 3 points in a row, Wang Manyu chased to a 4-4 draw, Sun Yingsha led 5-4, and then Wang Manyu scored 6 points in a row, 10-5 got 5 game points in the fourth game, Sun Yingsha saved 1 game point, Wang Manyu won the fourth game 11-6, chasing the big score to a 2-2 draw.
In the fifth game, Sun Yingsha took the lead 2-0, Wang Manyu chased to a 2-2 draw, Sun Yingsha scored 5 points in a row after falling behind 3-4, 8-4 opened the difference, Wang Manyu chased 2 points in a row, the score came to 6-8, Sun Yingsha got 4 game points in the fifth game 10-6, Wang Manyu saved 2 game points, Sun Yingsha seized the opportunity, won the fifth game 11-8, and took the lead again with a big score of 3-2.
In the sixth game, the two sides fought from a 1-1 draw to a 3-3 draw, after which Wang Manyu scored 2 points in a row, and Sun Yingsha scored 3 points in a row to overtake the score 6-5, and Wang Manyu asked for a timeout. After the timeout, Sun Yingsha scored 3 points in a row to take a 9-5 lead, Wang Manyu scored 1 point, and Sun Yingsha asked for a timeout with a 9-6 lead.
After the pause, Wang Manyu chased it to 7-9, and then Sun Yingsha scored 2 points in a row, won the sixth game 11-7, and defeated Wang Manyu 4-2 to win the women's singles championship of this event, congratulations to Sun Yingsha, and at the same time to give applause to Wang Manyu, this women's singles final is exciting enough!
With Sun Yingsha winning the women's singles championship of this event, the women's singles project has come to an end, and the performance of the national table tennis women's singles in this Chinese Grand Slam has still met the expectations of the national table tennis coaching staff!
So far, as many as 18 players have participated in the national table tennis women's singles, namely Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, Shi Xunyao, He Zhuojia, Kuo Man, Qin Yuxuan, Zong Geman, Chen Yi, Yang Yiyun, Wang Xiaotong, Liu Weishan, Xu Yi, Li Yake, Fan Siqi, Ding Yijie.
Among the above 18 players, there are 4 non-main players who performed very well and brought great surprises to fans, they are He Zhuojia, Chen Yi, Wang Xiaotong and Fan Siqi.
First of all, let's look at He Zhuojia, ranked 71st in the world, He Zhuojia, who is ranked 71st in the national table tennis women's team, mainly plays the role of the main player of the national table tennis team, and is currently 25 years old.
This time with the wild card to qualify, the women's singles in the first round of the women's singles No. 5 seed, the main player of the Japanese table tennis women's team Zhang Ben Miwa, the result He Zhuojia defeated Zhang Ben Miwa 3-0, of which the second and third games were won with a disparity of 11-2, winning can be described as hearty, so that the Chinese people are addicted to watch!
Chen Yi is 20 years old, a young player in the national table tennis women's team, ranked 57th in the world, this competition with a wild card qualification, starting from the second round of the women's singles qualifying round, winning 4 consecutive games to advance to the women's singles round of 16, including in the women's singles 1/16 finals, facing the world ranking 31 higher than his own Japan player Nagasaki Miyu, Chen Yi staged a good show to let the two chase three, Chen Yi did not drop the chain at our home stadium!
In the next 1/8 finals, Chen Yi lost in the civil war and lost to teammate Chen Xingtong.
Wang Xiaotong is 23 years old, a marginal player of the national table tennis women's team, rarely participated in international competitions before, ranked only 96th in the world, from the first round of the women's singles qualifying tournament, and finally won 5 consecutive games to advance to the top 16 of women's singles.
In the first round of the women's singles main event, she eliminated Korea's Chinese star Zhu Qianxi, ranked 22nd in the world, 3-1; The second round of the women's singles main draw (1/16 final) also eliminated the world No. 14 Austria star Polkanova with a score of 3-1, and Wang Xiaotong eliminated two world-class stars in a row, leaving a very deep impression on the fans.
Finally, let's take a look at Fan Siqi, the current official website of the World Table Tennis Federation shows that there is no world ranking, the reason for this is that in the past year, Fan Siqi did not have 8 valid points in international competitions, that is to say, Fan Siqi has not participated in international events in the past year, and this Chinese Grand Slam, Fan Siqi, who participated with a wild card, proved himself.
Fan Siqi, who started from the women's singles qualifying round, won 7 consecutive games to advance to the women's singles semifinals, and defended the two-quarters area for the national table tennis women's singles! Women's singles first round 3-2 victory match women's singles third seed Wang Yidi, 26-year-old Fan Siqi proved that although he is not currently ranked in the world, it does not mean that he has no strength, with the current age of Fan Siqi It is impossible to be among the main layers of national table tennis, but this Chinese Grand Slam, Fan Siqi's performance has won everyone's respect!
Finally, congratulations to the national table tennis women's team for achieving very outstanding results in this Chinese Grand Slam, and I hope to make persistent efforts in the future competitions, and at the same time, more outstanding young players can emerge, so that the national table tennis team will continue to grow, and the national table tennis will come on!