In the WTT China Grand Slam women's singles final, world No. 1 Sun Yingsha defeated teammate Wang Manyu 4-2 and successfully won the final championship. This championship is also Sun Yingsha's first Grand Championship in 2024, and it is also Sun Yingsha's second championship since the end of the Paris Olympics; In the previous Macau Championship, Sun Yingsha also defeated teammate Wang Yidi 4-2 and won the championship. It can be said that the current Sun Yingsha, as WTT said about her: Sun Yingsha is currently the most dominant table tennis player on the planet.
This final is the 23rd time that Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu have met on the international stage. In the previous 22 meetings, Sun Yingsha held a 14-8 advantage and has won five in a row since last year. The last two meetings between the two have taken place in the finals, with Sun narrowly winning 4-3 in the finals of this year's ITTF World Cup and WTT Chongqing Championships. In the previous semifinals, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu both defeated their teammates to advance, the former eliminated Fan Siqi 4-0, and the latter defeated Chen Xingtong 4-2.
The process of yesterday's game was thrilling, and Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu teamed up to present the audience with a table tennis feast of the world's highest level. Although judging from the record of the two this year, Sun Yingsha has an advantage, but in today's game, both of them showed their best condition, and it is really difficult to predict who will die until the last moment of the game.
The two fought to a 2:2 draw in the first four games, and from the fifth game onwards, Sun Yingsha seized the opportunity to take the lead and finally won 4:2, thus also winning the women's singles championship of this Chinese Grand Slam.
According to the prize money distribution plan of the WTT China Grand Slam, the player who wins the women's singles championship can get a prize of 100,000 US dollars, about 700,000 yuan.
Judging from the peak duel between Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, the level of both of them is quite high, and they have fought back and forth when they see the moves. Sun Yingsha mainly wins in mentality and on-the-spot adjustment ability. Although Wang Manyu lost, she still caused a lot of tests to Sun Yingsha in the second and fourth games. When the CCTV commentator explained why Wang Manyu lost, he gave 2 reasons.
The first is that Wang Manyu's first three boards are not very good. Her service score, compared to Sun Yingsha, is 12 points less! Although Wang Manyu made a service change in the fourth game and reaped good results, Sun Yingsha's adaptability was too strong. In the next 2 games, Sun Yingsha took out a new tactical play from the skill library. and restrained Wang Manyu's scoring ability.
This is the world's No. 1 terrifying strength, there are all kinds of tactical packages in the skill library, and Sun Yingsha can do it at will according to the situation of the game. Regarding this, Wang Chuqin needs to learn more about Sun Yingsha.
The second is that Sun Yingsha's mentality is better. In terms of mentality, Sun Yingsha is indeed a role model that national table tennis needs to learn. Watching Sun Yingsha play, it was as if she was enjoying the game. And Wang Manyu sometimes makes mistakes in the handling of key balls because he is too anxious. However, it is understandable that as players, everyone is eager to win the championship.
In addition, Wang Manyu's back injury in this game may also have had a certain impact on her performance. In the Macau Championship, Wang Manyu did not play well because of injury problems.
But no matter what, the competition within the national table tennis is fierce, and it is always good. This shows that we are far ahead in terms of talent pool.
Wang Manyu withdrew from the competition due to family reasons, and head coach Li Falcon: went home to deal with the accident, so he could only temporarily cancel the competition, and he has applied for a substitute Chen Xingtong to participate
On October 7, the official website of the Asian Table Tennis Championships showed that Wang Manyu withdrew from the women's singles, women's doubles and team competitions of the Asian Championships. In the women's singles, Chen Xingtong was added, and the women's doubles was changed to Chen Xingtong/Kuo Man.
According to the "Table Tennis World" magazine, the reporter got the news from the Chinese table tennis team that Wang Manyu temporarily canceled the Asian Championships due to family reasons. Head coach Li Falcon said: "Wang Manyu can only temporarily cancel his participation in the Asian Championships because he went home to deal with the change. The Chinese table tennis team applied for a substitute for Chen Xingtong with the Asian Table Tennis Federation. ”
It is reported that the first game of the Chinese women's team will be played on the 8th. Chen Xingtong will compete in the women's team, women's singles and women's doubles competitions.
Previously reported
On the evening of the 6th, the national table tennis team has just finished its WTT China Grand Slam journey and will go to the Asian Table Tennis Championships today, and the competition will be held in Astana· The BEELINE ARENA National Tennis Center is conducted, and admission is free for spectators. The Chinese men's team will play against the Iran men's team at 13:00 on October 8, and the Chinese women's team will play at 15:00.
The list of national table tennis participants for the 2024 Asian Championships is as follows:
【Men's Singles】Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Shidong, Xu Yingbin, Xiang Peng
【Women's Singles】Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Kuo Man, Shi Xunyao
【Mixed Doubles】Lin Shidong/Kuo Man, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Yidi
【Men's Doubles】Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong, Liang Jingkun/Xu Yingbin
【Women's Doubles】Sun Yingsha/Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu/Kuo Man
【Men's group】Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Shidong, Lin Gaoyuan, Zhou Qihao
【Girl group】Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Kuo Man, Shi Xunyao
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