The 1/4 finals of the team competition of the 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships continue. The Chinese women's team ushered in the first game, and the opponent was the North Korean women's team.
The order of appearance of both sides is as follows:
In the first set, Sun Yingsha played against Kim Qinying; In the second set, Wang Yidi played against Bian Songjing; The third set was played by Shi Xunyao against Cha Xiuying. If there is no winner in the first three sets, Sun Yingsha will play Bian Songjing in the fourth set. The first four sets still did not distinguish the winner or loser, and the fifth set was played by Wang Yidi against Kim Qinying.
The first set begins. Sun Yingsha fought with Kim Qinying. In the mixed doubles final of the Paris Olympics, Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin defeated Kim Qinying/Lee Jung-sik to win the mixed doubles gold medal. Kim Jin-young/Lee Jung-sik won the mixed doubles silver medal at the Olympics, which is already very good.
The North Korean team rarely comes out to play and is known as the "Mysterious Division".
Sun Yingsha is the world No. 1 in women's singles. Unexpectedly, Sun Yingsha lost 1-3 to Kim Qinying and caused a big upset.
In the first game, Kim Eun-young got off to a 3-0 start. After Sun Yingsha adapted to the opponent's style of play, she scored 3 points in a row to tie the score. Kim Qinying scored 2 points in a row to take a 5:3 lead, and Kim Qinying ate Sun Yingsha's serve. Sun Yingsha then scored 2 points in a row to tie the score again. This Kim Qinying's strength is still good. The two sides were tied several times.
Kim Eun-young won the set point at 10-9. Sun Yingsha stabilized her mentality and won the first game 13:11.
Kim won the second game quickly 11-2. Unexpectedly, Kim Qinying is really strong. She has a strong offensive ability in the near stage, and the transition between attack and defense is very smooth, and the two sides move frequently, and the success rate is high. It's all the result of her hard work.
Sun Yingsha has never played a singles match with her, and she still needs to have a process of adaptation.
In the third game, Kim Qin-young made a 3-1 start. After Sun Yingsha chased 1 point, Kim Qinying scored 4 points in a row to take a 7:2 lead, and the difference reached 5 points. Sun Yingsha fought hard and chased 2 points. Kim Jin-young called a timeout.
In the second game, Sun Yingsha chased another 2 points, and the score came to 7:6. The two sides fell into a multi-board stalemate, and Sun Yingsha returned the ball out of bounds. Kim Eun-young finally scored and yelled in celebration. Later, Sun Yingsha made another mistake. Kim won another game 11-7.
In the fourth game, Kim Qin-young made a 2-0 start, and then opened up the difference with 5-2. Sun Yingsha called a timeout. Is this going to be an upset?
In the second game, Sun Yingsha stubbornly chased the score and chased the score to 5:6, only 1 point behind. However, Jin Qinying scored 3 points in a row and led Sun Yingsha 9:5.
Kim Qin-young is really bold and dares to mobilize. And it seems that the ball can't be suppressed, but it can be on the table.
Sun Yingsha scored in a straight line. However, she made a series of mistakes, returned the ball, and lost 2 points in a row.
Kim won the fourth game 11-6.
In the end, Kim Qin-young won 3-1 against Sun Yingsha and got the first point for the North Korean women's team.
Judging from the game, Sun Yingsha is indeed not very suitable for the opponent's style of play, and may not adapt to this venue and ball.
I hope that Wang Yidi and Shi Xunyao will play well in the next game.