Chinanews Client, December 7th. On the evening of the 6th, Beijing time, the World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) World Cup finals started the men's and women's singles semi-finals competition.
Fan Zhendong defeated his teammate Wang Chuqin 4:2 and will face the Japanese player Zhang Benzhihe in the final.
Sun Yingsha defeated Japanese player Hina Hayada 4:1 and played in the women's singles final with another national table tennis player Wang Yidi.
In the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships not long ago, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin met in the men's singles 1/8 finals. The two fought six rounds. In the end, Fan Zhendong won 4:2 with a higher skill.
In this time, Fan Zhendong lost the first game at 9:11, and went down the two cities with 11:9 and 12:10.
In the fourth game, Fan Zhendong fell behind 0:5 in the opening stage.
After that, Fan Zhendong did not give his opponent too many opportunities, winning two more games with 11:7 and 11:9 and advanced to the final.
After this battle, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin's match record came to 6 wins and 1 loss, in an absolute advantage.
After the game, Fan Zhendong said that Wang Chuqin put a lot of pressure on himself: "Compared with the last game, Wang Chuqin started the game faster today. The quality and speed of the ball put a lot of pressure on me. But I was the first game. I didn’t panic even after losing. We took the lead in every subsequent round. I didn’t think too much about it myself, and I invested every point in the game.”
"Although the schedule of this competition is not long, the opponents are also very strong." Facing the upcoming finals, Fan Zhendong also expressed his expectations and confidence. You can play well in the finals."
In the women's singles match, Sun Yingsha pulled four games in a row after losing one game, and finally defeated Hina Hayada of Japan 4:1, and played with teammate Wang Yidi who eliminated Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Meng in the women's singles final.
At this point, the national table tennis women's team won the women's singles championship and runner-up in this World Cup ahead of schedule.
Looking forward to the final, Sun Yingsha said: "I still go all out to prepare, the last game is now, and I hope I can finish it without regrets." (End)