BEIJING, March 3 -- WTT Singapore Grand Slam 19 will come to an end this year, and the National Table Tennis can already celebrate in advance before the last matchday matchday.
This is because they have locked all 5 championships - on the evening of the 18th, the national table tennis pair Wang Manyu/Sun Yingsha defeated teammates Chen Meng/Wang Yidi 3:2 to win the women's doubles championship. All three doubles gold medals in this competition were won by the Chinese team, and the singles final will also be played between the national table tennis players.
WTT Singapore Grand Slam 2023 kicks off on 3 March, with qualifying from 7 to 7 and main tournaments from 9 to 11.
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The first to produce a mixed doubles gold medal in this tournament was on the 16th, and on the 3th, the Chinese pair Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated the Japanese pair Zhang Benzhihe/Hina Hayata 1:<> to successfully defend their title. Tomokazu Chang / Hina Hayata once played with Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha's "Shatou combination" at the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, and is the top mixed doubles combination in the Japanese team.
The showdown between the mixed doubles team of China and Japan has attracted much attention from the outside world. In the semifinals of this Grand Slam, they defeated the national table tennis pair Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu who had just partnered 3:0. In this final, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha shouldered the heavy responsibility of winning the championship, but also hoped to "avenge" their teammates.
Facing the old opponent who is in good shape, the "Shatou Combination" is waiting for the battle. At the beginning of the final, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha caught their opponents off guard and won the first set 11:2. However, Tomokazu Chang and Hina Hayata adjusted their form and quickly pulled back the game, and the two sides entered a stalemate. In the crucial third game, the Chinese team scored a high-quality return ball at 9 draws, scored consecutive points to lead again, and then won the fourth game with a bang to win the championship with an aggregate score of 3:1.
On the 18th, National Table Tennis won two consecutive championships, men's doubles and women's doubles.
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In the men's doubles competition that took the lead of the day, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin defeated the Korean pair Zhang Yuzhen/Lin Zhongxun 3:1 to win the second championship for the national table tennis team. In this Grand Slam, the national table tennis team only sent a pair of men's doubles pairs, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, who are also the defending men's doubles champions. In the match against Zhang Yuzhen/Lin Zhongxun, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin first lost a set 9:11. He then defended his title with three consecutive rounds of 13:11, 11:7, 11:4.
After the game, Wang Chuqin's "Versailles" speech in an interview attracted a lot of attention. When asked why he played so well in the competition, Wang Chuqin said that because he has a partner who ranks number one in the world, "This level of teammates is something that no other country can have, which gives me a lot of confidence." ”
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Later that day, the women's doubles competition was played between two pairs of national table tennis pairs. Wang Manyu/Sun Yingsha defeated teammates Chen Meng/Wang Yidi 3:2 to win the championship. The scores of the five games: 5:11, 3:11, 11:9, 11:4, 13:11.
So far, National Table Tennis has won all three gold medals in mixed doubles, men's doubles and women's doubles at the WTT Singapore Grand Slam. On the last match day of the 19th, the men's and women's singles finals will also be played between Chinese players.
Men's singles final, "Dragon Fat" will meet. On March 3, in the WTT Singapore Grand Slam men's singles semifinals, Fan Zhendong defeated teammate Wang Chuqin 18:4 to advance to the men's singles final first. In the other semifinal, China's Ma Long defeated Brazil's Hugo Calderano 1-4 and joined Fan Zhendong in the final.
Infographic: Malone. Photo by China News Agency reporter An Yuan
Also in the two women's singles semifinals that ended on the 18th, Qian Tianyi defeated Zhang Rui 4:1 to reach the women's singles final of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. In the other women's singles semifinal, Sun Yingsha defeated teammate Wang Manyu 4:0 to advance to the final. In today's women's singles final, Sun Yingsha will compete with Qian Tianyi for the women's singles championship.
This also means that no matter who wins in the end, the champions of men's and women's singles have been determined to belong to National Table Tennis, which is also after winning five championships in 2022, National Table Tennis has once again taken away all the champions in the Singapore Grand Slam! (End)