Beijing, March 3 (ZXS) -- The World Table Tennis Major League (WTT) Singapore Grand Slam 19 came to an end. In the two singles finals, Sun Yingsha defeated Qian Tianyi 19:4 to win the women's singles title, and Fan Zhendong defeated Ma Long 1:4 to win the men's singles title. National Table Tennis won the championships of five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
The Singapore Grand Slam is the first WTT Grand Slam tournament of the year, with 64 players each competing in men's and women's singles, and 24 pairs each in men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles. In the previous doubles final, the Chinese men's doubles pair Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin successfully defended their title by defeating the South Korean pair Zhang Yuzhen/Lin Zhongxun 3:1; In the mixed doubles final, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated the Japanese pair Tomokazu Chang / Hina Hayata again after the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, and also successfully defended their title. In the women's doubles final, Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu defeated teammates Chen Meng/Wang Yidi 3:2 to win the championship.
The women's singles final was played between Sun Yingsha and Qian Tianyi. In the first game, Qian Tianyi chased 3 points in a row when he was behind 6:4, but Sun Yingsha stabilized the situation and scored consecutive points at the end of the game, taking the lead 11:7; In the second game, Qian Tianyi started 3:0, the score was tight in the middle game, Sun Yingsha served the ball at the key moment, and Qian Tianyi won the game at 12:10.
In the third game, the two sides played high-quality multi-shot many times, and the score alternately rose, and after 11 draws, Sun Yingsha scored 2 consecutive points and won 13:11; In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha continued her good form, winning 11:6, and won the fifth game 11:7, thus defeating Qian Tianyi 4:1 and winning the women's singles championship.
Sun Yingsha won the women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles championships. In an interview after the game, she said that she was very happy to participate in three competitions for the first time and finally won three championships, and her energy and physical strength became more and more excited, and she hoped to continue to work hard in the next competition. Qian Tianyi also performed well in the tournament, defeating many good players such as Mimato Ito and Zhang Rui in succession, and the world ranking will also be greatly improved.
In the men's singles final that followed, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long staged a pinnacle showdown. In the first game, Fan Zhendong quickly entered the state and gradually widened the point difference, winning 11:5; In the second game, Ma Long fought back and led 8-4, but Fan Zhendong came out on top and won the second set tenaciously 13:11.
In the third game, Fan Zhendong started behind again, this time Ma Long seized the opportunity and won the game 11:8; In the fourth and fifth games, both sides were locked in a battle, and in the end, Fan Zhendong won 11:9, thus defeating Ma Long 4:1 and winning the men's singles championship.
After losing to Ma Long in the World Table Tennis Championships team trials, Fan Zhendong was defeated by South Korean rookie Zhao Dacheng in the WTT Star Challenge Goa and was out early. After winning the Singapore championship this time, Fan Zhendong confessed that he regained the confidence to win. "I had a lot of difficulties in this game, it didn't feel particularly smooth at first, but in the end, I got better and better, especially the feeling of winning came back."
Next, the national table tennis team members will participate in the WTT Xinxiang Championship held in Xinxiang, China on April 4. (End)