Durban, May 5 (Reporter Wang Xi) The 28 Durban World Table Tennis Championships women's singles semifinals will be contested on the 2023th, facing the only Japanese player in the final four, Hina Hayada, and now the world's No. 27 Sun Yingsha won 4:1 to end her "dark horse journey". Since the other semifinal match against both sides were Chinese players, the Chinese women's team won the women's singles championship and runner-up of this World Table Tennis Championships in advance.
Defeating China's Wang Yidi in the quarterfinals, Hina Hayata frustrated the Chinese player's goal of winning the women's singles semifinals. Her opponent in the semifinals was world number one Sun Yingsha, who had met four times before, and Sun Yingsha won all of them.
This battle benefited from the rapid entry of the state, Sun Yingsha's fierce offensive in the opening stage, and Hina Hayada's stalemate was completely at a disadvantage. After leading 3:0, Sun Yingsha was slightly conservative and was chased back by her opponent for a game, and Sun Yingsha, who adjusted her state in time, then did not give her opponent another chance, won another game at 11:8, and ended her opponent's trip to the World Table Tennis Championships with a total score of 4:1.
In the other semifinal, Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Meng reversed after falling behind by one set, defeating teammate Chen Xingtong 4-1 to meet Sun Yingsha in the final.
After the match, Sun Yingsha told reporters that due to Hina Hayada's upset victory over teammate Wang Yidi in the quarterfinals, the preparations for this match were more careful and meticulous than before. Before the game, she studied with the head coach for a long time and was well prepared to deal with difficult situations.
However, Sun Yingsha also admitted that the victory is gratifying, but the slight fly in the ointment is that her performance in the fourth game is still slightly conservative, and this issue must be paid attention to in the next final, "Don't take chances, or dare to fight." She said.
This is Sun Yingsha's second time in her career after the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston after two years. She said she is eager to show her best self in the finals. "It's still quite fast, two years have passed, everyone is improving and growing, and I still hope to be able to enjoy the process in tomorrow's final, no matter what, just leave no regrets."
Chen Meng said that the key to victory over Chen Xingtong was "inner confrontation", and the turning point was to achieve a reversal when the second game was far behind, "always keeping yourself in a state of tension and always playing with caution." ”
For the final competition with Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng admitted that entering the final is fought one game at a time, and the process is naturally extremely difficult, "so I hope to continue to do my best in the final." She said. (End)