China News Service, Beijing, March 16th. The 2024 World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Singapore Grand Slam will determine the mixed doubles champion on the 15th. The Chinese combination Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated the South Korean combination Lin Jongxun/Shin Yubin 3:1 to win the championship.
The two Chinese men's doubles pairs Wang Chuqin/Fan Zhendong and Ma Long/Lin Gaoyuan met in the finals. The women's singles swept the top four, and the national table tennis team secured the women's singles and men's doubles championships in advance.
Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, as the world's number one mixed doubles team, showed their strong strength in Singapore. From the first round, they both kept clean sheets and advanced to the finals.
In the final, the Korean combination Lim Jong-hoon/Shin Yu-bin was obviously well prepared. They tried to establish an advantage by attacking on the first three boards at the beginning, but Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha were in better condition and took the lead with 11:7.
In the next two games, each side won one game, and the total score came to 2:1.
In the fourth game, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha did not give their opponents many chances and sealed the victory with 11:7.
Won the championship of this station for three consecutive years.
The women's singles quarter-finals were an upset. The previous champion Sun Yingsha lost to her teammate Chen Xingtong 2:4 and missed the chance to defend her title.
During the game, Chen Xingtong showed a strong desire to attack while maintaining a solid defense, performed even better, and finally won the victory.
In another "Chinese Derby", Wang Yidi defeated Qian Tianyi 4:1 and joined Chen Xingtong in the semi-finals.
Chen Meng and Wang Manyu both defeated their opponents from foreign associations to advance, and the National Table Tennis Women's Team swept the top four women's singles.
In men's doubles, Wang Chuqin/Fan Zhendong defeated Swedish combination Falke/Karlberg 3:1.
The Chinese combination had a clear advantage in the first half, allowing their opponents only 5 points in the first two games.
Although Falk/Karlberg recovered one city in the third game, Wang Chuqin/Fan Zhendong, who had established a score advantage, won the fourth game to end the game.
As South Korean pair Zhang Yuzhen/Lin Zhongxun withdrew, another pair of Chinese men's doubles pair Ma Long/Lin Gaoyuan advanced to the finals without a fight.
Liang Jingkun played seven games in the men's singles quarter-finals and defeated German veteran Boll 4:3.
Wang Chuqin, who is in the bottom half, eliminated German player Qiu Dang 4:1. He will face French player Felix Le Brun in the semi-finals.
The Chinese women's doubles pair Chen Meng/Wang Manyu defeated the Luxembourg pair Ni Xialian/Sarah 3:1 and will face the Chinese Taipei pair Zheng Yijing/Li Yuchen in the final.
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