On March 13, 2022, the table tennis Grand Slam tournament continued, the second round of the women's singles, the national table tennis world champion Wang Manyu, she is the fourth seed of the tournament, the opponent is the veteran Porta from Hungary, the result wang Manyu once again bombed 3-0 easy victory, eliminated Porta to advance to the round of 16, the next opponent is Puerto Diaz, before the semi-finals will not meet too strong opponents.
Wang Manyu is 23 years old, ranked fourth in the world, everyone is familiar with her, is the main player of the national table tennis women's team, won the women's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships last year, Olympic substitute Liu Shiwen played, with the team to get the team gold medal, this time Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha are in the upper half of the district, only one person can advance to the final, Xiao Zhan as Wang Manyu's off-field guidance, the two work together to fight for the Asian Games singles seat.
Hungarian veteran Porta 37 years old, ranked 52nd in the world, in recent years she has not participated in many competitions, often eliminated in the first round, with the increase of age, the competitive state has seriously declined, basically it is important to participate, the two are not a level player, the result of this game does not have any suspense, Wang Manyu is optimistic about easy promotion, du Kaixuan, who is also in the 2/4 zone, was eliminated by Polkanova.
Pota did not play much with the national table tennis players during this time, Wang Manyu was not familiar with her playing style, so at the beginning there was no rush to attack, there needed to be a process of adaptation, Porta veneer quality was OK, at first with Wang Manyu to attack not to fall, there was a luck ball, took the initiative to wave, both sides scored 4 points, Wang Manyu back to force, scored 5 points 9-4 in a row, and then blasted out 11-6 to take the lead.
In the second set, Wang Manyu took a 3-1 lead, Pota chased to 3 draws, Wang Manyu began to accelerate, scored 6 points in a row 9-3 lead, soon blasted out 11-4 to win another round, Pota strength is still limited, did not bring too much impact to Wang Manyu, basically is a warm-up match, the process of the game is very fast, showing a one-sided situation, Wang Manyu is in a good state, the overall performance is relatively stable, playing very easily.
In the third set, Wang Manyu played steadily, Pota backwater, Wang Manyu scored 5 points in a row with 2 draws, taking a 4-2 lead, Pota called a timeout adjustment, and after returning, Wang Manyu pulled the point difference to 8-5, and finally ended the game with 11-6, eliminated Pota 3-0, and advanced to the women's singles round of 16.
Next Wang Manyu's opponent is Puerto Rican youngster Diaz, just before the Oman Race, Diaz lost to the national table tennis player Fan Siqi, the gap between the two is large, Wang Manyu won the game without any suspense, it is worth mentioning that Wang Manyu is in the 2/4 district, now no one can threaten her, the entire upper half of the district, the only player who is likely to defeat Wang Manyu, there is only the number one seed Son Yingsha.