On March 18, 2022, Beijing time, the Singapore Table Tennis Grand Slam continued, the second semi-final of the women's singles, Wang Manyu eliminated Sun Yingsha 4-3, advanced to the women's singles final, and will compete with Chen Meng for the women's singles championship.
Sun Yingsha is the number one seed in the tournament, she is in excellent form, eliminated Winter, Kuman, Liu Shiwen, Hayata Xina, did not lose a single set in 4 games, and easily advanced to the final four. In this competition, Sun Yingsha is a triathlon, the mixed doubles has won the championship, and the women's doubles have also entered the final, looking very promising to impact the treble.
In the women's singles semifinals, Sun Yingsha faced the women's singles champion Wang Manyu of the Xinke World Table Tennis Championships, who was also her women's doubles partner and was very familiar with each other. Wang Manyu also advanced to the final four in a way that did not lose a round, compared to Sun Yingsha, the opponent she encountered may be weaker, and indeed did not withstand too much test. However, this just shows that Wang Manyu is more stable today.
In the first set, Sun Yingsha has been leading, Wang Manyu struggled to catch up, the second half of the set chased 7-8, at the critical moment, Sun Yingsha won 2 points in Wang Manyu's serve wheel to win the round 11-7.
In the second set, Sun Yingsha led 5-3, Wang Manyu's state was indeed more general, there were some mistakes, and he did not play his favorite rhythm, and he fell behind 7-9 at the end of the innings. However, Sun Yingsha missed two serve opportunities at key moments, and the score came to 9 draws. Wang Manyu seized the opportunity and pulled back a set 12-10.
In the third set, the two were in a state of stalemate in the first half, and Sun Yingsha worked hard in the second half of the set to win the key set 11-9.
In the fourth set, Sun Yingsha led 4-2, and Wang Manyu chased it to 5 draws. In the second half of the set, Wang Manyu called a timeout when he led 8-7, and after returning to take a 9-7 lead, Sun Yingsha seized two serve opportunities and chased it to a 9 draw. At the critical moment, Wang Manyu seized the opportunity and won the round 12-10, with a big score of 2 draws.
In the fifth set, the two launched a multi-shot attack, Wang Manyu was quite passive, but she put a high ball and scored a side, leading 3-2. This edge ball became a turning point, Wang Manyu's morale was greatly boosted, leading 5-2, Sun Yingsha restarted, chasing 5-6 in the middle of the game, but Wang Manyu then played a wonderful attack in a row, leading 8-5. Sun Yingsha made too many mistakes, morale seemed to be affected, the end of the round 6-10 behind, Sun Yingsha chased 3 points, but Wang Manyu still won another round 11-9, the big score 3-2 to overtake.
In the sixth set, Sun Yingsha called a timeout when she led 7-6, and Wang Manyu then chased it to a 9 draw. At the critical moment, Sun Yingsha seized the opportunity and won the set 14-12, and the big score came to 3 draws.
In the decider, the two sides clenched the score and started with a 3 draw. Sun Yingsha seized two serve opportunities to lead 5-3, and Wang Manyu was not willing to show weakness and chased to 5 draws. The atmosphere was very tense, and the score came to 8 draws. Wang Manyu seized the opportunity to serve and won the match point 10-8. Sun Yingsha conceded a chance ball, Wang Manyu won 11-8 and advanced to the final 4-3. Although Sun Yingsha lost the game, she smiled and congratulated Wang Manyu and was personable.