On August 4, another semi-final of the Tokyo Olympic table tennis team began. This game was played by a Chinese women's group against a German women's group. The three players playing in the Chinese women's team are Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha. The three players who played in Germany were Han Ying, Shan Xiaona and Solja. Han Ying and Shan Xiaona are both of Chinese descent and have been playing table tennis for many years.
In the semi-finals that have been played, the Japanese women's team won 3-0 against the Hong Kong women's team, and the Japanese women's team took the lead in advancing to the final. In the quarter-finals, the Chinese women's team defeated the Singapore women's team 3-0, the German women's team narrowly defeated the Korean women's volleyball team 3-2, and Han Ying scored two points for the German team.
In the first set, women's doubles Chen Meng/Wang Manyu defeated Shan Xiaona/Sol jia 3-0. The scores in the three sets were 11:9, 11:2 and 11:4.
The first set of two pairs played a difficult game, from 2:2 to 6:6, 9:9. The score alternately rises, and the two pairs do not give in to each other. Chen Meng scored in a straight line with his forehand, and the Chinese duo won the first set 11:9. The Chinese duo made a 4-0 start in the second set. At 6:2, the Chinese team scored five consecutive points to win the set 11:2, leading the German combination 2-0.
In the third set, the Chinese team took a 7-1 lead, and the German combination scored two consecutive points to narrow the point difference. At 9:4, the Chinese duo scored two consecutive points to win the set at 11:4. The Chinese team defeated the German team 3-0 to score the first point for the Chinese women's team.
The second set of women's singles matches was played by Sun Yingsha against Han Ying. Sun Yingsha beat Han Ying 3-0, and the scores in three sets were 11:6, 11:4, 11:9.
Han Ying is a very strong chipper. In the match against the Korean women's team, she won 3-0 against Choi Hyo-joo and 3-1 against Shin Yu-bin, making a great contribution to the German women's team to advance to the final four. In the 2020 World Cup women's singles semifinals, Han Ying lost to Chen Meng 3-4, almost creating a cold goal. However, Sun Yingsha is very good at cutting golfers. In the women's singles quarterfinals a few days ago, Sun Yingsha lightly won Han Ying 4-0.
In the first set, Sun Yingsha snatched up and Han Ying made a 2:0 start. Sun Yingsha scored 3 consecutive points to overtake. The two sides played 5:5, and Sun Yingsha began to exert her strength to score 4 consecutive points to take the lead. Han Ying played a side ball and was lucky to score 1 point. Sun Yingsha scored two consecutive points to win the first set 11:6.
In the second set, Han Ying took a 2-1 lead, and Sun Yingsha scored 3 consecutive points to overtake the score. After Han Ying scored 1 point, Sun Yingsha scored 3 points in a row, and the score became 7:3. Han Ying scored 1 point, and Sun Yingsha scored 4 points in a row to win the second set 11:4. Sun Yingsha really has experience in playing a sharpshooter like Han Ying.
In the third set, Han Ying scored the first point, and Sun Yingsha scored 3 consecutive points to overtake the score. Han Ying called a pause. Han Ying was not willing to lose and chased points continuously. The two sides held the ball, Sun Yingsha returned the ball, and the two played 4:4. The two sides swung short, Sun Yingsha swung short under the net, Han Ying received the ball when the whip was out of reach, and threw the racket to save the ball, but it had no effect. Sun Yingsha took a 6-4 lead.
At 7:6, Sun Yingsha scored three consecutive points to get the takedown. Han Ying scored 3 consecutive points to narrow the point gap. Sun Yingsha called a pause. Sun Yingsha served and scored to win the third set 11:9. Sun Yingsha defeated Han Ying 3-0 to score the second point for the Chinese women's team. Judging from the whole game, Sun Yingsha took the initiative and won reasonably.
The Chinese women's group temporarily leads the German women's group 2-0. The third set was played by Chen Meng against Solja.