Sun Yingsha won the championship! defeated Shek 4-1 in the final, and won him and Japan's five masters in a row
On the evening of January 13, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Star Challenge ushered in the final battle of the women's singles, and the two Olympic champions of national table tennis, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng, met again in a narrow way, and as a result, Sun Yingsha won her first singles championship in the 2024 New Year 4-1 after 5 rounds, and won the five major masters of China and Japan, Miyu Nagasaki, Miwa Zhangmoto, Hina Hayata, Wang Manyu, and Chen Meng to the top, which is really strong!
In this competition, the national table tennis women's singles won a big victory, except for the teenager Kuo Man, who lost to Ni Xialian, the remaining seven players all maintained a complete victory in the foreign war, and all reached the quarterfinals, and then won the championship, second and third place, and Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng once again proved their core and main position through the results of the finals, which is worthy of everyone's affirmation! Please see below for details.
Match Focus
Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng are the core and main force of the current national table tennis women's team, the former ranks first in the world and has won the World Table Tennis Championships, Asian Games, Asian Championships, and National Championships singles championships;
However, time has passed, the current 23-year-old Sun Yingsha is obviously better than the 29-year-old Chen Meng, the last 4 international matches have been victorious, so it is generally believed that the star game of this station will also be Sasha to the end, but both are in good shape now, Sun Yingsha defeated Wang Manyu 3-1 in the semifinals, Chen Meng not only won Qian Tianyi 3-0, but also hit 11-1 in a single game, and the final may not be able to reach the top.
The process of the game
After the start of the first game, the young Sun Yingsha really played more actively, and constantly suppressed the senior sister when she came up, both the quality of the veneer and the change of the line, and repeatedly knocked Chen Meng back from the stage to form an advantageous situation. Although Chen Meng fought back in the second half, he was still unable to suppress Sun Yingsha's spin, and the last ball made a mistake on his own serve, and then lost a city 7-11.
In the second game, Sun Yingsha still played very calmly, and suppressed Chen Meng's backhand when she came up, constantly forming an advantage, while Chen Meng's side made mistakes again and again, even if she formed a situation where she played near and far away, she also lost all kinds of balls, and the control and attack in the table were also all kinds of lost points, and it was too late to let go of her hands and feet after being given multiple game points by the opponent, and finally lost 6-11 again.
Since the singles final has been changed to a best-of-seven system, Chen Meng has not been forced into a desperate situation for the time being. After returning to the arena, Chen Meng was not discouraged, but ran all the way to blast out the 11-2 disparity, worthy of the Olympic singles champion! In the third game, the two launched a very wonderful attack again, and Sun Yingsha won 11-7, and Chen Meng was forced into a desperate situation.
In the fifth game, Chen Meng had no way out, but after coming up, he scored 2 points in a row and had to call a timeout to adjust. After returning to the court, Chen Meng was beaten to 8-10 behind to save 2 match points, but in the end he still lost the whole game 10-12, thus losing to Sun Yingsha again and missing the women's singles championship of this tournament: it is indeed inferior!
Tournament summary
In terms of skills and tactics, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng are very comprehensive, but at the same time they have their own characteristics - Sun Yingsha's arc ball penetration is stronger, and Chen Meng pays more attention to stability and stability, if both of them are at their peak, they are equal, but in the early years, Sun Yingsha was not very mature, so she was suppressed by Chen Meng for a long time, but now Chen Meng is a veteran, and the offensive and defensive situation has also reversed.
But in general, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng still maintain the top level of women's table tennis in the world, plus the successful singles final of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban last year, so the two are still the undoubted core and main force of the Chinese team, and they are very hopeful to compete in the Olympics again, so let's wait and see: come on, two!