At 18 o'clock on the evening of October 6, Beijing time, the women's singles final of the 2024 World Table Tennis Federation Grand Slam Beijing Station will be contested against two Chinese players - Sun Yingsha, ranked No. 1 in the world, and Wang Manyu, ranked No. 3 in the world. In the game, Wang Manyu equalized twice when the score was behind, and Sun Yingsha then won two games in a row, defeating Wang Manyu 4-2 and winning the women's singles championship of this tournament. The scores were 11-6, 12-14, 11-4, 6-11, 11-8 and 11-7 in six games.
In the semi-finals played the day before, Sun Yingsha defeated teammate Fan Siqi 4-0, while Wang Manyu defeated another Chinese player, Chen Xingtong, 4-2. Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu have played each other 22 times in the international arena before, and Sun Yingsha has the upper hand with 14 wins and 8 losses. In this year's meeting between the two, Sun Yingsha has maintained a four-game winning streak, and in the last two meetings between the two, the match has been played in all seven games, which is very intense.
This final is a best-of-seven format. In the first game, Sun Yingsha achieved good results for Wang Manyu's middle position, and there were also some changes in rhythm, and Wang Manyu also chose to pull Sun Yingsha to the middle to seek a breakthrough, and the score was very tight at the beginning. In the middle of the game, Sun Yingsha scored consecutive points in Wang Manyu's service round, thus opening the score 9-5 and taking the next game 11-6.
In the second game, Sun Yingsha began to mobilize Wang Manyu's forehand position, and went from two points behind to overtaking the lead in the opening stage. In the stalemate, Sun Yingsha was the stronger side and the implementation of tactics was relatively more resolute, but in the stalemate at the end of the game, Wang Manyu began to take the initiative to strengthen sideways and chase the score to 10-10 draw. Then the two each saved a game point, and Wang Manyu scored with his ability to protect the table and pulled back a game 14-12.
In the third game, when Sun Yingsha fell behind 0-2, there were more changes and scoring methods in the first three boards, Wang Manyu's mistakes began to increase, Sun Yingsha scored 10 points in a row, 10-2 got the game point, and won the third game 11-4, leading 2-1.
In the fourth game, Wang Manyu increased the speed of the first three boards, tried to take the initiative, and took a 3-1 lead, but Sun Yingsha equalized with a strong offensive score. However, Wang Manyu's tactical adjustment of the first three boards was still very effective, and the hair extensions were also more in place, re-opening the difference to 10-5, and pulling back a game with 11-6, and the big score was 2-2 draw.
In the fifth game, the two sides did not give in to each other, and both scored in the stalemate, and the score rose alternately to 4-4, and then Sun Yingsha used multiple shots to hold each other and serve and continue to score, pulling the score to 8-4 and getting the game point at 10-6. Wang Manyu chased two points in a row, and Sun Yingsha won the game of Tianwang Mountain 11-8, leading again with a big score of 3-2.
In the sixth game, Sun Yingsha hit a penetrating backhand and took the lead first, Wang Manyu increased the use rate of her forehand to overtake the score, but Sun Yingsha quickly overtook 6-5, at this time Wang Manyu, who had no way out in this game, called a timeout to adjust. After the pause came back, Wang Manyu's serve was pulled away by Sun Yingsha, and after Sun Yingsha led 9-5, Wang Manyu recovered a point, and then Sun Yingsha also called a timeout. After the pause, Wang Manyu picked and scored, Sun Yingsha got the match point 10-7 and won 11-7, thus defeating Wang Manyu 4-2 and winning the women's singles championship of this tournament.