The 1/8 finals of the women's team at the 2024 Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships have ended. The national table tennis team swept the Thai team 3-0 and advanced to the top 8. Among them, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, and Wang Yidi all won 3-0. The following In the quarter-finals, the national table tennis team will face the host South Korea team.
In this team World Table Tennis Championships, the performance of the National Table Tennis Women’s Team can be described as starting low and moving high. Facing the Indian team in the first round of the group stage, Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi suffered a defeat. Fortunately, with Wang Manyu’s heroic performance, the National Table Tennis Team After a 3-2 reversal and victory, the National Table Tennis Team won the next three group matches 3-0. According to the relevant regulations of the National Table Tennis Team, the top three players in the team's world rankings can participate in the knockout rounds, so Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, and Chen Meng will play in the knockout rounds, while Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong will take a truce. In the 1/8 finals, the national table tennis team played against the Thai team. In the first set, Chen Meng came on the stage against Sutasini. In this battle, Chen Meng was in very good condition. He won the first game 11-3 in the first game. In the second game, Chen Meng continued to attack and won another game 11-5. In the third game, Chen Meng refused to give up the ball and directly blasted 11-0 to get a good start. He swept his opponent 3-0 and helped Guoping get the first point. You can tell from the score that the strength gap between the two sides is very large.
In the second set, Sun Yingsha played against Genipa. I originally thought that Sun Yingsha would win quickly. However, in the first set, Sun Yingsha encountered strong resistance from her opponent and fell behind 7-8. Fortunately, Sun Yingsha recovered her touch in time and won consecutively. Scored 4 points and won the first game 11-8. In the second game, the competition between the two sides was still fierce at the beginning. When Sun Yingsha led 4-3, Genipa called a timeout and the game restarted. Sun Yingsha withstood Under pressure, she won another game 11-6. In the third game, Sun Yingsha fired up and won the game 11-5, defeating her opponent 3-0. The national table tennis team led the country 2-0 in total. In the third set, Wang Yidi played against Olawan. In the first game, the two sides played very fiercely, and the score rose alternately. When the score reached 9-9, Wang Yidi took action decisively, scoring 2 points in a row, and won the first game 11-9. , In the second game, Wang Yidi stepped up the offensive and won another game 11-7. In the third game, Wang Yidi did not give his opponent any chance and quickly ended the game 11-5, thus defeating his opponent 3-0 and helping the national table tennis team. They swept the Thai team with a total score of 3-0 and successfully advanced to the top 8.
In the next quarter-finals, the national table tennis team will face the South Korean team, the French team will face the German team, the Chinese Taipei team will face the Hong Kong team of China, and the Japanese team will face the Romanian team. Judging from the previous games, the South Korean team's number one main player Shin Yubin has lost two games and is obviously not in shape. So if nothing else happens, the National Table Tennis Team should be able to win easily, and there is no other team in the top half that can give the National Table Tennis Team a win. The national table tennis team poses a threat, so the national table tennis team has a high probability of going straight to the finals. In addition, Wang Manyu's absence from the knockout rounds also caused some controversy. Many fans hope that the coaching staff can arrange for Wang Manyu to play. However, according to regulations, Wang Manyu has actually ended his trip to the World Table Tennis Championships. This article is original by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or redistribute it.
