At the 2024 Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships, the women's team quarter-finals will be held on February 22. The Chinese women's team will compete with the host South Korean women's team for the top four spots. After fierce competition, the Chinese women's team defeated South Korea in straight sets with strong performance. Sun Yingsha suppressed Li Shiwen's blood. Chen Meng and Wang Yidi also defeated their respective opponents 3-0.
Chinese women's team 3-0 Korean women's team
The Chinese women's team encountered some problems in the group stage and defeated the Indian team 3-2 in the first round. After that, the Chinese team quickly adjusted to the right track and won Uzbekistan, Spain and Hungary 3-0 consecutively, winning all 4 games and going straight to the top 16. Facing the Thai women's team, a powerful team in Southeast Asia, in the 1/8 finals, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi played successively, and all defeated their opponents with a score of 3-0. The Chinese team thus advanced in straight sets.
The Korean women's team performed strongly in the group stage, defeating Italy, Malaysia and Cuba 3-0, and defeated Puerto Rico 3-1. They also won four consecutive games and reached the top 16. In the 1/8 finals against Brazil, Shin Yu-bin, the top player of the Korean women's team, was upset. Tian Zhixi won 2 sets to turn the tide, helping the Korean team win 3-1 to advance.
Sun Yingsha 3-0 Li Shiwen [11-1; 11-5; 11-1]
Sun Yingsha scored directly in the opening serve, and continued to attack and defend to suppress her opponent, rewriting the score to 8-0 lead; then Li Shiwen finally scored, and Sun Yingsha played steadily to 10 -1 got the game point and won the first game 11-1.
In the second game, Sun Yingsha stabilized the return of serve, continuously changed attacks to suppress, and quickly gained a 5-0 lead; then Li Shiwen scored in a stalemate with multiple shots, and seized the opportunity to catch up to 3-5. After that, Sun Yingsha adjusted her rhythm and continued to suppress, scoring 5 points in a row to get the game point 10-3. Li Shiwen then chased for 2 points in a row, and Sun Yingsha won 11-5.
In the third game, Li Shiwen scored first, and Sun Yingsha attacked with a strong attack, leading to a 3-1 stoppage. Then Li Shiwen was still completely suppressed, and Sun Yingsha directly changed the score to 8-1. Afterwards, Sun Yingsha counterattacked and scored when she was out of position, thus getting the set point at 10-1. Then Sun Yingsha attacked with a backhand to win the first set.
Chen Meng 3-0 Tian Zhixi [11-5; 11-7; 11-9]
Chen Meng scored first at the beginning and continued to have the upper hand, rewriting the score to a 4-1 lead; then Tian Zhixi recovered 1 point, Chen Meng's offense and defense were well connected, and they continued to suppress and got the game point at 10-2. Then Chen Meng made an offensive error and lost points, and Tian Zhixi seized the opportunity to catch up to 5-10; then Tian Zhixi made a mistake and Chen Meng won 11-5.
In the second game, Chen Meng continued to score points, and Tian Zhixi counterattacked to tie the game at 2; then Chen Meng scored crucial points to avoid being overtaken, and stabilized his advantage to lead 7-4. Then Shiki Kada took advantage and chased to 6-7. At the critical moment, Chen Meng attacked and suppressed again. He got the game point 10-6, gave away 1 point and won the second game 11-7.
In the third game, Tian Zhixi changed his serve and scored 3 points to take the lead. Then Chen Meng followed up with his serve and scored, and the two sides formed a stalemate. Tian Zhixi had a slight advantage and led to 8-6. Chen Meng then seized the opportunity to catch up to 8 levels, withstood the impact with key points to get the game point 10-9, and then decisively attacked to win the second set 11-9.
Wang Yidi 3-0 Shen Yubin [11-5; 11-3; 12-10]
Wang Yidi scored first at the beginning and maintained the lead to 5-3; then Wang Yidi scored consecutively, leading to 7-3 to widen the score gap. . After that, Shen Yubin seized the opportunity to serve to chase 1 point, and Wang Yidi continued to attack and suppress, winning the game point 10-4; then Shen Yubin chased back 1 point, and Wang Yidi won 11-5.
alternately scored 2 points in the second game, Wang Yidi continued to suppress, and changed the score to 5-2; then Shen Yubin recovered 1 point, Wang Yidi once again suppressed, directly got the game point with 10-3, and directly won with 11-3 Take it.
In the third game, Wang Yidi made a strong impact and quickly gained a 4-0 lead to stop his opponent. After the timeout, Shen Yubin accelerated his pace and scored consecutively to catch up to 3-4. At the critical moment, Wang Yidi attacked and won, and mobilized to suppress the opponent to 7-4; then Shen Yubin fought with his back and directly overtook the score 9-8. Wang Yidi withstood the critical moment and won 12-10.
At this point, the Chinese women's team defeated the Korean women's team with a total score of 3-0, and will face the winner of France vs. Germany in the semi-finals.