Beijing time on October 22, the 2022 World Table Tennis Professional League WTT Macau Championship held its fourth day of competition. In the women's singles semi-finals, Sun Yingsha defeated the 37-year-old French Chinese veteran Yuan Jianan 4-0 and advanced to the finals; in the men's singles semi-finals, Fan Zhendong defeated Chinese Taipei player Lin Yunru and advanced to the finals.
Sun Yingsha faces Yuan Jianan in the semi-finals. 21-year-old Sun Yingsha ranked first in the world. She has been in the career for 5 years and won 5 championship titles. 37-year-old French Chinese veteran Yuan Jianan ranked 25th in the world. He has been in the career for three years and has not yet won the championship. This is the first time the two sides have confronted each other in the international arena.
in the first game, Sun Yingsha got into the state quickly, and the high-quality attack made Yuan Jianan not have many solutions. At the end of the game, Sun Yingsha succeeded continuously with forehand attack and took the lead 11-7. In the second game, the two sides tied 5 at the beginning, Sun Yingsha had a strong forehand, leading 8-6, and Yuan Jianan scored two points in a row to tie the score. At the end of the game, Sun Yingsha saved the game point and won another game 12-10, leading 2-0.
In the third game, Sun Yingsha played more attentively, surpassing her opponent on both ends of the offense and defense, and won 11-7. In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha started with a 5-1 lead, and then she took advantage of the victory and secured the victory 11-6, thus defeating Yuan Jianan 4-0 and advancing to the finals.
25-year-old Fan Zhendong is currently ranked first in the world. He has been in the career for 9 years and has won 23 international championships, including the men's singles championship in the Houston World Table Tennis Championships last year. At the Tokyo Olympics last summer, Fan Zhendong won the team gold medal, but lost to , Malone, in the men's singles final and won the silver medal.
21-year-old left hand ranked seventh in the world. He moved into his career for 7 years and won the championship in 3 international competitions. The two players had fought 7 times before, and Fan Zhendong had the upper hand with 6 wins and 1 loss. The last match between the two sides was in the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics, when Fan Zhendong won 4-3.
in the first game, Fan Zhendong got into the state quickly, and the left and right half of the game completely broke through the opponent. Lin Yunru received the serve and went out of bounds, and made consecutive mistakes in the stalemate. Fan Zhendong got the game point 10-0 and took the lead 11-1. In the second game, Fan Zhendong fell behind 2-6, 7-9, and he scored three points in a row to get the game point. Although one wasted, with the forehand offense, Fan Zhendong won another game 12-10.
in the third game, Fan Zhendong was suppressed at the beginning and fell behind 4-8. At the end of the game, Fan Zhendong failed to reverse the decline and lost the game 7-11. In the fourth game, Fan Zhendong came out and fell behind 1-3, and then he scored six points in a row and overtook the score 7-3. At the end of the game, Fan Zhendong performed stably forehand and won 11-6.
In the fifth game, the two sides played in a stalemate. After 5 draws, Fan Zhendong made consecutive mistakes, and Lin Yunru got the game point 10-8 and won 11-9. In the sixth game, Fan Zhendong scored six points in a row after 4-6, got the match point 10-6, and secured the victory 11-6, thus defeating Lin Yunru 4-2 and advancing to the finals.
