Xinhua News Agency Budapest, July 22 (Reporters Chen Hao and Li Xuejun) World Table Tennis Professional League (WTTh) Championship Tournament Budapest Station started its fifth day of competition on the 22nd, Lin Gaoyuan swept Zhuang Zhiyuan advanced to the men's singles final, Woman and Woman and Woman each defeated their teammates to meet the women's singles final.
In the men's singles semi-finals, Chinese team player Lin Gaoyuan swept Chinese Taipei veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan 4:0 and easily advanced to the finals. Lin Gaoyuan said after the game that although he had not played against Zhuang Zhiyuan for a long time, he was very familiar with each other and the opponent was in very good condition. He tried to adjust his mentality before playing and performed at his own level on the court.
In another men's singles semi-final, Japan's Motoka narrowly defeated Germany's Francesca 4:3.
On July 22, Wang Yidi (right) celebrated in the competition. On the same day, in the women's singles semi-finals of the World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) Championship held in Budapest, Hungary, Chinese player Wang Yidi defeated Chinese player Sun Yingsha 4-3 and advanced to the final. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Furti Otilo)
The two women's singles semi-finals were a contest between two pairs of Chinese athletes. They both ended up playing 7 games. Wang Manyu defeated Chen Meng 4:3, and Wang Yidi defeated Sun Yingsha 4:3.
Wang Manyu said after the game that he fell behind 0:2 at the beginning, made more mistakes, and he was slow to get into the state, which made him feel very difficult. In the seventh game, because Chen Meng was not in the best state, his physical strength finally decreased, and his injury also had some impact on her (so he won). She said that she had been at a disadvantage throughout the game and was able to win the game, and luck accounted for a large part.
htmlOn 23, the WTT Championship Budapest Station will hold the men's and women's singles finals.