On July 16, 2022, the Table Tennis WTT Star Challenge continued, and the women's singles arena ushered in a focus showdown. National table tennis Olympic champion Sun Yingsha appeared on the stage to compete with Japanese star Hina Hayata for the top four seats. In the end Sun Yingsha defeated Hina Hayata 3-0 to advance. As the second seed in the women's singles event, Sun Yingsha is only two wins away from winning the championship. Her number one competitor is her friend Wang Manyu .
Sun Yingsha is 21 years old and ranked No. 2 in the world. She plays with the right hand and horizontal board. She has won the women's singles championship in the World Cup finals, mixed doubles championship and women's doubles championship in World Table Tennis Championships, women's doubles championship, Olympic women's team championship and women's singles runner-up. , Sun Yingsha performed strongly in the foreign competition, defeating the famous Japanese player Mima Ito many times, which made great contributions to the entire team. This time Sun Yingsha signed up for two events, and the women's doubles partner Wang Manyu participated.
’s opponent is the 22-year-old Japanese star Hina Hayata, currently ranked 6th, second only to Mima Ito, and is the main rival of the national table tennis team in this Olympic cycle. Hina Hayata has good psychological quality, is good at mid-range stalemates, and can perform on the spot. She is relatively stable. She can meet the main players of the national table tennis team every time and is rarely eliminated early. Unlike Mima Ito's style, Hina Hayata is relatively more difficult to deal with.
In the first game, the two sides were locked in a fierce battle, with the score rising alternately. Hina Hayata has made rapid progress during this period, and even managed to keep up with Sun Yingsha in a head-to-head fight. You must know that Sun Yingsha’s forehand is of extremely high quality. Usually, as long as her opponent retreats, she won’t be defeated. Entering the COSCO Taiwan stalemate, you can score directly. It is not easy for Hina Hayata to resist. At the end of the game, it was tied at 11. Sun Yingsha scored 2 points in a row and took the lead 13-11.
After adapting in the first game, Sun Yingsha improved the quality of her boards and began to strengthen her offensive. In the second game, Hina Hayata fell behind and caught up to 6 draws. Sun Yingsha stabilized her position and scored 3 points in a row to lead 9-6. Then Sun Yingsha scored 11-8 again. After winning a game, there was a gap in the overall strength between the two. Hayata Hina's ball quality was not good. Facing Sun Yingsha's continuous forehand attacks, she did not have a good response strategy and was constantly beaten.
In the third game, Hina Hayata had a last-ditch battle against . Both sides scored 5 points each, and Sun Yingsha scored 2 points in a row to lead 7-5. Hina Hayata did not give up and went all out to attack Sun Yingsha. The two continued to play wonderful attacks. Hina Hayata Trailing 6-8, the Japanese coach used a timeout, but it had no effect. Sun Yingsha scored 3 points in a row, scoring 11-6 to seal the victory. In the end, she swept Hina Hayata 3-0 and advanced to the women's singles semi-finals.
Although Hina Hayata has played a lot of good shots, she is not at the same level as Sun Yingsha. She was expected to receive a clean sheet. Next, she still hopes that Sun Yingsha will continue to work hard and strive for another good result. Whether she can have the last laugh will be decided by then. We'll see.
