Beijing time on October 23, the 2022 World Table Tennis Professional League WTT Macau Championship held its fifth day of competition. In the women's singles final, the world's No. , Sun Yingsha, performed well, defeated her teammate , Chen Xingtong, 4-1, and won the championship with a total of five games.
Sun Yingsha's progress in recent years is obvious to all. She is a regular visitor to the World Championship finals, but she is still a little lacking in the championship. In the 2020 Women's Table Tennis World Cup, Sun Yingsha lost to Chen Meng in the final. In the next year's Tokyo Olympic women's singles final, Sun Yingsha lost to Chen Meng again and won the silver medal. In the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Sun Yingsha lost to , Wang Manyu, and won the runner-up.
This time, in the WTT Macau Championship, Sun Yingsha, as the number one seed, defeated Brazilian player Takahashi Bruna 3-0 in the first round, defeated Monaco player Yang Xiaoxin 3-1 in the second round, defeated Chinese Taipei player Zheng Yijing 4-0 in the semi-finals, defeated 37-year-old French Chinese veteran Yuan Jianan 4-0 in the quarter-finals.
Chen Xingtong won consecutive victories in this year's WTT regular challenge Oman tournament Qian Tianyi , Korean player Cui Xiaozhu , won the championship, and won a valuable place in the team competition of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships. Chen Xingtong made a debut in the group stage in the World Table Tennis Championships at the beginning of the month, and she made a contribution to the final victory of the Chinese table tennis team.
This site competition, Chen Xingtong defeated Puerto Rico player Adriana Diaz in the first round, and defeated Korean player Tashiki 3-0 in the second round, defeated teammate Wang Yidi 3-0 in the quarter-finals, and eliminated Japanese star Ito Mima 4-1 in the semi-finals.
Sun Yingsha has the advantage in the match record with 3 wins and 1 loss. In the first game, Sun Yingsha lost four points in a row with 3-0 and then both sides firmly grasped the score. After the tie, Sun Yingsha wasted a game point. At the critical moment, Chen Xingtong made consecutive mistakes when returning the ball, and Sun Yingsha took the lead 12-10.
In the second game, Sun Yingsha was very powerful forehand and took the lead 5-1 at the beginning. Chen Xingtong scored two points in his serve round and nearly scored 5-6. Sun Yingsha dared to fight and stabilized her position 8-5. Despite wasting three game points, Sun Yingsha won another game 11-8.
in the third game, Sun Yingsha fell behind 1-3 and tied to 4, but since then, she made many offensive mistakes and lost a game 5-11. In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha took the lead 5-1, 6-3, Chen Xingtong strengthened the fight, but made a mistake in the forehand, and Sun Yingsha got the game point 10-6. As Chen Xingtong made a mistake in returning the ball, Sun Yingsha won the game 11-6.
In the fifth game, Sun Yingsha led 3-0, forcing the opponent to request a timeout, and then Chen Xingtong scored three points in a row. After the 3 draw, the two players were in a short stalemate. Chen Xingtong took the lead 8-6, and Sun Yingsha tenaciously chased to tie 8. At the end of the game, Sun Yingsha withstood the pressure, wasted a match point and locked the victory 12-10, thus defeating Chen Xingtong 4-1 and winning the women's singles championship.
