Wang Manyu is in the quarter-finals of the women's team in the World Table Tennis Championships. Photo/WTT World Table Tennis Federation Weibo
Beijing News (Chief Reporter Sun Haiguang) On the evening of October 6, the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championship team competition continued to compete for the top 8 women's team. Chinese women's table tennis continues to send out the Olympic combination of Chen Meng , Sun Yingsha , and Wang Manyu, defeating the Portugal team 3-0 to advance to the top four. In the semi-finals, the Chinese women's table tennis team will face Chinese Taipei team .
has entered the knockout stage, and the Chinese women's table tennis lineup is relatively fixed, and the Olympic lineups of Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu play continuously. But unlike last night's match against Hungary, the Chinese team adjusted the order of appearances, with Wang Manyu taking one single, Chen Meng taking two singles, and Sun Yingsha taking three singles.
first game, Wang Manyu played against Portugal's second single Shao Jieni. Shao Jieni is currently ranked 53rd in the world and is also a relatively active veteran in the international table tennis world. However, in terms of overall strength, the two are not on the same level. In the end, Wang Manyu defeated Shao Jieni 3-0. Wang Manyu said after the game that Shao Jieni performed well, but she did a good job in adapting to the atmosphere and mobilization of the game, and her overall feeling was getting better and better. In the second game of
, Chen Meng faced the Portuguese 43-year-old veteran Fu Yu, which was also the first time the two met. Fu Yuxian ranked 17th in the world and is a former Hebei team member with certain strength. But in front of the Olympic double champion Chen Meng, Fu Yu had no ability to resist. In the end, Chen Meng defeated Fu Yu 3-0, and only scored 11 points in three games.
"The match reached the top 8, and the opponents became stronger and stronger." Chen Meng said that the overall strength of the Portuguese team was relatively balanced, and the team made sufficient pre-match preparations, so he still played with a fighting spirit. Through two knockout matches, Chen Meng admitted that everyone is in a relatively good state at the moment and hopes that each game will be better than before.
Then, the world's No. 1 Sun Yingsha faced Ines Matos, who ranked 290th. Compared with the two Chinese players, Shao Jieni and Fu Yu, Ines Matos is relatively weak. Sun Yingsha finally defeated her opponent 11-4, 11-1 and 11-3, ensuring that the Chinese women's table tennis team won 3-0 and advanced to the top four.
In the next semi-finals, the Chinese women's table tennis team will face the Chinese Taipei team, who eliminated the Singapore team 3-2 today.
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