On March 29th, Beijing time, the Incheon Championship entered the third day of competition, and the top 8 singles battles were coming in full swing on this day! The national table tennis team of 7 participants ushered in 7 foreign battles throughout the day, Liang Jingkun took the lead for the national table tennis team, reversed the Slovenian star Darko 3-1, and took the lead in advancing to the top 8 of men's singles!
The other 6 members of the national table tennis team are facing each other: Sun Yingsha VS Bergstrom (Sweden), Wang Manyu VS Zheng Yijing (Chinese Taipei), Chen Meng VS Zhang Benmeihe (Japan), Wang Yidi VS Samara (Romania). Fan Zhendong vs Francesca (Germany) and Ma Long vs Lim Jong-hoon (South Korea).
In addition to Liang Jingkun, the other one is the No. 6 seed in the men's singles, Brazil's Hugo, who defeated France's Alex Lebrun 3-1.
In Women's Singles, Japan's Hina Hayada beat Egypt's Meshev 3-1, while Austria's Polkanova swept past Brazil's Bruna Takahashi 3-0. So far, Hina Hayada and Polkanova have successfully advanced to the top 8 of the women's singles.
Next up is a women's singles 1/8 final, by women's singles world No. 1 Sun Yingsha, against Swedish chipper Linda Bergstrom, the two have previously met once, in last year's Chengdu Mixed Team World Cup, when Sun Yingsha swept her opponent 3-0 in straight games.
Sun Yingsha as the absolute main force of national table tennis, playing chippers is a compulsory course, the difficulty is not very great, but the chipping team players are very physically demanding, if Sun Yingsha wins, the next will be against the Japanese player Hina Hayata, who has taken the lead in advancing to the top 8 of women's singles, the following brings the details of Sun Yingsha and Bergstrom's match.
In the first game, Sun Yingsha made a perfect start of 6-1, Bergstrom chased 2 points in a row, and the score came to 3-6, Sun Yingsha no longer retained, and her strong determination was 5 points, taking the lead 11-3.
In the second game, Sun Yingsha came up and got a perfect start of 5-0, after Bergstrom got 1 point, Sun Yingsha scored 2 points in a row, Bergstrom scored 1 point, Sun Yingsha scored 2 points in a row, 9-2 The score was pulled apart, and it was really too difficult for Bergstrom to get a point.
As a result, Sun Ying won another city with a score of 11-3, and took the lead with a big score of 2-0.
In the third game, Bergstrom increased the spin of the ball, and the offensive success rate was very high, resulting in more unnecessary mistakes by Sun Yingsha, Bergstrom took a 4-0 lead, and Sun Yingsha chased 3 points in a row after falling behind 2-6 in the middle stage, and Bergstrom asked for a timeout.
After the pause, after Bergstrom scored 1 point, Sun Yingsha chased 2 points in a row, and the score came to a 7-7 draw, and then the two sides fought to an 8-8 draw, Sun Yingsha got 1 point, and then Bergstrom scored 3 points in a row, winning the third game 11-9, chasing the big score to 1-2.
In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha took a 4-0 lead, and in the middle of the game, Bergstrom chased it to 4-5, and Sun Yingsha asked for a timeout. Sun Yingsha scored consecutive points to stabilize the situation, and got 4 match point opportunities at 10-6 at the end of the game, and Bergstrom stubbornly saved 4 match points, and the score came to a 10-10 draw, which was indeed unexpected.
After Sun Yingsha lost another point, Bergstrom got a chance to get a game point at 11-10, Sun Yingsha saved the game point, and finally won the fourth game 13-11, defeated the opponent with a big score of 3-1, and advanced to the top 8 of the women's singles!
In the next women's singles 1/4 finals, Sun Yingsha will face Japan's Hina Hayata, and this match will be highly anticipated. At present, Hina Hayada has been selected into the women's singles squad for the Paris Olympics in Japan, and Sun Yingsha's national table tennis Paris Olympics selection points rank first in the national table tennis women's team.
To sum up, Hina Hayada is the main competitor of the national table tennis women's team in the Paris Olympics, so Sun Yingsha will not be able to lose in this campaign, and I look forward to Sasha's better performance, come on national table tennis!