China News Agency, Beijing, February 22 (Hao Lingyu and Xing Chong) The Chinese table tennis team's "Straight to Durban" World Table Tennis Championships trials played two singles semi-finals on the 22nd.
Sun Yingsha defeated He Zhuojia 3:0 to advance to the women's singles final. In the men's singles, Ma Long eliminated Liang Jingkun 3:1 and won the final seat.
According to the selection rules, the men's and women's singles champions in the trials of this station will directly qualify for the World Table Tennis Championships singles.
In the men's and women's singles semi-finals list of this station's competition, Chen Meng withdrew due to a foot injury, and Wang Chuqin withdrew due to a fever. According to the draw, their opponents Chen Xingtong and Fan Zhendong directly advanced to the women's singles and men's singles finals.
In the first women's singles semi-final that day, Sun Yingsha competed with He Zhuojia. The two are teammates of the Hebei team and the national team, and they are familiar with each other's ball play.
After the start of the game, Sun Yingsha, who has a flexible style of play, played two consecutive games with 11:7. In the third game, He Zhuojia let go and saved two consecutive match points. One city, thus defeating the opponent 3:0 to advance to the final.
Sun Yingsha said after the game that she had gained a lot after the winter training, the communication with the coach was smoother, and there was more trust between each other.
"Both sides played their best in this game and went all out on the court." In addition, she also talked about the mixed doubles match with Wang Chuqin. She said that the two had put a lot of effort into the mixed doubles , very eager to do a good job in this project.
The men's singles semi-final was between Ma Long and Liang Jingkun.
At the beginning of the first game, the scores of the two sides were tight. After 7 draws, Ma Long took control of the situation and scored 4 points in a row to win the first game.
In the second game, Ma Long continued his strong state, started with 5:1, kept suppressing the whole process, and made another victory with 11:5.
In the third round, Liang Jingkun stepped up his fight and won quickly by 11:3.
However, in the fourth game, Malone gradually got rid of the passive situation, and won 13:11 after scoring key points, advancing with a total score of 3:1.
After the game, Malone said that his performance in the semi-finals was "beyond his imagination". He felt good and focused on the court. There were a lot of unnecessary mistakes in the third game, which led to the loss of a game soon. Fortunately, he made timely adjustments in the fourth game.
He also said that when playing against young players, he does not have much advantage in his style of play, and there is still hope for victory by making decisive shots and adjusting the placement.
The singles finals of this site's trials will be held on the 23rd. In the women's singles, Sun Yingsha will play against Chen Xingtong, and Ma Long will compete with Fan Zhendong for the men's singles championship.
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