Sun Yingsha, the "little devil" who just won the women's singles and women's doubles championships in Europe, went to the WTT Macau Championship again without any stop. As the defending champion, she ushered in a confrontation with Romanian player Szokos on the fourth day of the main competition, and finally won 3-1 to advance to the quarterfinals and continued to move steadily towards the defending goal.
Although Szokos is 30 years old, he still maintains excellent competitive state and is currently ranked 16th in the world. She has defeated Chen Meng twice and is called the "Big Dream Nemesis" by many fans, and her strength cannot be underestimated. However, Sun Yingsha obviously made sufficient preparations. The two had fought at the Macau stage in 2023, and Shasha easily won in three straight games.
In this game, Sun Yingsha showed a strong offensive from the first game, and quickly took a 5-0 lead through precise long-slash control and strong forehand attack, and won the first goal 11-5. In the second game, Szokos changed his strategy, used a chopping service and strengthened his fight, overtaking the score for a while, and won the game 11-9.
In the third round of the key, Sun Yingsha made timely adjustments, regained the rhythm through serving and took the lead 11-7. In the fourth game, she took advantage of the victory and established an advantage at the beginning. Finally, she locked in the victory 11-9, eliminated her opponent 3-1 in the total score, and advanced to the quarterfinals with her head held high.
As the end of this game, all the women's singles quarterfinals of this event were produced. The Chinese table tennis team performed well, occupying four seats, showing the group's advantages. Sun Yingsha will face Puerto Rican player Diaz in the next round, who unexpectedly eliminated Wang Yidi in the last round. This game not only concerns the semi-finals, but also a battle to "revenge the national table tennis teammates".
For Sun Yingsha, this victory further consolidated her position as the world number one and also demonstrated her physical reserve and psychological adjustment ability under continuous combat. As the new generation of national table tennis team leaders, she is using victory to prove her strength and value.
