The 2025 WTT Macau Championship is in full swing. The competition only has two events: men's singles and women's singles, with 32 seats each for men's singles, starting directly from the main competition. The 1/16 final adopts a five-inning three-win system, and the quarter-finals begin to change to a seven-inning four-win system. The event lasts for 6 days.
Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong, Kuai Man, Wang Yidi, Chen Yiyi and other 6 people participated in the competition. All six players advanced successfully in the first round. In the second round, Wang Yidi lost 2-3 to Puerto Rican player Diaz, which made him unpopular.
In the women's singles 1/8 final, Chen Yi played against German player Han Ying.
21-year-old star Chen Yi is a young player with great progress in the Chinese table tennis team recently. In the WTT American Grand Slam, Chen Yi defeated top players such as Sun Yingsha, Hayata Shina, Kuaiman, etc., and made a stunning success. In the WTT Yokohama Championship, Chen Yi defeated Wang Manyu again. Chen Yi is currently ranked 9th.
German player Han Ying is 42 years old this year. She is the absolute number one in the German team in three cycles, with rich experience and strong strength. But last year, Han Ying suffered a severe injury from a ruptured Achilles tendon twice in a row, which seriously weakened her condition. After her second comeback this year, Han Ying's condition has rebounded, but due to the decline in her mobility, her long-distance deflection and previous counterattack were not as good as before, and her strength was affected. The two met once in the WTT event, and Chen Yi won and had a psychological advantage.
Chen Yi got a 2-1 start in the first game, and Han Ying scored 3 points in a row to overtake the score. Chen Yi used his side-handed attack and scored 2 points in a row, and the score became 4-game. Then Chen Yi made consecutive mistakes, and Han Ying scored 7 points in a row, winning the first game 11-4.
In the second game, Han Ying started 4-2 and took the initiative. Han Ying scored 3 points in a row to 7-2, further expanding her advantage. Chen Yi scored 2 points in a row to catch up to 4-7, and the gap narrowed. Chen Yi chased to 5-7 with the next point and continued to keep a close eye on the score. Chen Yi scored 3 points in a row and took the lead 8-7 again, setting a 6-0 scoring climax, completely turning the situation around. Han Ying scored two points in a row and overtook 9-8, regaining the initiative. Han Ying scored another 2 points and next game 11-9, leading 2-0 with a big score.
In the third game, Chen Yi took a 3-2 lead, but made a mistake. She has not fully adapted to the chopping style. Han Ying scored 2 points in a row to overtake the score. After Chen Yi tied 5, Han Ying took the lead again, and off-court coach Ma Lin called a timeout. After another game, Han Ying scored another point, taking a 7-5 lead, expanding her advantage. Chen Yi launched a mid-range attack and scored 2 points in a row to tie the score. Han Ying also scored 2 points in a row, taking the lead again, and the pressure came to Chen Yi's side again. Chen Yi strengthened his offensive quality and chased 4 points in a row, winning the game 11-9, and catching up to 1-2 in a big score.
In the fourth game, Han Ying started 5-0, with a very obvious advantage. Han Ying once again widened to 7-1, and the score gap became wider and wider. The score has reached 8-2, and there is no suspense in the game. In the end, Han Ying easily won the fourth game 11-2, thus defeating Chen Yi 3-1 with a big score to advance to the top 8 of the women's singles.
In another women's singles 1/8 final, Chinese player Kuai Man faced Japanese former sister Mima Ito.
Kuaiman ushered in his own period of growth this year. Starting from the three low-end WTT series in West Asia at the beginning of the year, he continued to accumulate military achievements on the singles front, and his world ranking gradually improved. Subsequently, Kuai Man won the top four in several consecutive 1,000+ events, becoming the only three players in the national table tennis women's team's most stable performance in the first half of the year, with only the record below Sun Yingsha and Chen Xingtong. As a result, she surpassed Wang Yidi, the previous core main force, and steadily entered the top four, and had her own big seed area for the competition.
Ito Mima is currently ranked 9th in the world and is one of the best players in the Japanese team. She won the "gold, silver and bronze" in the Tokyo Olympics, a gold medal in mixed doubles, a silver medal in women's group, and a bronze medal in women's singles, with outstanding results. The situation has rebounded in the new cycle, and it has defeated Wang Yidi, the main player of the national table tennis team, again after five years. Its strength cannot be underestimated.
Kuaiman and Ito Mima have had two matches this year, the first time was in the Asian Cup and the second time was in the Macau World Cup. Both times they played until the decisive game, but Kuaiman narrowly won and advanced. The two players did not encounter much resistance in the first round of the women's singles in this Macau Championship. Kuai Man defeated South Korean Chinese player Zhu Qianxi 3-1, while Mima Ito completed the sweep with a big score of 3-0 and was in good condition.
After the game, Mima Ito forced the opponent to make a mistake by changing the rotation of the ball in the first game, and Kuaiman turned and broke the defense to widen the gap, quickly gaining a 7-2 lead, completely controlling the situation. After being chased by Ito Mima to 7-5, Kuaiman stabilized her position and scored 4 points in a row, and finally took the lead with 11-5.
In the second game, the score was very fierce after the two sides tied 3. Ito Mima scored 3 points in a row, taking the lead and taking the initiative. Kuaiman strengthened his quality and scored 4 points in a row to overtake the score. Ito Mima continued to put pressure on her fast break and scored another 3 points in a row, taking the lead again. Ito Mima won the game point 10-8, and Kuaiman scored consecutive forehand attacks, tying the score at 10. Ito Mima scored 2 points in a row, winning the game 12-10, tying the big score.
Kuaiman led 6-0 to hit Ito Mima, completely taking the initiative. Then Kuaiman continued to maintain his advantage and suppressed his opponent 9-3. Mima Ito fought back and recovered 3 points. Kuaiman won 2 more goals through rotation and other changes, thus winning 11-6 to force the Japanese player into a desperate situation, leading 2-1 with a big score.
In the fourth game, Kuaiman scored 2 points in a row at 3 days, and Ito Mima scored straight, the score reached 5-4, and the difference narrowed. Kuaiman exploded and succeeded in a row, completely defeating Mima Ito's confidence and making more mistakes. Kuaiman scored 6 points in a row and won the fourth game 11-4, thus defeating his opponent 3-1 with a big score.
Kuaiman faced another Japanese player, Otorisatsuki in the quarter-finals. Eight players from the Japanese team participated in this event, and only one of the two players from Datukuniu Satsuki advanced to the quarterfinals.
