On 23 October, Beijing time, Chen Xingtong faced Sun Yingsha in the women’s singles final of the WTT Macau Championship 2022. Eventually, Sun Yingsha defeated his teammates 4-1 and won the championship. Liu Guoliang sat in the front row to watch the game, calm all the time.
The two met 4 times in the international arena and Sun Yingsha has 3 wins and 1 loss. At the moment, Sun Yingsha ranks first in the world and she is also the main force in the national table tennis. Before the match, she was even more optimistic.
As soon as the match arrived, the two teams drew 3. Subsequently, Sun Yingsha gradually took over, leading 7-5. Chen Xingtong chased two points in a row and the two teams then drew to 8. Sun Yingsha scored another backhand point, Chen Xingtong immediately equalized again and Sun Yingsha scored the key goal with the forehand, narrowed the punch and roar. But then Sun Yingsha’s forehand went out of bounds and Chen Xingtong also roared to cheer him on. Sun Yingsha got the game point again, Chen Xingtong returned the ball out-of-bounds, and Sun Yingsha won the first game 12-10.
Liu Guoliang was also watching this game from the sidelines: when Sun Yingsha was suspended between rounds, she seemed very calm. In the second game, Sun Yingsha took a 5-1 lead as soon as she came out. After that, Sun Yingsha led 10-5, Chen Xingtong saved three game points in a row and recovered to 8-10. Sun Yingsha then scored a key point, cheered in celebration and won another game 11-8, Liu Guoliang’s expression was calm.
In the third game, Chen Xingtong started with a 4-2 lead, after which he went on to lead 8-5. And, 11-5 pulled back a match. In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha quickly led 5-1, Chen Xingtong chased two points in a row, and Sun Yingsha responded immediately, opening the point difference 7-3. Chen Xingtong reached 6-7, Sun Yingsha returned after a break, scored a key point and got the game point 10-6. Eventually, Sun Yingsha won the match 11-6.
As Sun Yingsha took the 3-0 lead in the fifth game, Chen Xingtong called for a timeout. After the return of the suspension, Chen Xingtong scored 3 points in a row. And he passed 5-4. Sun Yingsha scored two points in a row to regain the lead. After 9 draws between the two teams, Sun Yingsha scored a key point and also got the match point. Chen Xingtong got up to 10 draws and Sun Yingsha regained the match point. Eventually, Sun Yingsha won 4-1 and won the championship.Back to Sohu, see more
