[Sports Road to Hangzhou]The Hangzhou Asian Games Squash Women’s Singles Final was held today (5th) at the National Museum of Squash Hall in Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center. Hong Kong rising star Chen Shanyu and Malaysian representative Sivasangari Subramaniam co-starred in a replica of the Asian Championship finals in June. In the end, Chen Shanyu fought 5 fierce games and lost 2:3. His first Asian Games match ended with 2 silver medals, and he also helped the Hong Kong wall team complete the Asian Games journey with 2 silver and 4 bronze medals.
Chen Shanyu (left) and Malaysian representative Sivasangari Subramaniam met again in the Asian Games individual finals after this year’s Asian Championship finals.
In the last Asian Games in Palembang, Jakarta, the Hong Kong Squash Team included Ou Wing Chi, Chan Ho Ling, Ho Chi Lok and Li Ka Yee, who jointly won Hong Kong’s first ever squash team gold medal. During the five years, two great players, Au Wing Chi and Chan Ho Ling, retired one after another. In this Asian Games, Ho Chi Lok and Li Ka Yee , Chen Shanyu and Tang Zhiying took over. Despite the changes, the Hong Kong women’s team still finished last in last year’s Asian Team Championships, and Tong Chi-ying and Chan Shan-yu also won the Asian Individual Championships respectively. The Hong Kong women’s team lost to Malaysia in this year’s event, but the latter’s legendary Niko, who won the gold medal in the individual competition last time, has retired. This is a good opportunity for the Hong Kong team to compete for the back seat in the individual competition.
The final of this year’s Asian Games women’s individual competition was between Chen Shanyu, ranked 42nd in the world, and Malaysian representative Sivasangari Subramaniam. They co-starred in a replica of the Asian Championship final in June. The 21-year-old Chen Shanyu won 3:2 in five fierce games and became the Asian champion. During this Asian Games trip, she did not perform well in the team finals, but after adjustments, she moved to the individual competitions and kept passing. In the top four of the individual competitions, she defeated senior sister He Zile in straight games to advance to the finals.
In this match, Chen Shanyu faced the 24-year-old Sivasangari Subramaniam. Although the former lost a point in the first game, he then relied on constantly mobilizing his opponent to run and overtook 2:1. However, he was bitten by his opponent later and the score rose. The two fully Using three walls to launch an offensive, he won repeated applause from the audience. The two fought until 8:8. Chen Shanyu scored in a key decision, and then won the first game 11:8.
In the second game, Chen Shanyu hoped to take a preemptive lead of 3:2, but a series of mistakes allowed the opponent to lead 3:5. Later, Chen Shanyu took advantage of the opponent’s mistakes to tie 5:5, but the opponent knocked down Chen Shanyu with a short ball and took the lead again to 5: 7. Fortunately, Chen Shanyu once again seized the opportunity of his opponent’s mistake and overtook the lead at 9:7. Afterwards, the two fought fiercely until 10:10. After a round of back-and-forth, they continued to fight until 11:12 and were overtaken by their opponent. However, Hong Kong gritted their teeth and tied with 13:13. , but was still tied by the opponent at 13:15.
In the third game, Chen Shanyu still struggled with his opponent. The battle was already tied at 4:4 at the beginning. After that, although the Hong Kong player actively attacked, he was still unable to widen the gap and was even overtaken by his opponent at 5:6. However, today Chen Shanyu used the short ball to attack very smoothly. He frequently used this move to score three points in a row to lead 8:6, and then his opponent made another effort to tie 9:9, and once again tied the score at 10:10 to enter the “Diao Shi”. However, Sivasangari Subramaniam made his own mistake and gave points to Chen Shanyu first, and then The player also won another game with 12:10, leading by a big score of 2:1.
In the crucial fourth game, the two were still locked in an inseparable battle. After the tie reached 2:2, Sivasangari Subramaniam used his forehand advantage to lead 2:4. However, Chen Shanyu patiently dealt with it and gradually tied it 4:4. Unfortunately, he was defeated by his opponent due to a mistake later. The lead went back to 4:6, and once extended the score to 5:8. After a fierce stalemate between the two, Chen Shanyu fell behind by 7:10 and chased to 9:10. Unfortunately, he was still tied by his opponent at 9:11 at 2:2.
The decisive game was very familiar with each other’s routines, and it also tested the athletes’ physical fitness. Chen Shanyu led 3:2 but was quickly tied. Fortunately, he led 5:3 again. Although his opponent recovered one point, he was still able to open up an advantage. To 7:4, there was a back-and-forth between the two. Sivasangari Subramaniam may have made another mistake due to reduced physical fitness, allowing Chen Shanyu to expand his advantage to 8:4. However, Sivasangari Subramaniam then made another effort to catch up to 8:7. Chen Shanyu tried his best to hold on to the advantage to 9:8, but was still chased to 9:9. He even overtook 9:10 due to a misjudgment. Fortunately, he kept calm and chased to 10 :10 entered “Diao Shi”, but unfortunately due to his own mistakes, he lost 10:12 to win the silver medal. The squash team also completed the Asian Games trip with 2 silvers and 4 bronzes.
Hong Kong who win medals at this year’s Hangzhou Asian Games will receive bonuses from the “Jockey Club Outstanding Athletes Award Scheme”. The top three in individual events will receive HK$1 million, 500,000 and 250,000 respectively, and the top three in team events will receive HK$2 million, 1 million and 500,000. Hong Kong dollar.
Pictures and interviews: He Ziyuan
Text: He Zishan
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”【Hangzhou Asian Games．Direct attack]Chen Shanyu took the lead twice and turned back to win the silver squash team with 2 silvers and 4 bronzes.」
2023-10-05 09:10:27
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