Original title: National table tennis player Sun Mingyang advances to the semi-finals of the National Championships (quote)
The “Must Win” pin brings good luck (theme)
Li Xueying, China Sports News reporter
In each national competition, Sun Mingyang will put a pin that says “Must Win” on the number tablecloth. This is his habit and his little “superstition”. She wishes the “Must Win” pin to bring good luck. On November 10, in the women’s singles field of the 2022 National Table Tennis Championships, Sun Mingyang, who represented the Shanghai team, defeated many female players one after another and reached the top four. Sun Mingyang said with a smile that the “Must Win” pin brought her good luck, “I received good luck, except that the team competition is a little less lucky, but the individual events are still good.”
In the round of 16 of the women’s singles that took the lead that day, Sun Mingyang defeated Sun Yingsha of the Hebei team 3-1. In the first game, Sun Mingyang took the lead 11-5, and then Sun Yingsha retired a game 11-4. In the critical third play, the two were biting into the score. Sun Mingyang caught the key points and won 12-10. The fourth game was also in the critical stage. Sun Mingyang made a decisive shot and sealed the victory 11-9, winning the game 3-1 with a big score advance to the next round. Sun Mingyang said she was luckier to win this match, “I was relatively calm in this match with Sasha, thinking that every point I won was a point. My luck is a little better than Sasha’s, with more balls and some the balls are bolder. I’ve had a shot and I’ve fought, and I’m really lucky.” In the next quarterfinals, Sun Mingyang defeated Jiangsu team’s Shi Xunyao in straight sets 11-5, 11-5, 11-7, and advanced to the semifinals. The two had previously met in the women’s team match, when Sun Mingyang won 3-1. In this match, Sun Mingyang attributed her victory to her full preparation: “I have met her before in the team competition. I prepared quite well, started faster, and won the match relatively smoothly.”
After that, Sun Mingyang will face the Liaoning powerful player Wang Yidi in the semifinals, who successively defeated Qian Tianyi of the Jiangsu team and Liu Weishan of the Tianjin team, and also led the Liaoning team to the women’s team championship before Her performance it is remarkable. Looking forward to the next game, Sun Mingyang said, “I am quite satisfied with my results so far, and I still have to make full preparations for the next game, hitting and biting every point.”
