Sun Yingsha dominated in singles and, alongside Wang Chuqin, mounted a comeback to win their combined doubles match, whereas fellow Chinese gamers superior strongly in each singles and doubles on the WTT China Smash.
BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — Reigning world champion Sun Yingsha celebrated two victories right here on Tuesday, breezing previous fellow Chinese Zhu Sibing 3-0 at lunchtime earlier than partnering Wang Chuqin to open their combined doubles marketing campaign with a 3-1 win on the WTT China Smash.
The 24-year-old ladies’s singles high seed solely let her chopping opponent earn 10 factors in three 11-point video games, however her pairing with Wang was examined within the night’s combined doubles spherical of 16 after the duo acquired a first-round bye because the sixth seeds.
Sun and Wang, who’ve three world titles beneath their names, needed to launch a comeback from one set down earlier than triumphing 11-13, 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 over Australian Aditya Sareen and India’s Yashaswini Ghorpade of their first match as a pair because the Doha worlds in May.
“We haven’t played for a long time on the international stage after the 2025 World Championships,” Sun mentioned after the match.
“In the first game, we didn’t feel quite familiar with the match. However, we then made adjustments and found our rhythm. After this match, our familiarity will become better for the upcoming matches.”
Wang agreed, stating that “the level of our familiarity with the game is not as good as it was before. However, our abilities have improved so far, and match after match, we will deliver better results.”
The residence stars will subsequent play a quarterfinal in opposition to compatriots Chen Yuanyu and Kuai Man, who surprised high seeds Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin of South Korea in full video games.
Meanwhile, wildcard pairings Huang Youzheng/Chen Yi and Yuan Licen/Wang Yidi storm into the combined doubles quarterfinals after emphatic 3-0 and 3-1 victories, respectively, over fifth seeds Manush Shah/Diya Chitale of India and third seeds Wong Chun Ting/Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong, China. Xue Fei and Qian Tianyi misplaced 3-1 to Brazilian duo Hugo Calderano and Bruna Takahashi.
Chinese Taipei sensation Lin Yun-ju got here out because the stunning casualty within the males’s singles draw following fourth seed Tomokazu Harimoto’s early exit on Monday night, falling 3-2 to a different Japanese Yukiya Uda.
Local favorites Lin Shidong, Xiang Peng and wildcard participant Zhou Qihao all claimed victory on Tuesday, with qualifier Yuan Licen surrendering 3-0 to established Swede Kristian Karlsson.
All 5 Chinese pairs have secured second-round locations in males’s doubles, after Yuan Licen and Xu Yingbin beat Australia’s Bae Hwan and Horacio Cifuentes of Argentina in straight units on Tuesday.
The ladies’s doubles occasion noticed Zong Geman and Qin Yuxuan ease into the spherical of 16 with a 3-0 victory over Australian Jiamuwa Wu and Constantina Psihogios, whereas the hosts’ different wildcard pairing Wang Xiaotong and Xu Yi rallied previous Ayhika and Sutirtha Mukherjee in 5 units.