SINGAPORE, March 17 (Xinhua) — Chinese paddlers have secured the ladies’s singles and doubles titles of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash right here on Friday.
Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Qian Tianyi and Zhang Rui took up all 4 spots within the ladies’s singles semifinals.
Top-ranked Sun got here out the winner in a seven-set thriller in opposition to Joo Cheon-hui of South Korea. World No. 104 Joo gave her all to tug the match right into a decider, the place Sun finally gained 11-5.
Monaco’s Yang Xiaoxin had a greater begin to the sport with an 11-7 win within the first set, however the fourth-ranked Wang shortly made her response by taking the subsequent 4 video games: 11-7, 11-9, 12-10, 11-2. Sun and Wang will vie for a spot within the ultimate.
Qian gained in the same method as Wang, recovering from her loss within the first set to dispatch Sofia Polcanova of Austria 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6.
Zhang beat 39-year-old German chopper Han Ying 4-1 to guide a semifinal conflict with Qian.
In the ladies’s doubles semifinals, Wang Manyu/Sun Yingsha sailed previous South Korean duo Shin Yu-bin/Jeon Ji-hee 3-0, whereas Chen Meng/Wang Yidi defeated Mima Ito/Hina Hayata of Japan 3-1.
Reigning Olympic champion Ma Long obtained previous Germany’s Qiu Dang in straight units within the males’s singles quarterfinal.
“It was probably the best match that I have played since the Singapore Smash last year. In terms of my form and hits, I performed well on the court, and I felt relatively comfortable today,” commented 34-year-old Ma.
Ma’s semifinal opponent might be Brazilian ace Hugo Calderano, who overwhelmed Quadri Aruna of Nigeria 4-0.
Wang Chuqin noticed off compatriot Lin Gaoyuan 4-1, establishing a semifinal encounter with the match’s prime seed Fan Zhendong, who accounted for Swedish prodigy Truls Moregard 4-2.
Also on Friday, Fan and Wang paired as much as emerge victorious 3-1 within the males’s doubles semifinal over Yukiya Uda/Shunsuke Togami of Japan. The Chinese duo will contend for the title with Jang Woo-jin/Lim Jong-hoon of South Korea, who defeated Lin Yun-Ju/Chuang Chih-Yuan of Chinese Taipei 3-1.