FRANKFURT, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — China’s desk tennis Olympic champion Ma Long dominated Omar Assar of Egypt 3-0, whereas his compatriot Wang Manyu avenged her earlier defeat towards Yuan Jianan of France on the WTT Champions Frankfurt on Thursday.
Ma took a step additional towards the lads’s singles title on the WTT Series following an authoritative spherical of 16 show towards Assar. Ma had by no means misplaced any worldwide contest towards the Egyptian and continued his excellent file within the match-up in straight video games 11-6, 11-7, 12-10.
“Omar had played in the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics and the Durban World Championships, so I did not expect to take a straight-game win today. I was doing pretty well in the first two games before overcoming more difficulties in the third,” stated the 35-year-old Chinese veteran.
Ma will match up towards Dimitrij Ovtcharov within the quarters. The two have beforehand clashed on the Tokyo Olympics semifinals the place the Chinese “Dragon” narrowly defeated the German high participant 4-3.
Looking ahead to the upcoming match towards Ovtcharov, Ma stated, “Every time we played, I could feel Dimitrij’s strong desire to win. I’m expecting an extremely tough match this time on his home court.”
Women’s singles third seed Wang Manyu confronted Yuan Jianan in a rematch of their showdown ultimately 12 months’s WTT Champions Macao. Yuan had taken the highlight on that event, besting Wang 3-2 in Macao.
Wang skilled challenges through the first sport of Thursday’s match, incomes just one level in reception and shedding the momentum of the rallies. It wasn’t till the fourth sport that Wang lastly gained management within the tie, surging to 7-1. Putting final 12 months’s upsetting defeat behind her, Wang expressed an enormous sigh of reduction with a 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-5 win.
Indian participant Manika Batra’s progress was halted within the spherical of 16 as China’s Wang Yidi claimed victory within the opening contest of the day 16-14, 11-8, 11-7.
Batra confirmed resilience within the first sport, holding sport level alternatives at 11-12 and 13-14. But Wang stood resolute, saving each factors on the decisive second.
“Despite the 3-0 victory, one of the games was quite tight, and the scores were very close. My opponent fought fiercely towards the end of the match, but I remained firm in my shots for crucial points. I had the clearer understanding of the opponent’s spin on the ball compared to the last time when we met at the Hangzhou Asian Games,” stated Wang.