BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — World Table Tennis (WTT) on Friday confirmed that China’s Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng are the primary two gamers to lock of their spots on the Nagoya 2023 Women’s WTT Finals.
The closing occasion of the 2023 WTT Series, to be staged from Dec. 15 to 17, will see the world’s prime 16 girls’s singles gamers and prime eight girls’s doubles pairs vie for the season-ending championships.
Having lifted the trophy on the WTT Cup Finals Xinxiang 2022 and WTT Cup Finals Singapore 2021, world No. 1 Sun will head to Japan in quest of a three-peat.
The Chinese star displayed her dominance in 2023, claiming the ladies’s singles titles on the WTT Singapore Smash, WTT Champions Xinxiang and WTT Star Contender Ljubljana. She has additionally been occupying the main place of the world rankings on a 57-week streak.
“I am so excited to go to Nagoya. This moment will be a chance to put the training I’ve been doing to the test. Both mentally and physically, I am fully prepared and I will go all out to win every match,” stated Sun.
World No. 2 Chen joins her compatriot to move to Nagoya. She was a finalist finally 12 months’s season-ending occasion in Xinxiang.
In 2023, Chen completed because the runner-up at WTT Champions Macao and WTT Star Contender Ljubljana, and in addition made a semifinal look at WTT Champions Xinxiang.
“It means a lot to me to be able to play with so many amazing female athletes,” commented Chen.
“WTT Finals Women Nagoya 2023 is not only an incredible stage to test ourselves, but it is also an opportunity to promote our sport. I hope more and more girls will get involved in table tennis after watching our matches. In this event, I will give it my all and bring out my best form to face any challenge and live up to everyone’s support and expectations,” she added.
With the primary two tickets going to Sun and Chen, 14 spots stay in rivalry for the ladies’s singles class of the WTT Finals.