LJUBLJANA, July 9 (Xinhua) — 2023 World Championship winners Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha claimed males’s and girls’s singles titles respectively on Sunday on the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender Ljubljana.
World No.1 Sun took seven video games to beat Olympic champion Chen Meng 3-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 14-12, 9/11, 11-6 to win the ladies’s singles title.
Chen had sported the higher document in deciding video games, with a 68 p.c win fee to Sun’s 59 p.c. However, in Ljubljana, the roles have been reversed. The decider was a method visitors, with Sun cruising forward early and sustaining the lead all through.
The win locks in Sun’s third WTT Series title of 2023, having already received the Singapore Smash and WTT Champions Xinxiang this yr.
“Both of us played well today. In both tactical and psychological aspects, we made every possible effort. Almost every time we play against each other, we fight six or seven games. Today I was lucky to win in the end. In the deciding game, I had a few shots that on the net,” mentioned 22-year-old Sun.
The World No.1 will lengthen her lead on the prime of the world rankings with the win. Sun’s victory additionally sees her get again to successful methods after falling quick within the ultimate to Miu Hirano of Japan at WTT Contender Zagreb.
The males’s singles ultimate between Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin additionally noticed a seven-game conflict. Just as within the ultimate of the World Championships, Fan took victory, edging his compatriot 15-13, 8-11, 3-11, 11-4, 11-7, 7-11, 12-10.
“We played fantastic games with good quality. Both of us fought for a good start to each game and we could turn leads into victories,” mentioned Fan. “We know each other so well and we want to make some changes to press each other. I’m not at my best though, I tried to push myself to stay in the world best list.”
Elsewhere, within the doubles finals, Wang Yidi and Kuai Man took three straight video games to win the ladies’s doubles title over Ni Xialian and Sarah De Nutte from Luxembourg 11-5, 11-6, 11-6. Lin Shidong and Xiang Peng have been topped males’s doubles champions by defeating Ma Long and Yuan Licen, 11-9, 9/11, 11-13, 11-7, 11-5.