LJUBLJANA, July 8 (Xinhua) — The world top-ranked combined pair Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin claimed the title after clinching a 3-1 victory over compatriots Qian Tianyi and Liang Jingkun on Saturday at World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender Ljubljana.
Top seeds Sun and Wang led a lot of the opening sport in Saturday’s title showdown, however confronted stern resistance as Qian and Liang managed to work their method to a sport level alternative at 10-9.
Sun and Wang did nicely to recuperate from the deficit, touchdown three factors in a row to assert the sport 12-10. However, Qian and Liang confirmed nice preventing spirit within the second sport to stage the rating 11-9. Sun and Wang responded with back-to-back sport wins 11-4 and 11-7 to safe the victory.
“Both sides played well in today’s match. The first two games were very intense. Liang and Qian are very energetic in this tournament and their overall cooperation was of high quality,” stated Sun. “We’re well-prepared for difficult situations and keep focused on every point.”
“Shasha (Sun) delivered very stable play in Ljubljana and we tried to find out the best way that fits us. Meanwhile, we are also clear of where we still need to work on and we will continue to improve ourselves through future competitions,” stated Wang.
The end result sees Sun and Wang take dwelling their fourth combined title of the yr following profitable outings at Singapore Smash, ITTF World Championships and final week’s WTT Contender Zagreb.
The duo prolonged their unbelievable profitable run on the world stage with their final defeat as a pair coming three years in the past by the hands of Mima Ito and Jun Mizutani from Japan on the 2020 ITTF Qatar Open.
Elsewhere, China’s gamers have secured the titles of males’s and girls’s singles prematurely as Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng have taken all of the finals spots by defeating their opponents within the quarterfinals and semifinals on Saturday.