On January 1st, Beijing time, coinciding with the New Year's Day, I would like to wish everyone a happy New Year first! Next, let's shift our attention to the women's team final of the Ping Pong Super League finals, where Shenzhen University and Shandong Luneng face off under the leadership of Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, and they finally meet each other.
Before this women's team final, Sun Yingsha had already won against Wang Manyu five times in a row. However, considering the end-of-year form, it is clear that Wang Manyu is in better shape. But in this final, Wang Manyu's state was a bit too good. In the first game, she took a big lead over Sun Yingsha, directly creating an 8:4 advantage and taking the lead to win the set point.
Although Sun Yingsha did not give up and was also catching up, she chased all the way to 9:10. However, Wang Manyu directly took the last point, winning the first set 11:9. The score of the first set was quite different, and when entering the second set, the score became even more exaggerated. Wang Manyu won the set with a score of 11:3, completely suppressing Sun Yingsha. After these two sets, it can be seen that Wang Manyu's touch and state today are just too good.
And Sun Yingsha? It feels like she hasn't woken up yet, her state is completely unadjusted, and at the same time, she will make many low-level mistakes, which is not her normal performance at all. After the first two games, Sun Yingsha was fighting with her back to the wall. In the third game, there were twists and turns on the field again. Sun Yingsha was trailing 1:3 again. At this point, Sha Sha could only choose to call a timeout. If she didn't call a timeout, the game would be over.
And this timeout was also a key turning point mentioned earlier. In this game, Sun Yingsha relied on the timeout to continuously catch up and suppress Wang Manyu, starting to frequently exert force with her forehand and taking out her trump card. In fact, Sun Yingsha's advantage has always been her powerful forehand. Now that she has regained the feeling of her forehand, she continued to score points, finally overtaking 6:5. This is still the first time Sun Yingsha has taken the lead in this game, except for the opening.
In the end, in this set, the timeout was indeed useful, helping Sun Yingsha stay calm and turn the game around to win the third set 11:9 after trailing 6:8. In the fourth set, Sun Yingsha finally woke up, starting with a big lead. However, Wang Manyu also responded with a backhand, and both sides played to a 7:7 draw. After Sun Yingsha scored another point, she finally mobilized herself, started shouting loudly and scored four points in a row, winning 11:7 to push the game into the decisive set.
Table tennis is actually very particular about momentum at times, just like the previous Macau Championship, where Sun Yingsha chased three sets in a row to reverse Wang Manyu. In this game, she performed another miraculous feat, winning the decisive set 11:5, letting go of two sets to chase three, and finally achieving a stunning comeback, winning Wang Manyu 3-2, preserving a glimmer of hope for Shenzhen University. After winning, Sun Yingsha also celebrated passionately.