Ping Super Finals Women's Team Award Ceremony: Chen Xingtong Wins MVP and Becomes the Biggest Winner, Dolls Amuse Sun Yingsha
At 15:00 on January 1, 2025, Beijing time, the women's team final of the 2024 season China Table Tennis Club Super League ended, with Shandong Luneng defeating Shenzhen University 3-2 to win the championship. In the past six seasons of the Ping Super League, these two teams have met in the finals, with Shandong Luneng winning the championship four times, living up to its reputation as the "aircraft carrier of the Ping Super women's team."
This women's team final lasted a full 4 hours, with both sides playing a full five sets and fighting fiercely until the last moment to determine the winner. Among them, there was Sun Yingsha's passionate solo cut of 2 points, Shandong Luneng's sincere and tight team cooperation, and the rise of young player Tan Yu Xuan, which was really ups and downs, thrilling, wonderful, and beautiful.
After the final, the award ceremony for the women's team of the Ping Super Finals was held.
The first part of the award ceremony was that the four representatives of the Ping Super League champions and runners-up, Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong, Sun Yingsha, and Kuai Man, presented awards to the winners of the National Youth Selection Tournament for girls aged 7, 8, 9, and 10. In this session, the four national players were very kind and friendly. They obviously saw their former selves in the little sisters and also saw the hope of successors to the national table tennis team. During the photo session, Chen Xingtong had to tiptoe quietly, it seems that the future little flowers of the national table tennis team have excellent physical conditions.
Next, the third-place Shanghai Longteng team of the Ping Super League women's team came on stage to receive the award. The members of the third-place team include: Sun Mingyang, He Zhuojia, Liu Weishan, Yang Yiyun, Ma Xiaohui. They also received a third-place prize of 300,000 yuan.
Then, the runner-up Shenzhen University Club came on stage to receive the award. The members of Shenzhen University team include: Sun Yingsha, Kuai Man, Tan Yu Xuan, Wu Yonglin (Hong Kong, China). In this team, 24-year-old Sun Yingsha is the oldest elder sister, while the other players are all newcomers in their 20s, hence they are also known as the "Shenzhen University Kindergarten." Sun Yingsha, who scored 2 points in vain in this final and missed the defense, was not very happy at first, but after receiving the plush commemorative doll, she immediately became happy. She kept playing with the doll and looked around to call her teammates to study together, confirming the "kindergarten" without a doubt. The runner-up team received a bonus of 700,000 yuan.
Finally, the champion Shandong Luneng team appeared. The personnel of Shandong Luneng this season include: Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, Fan Siqi, Xu Yi. A collective national team main force, an absolutely luxurious configuration, finally won the gold cup, which is well-deserved.
After receiving a championship bonus of 1 million yuan, the Shandong Luneng team also received the championship Phoenix Flag and the championship Phoenix Cup, with a warm and festive atmosphere, fully demonstrating their status.
Finally, in the individual award opening unit: Chen Xingtong, who scored 2 points alone in the final and won the championship, was awarded the women's singles MVP with a bonus of 100,000 yuan; Qian Tianyi, a member of the championship team who maintained a doubles victory in the two stages of the competition, won the women's doubles MVP with a bonus of 80,000 yuan.
Chen Xingtong has become the first big winner of this year's Ping Super League!