2-1! Danish Star Struggles for Victory, Wang Zhiyi Claims Third Consecutive Win, Advances to Quarterfinals
Wang Zhiyi, who won the women's singles title at the year-end finals in 2024, performed well in the first world event of the new season, the Malaysia Open, reaching the women's singles final. Unfortunately, she lost to world No. 1 An Se-young in the top match. This week, Wang Zhiyi followed the national team again to face the challenge of the Super 750 event, the India Open. On the third day of the main event, Wang Zhiyi faced Danish star Mia in the round of 16. After the game started, Mia played aggressively and proactively, stubbornly leveling the big score after losing the first set, avoiding being swept three times in a row. However, Wang Zhiyi, who is stronger in strength, still won with a score of 2-1.
Game Highlights
With outstanding performance and record, Wang Zhiyi has improved her world ranking to second place, while Mia is now ranked only 23rd. Wang Zhiyi has an obvious advantage in personal ability, which can be seen from their past encounter records in world competitions. In two encounters in world competitions, Wang Zhiyi always won with a clean 2-0 score, and the longest game took only 42 minutes, showing a relatively large gap in strength.
However, Mia also had her own advantages in this game, that is, physical fitness. Wang Zhiyi played until the final in Malaysia last week, and also played three full rounds against Zhang Bewen in the first round of this station, barely passing the level. On the contrary, Mia easily defeated Jacobsen in the first round with scores of 21-9 and 21-14, which can be said to be effortless. The huge physical advantage also made Mia see the hope of a cold snap.
Game Review
After the game started, Mia used her physical advantage to bring the rhythm of the game very fast, and as long as there was an opportunity, she would decisively strike, using continuous pressure to attack Wang Zhiyi's defense. The proactive style of play also achieved certain results. Mia bit the score as soon as she came up and fought with Wang Zhiyi until 6 draws. In the tight score stage, Wang Zhiyi offered her trump card, the four-way pull and lift, successfully restricting the opponent's offense, scoring three points in a row to take a 9-6 lead, and entered the mid-game break with a score of 11-9.
After the game restarted, Mia, who wanted to speed up the offensive, still could not get rid of Wang Zhiyi's control. Forced to start the assault, it also led to more mistakes on her part. Wang Zhiyi, who accepted the gift, quickly expanded her leading advantage to 16-10, and held on to Mia's desperate fight to win the opening red with a score of 21-13.
In the second set, Mia's offense after receiving and serving became more determined, trying to resolve the battle with as few rounds as possible. The change in playing style also caught Wang Zhiyi off guard, quickly falling into an unfavorable situation of 0-5 behind. Although Wang Zhiyi was working hard to catch up, Mia, who made a decisive move, ended the first half of the game with a score of 11-7. Although Wang Zhiyi quickly leveled the score after returning to the field, Mia relied on determined fighting to level the big score with a score of 21-16.
In the decisive game, Wang Zhiyi did not appear to have a collapse at the beginning of the game. She came up and suppressed Mia with an offensive, taking an early lead in the score, and exchanged venues with a score of 11-6. After changing sides, Wang Zhiyi also firmly controlled the end of the game, locking the victory with a score of 21-8.
After completing the triple kill against Mia in the world championships, Wang Zhiyi advanced to the quarter-finals of the women's singles at the India Open with her head held high. Her opponent in the next round will be the winner between Japanese player Miyazaki Tomoka and host Anupama. We look forward to Wang Zhiyi performing well and striving to win her first championship of the season in this competition.