WTT Macau Champions: Sun Yingsha Advances to Semifinals & Chinese Team Sweeps Women’s Singles Top 4, Two Incredible Highlights

On September 14th Beijing time, the WTT Macau Champions women’s singles quarterfinals progressed with a highlight match concluding last night where China’s top player Sun Yingsha faced Diaz. Sun resisted the challenge and won 4-1, securing her place in the semifinals. Consequently, the top four of this event are all from China, showing their strong control. Two remarkable points emerged: first, the Chinese women’s singles players are so dominant they swept the semifinal spots again; second, Chen Xingtong battled intensely for an hour and a half to advance, a grueling and exhausting fight against a defensive player, which was so lengthy it triggered a change in the serving rules!

Sun Yingsha competed against Diaz. Sun is the world number one from China, maintaining very consistent form, frequently reaching semifinals and finals, and winning many titles, including the recent Swedish Grand Slam. In this tournament, Sun continued her steady performance to reach the semifinals, where she faces Puerto Rican player Diaz, who caused an upset by defeating Wang Yidi in a tough five-set match in the previous round. Although Sun is favored to win, she might still encounter some challenges!

Once the match began, the scores went back and forth. Sun took the lead late in the first game at 10-7 but suddenly collapsed, losing five consecutive points and dropping the set 10-12. In the second game, Sun fell behind early but accelerated later to overtake Diaz and secured the set 11-7. In the third game, Sun was down 6-9 but then surged with five straight points to win 11-9. The fourth game saw Sun trailing 7-9 again, then scoring four consecutive points to take it 11-9. In the fifth game, Diaz, who had led throughout without closing a set, completely fell apart. Sun pulled ahead decisively and steadily closed the match with an 11-7 win, eliminating Diaz 4-1 overall!

In the other three matches, Chen Xingtong endured a tough 1.5-hour battle to defeat veteran defensive player Han Ying 4-1, a very exhausting win. Kuai Man comfortably beat Japan’s last remaining contender Otofuji Satsuki 4-1. Meanwhile, Chinese main player Wang Manyu faced Macau’s Zhu Yuling, and the match turned one-sided with Wang dominating to sweep Zhu 4-0. Thus, all semifinalists are confirmed as Chinese players, securing both finalists from China. The upcoming semifinals will feature Sun Yingsha versus Kuai Man, and Wang Manyu against Chen Xingtong—highly anticipated matchups!

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