Reserves Gold and Silver! Sun Yingsha Defeats Hina Hayata to Meet Chen Meng in the Women’s Singles Table Tennis Final

On August 2, in the women’s singles semifinal of table tennis at the Paris Olympic Games, Chinese player Sun Yingsha faced off against Japanese athlete Hina Hayata.

In the first game, Hina Hayata scored first, but Sun Yingsha immediately responded with four consecutive points. After being chased to a 5-4 score, she pushed again, scoring five straight points to secure the game point, converting her third game point to win the first game 11-6.

In the second game, both players traded points to reach a 3-3 tie. Sun Yingsha then powered through with three consecutive points to gain the lead, maintaining it until reaching a 10-6 game point. She ultimately converted her third game point to take a 2-0 lead with an 11-8 victory.

In the third game, after a 2-2 tie, Sun Yingsha took three points in a row and withstood Hina Hayata’s counterattack to steadily increase her score. After the score became 7-5, Hina Hayata called for a timeout. Immediately after the timeout, she scored two points to tie the game at 7-7. When Sun Yingsha led 9-8, she also called a timeout to regroup. Following this, she won the game 11-8, taking a commanding 3-0 lead overall.

In the fourth game, Sun Yingsha grew even stronger, quickly establishing a 6-2 lead. She then continued to dominate, securing a match point at 10-2. She ultimately won the game 11-2, sweeping her opponent 4-0, and will meet Chen Meng in the final!