In the semifinals of the table tennis women's singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, China's Sun Yingsha played against Hina Hayata, the first sister of Japan's women's table tennis. On the way to the semi-finals, Sun Yingsha did not encounter much challenge, and won 4-0 easily in all four games. In the last game against Chinese Taipei star Zheng Yijing, Sun Yingsha fell behind in the third game for a while, and finally won 19-17. That is, this game was almost lost, and the other games were won strongly. Sun Yingsha and Hina Hayada have played a total of 15 times before, and Sun Yingsha has maintained a complete victory and is in an absolute advantage.

In the first game, the two came up to compete around the short forehand, and Sun Yingsha lost 1 point and chased 4 points in a row to open up the difference; Hina Hayada asked for change in the service wheel and began to serve long balls, Sun Yingsha pulled it in her hand, Hina Hayada pulled it out of the table, and the point difference opened again; Sun Yingsha's serve, Hina Hayada shortened, Sun Yingsha scored in a row, and then scored 4 points in a row and quickly pulled away; Sun Yingsha received the serve and directly twisted the reverse slash to score, and took the lead to get the game point, 10-4; Sun Yingsha received the serve and scored directly with her forehand, 11-6 first;

At the beginning of the second game, the two played a stalemate, and the score took the lead alternately; The battle reached 3-3, Sun Yingsha split long and caused Hina Hayada to make a mistake in returning the ball, and then served to score and scored consecutive points to open up the difference; Hina Hayada is relatively passive in the receiving link, Sun Yingsha's offense is flexible and changeable, the defense is like an iron wall, and the offensive and defensive transitions are also quite smooth; Hina Hayada served, Sun Yingsha swung short, and scored consecutive attacks on her forehand to get the game point; Hina Hayada received the serve and fought directly, saving 2 game points in a row, Sun Yingsha received the serve and directly twisted and pulled the score, 11-8, the big score was 2-0!

As soon as the 3rd game came up, Hina Hayada made a mistake in grabbing the board, and she was also very annoyed! The battle reached 2-2, Sun Yingsha scored 2 points in a row and pulled away again; Hina Hayada still hopes to suppress Sun Yingsha by fighting, but Sun Yingsha's defense is solid and always keeps the lead; The battle was 7-5, and Hina Hayada asked for a timeout. She knew that this game was very important, and if she lost again, it would be 0-3.

After the pause, Sun Yingsha made a mistake in receiving the serve and lifting, and Hina Hayada chased 3 points in a row. Sun Yingsha made a short mistake and drew 7-7, and this pause had an effect; At the critical moment, Hina Hayada pulled the ball out in a row, chasing it to 8-9, and Sun Yingsha also asked for a timeout; The game has run out of timeouts, and they all want to win this game! After the pause, Sun Yingsha scored 2 points in a row, 11-8 and the next city, with a big score of 3-0!

In the 4th game, Sun Yingsha received the serve and scored directly, and then quickly opened up the point difference, Hina Hayada still had no way to parry, and it was difficult to take the lead in the score. In the end, Sun Yingsha won 11-2 and then won the next city, thus sweeping Hina Hayada with a big score of 4-0 to advance to the finals, which is also Hina Hayata's 16th consecutive defeat against Sun Yingsha! And Sun Yingsha has advanced to the women's singles final for 2 consecutive Olympic Games, and her opponent is still Chen Meng. Sun Yingsha lost 2-4 in the women's singles final of the last Olympics, can she cross the mountain of Chen Meng and win her first singles Olympic gold medal this time? We'll see!