3-0！ The national table tennis women's team crushed the game and swept the North Africa Army to advance to the top 8! Sun Yingsha lost 1 game in an upset

The 2024 Paris Olympics table tennis women's team 1/8 finals began, and three Chinese women's table tennis players Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu played, and the opponent was Egypt. The three female players of national table tennis are ranked in the top 4 in the world and are the number one favorites to win the championship. The more powerful teams on the Egypt side are Hannah Gouda and Meshef, who have previously competed with national table tennis players but have no victory. Chen Meng previously defeated teammate Sun Yingsha to win the women's singles championship, becoming the third player after Deng Yaping and Zhang Yining to defend the Olympic women's singles championship. Entering the team event, she formed a doubles partnership with Wang Manyu and took the lead in the first match, against Al Hodabi/Hannah Gouda.

In the first game, the two sides played stalemate, until it was 3-3, and Chen Meng scored with a backhand slash to pull the score away; The battle reached 5-4, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu scored 4 points in a row to open the difference. After that, the opponent returned the ball to the net, and Chen Meng/Wang Manyu took the next city 11-5; In the second game, the game was completely one-sided, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu quickly opened up the score difference with a sharp attack and a steady defense, taking the lead in getting the game point 10-2, and finally the return ball was introduced, 11-2, with a big score of 2-0;

In the third game, Wang Manyu returned the ball to the net and lost 1 point first, and then quickly pulled the score to 4-1, forcing the opponent to ask for a timeout; After the pause, Wang Manyu received the serve and directly twisted the score, and then pulled it all the way to 8-1, and finally won the third game 11-3 to end the first match, and the Chinese team led the Egypt team 1-0. The Egyptian pair scored a total of 10 points in three games, which was the easiest match played by a national table tennis player so far in this Olympics.

In the second singles, Sun Yingsha played against Meshef. In the first game, Sun Yingsha scored 2 points in a row on the serve, and then made a mistake + ate the serve, and Meshev equalized the score. After fighting to 5-5, Sun Yingsha scored 6 points in a row and won 11-5; In the first half of the game, she was still adapting to the opponent's ball, and in the second half of the game, Sun Yingsha scored 6 points in a row after figuring out the opponent's routine. The trend of the second game was similar, the first two service games were tied 2-2, and then Sun Yingsha scored 6 points in a row to pull away, and finally easily won 11-4 again, with a big score of 2-0;

In the third game, there were variables, Sun Yingsha made more mistakes, and Meshev quickly opened the game to 6-1. After that, Sun Yingsha began to "fill in the pit", chasing all the way to 8-9, and Meshev asked for a timeout; After the pause, Meshev scored 2 points in a row to win 11-8, and the big score was 1-2; For Sun Yingsha, who advanced to the final 4-0 all the way in singles, she actually lost a game in the face of world No. 26 Meshef, which was definitely an upset! The score was tied in the first half of the 4th game, and in the second half of the game, Sun Yingsha scored consecutive points to pull away, and after being chased to 7-10, Sun Yingsha also asked for a timeout. After the pause, Sun Yingsha scored with a backhand, won 11-7, and won 3-1; helped the Chinese team pull the big score to 2-0;

In the third women's singles, Wang Manyu played against Hannah Gouda, and in the first game, Wang Manyu was more fully mobilized, playing 6-0 at the beginning, and then easily won 11-4; In the second game, he scored 3 points in a row, and after Gao chased 2-3, Wang Manyu opened up the difference again, and finally won 11-4 again; In the third game, Gao Gao let go and quickly stretched the score to 7-2; Wang Manyu quickly adjusted to open the scoring mode, and after chasing 6-8, the Egypt team asked for a timeout.

After the pause, Wang Manyu continued to chase points and overtake, winning 11-9. In the end, the national table tennis women's team swept the Egypt women's team with a score of 3-0 to get off to a good start and successfully advanced to the top 8 of the team competition.