The number one Chinese player, Sun Yingsha has just been shocked in the 1/8 round of Women's Smash, Grand Slam Table Tennis, when lost to compatriot Chen Yi with a score of 9-11, 11-7, 5-11, 9-11.
Sun Yingsha has won 20 consecutive matches in all competitions before the Chen Yi meeting. Particularly in the World Table Tennis (WTT) system and the world tournament, Sun Yingsha won, including prestigious champions such as Singapore Smash, WTT Champions in Chongqing, World Cup and World Championship. Her score on the highest level of the world is close to the second and three players.
But in the match with Chen Yi, Sun no longer retains the form from the beginning of the year. She lost 9-11, 11-7, 5-11, 9-11 and missed the opportunity to enter the quarterfinals.
Chen Yi is 21 years old, ranked No. 17 in the world and has not won a big title in his career. She said that in the round of 1/8, it had overcome the expectations of the psychology of comfort, “nothing to lose” when fighting with Sun. Meanwhile, the number one seed is under the pressure of the championship.
Sun Yingsha is considered the “treasure” of the Chinese table tennis village. Before this match, the 25 -year -old player played 43 matches both single and couple since the beginning of the year, won 41 and lost only two matches. It was a female match against Wang Yidit Singapore Smash and in the women's single against Wang manyu in the Asian Cup.
In another development, Wang Hanyu-the world's number two player-also unexpectedly lost to Macau, Zhu Yuling with the score 8-11, 6-11, 11-8, 5-11 rounds 1/8 in the match that took place on the same day. Thus, the quarterfinals will be absent from both the number one player and the number two in the world.