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Sun Yingsha of China competes in the women's singles final match against her compatriot Chen Meng at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Cup Finals in Xinxiang, central China's Henan Province, October 30, 2022. /CFP
Sun Yingsha of China defeated her compatriot Chen Meng 4-3 in the women's singles final match to win the title at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Cup Finals in Xinxiang, central China's Henan Province, on Sunday.
The top two athletes on the International Table Tennis Federation's (ITTF's) world rankings table, Sun (No. 1) and Chen (No. 2), had a close match at home on Sunday night. Chen gained a head start by winning the first game 11-4, but Sun soon responded to tie the match 1-1 with the same score.
The third game grew much closer as it went all the way to 7-7. Sun then scored three straight key plays to claim the game 11-8. The two continued to be locked together in the fourth game as they tied from 5-5 to 10-10. Sun again seized the opportunity by forehand pulling to score first and then won this game 12-10 on Chen's mistake.
Chen Meng of China competes in the women's singles final match against her compatriot Sun Yingsha at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Cup Finals in Xinxiang, central China's Henan Province, October 30, 2022. /CFP
Having allowed Sun to reach match point first, Chen coped with the competition calmly. She first won the fifth game 11-6, then overcame a four-point deficit (8-4) to get game point in the sixth game. Though Sun managed to tie the score 10-10, Chen found a breach with backhand straight hit and won this game to tie the match 3-3.
Sun again established an early lead of 6-2 in the final game. Though Chen was resilient enough to cut her deficit to two points twice (8-6 and 10-8) and even tied it at 10-10, Sun ended the competition with a powerful forehand hit, adding another championship trophy to her honor list.
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