China's Sun Yingsha took a straight-set win over Jeon Ji-hee of South Korea on Monday to reach the women's singles round of 16 at the WTT Champions Frankfurt table tennis tournament, joined by teammate Wang Manyu who downed Romania's Elizabeta Samara 3-0.

Sun, who is ranked world No.1, matched up against Jeon earlier this month at the WTT Lanzhou Star Contender and claimed an overwhelming 3-0 victory. The 22-year-old extended her dominance on Monday to see off her counterpart 11-6, 11-8, 11-8, setting up her next match against 19-year-old French hopeful Prithika Pavade for their first ever encounter. 

"Jeon played much better than last time we met. We played strong attacks, especially in the first three smashes," said Sun. "I had watched Pavade's junior games, but we never matched. I'll be ready for our first match the day after tomorrow and will try my best to win."

Meanwhile, Wang also took a smart and easy win over three-time Olympian Samara 11-6, 11-7, 11-3.

"I'm well prepared tactically for her style and skills and has always stayed focused on the game," said the world No.3 women's singles player. "I was a bit out of pace during the second game before I was back on track to make good serves to seal the victory."

The 24-year-old will meet Yuan Jianan of France in the following round, against whom Wang suffered a shocking defeat in their only encounter at the 2022 WTT Champions in Macao, where Wang was stunned 3-2.

The Frankfurt campaign for Team China continues on Tuesday when Olympic champion Ma Long will play against 42-year-old veteran Chuang Chih Yuan from Chinese Taipei, and Wang Yidi will meet European champion Sofia Polcanova from Austria in the women's singles draw.

(With input from Xinhua)

(Cover: Profile of Sun Yingsha. /CFP)