China secures women's singles title at WTT Champions Chongqing

Chongqing: China has secured the women's singles title after its top four paddlers clinched semifinal spots at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions Chongqing on Saturday. In the tournament's penultimate day of action, world No. 1 Sun Yingsha was made to sweat in her gruelling 3-1 victory over Japan's eighth-ranked Satsuki Odo.

The 20-year-old Odo, last year's winner in Montpellier on her WTT Champions debut, silenced the home crowd by triumphing 11-6 in the opening game. The next two games saw game points change hands several times, while Sun displayed her resilience by taking both games with the same scoreline of 14-12. Then, she took command in the fourth game, winning 11-7 to seal the deal.

"It was our encounter [in WTT events]. My preparations and analysis of the opponent gave me some understanding of her game, but it would be different when I actually played against her," commented Sun. "I lost the first game, and she once took the game point in the second. If I had lost that game again, I would have been down 0-2. This win will serve as a confidence booster for my semifinal tomorrow, and I will enjoy the match first and put on an excellent match for everyone," she added. Agencies

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