Sun Yingsha won her second World Table Tennis Championships singles championship, and foreign media said that her performance injected confidence into the team

On May 25, Beijing time, the women's singles final of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha came to an end. In this high-profile match, Sun Yingsha and teammate Wang Manyu launched a high-level duel. After seven rounds of fierce competition, Sun Yingsha finally defeated Wang Manyu 4-3, successfully defended the women's singles championship, and won her second World Table Tennis Championships singles championship.

On May 25, Beijing time, the women's singles final of the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships came to an end, and Sun Yingsha successfully defended the women's singles championship.

As old rivals who are extremely familiar with each other, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu have had a fierce confrontation from the beginning. In the first game, Sun Yingsha quickly established a lead, using a forehand attack to suppress Wang Manyu and take the lead 11-6. In the second game, the scores of the two rose alternately, and Sun Yingsha withstood the pressure after 10 draws and won 12-10.

However, Wang Manyu quickly adjusted her form, taking a 6-1 lead at the beginning of the third game and winning 11-8. In the fourth game, she continued to apply pressure and equalized the score 11-5.

The fifth game became the turning point of the whole game, the two fought to 10 draws, and Sun Yingsha scored two points in a row at the critical moment to win 12-10. In the sixth game, Wang Manyu stubbornly scored 6 points in a row under the unfavorable situation of falling behind 10-6, and equalized again at 13-11, adding more suspense to the game.

In the deciding game, Wang Manyu once led 3-0, but Sun Yingsha responded calmly and overtook the score to 7-6. At the critical moment, she scored five points in a row to win the game in one fell swoop, ending the seven-game matchup 11-7.

After the game, Sun Yingsha couldn't hide her excitement and burst into tears. Speaking after the race, she said: "Every point is precious and I want to go to the end whether I am ahead or behind. ”

This final is the second time that Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu met in the women's singles final of the World Table Tennis Championships after the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston. Four years ago, Wang Manyu defeated Sun Yingsha 4-2 to win the championship, and this time, Sun Yingsha won the victory and achieved her second consecutive championship in the women's singles event at the World Table Tennis Championships.

In this tournament, the two performed steadily all the way, breaking through from the upper and lower halves respectively, defeating Misei Ito and Chen Xingtong in the semifinals respectively, and locked the women's singles championship and runner-up for the Chinese team in advance. This is also the 16th consecutive time that Chinese women's players have met in the women's singles final at the World Table Tennis Championships.

In this competition, Sun Yingsha not only won the women's singles championship, but also partnered with Wang Chuqin to win the mixed doubles gold medal, showing a strong comprehensive strength. In this year's World Table Tennis Championships, she connected strong opponents such as Shin Yubin, Satsuki Oto and Misei Ito in the women's singles event until she reached the top. The official website of the Olympic Games said after the game that the victory in this final also made Sun Yingsha one of the most reliable cores of the Chinese team this cycle. Facing the upcoming Los Angeles Olympics, her performance has instilled confidence in the team.