[WTT] Chongqing 2025 | WS | SUN Yingsha vs CHEN Xingtong | Semifinal

Download and watch it live on Spotv Now app. And one four. She turned things around. The 24 year old has nerves of steel. Just a bit more clinical. Satsuki Oto giving quite a scare to the crowd as well. An incredible match there. And back to the training hall. So here they are after their training hall, their workout, their warm-up. Sun Qing Tong will start it off, best of seven, with the serve. I like this because Tong Tong is known for her speed and her cool. She's very smooth, but she plays it soft, toss loose. That's when she took over control of this game. Step closer, continuing. There was a sense of freedom that she seems to feel. Beautiful counter-anticipation just a little bit as Tong Tong backs up and slaps it back to the baseline. A forehand flick. This ball right here, Xia Xia. Look at the cross there. The pivot to transition from the middle. Look at her lean, Xia Xia, and get ready for the finishing lean. She really balanced her weight well to get some twists. Yeah, getting knocked out in the round of 16 to a teammate who's now world number four. She's not on social media. Yeah, this is recognizing an opportunity quickly and knowing that you must finish the point. That's some power, for real. A little bit more traditional in the counter-topspin shot as well. Quick, right down the line, sneaks it past. That's a glamour shot. I was impressed because Teng Xingtong's drop, her touch was so good, and then she gave a ball that felt awkward and spinny. A rhythm breaker, that's low, and Xia Xia goes inside out for that. Xia Xia doing well to hang in there, I'd say, throughout this match. Quite interesting, the receiver. Quite a convincing start here from someone looking for revenge, and in the beginning, it wasn't smooth. We saw in the middle, sometimes you just have to figure out how to stop yourself from getting in. Nice tight serve here. Looking for that middle here, back and forth, but Teng Xingtong. The variation, it's not about the top ten, it's about winning the points. Teng Xingtong doing that well here. Xia Xia takes two steps back, and that stroke, it's not just the... Two game points, so it is coming. Xia Xia goes essentially for broke with this backhand, the pace on it, and that's the defense we were talking about. It hasn't been... Retaining the title she won last year. It was a valiant effort from Teng Xingtong, but she just didn't have enough to really challenge. Saving those two game points, though, that was much, much more promising from the world. Another game in defense, but when Xia Xia opens with big power, recoils to do it again. Her patterns are constantly changing. About one. Good start here in the fourth, Teng Xingtong. One, three. Think about now going two points down in this fourth game. Not in trouble, of course, but not the way she would have expected to start. Yeah, she does definitely get into rhythm. Sun Yingsha opening up the table, and you could hear the effort that both players are putting into this rally. Yeah, that told the whole story, the grunts back and forth, the abbreviated strokes covering the middle, and the short side. You want to see... You almost feel yourself holding your breath during... I love these rallies. We've gotten a fair share of them so far. You just want to see if the ball's... This year in straight games, God, let nothing get past her. She adapted. It wasn't the fastest start, and she still won game one, 11-7. A nail-biter in game number three, saving two game points and winning four straight from 8-10 down.