Day 4 Match 25 Report – ZHU Yuling vs. Miyu KATO
Match 25: ZHU Yuling (CHN) 4 - 0 Miyu KATO (JPN) (11-6, 11-3, 11-7, 11-6)
Miyu Kato’s giant-killing run came to a stop as she found Zhu Yuling simply too good on the day. Japan’s flagbearer in this tournament could not cope with her opponent’s deceptive serves and sharp returns as Zhu quickly took control and never let-up. Kato even saw her Tomahawk serve sent back with interest. Game 3 saw the final point go to video referral as the umpire asked for a second look at whether the ball grazed the table and away from Kato’s reach. This new feature from the ITTF Innovation Lab proved without a doubt the ball caught the merest of edges as Kato went 3-0 down. Zhu gave Kato no chance of a fightback as the Chinese player completed victory within 24 minutes.
She had beaten two very good opponents in the previous rounds so I placed myself in the mindset to challenge her instead of thinking I’m the favourite.
Her serves and receives were very sharp and I couldn’t cope with that, which is why I lost today. The atmosphere here at the T2Cavern is superb and I hope to be back.
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