There is a good number of strong teams in the women’s division and the strongest were Shanxi and the hosting team, Heilongjiang. Both reached the finals and fought today. In just four matches, Wu Yang and company got the championship title to the Shanxi Team. Wu Yang continued her wonderful performance from the Super League to the National Championships.
The Women’s Team competition of the Chinese National Championships ended today and Shanxi defeated the hosting team for the crown.
After playing in the individual competition, the Grand Slam champion Li Xioxia eventually retired in the team competition. Last weekend, the event has decided there finalists.
In the semifinals, Shandong was defeated by the hosting team, Heilongjiang who fought hard in a full-stretch battle. In the other part of the draw, Shanxi also survived a difficult challenge. They had to go through the decider against PLA before sealing their seats in the finals.
Today, the victors fought for the ultimate challenge to win the championship title. Last year, Shanxi and Heilongjiang met in the quarterfinals. Heilongjiang won at that time.
Heilongjiang had a good start with Wang Manyu sweeping Li Xiaodan. Wu Yang led Shanxi to level in 1-1 after she scored 3-1 against Che Xiaoxi. Shanxi gained their momentum when they also won the third match. Lyu Tingting swept Heilongjiang’s Wang Xuan.
Wu Yang returned into the arena and faced Wang Manyu. Wu Yang ended the match to her favour in 11-4, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6.
With this, Shanxi is the Women’s Team National Champion. This is the team’s first title in history of the competition.
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