After escaping 1 match point, Zheng Yijing overturned Hina Hayada and advanced to the top 8 of the World Cup

Chinese Taipei sister Zheng Yijing on the 17th in the 2025 Macau World Cup Table Tennis Tournament Women's Singles Round of 16, the deciding game fell behind 9:10, and after a thrilling resolution of 1 final point, she defeated the world's No. 6 Japanese star Hina Hayada 4:3, advancing to the top 8 for two consecutive years, and is also the only remaining Chinese Taiwan player.

Chinese Taipei's first sister Zheng Yijing

Zheng Yijing, ranked 11th in the world, had a 3-6 deficit against Soona in the past, but the most recent time in this year's Asian Cup, Zheng Yijing withdrew from Earlya 3:2 and stopped the three-game losing streak.

Today, the two sides showed fierce attack and defense in the first game, Zheng Yijing fell behind 7:9, stole the long ball in a row, and got the game point at 10:9, but Hayada then scored 2 points in a row, 11:10 overtake, at the critical moment, Zheng Yijing scored 3 points in a row, 13:11 to take the lead.

Zheng Yijing took advantage of the victory to chase after him, suppressed Hayada all the way, and then won two games in a row 11:8 and 11:5 to take a 3:0 lead in the number of games.

Hayata, who won the bronze medal in women's singles at the Paris Olympics last year, let go from the fourth game and recovered one game at 11:6. In the 5th game, the two sides fought fiercely again, Hayada chased 2 points in a row after falling behind 8:9 to get the game point again, Zheng Yijing overtook 11:10 and forced out the end point of the game after resolving the game point, but Hayata's forehand counterattack was thrilling and resolved, and finally won 17:15 hard.

World No. 6 Japanese star Hina Hayata

In the 6th game, Hayada fell behind 0:2 in the opening game, played a wave of 10:0 onslaught, pulled back a city 11:4, and forced Zheng Yijing into the deciding game. The climax of the decisive game was repeated, Zheng Yijing led 5:1 and 7:3 in the opening game, and was forced to overtake by Hayada step by step to 10:9, at the decisive moment, Hayata's forehand rushed out of bounds, Zheng Yijing escaped 1 game point after the desperate situation, and then continued to grab a forehand to win, 12:10 to win this epic battle, and also won 2 consecutive battles.

In men's singles, Chinese Taipei's Feng Yixin lost to the world's No. 3 Japanese brother Tomokazu Zhangmoto 7:11, 9:11, 10:12, 8:11, and missed the promotion to the top 8, and the amazing journey came to an end.