Solja-Lay entertain fans with a nail-biter
Concluding the first matches across all groups, Petrissa Solja and Jian Fang Lay gave the fans a reason to ask for more as they were involved in a pendulum match lasting over 46 minutes.
With neither athlete giving up, it took something special from the German Solja to upset the running order of ‘one-game-each’ against the Australian veteran Lay, with the decider looming. In the seventh game, Solja finally got the upper hand and made it count, winning the tie 4-3 (11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-4)!
Wu upsets Samara in stunning fashion!
Wu Yue has stunned the fans early on in the Sichuan Province Gymnasium as she defeated World Cup veteran Elizabeta Samara in straight games (11-8, 11-9, 11-6, 18-16)!
Szocs handles a Lily scare
Bernadette Szocs had an early reminder that there are no easy games when you play at the Women’s World Cup , with the wildcard from USA Lily Zhang giving the Romanian veteran a tough first battle.
Pushing the match to five games, Zhang had made sure Szocs was sweating throughout – more mentally than physically after winning the second game. The young American played her part well but Szocs had just a little too much experience to see out the tie at 4-1 (11-9, 8-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-3).
Jeon starts big
Korea Republic’s sole representative started with a powerful win over Polish Natalia Partyka, as Jeon Jihee came out on top 4-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-1, 11-3).
Jeon was relentless from the start as she managed to win 23 points off her opponents serve, meaning Partyka never really got going in the opener here in Chengdu.
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