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.

Let the World Cup begin!