History repeats as Sun rises highest

This has not been the kindest year for Japanese Kasumi Ishikawa while playing China’s Sun Yingsha in ITTF World Tour. Having lost 4-0 to Sun earlier this year in the Qatar Open and Japan Open, she also lost 4-3 in Busan last week while holding one match point. Would today be any different?

No, there was simply nothing that could stop Sun from getting to the final, not even the best efforts of Kasumi when she kept taking huge leads in games, and Sun just kept recovering. In what turned out to be the final game, the Chinese was actually down 3-8 and raced to level things up 10-10. This was the trend for the entirety of 38 minutes Sun took to reach the finals (11-3, 11-7, 12-10, 12-10).

Day three arrives

The action is beginning to hot up in Geelong with the arrival of day three at the Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum Australian Open – Take a look at the fixture schedule below and make sure to watch along live with itTV: