China’s Wang Manyu and LIN Shidong crowned Asian champions

2026 Asian Games Japan, Aichi

At the Asian Games, often called the Asian Olympics held once every four years, the men’s and women’s singles champions were decided.

In the women’s singles Final, the highest-level matchup possible, Wang Manyu held off her biggest rival, Sun Yingsha, 4-2 in games to win the gold medal in style.

Wang Manyu defeats Sun Yingsha in a thriller to become the Asian queen

[Women’s Singles Final]
Wang Manyu (China) 4 (11-8, 11-9, 11-13, 11-9, 4-11, 15-13) 2 Sun Yingsha (China)

From the opening points, the match turned into a high-level Rally battle, and Wang Manyu took the first two Games with aggressive play. Sun Yingsha responded with strong play to the Middle and kept pressing hard, but Wang Manyu held the court well, never giving up control at the key moments and seeing it through.