At 2:00 PM on the sixth day of the tournament, the women's singles quarterfinals saw Shasha face off against her teammate Chen Xingtong.
Previously, Tongtong had often served as Shasha's sparring partner in major international competitions, so the two were intimately familiar with each other and had played countless matches in training.
At this Grand Smash, Tongtong had been firing on all cylinders. In her first match against Italian player Deborah Vivarelli and her second against Spain's Xiao Yaoqian, she had blasted through both with matching 11-2 scores, winning 3-0 each time and boasting a red-hot touch.
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