If this player who dares to play a tough battle and can win a tough battle in China’s women’s basketball, defender Wang Siyu is definitely one. Although Wang Siyu’s physical condition is not a very prominent type, she can always generate amazing energy under her slightly thin body. When facing strong enemies, wang Siyu showed a state of competition of “The harder the fight, the more excited it is. On the 30th, China Women’s Basketball eliminated the host Australia women’s basketball in the semi-finals of the World Cup 61-59. Wang Siyu’s last attack decided the victory, which was the epitome of her competition characteristics. It is as sharp as a scalpel and as cold-blooded as an assassin. This is Wang Siyu.
Wang Siyu is also a small player with great energy. If you have seen the focus battle between Chinese women’s basketball and American women’s basketball in the group match, you will definitely remember Wang Siyu. In front of the strong enemy, Wang Siyu will not be angry, but will release the pressure and turn it into stronger competition energy. Wang Siyu scored 17 points in the focus match, second only to the 21 points of Li Meng, the highest in the team. However, you should know that Wang Siyu and Li Meng are not the same type of players. Li Meng has outstanding physical conditions, is good at confrontation, and is technically masculine. However, Wang Siyu is different. She does not have a strong body like Li Meng, but her basic skills are very solid, and the competition temperament belongs to the type of excellent athletes. Competition temperament is more a kind of talent than what can be obtained through hard training.
Wang Siyu’s words after that game were actually the most real reaction to this kind of game characteristics. She wrote on social media: “The Square table defenders are the world’s top. The more this time, the more opportunities to show themselves. The World Cup is the platform to show themselves, the more this moment is, the more you will bloom yourself. Everyone in this competition team did a good job and played a higher level of training than usual.”
The competition characteristics of Wang Siyu have brought great help to China’s women’s basketball many times. In the semi-final match with Australia women’s basketball, China was 2 points behind women’s basketball when less than one and a half minutes were left at the end of the match. At that time, Australia women’s basketball controlled the ball right and Wang Siyu defended the defender, just when the other party tried to shake Wang Siyu by turning around, she pulled the ball from behind and stopped it directly. After that, Wang Siyu quickly counterattacked and passed it to Huang Sijing under the basket. The latter calmly equalized the score. This defense shows Wang Siyu’s calm judgment on the court and his steadiness when he started.
But what is more important than this is that during the next attack round, Wang Siyu faced the opponent’s defense with a fake action of trying to shoot, which made the opponent lose her center of gravity. Then she immediately broke through and entered the inside line, the opponent can only commit a foul. After that, Wang Siyu steadily punished two points and locked the victory.
Wang Siyu entered the national team from 2018. She fought in the World Cup in 2018, the Asian Games in 2018, the Asian Cup in 2019, and the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, after years of growth, she has become an absolutely reliable player in this team who can fight hard. Wang Siyu put a sentence like this on personal social media: “The wind is smooth and the wind is against the wind”. This is the best reflection of her current state.