The WTT Macau Championship ushered in the women's singles quarter-finals, Chen Meng and Du Kaixuan became opponents, the two competed for a place in the top 8, Liu Guoliang and Qin Zhijian both came to the scene. After 5 rounds of confrontation, Chen Meng laughed to the end, won the big score 3-2, and advanced to the women's singles quarterfinals, but in the third set, Chen Meng once squandered 4 match points, making the fans sweat for her!
Chen Meng is the main force of national table tennis, the Olympic double gold winner, but in the National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, Chen Meng played a general role, came to the WTT Macau Tournament, Chen Meng's goal is still to win the championship, she encountered a strong opponent in the first battle, the opponent is Du Kaixuan. The two sides are old rivals, which can be said to know the roots.
In the first set of the game, Chen Meng took the lead in serving, Du Kaixuan appeared to eat the serve, the next ball, Chen Meng grabbed the score with his backhand, shook his fist to celebrate, and after the opponent made a mistake in returning the ball out of bounds, the main force of the national table tennis team has taken a 3-0 lead. Although Du Kaixuan scored 1 point, Chen Meng was like a bamboo, and soon took a 5-1 lead. Du Kaixuan scored 2 consecutive points, but there was a low-level mistake. After 7-3, Chen Meng's state slipped and was chased by his opponent to a 7-7 draw. In a desperate situation, Chen Meng attacked continuously to get points, and Ma Lin applauded his disciples. After 10-8, Chen Meng shook his fist to celebrate, and then won the first set 11-8.
Before the start of the second game between the two sides, Marlene gave Chen Meng a face-to-face opportunity, and it was obvious that the national table tennis coach was still somewhat dissatisfied with the performance of the disciples. Chen Meng still caught the opening in the second set, a backhand straight ball was very exciting, and the opponent had no choice. After 4-2, Chen Meng was slightly anxious in the choice of attack, there were 3 mistakes, and Liu Guoliang witnessed on the sidelines, the opponent chased 5-5, and soon rebounded 7-5. After consecutive mistakes, Chen Meng looked down at the racket, the opponent won the set point 10-6, Chen Meng chased 1 point, and finally lost 7-11, and the total score came to a 1-1 draw.
In the third set, Chen Meng played 2-0, but his mistakes could not be improved, and Du Kaixuan took the opportunity to equalize. After 5-4, the two attacked from afar, and Chen Meng scored points. The national table tennis players slowly found the feeling, leading 9-5, Du Kaixuan did not show weakness, and scored with a backhand. Chen Meng won the set point 10-6, continuously attacked the opponent, and in the case of occupying the offensive dominance, the national table tennis champion made a mistake. After saving four innings, Du Kaixuan tied the score. Chen Meng regained the upper hand, taking the fifth set point 11-10, this time, she did not waste the opportunity, 12-10, the overall score became 2-1.
In the fourth set of the two men, Chen Meng was once 3-7 behind, the situation was very unfavorable, although it was chased to 5-7, but soon returned to the ball and touched the net. After 6-9, Chen Meng found the feeling and chased to a 9-9 draw, but Chen Meng still lost the game 11-13. In the battle for the decider, Chen Meng quickly took a 4-0 lead, the opponent returned the ball out of bounds, the score came to 5-0, Chen Meng took the lead. After 7-1, Chen Meng was very relaxed, and in the end, Chen Meng scored the score, the single game score was 11-2, and the total score was 3-2!