On March 12, Beijing time, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament continued, the first round of the women's singles competition, the world's No. 2 Chen Meng against Japan's Hitomi Sato. In the first set, Chen Meng won 11-8. In the second set, Chen Meng took a 2-0 lead 11-7. In the third set, Chen Meng won again, and the aggregate score was 3-0 to advance to the next round.
In this Grand Slam tournament, Chen Meng is the No. 2 seed, she defends the lower half of the district, the opponent of the first game is the Japanese chipper Hitomi Sato, facing the chipper, Chen Meng still has to play more calmly, especially to be patient. In the first set, Chen Meng started 1-3 behind, after which she tied the score, Hitomi Sato scored 2 points in a row, and Chen Meng equalized the score again. After 6 draws, Chen Meng scored consecutive points, 8-6 lead, Hitomi Sato chased 2 points in a row, the handling of key points, Chen Meng won the set point 10-8, 11-8 win.
It can be seen that Chen Meng's first set was also to withstand the pressure, especially if the score was backward to stabilize the situation, or to play his own attack. In the second set of the game, Chen Meng opened a 2-0 lead, Hitomi Sato chased the score, Chen Meng scored another point, Hitomi Sato's defense was excellent, continuously saved the ball, Chen Meng lost this point, he also laughed, Hitomi Sato is indeed very tenacious. Chen Meng gradually found the feeling, 7-5 lead, Hitomi Sato called a timeout, after the timeout, Chen Meng scored consecutive points, 9-5 lead, Chen Meng attacked out of bounds, followed by 10-6 to get the set point, 11-7 win.
In the third set, Chen Meng started with a 4-2 lead, Hitomi Sato chased 1 point, Chen Meng scored consecutively, quickly opened the point difference, 9-4 lead, but Sato Hitomi chased to 6-9, Chen Meng called a timeout, after the suspension Sato Hitomi chased the score again, Chen Meng stabilized the situation again, 10-8 to get the match point, Sato Hitomi saved a match point, Chen Meng won this round 11-9, the total score was 3-0, Chen Meng successfully advanced.