On March 14, 2022, the table tennis Grand Slam tournament continued, the national table tennis Olympic champion Chen Meng appeared in a slow heat situation, experienced a bitter battle, and finally there was no danger, after losing the first set, he won three consecutive sets, reversed Zeng Jian to advance to the women's singles round of 16, and met teammate He Zhuojia.
This time Chen Meng is prepared, the head coach Marlene as an off-field guide, since last year won the Olympic women's singles gold medal, Chen Meng's state has some ups and downs, was impacted by young players, the World Table Tennis Championships lost to teammates, failed to achieve a Grand Slam, to wait until the next opportunity, Grand Slam results are related to the Asian Games singles qualification, Chen Meng's goal is very clear, go all out to achieve better results.
The latest issue of the world ranking, Chen Meng in the 2nd place, second only to teammate Sun Yingsha, the current competition for the top of the list is still relatively fierce, this time to win the championship can get 2000 points, will have a certain impact on the entire ranking, the first round of Chen Meng played a stable, won three consecutive games to eliminate the Japanese chipper Hitomi Sato, the state is good by the expectations of fans, the main opponents in the same district are Wang Yidi and Ito Mimachi.
Chen Meng's opponent in the second round is Singaporean star Zeng Jian, 25 years old ranked 71st in the world, in the team is the fourth singles, second only to Feng Tianwei, Yu Mengyu, Lin Ye, last year's Olympic Women's Singles fourth place Yu Mengyu did not participate in this competition, Feng Tianwei in the first round by the national table tennis young player Ku Man eliminated out, the host in the singles event only Zeng Jian one person, it can be said that the emphasis on participation, can not get results.
In the first set, Chen Meng was still a bit slow and hot, 5 innings and 3 wins were indeed not very good, Zeng Jian entered the state faster, Chen Meng made more unnecessary mistakes, Zeng Jian took a 6-4 lead, Zeng Jian opened the point difference, 10-6 to get the set point, and then took the lead at 11-7, Chen Meng actively adjusted in the second set, scored 3-1 consecutively to lead, and then Chen Meng took advantage of the situation to chase, expand the score difference to 7-2, and then blasted out 11-3 to color.
In the third set, Zeng Jian limited Chen Meng's attack through the change of rhythm, Chen Meng chased 5 draws after 1-3, Chen Meng improved the quality of the veneer, scored 3 points in a row to lead 8-5, Zeng Jian chased 2 points in a row, Marlene called Chen Meng a timeout, after returning Chen Meng scored 2 points through the serve, 10-7 to get the set point, Zeng Jian chased to 9-10, Chen Meng's backhand attack scored at a large angle, narrowly won 11-9, and was almost overturned by the opponent.
In the fourth set, Chen Meng fell behind 4-6 and began to accelerate, leading 9-6 by 5 consecutive points, and finally ended the game 11-6, reversing Zeng Jian 3-1.
At the same time, Japan's Ishikawa Yoshijun won three consecutive sets 13-11, 11-5, 11-5, 3-0 against the Czech Republic's Matrova, followed by Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing, Chinese Taipei duo Zhuang Zhiyuan/ Chen Jian'an 0-2 behind to win three consecutive sets, 3-2 against the Swedish combination Moregold/ Carlberg, Zhuang Zhiyuan / Chen Jian'an once won the Men's Doubles Championships of the World Table Tennis Championships.