Chen Meng fought hard for 4 sets to reverse, and there were 3 national table tennis civil wars in the 3rd round! Grand Slam winners take on post-00s rising stars. In the 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam Singles Quarter-finals, women's singles world no. 2 Chen Meng played against Singapore's Zeng Jian in the finale. In the first round, Chen Meng swept 3-0 against Japanese chipper Hitomi Sato, showing a very good state, but in the second round against Zeng Jian, Chen Meng played a little hard.
In the first set, Zeng Jian took the lead in the state, leading 3-2, and then Zeng Jian also took the lead at 10-6 to get the set point, Chen Meng was a bit slow and hot, although Chen Meng saved a set point, zeng Jian still won the first set 11-7. In the second set, Chen Meng found his touch again, and launched an onslaught as soon as he came up, opening the score 7-2 and pulling back a set at 11-3. In the third set, Zeng Jian started with 3-0, and then Chen Meng launched a counterattack, the two fought 5-5 in peacetime, Chen Meng scored 3 consecutive points to take the lead, but Zeng Jian played very tenaciously, and forced the score to be 9-10, at the critical moment, Chen Meng withstood the impact and won another set at 11-9. In the fourth set, Zeng Pointed backwater, once led 5-3, after which Chen Meng suddenly made a force, not only caught up with the score, but also completed the counterattack in one fell swoop, and locked up the victory at 11-6, thus winning 3-1 and advancing to the women's singles round of 16.
With Chen Meng's promotion, the national table tennis players in the second round of the competition has all ended, a total of 11 national table tennis players to advance to the singles round of 16, of which there are 5 men's singles, namely Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin; women's singles there are 6 people, namely Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, He Zhuojia, Liu Shiwen. The third round will stage three national table tennis civil wars, two post-00s rising stars Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin will face two veterans Liu Shiwen, Ma Long, in addition to Chen Meng and He Zhuojia will also compete for a top 8 seat, it can be seen that these three showdowns will be very fierce.
The other national table tennis players played as follows, Fan Zhendong against South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun, Xu Xin against Germany's Francesca, Liang Jingkun against Kazakhstan's Kirill, Wang Manyu against Puerto Rican player Diaz, Wang Yidi against Germany's Nina, if Wang Yidi can win, it will be possible to play against Ito Mimako. The focus battle in the third round must be Ma Long against Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha against Liu Shiwen, these two games are of extraordinary significance, it is a head-on duel between the new generation of national table tennis players and veterans, is it Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha who prove that they can take over? Or did Ma Long and Liu Shiwen prove that their swords were not old? Let's wait and see.