On March 15, Beijing time, WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament, women's singles tournament round of 16, national table tennis ushered in a civil war, Chen Meng against He Zhuojia, before the game, Chen Meng stressed that he Zhuojia has not played for a long time, and he needs to play his own style of game to have a chance to win. In the end, Chen Meng won the victory, a crisp and neat 3-0 sweep of the opponent to advance, into the women's singles round of 8.
In this game, Chen Meng took the initiative from the beginning, the opening was a violent attack, with a familiar attack to open the situation, He Zhuojia did not have a way to cope, in the mistakes and hurried response to many conversions, the first set, Chen Meng easily won 11-8, the big score 1-0 lead.
Entering the second set, it is still the rhythm of Chen Meng, many times the active attack makes He Zhuojia difficult to overcome, the latter even appeared stunned many times, obviously confused by Chen Meng, it is worth mentioning that when the second set was played to 5-1, Chen Meng also had a round of running around to save the ball, reflecting Chen Meng's concentration on this game, she really wanted to win. In the second set, Chen Meng won 11-4, and the big score has come to a 2-0 lead.
The third set was directly Chen Meng's match point game, but in this set He Zhuojia did not give up, has been entangled, once played 5-4, Chen Meng slightly ahead. Then in the key mutual match against Larry, both sides scored, playing 8-7, or Chen Meng led. But in the end, Chen Meng still won with a better attack, 11-9, Chen Meng won the third set, and the big score was 3-0 to eliminate teammate He Zhuojia.
Chen Meng took the lead in reaching the top 8 of the women's singles, reflecting his good personal condition. In this Singapore Grand Slam event, Chen Meng's signing position is good, 4 national table tennis Olympic champions, Chen Meng is divided into a half zone alone, the rest of Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Liu Shiwen are in the other half, Sun Yingsha and Liu Shiwen will even meet in advance in the round of 16. This means that as long as Chen Meng plays normally, he can lock in a final spot, which is a big advantage.
Of course, Chen Meng's desire to win a final spot is not without pressure, and he also needs to defeat Ito Mimachi and his national table tennis teammate Wang Yidi, who is ranked No. 5 in the world, these opponents are very strong, and Chen Meng needs to maintain 100% concentration. After the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Meng did not have a women's singles champion in many consecutive competitions, especially the frequent losses to Wang Manyu made Chen Meng encounter many doubts, and the world ranking also slipped from 1st to 2nd. As the main player of national table tennis, Chen Meng needs to prove himself, after all, at this stage, Chen Meng is still at the peak, still in the year of playing, to win the championship as the standard and goal!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)