2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Women's Singles Quarterfinals: He Zhuojia vs Chen Meng
The two are teammates and often train together, so He Zhuojia's special playing style does not have much advantage for teammates. On the contrary, her slower speed has kept her in a more passive situation in the team. Previously, the two sides had met twice in the international arena, and it was Chen Meng who won.
In the first set, He Zhuojia opened with a side luck ball and started 2-0. Chen Meng immediately returned a wave of 4-0, 4-2 reverse score. Since then, Chen Meng has maintained a 2-point lead, 10-8 to win the set point, 11-8 to the next city.
In the second set, Chen Meng had adapted to the rhythm of He Zhuojia, scoring 6 consecutive points in the opening game, quickly pulling away the score, and easily won the set 11-4, leading 2:0.
In the third set, Chen Meng directly chose to hold the ball and started 2-0. He Zhuojia played very tough, did not give up under passive circumstances, and fought until Chen Meng made a mistake to tie the score 2-2. After 3-3, He Zhuojia continued to score 5-3 to surpass the score. At 5-4 o'clock, He Zhuojia requested a suspension.
The suspension failed to stop Chen Meng's counter-attack, and Chen Meng once again took the lead 6-5.
Chen Meng served and brushed the edge, 8-6, 9-7 lead by two points. Chen Meng's serve wheel was sent to He Zhuojia's forehand position, but unfortunately it was introduced, and He Zhuojia resolutely pulled back with his forehand, scoring 2 points in a row, and equalizing the score of 9-9. He Zhuojia failed to catch his own serve wheel, the forehand pulled back the mistake, Chen Meng won the last set 11-9, thus winning the teammate 3:0 by a large score and advancing to the women's singles quarterfinals, congratulations to her.
For the goal of this competition, Chen Meng said after the game that as long as you do your best and leave no regrets.