On March 17, Beijing time, the 2022 ITTF WTT Singapore Grand Slam, the women's singles entered the 1/4 final battle, the Sino-Japanese table tennis met again: Chen Meng PK Ishikawa Jiajun, after a 1-1 draw, Chen Mengfa won 13 points in a row, Ishikawa Jiachun swallowed the egg in the third set, the dominant Chen Meng defeated Ishikawa Jiachun 3-1 to advance to the women's singles semifinals, she will compete with PK Wang Yidi for a women's singles final place.
Before the game, Chen Meng and Ishikawa Jiachun were under great pressure: after Chen Meng lost the "world's first sister", he participated in the international competition for the first time, Sun Yingsha played smoothly in three events, and just partnered Wang Chuqin to win the mixed doubles championship in Singapore, Wang Manyu has more momentum, can Chen Meng's pressure be less?
The reserve strength of the Japanese table tennis women's team is also very sufficient, Ito Mimachi is firmly in the position of the first sister of the Japanese table tennis, Hayata Hina's recent ball skills have soared, Hirano Miyu has taken the advantage of age, Ishikawa Yoshinori has been coldly selected for the 2022 Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, this time Ishikawa Yoshijun is under pressure, she wants to prove herself!
In the first set, Ishikawa Jiachun did not have any pressure to speak of, with an impact mentality, Chen Meng was difficult to pull the score apart, 4-3, the middle innings, 2 people in the multi-beat pull, Chen Meng had the advantage of 9-5, Ishikawa Jiachun made a mistake, let Chen Meng hold 4 innings 10-6, at the end of the inning, Chen Meng made a beautiful change of line, 11-8, Chen Mengsheng!
In the second set, Ishikawa Yoshinori fought, 3-3, Chen Meng rare serve mistakes, 5-5, Chen Meng returned the ball directly, Ishikawa Yoshinori 6-5 rebounded, 2 people played 9-9, Ishikawa Yoshinori sneaked in the middle of the road to win, 10-9 to get the set point, Chen Meng returned the ball out, 11-9, Ishikawa Yoshinori pulled back a set.
In the third set, Chen Mengfa was fierce, winning the game 11-0, and did not talk about martial arts. In the fourth set, 4-4, Ishikawa Yoshinori returned the ball mistake, hurriedly called a timeout, Chen Meng blindly made more mistakes, Ishikawa Yoshinori 6-5 rebounded, 7-7, Chen Mengli scored 4 consecutive points, 11-7 to win the game, thus advancing to the semifinals.
Earlier, in the 1/4 women's singles final, Wang Yidi had a thrilling 3-1 Yuan Jiannan (11-9, 12-10, 12-14, 11-10) to reach the women's singles semifinals. Wang Yidi and Chen Meng competed for a place in the women's singles final.