After many days of competition, the first WTT Singapore Tournament has now produced all the final four in men's and women's singles.
In the men's singles, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun successfully reached the final four, and the only foreign association player to reach the final four was Japan's Yukiya Utada.
In women's singles, Chinese women's table tennis successfully won the top four, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi advanced to the top four, and Chinese women's table tennis locked the champion and runner-up in advance!
In the women's singles quarterfinals on March 17, ST Olympic women's singles champion Chen Meng, after four hard games against Japanese veteran Yoshinori Ishikawa, finally defeated Ishikawa Yoshinori 3-1.
In the game, Chen Meng unexpectedly lost in the second set, but in the third set, Chen Meng played a tragic score of 11-0.
Why did Chen Meng lose the second set, why did he not give up a point in the third set, and hit the opponent 11-0?
After the game, Chen Meng responded positively to this question when he was interviewed.
When talking about losing the second set, Chen Meng said: In fact, in the second set, I also had a 4-2 lead, because I had already won the first set at that time, and the rhythm at that time was also under my own control, so I wanted to be able to rotate more when I served, and I only thought about these things, and directly served and committed suicide when I served.
After a service error, I was a bit impatient on the field and made too many mistakes. There are a lot of balls that come to mind, but there are still senseless mistakes. And in the game, there were also occasional flashes of distraction, which was the main reason for losing the second set.
Asked why he played Ishikawa Yoshinori 11-0 in the third set, was it because he lost the second set?
Chen Meng responded positively to this: In fact, I didn't expect to play Ishikawa Yoshijun 11-0, because I lost the second set, so I thought in the third set that I would play more proactively. Especially after I had some problems in the second inning, I should avoid such problems in the third innings.
In the third game, I felt that the use of the whole tactic was relatively reasonable. The purpose of each shot is also very strong, and the shot is more resolute and decisive.
Asked if he did not realize that the opponent had scored a few points in the third set, and only paid attention to his own points, Chen Meng said: In fact, when I played 10-0, I felt it, I knew that it was 10-0, but I myself would not dare to relax. I'm thinking about how to take that point down, because sometimes, it's not just about this inning, it's probably going to affect the next!
So at that time, I still thought that I could go all out on the field and win this point, especially in a game with three wins in five games, maybe winning or losing was between millimeters.
Although it is only one point, it is still very important in the middle of the game. Especially for the five-game, three-win match, plus Ishikawa and I are also playing from small to large, very familiar with each other, for this familiar opponent, be more cautious.