On March 18, in the first semifinal of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam women's singles, Chen Meng defeated Wang Yidi 4-3, refused to be reversed, and advanced to the final. In this way, Chen Meng also fulfilled his promise after yesterday's game, repaying the semi-finals of the World Cup finals held in the same venue last year and losing to Wang Yidi.
In the first set, Wang Yidi made a mistake, and then Chen Meng entered the state faster, leading 5-0, a perfect start. Wang Yidi scored to stop the bleeding, chen Meng scored consecutive points, 10-1 to get the set point. Chen Meng ate the serve to send points, and then Wang Yidi scored another point. Chen Meng actively adjusted, scoring with a forehand attack, and she won the first set 11-3, leading 1-0.
In the second set, Wang Yidi actively adjusted, the two began to fight, after a 2-2 draw, Chen Meng took advantage of the opponent's mistakes to score 4 consecutive points and lead 7-2. Wang Yidi's mistakes are too many, even his own opportunity ball is not grasped, and the offensive efficiency of the forehand is very low. Wang Yidi actively adjusted, scored 4 points in a row, and gradually gained an advantage in multi-shot matchmaking, narrowing the point difference. Chen Meng won the set point 10-8, and Wang Yidi equalized. Chen Meng withstood the pressure and won 13-11, leading 2-0.
At the beginning of the third set, Wang Yidi was still a little anxious, trailing 1-3, but she advanced to adjust and achieved a 5-4 comeback. Wang Yidi gradually found her form, and she was also in an advantage in multiple shots, and she established a 9-6 lead. Chen Meng used his backhand to chase 8-9, and Wang Yidi was forced to pause. After the timeout came back, Wang Yidi scored strongly, and she won the set 11-9 to win back a city.
In the fourth set, Chen Meng seized the advantage of strong opportunity ability to play out, scoring 5 consecutive points, and then she led Wang Yidi 7-1. Wang Yidi used his opponent's mistakes to score to stop the bleeding, Chen Meng performed strongly, this set was won 11-4, or relatively relaxed, the big score came to a 3-1 lead.
In the fifth set, Chen Meng was better at stability, starting 2-0, and Wang Yidi finally played a pick-and-roll. Chen Meng defended against Wang Yidi's pick-and-roll, and the effect was good, leading 4-1. Wang Yidi scored consecutive points to win 10-9, Wang Yidi withstood the pressure and won the set 12-10, and the big score came to 2-3 Wang Yidi was still behind.
In the sixth set, Chen Meng was strong, leading 3-1. Wang Yidi exerted his strength and tightened his grip on the score gap. After the 7-7 draw, Wang Yidi scored 2 consecutive points, and she seized the opportunity to win the set 11-8, and the big score came to 3-3.
In the decider, the two sides played a big game, Chen Meng scored 2 points first, and Wang Yidi quickly equalized. Chen Meng seized the opportunity to win the set 11-8, so that Chen Meng defeated Wang Yidi 4-3 by a large score to advance to the women's singles final.
Chen Meng and Wang Yidi met in the World Cup finals in December last year, which is also the stadium in Singapore, when Wang Yidi defeated Chen Meng in the semi-finals, which is why Chen Meng also expressed his hope to play Against Dadi after yesterday's match. Now Chen Meng has achieved his goal and defeated Wang Yidi.
Chen Meng's last women's singles final was at the Tokyo Olympic Games, starting from July 29, 2021, to March 18, 2022, Chen Meng finally reached the women's singles final after 232 days, during which she stopped in the semifinals of the four major events of the National Games, the World Table Tennis Championships, the World Cup Finals, and the WTT Macau Championships, and missed the finals, losing to Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi many times. This time to the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Chen Meng finally advanced to the women's singles final for the first time after the Olympic Games, while avenging Wang Yidi.
Congratulations to Chen Meng, who has advanced to the WTT Singapore Grand Slam women's singles final, and hopes that Chen Meng can have good luck and achieve the desired results.