Singapore's WTT Grand Slam is coming to a new matchday, and as only semi-finals and finals remain, all matches are scheduled for prime time in the evening. The first stage was the competition from the women's singles semifinals, and the two sides of the confrontation were Chen Meng and Wang Yidi, the two main players of national table tennis. According to the pre-match prediction of hou Yingchao, a former national player of the commentator, he said that the main point of contention between the two sides in this game is that Chen Meng's experience in playing the competition is more abundant, especially the number of times to play this kind of semi-final and final, it may be easier to grasp their own emotions on the field, make correct technical and tactical choices, and let themselves enter the game state faster and better, and for Wang Yidi, how to get rid of nervousness and fear, let yourself play the kind of hard power and domineering that you usually deserve, and really focus on the game. And enjoying the game is the biggest test for her.
Sure enough, the first game of the game reflected Hou Yingchao's prediction. On the field, Chen Mengyi changed the old problem of slow heat, took the lead in entering the state of the game, and occupied an absolute advantage when the two sides formed a stalemate, and played very freely, and the tactical choice of the main attack Wang Yidi's forehand was also carried out particularly thoroughly. And Wang Yidi seemed a little afraid, the expression on the field and the action were slightly nervous, so the score of the two was quickly pulled to 5-0, Wang Yidi looked like the whole person was a bit confused, even after the middle game, she was still behind with a 1-10 score, with Chen Mengfa's forehand short ball causing Wang Yidi to return the ball out of bounds, 11-3, Chen Meng easily won the first set with a disparity. Take a 1-0 lead in the big scoreline.
In the second inning of the game, it can be said that there is a clear difference between the first half and the second half of the game. Wang Yidi still did not find a feel in the first half of this set, and Fa Meng's state did not change, and soon opened the game with a huge margin of 2-7. And Chen Meng has done a very good job in serving and grabbing, especially Wang Yidi's forehand short ball, grabbing the opportunity to attack, and taking the initiative to form a stalemate, which makes it difficult for Wang Yidi to take any advantage when receiving the serve. However, with the deepening of the game process, Wang Yidi gradually found the real state of the game, the forehand active attack also had some effects, and once the forehand was opened, the backhand attack also had a certain breakthrough, which made the two people start to gradually narrow the point difference at the end of the innings, Wang Yidi's continuous score also let her chase from 4-7 to 9-10, and then chased until 10-10 draw, both people have the opportunity to get the innings, however, Chen Meng is still in the competition of key points, Firmly believing that Wang Yidi's forehand was the most powerful weapon, she also won the second set 13-11 in this way to achieve a 2-0 lead.
Although he lost the second set, Wang Yidi apparently spent a round and a half to get into the game and found some ways to suppress Chen Meng in the second half of the second set. In the third set, although Chen Meng started 2-0 and 3-1, but the point difference between the two sides has not been opened, and in the middle of the game, Wang Yidi gradually caught up with the score, after the two sides played a 5-5 draw, but Wang Yidi used Chen Meng's straight ball consecutive mistakes to overtake the score to 9-6, although Chen Meng then chased the score 9-10 consecutively, but Chen Meng's straight line mistake still made her lose the third set 9-11, and the two sides scored 1-2.
In the fourth round of the game, although Wang Yidi won the third game, but gave people the feeling that she was still not sure on the field, for Chen Meng's serve and return, always a little bit do not know how to do the action is a more reasonable choice, this mentality also makes her always appear to be a bit of a dilemma when dealing with the ball, the beginning was played by Chen Meng as 5-0, the middle and the end of the game, did not form a real momentum of chasing points, but because of the mentality of anxious, the error rate was further improved, The score of the two was also further stretched to 2-9 and 3-10, and finally Chen Meng went down 11-4 to take a 3-1 lead in the big score.
In the fifth set of the game, chen Meng also took the lead in launching, through his own serve to get 2 points in a row, and Wang Yidi's serve wheel, Chen Meng also dared to grab the attack and Wang Yidi through the serve to form a stalemate, Chen Meng took this opportunity to pull the score away to 4-1 and 5-2. But at this time, Wang Yidi found firmness in the attack, her active offensive score and direct scoring of the serve allowed her not only to catch up with the score but also to achieve a counterattack, Chen Meng's continuous mistakes allowed Wang Yidi to take a 9-5 lead. At a very difficult time in this game, Chen Meng still controlled her mistakes, her forehand continuous attack, so that Wang Yidi also began to make consecutive mistakes again, after chasing 4 points in a row, the two sides fought a 9-9 draw. However, at the critical moment, Chen Meng took the serve and ventured high, and Wang Yidi's continuous offensive scores made her win the fifth set 12-10, and the score on the court came to 3-2, and Chen Meng also led 1 set.
The sixth inning of the game, for both sides, has fully entered the state of the game. What is fought is an offensive stability, as well as the handling of details, as well as the grasp of mentality and the control of mistakes. The two sides began the game to a 1-1 draw, Chen Meng's short score, and the two of them held each other after the edge of the ball score, let her pull the score to 3-1. The change in the rhythm of the attack also allowed Chen Meng to hold the lead 5-3. However, then Wang Yidi's serve also scored consecutively, and the two of them attacked and defended each other in the middle of the game, but in the middle of the game, Wang Yidi took advantage of Chen Meng's continuous mistakes after a 7-7 draw to take a 9-7 lead, and with Chen Meng's return mistake in the multi-board match, Wang Yidi pulled another city 11-8, and the big score came to 3-3. The two sides had to engage in a brutal 7-inning battle.
The game entered the seventh game of the decisive tiebreaker, and the two sides fought with a mentality and hard power. After Chen Meng started 2-0, Wang Yidi chased after 2-2. Chen Meng then gained the upper hand in the standoff between the two sides, gaining a 7-3 score advantage. However, Chen Meng had problems receiving Wang Yidi's serves continuously, and the score was close to 5-7. After the timeout, Chen Meng made some changes in the serve, although Wang Yidi's backhand attack was very efficient, but the edge of the ball scored, so that the two sides fought 9-7. With Wang Yidi's return ball directly out of bounds, Chen Meng showed the advantage of grasping the key innings, 11-8, difficult to win the seventh set, so as to narrowly beat Wang Yidi with a score of 4-3, advancing to the women's singles final, waiting for the winners of Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha.