On March 18, the 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament entered the eighth day of competition, and due to the national table tennis teaming in the women's singles round of 4, two "China Derby" women's singles semi-finals will be staged today. Chen Meng PK Wang Yidi, Sun Yingsha PK Wang Manyu, they will compete for tickets to the 2 women's singles finals.
The first to appear are: Chen Meng, Wang Yidi. National table tennis staged the "Chinese derby" do not let the ball, Chen Meng played a 7-1, 10-1 small climax, Wang Yidi chased after it, the final decisive battle 7 innings, Chen Meng 4-3 strong promotion to the women's singles final, waiting for the winner between Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi regretted the loss!
Chen Meng is 28 years old, ranked second in the world, Olympic women's singles champion, World Cup women's singles champion; Wang Yidi is 25 years old, ranked fifth in the world, the world cup women's singles runner-up, before, 2 people have played 5 times in international competitions, Chen Meng has an absolute advantage of 4 wins and 1 loss, but the last time the 2 people have played: Wang Yidi defeated Chen Meng 4-3. Before the game, it was generally believed that the odds of winning 2 people were 55 out
In the first set, Chen Meng took the lead and took a 6-1 lead, Wang Yidi was obviously not in the state, the more he played, the more urgent, in the multi-shot pull, Chen Meng attacked Wang Yidi's forehand position, 10-1 to get 9 innings, and finally, 11-3 Chen Meng won, which is obviously not Wang Yidi's normal level.
In the second set, Wang Yidi's state rebounded, 2-2, Chen Meng played 2 good balls, the score came to 4-2, in the match, Wang Yidi withstood Chen Meng's attack in the forehand position, chasing 9-10, Chen Meng lost in the case of holding the innings point, 11-11, at the end of the innings, Chen Meng seized the opportunity to 13-11.
In the third set, Wang Yidi's backhand hit the drop point to work, 5-5, and then, Chen Meng repeatedly won the backhand plus quality in more shots, forcing Wang Yidi to hurry to call a timeout at 9-8. Chen Mengzhong lost the ball, 9-11, Wang Yidi pulled back a set.
In the fourth set, Chen Meng was not soft at all, playing a wave of 7-1 small climax, Wang Yidi did not have much way to fight back, 11-4, Chen Meng won again.
In the fifth set, Wang Yidi had no way to retreat, Chen Mengfa forehand + landing point change, 4-1 lead, fortunately Wang Yidi was strong, 9-5 rebound, subsequently, Chen Meng picked Wang Yidi forehand to chase 10-10, at the end of the innings, Wang Yidi seized the opportunity to win 12-10.
In the sixth set, luck came to Chen Meng's side, played a good ball in multiple shots, 3-1, Wang Yidi's backhand + rotation, chased to 7-7, and then, in the multi-shot pair pull, Wang Yidi once again had the upper hand, 11-8 to win back another set.
In the seventh set, the decider, both sides had no room for maneuver, 2-2, Wang Yidi even ate the serve, Chen Meng led 5-3, in the backhand, Wang Yidi took advantage of the chase to 5-7, Chen Meng hurriedly called a timeout. Wang Yidi ate the serve again, and Chen Meng once again played a lucky side ball, winning 11-8 and reaching the women's singles final.