On March 20, in the women's singles final of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Chen Meng defeated Wang Manyu 4-3 to win the first Grand Slam women's singles title, while ending a four-game losing streak against Wang Manyu. Chen Meng won the championship, the prize money was as high as 100,000 US dollars, and also won 2,000 points, and the world ranking surpassed Sun Yingsha and returned to the first place.
Contest Review:
In the first set, Chen Meng made mistakes, Wang Manyu scored the first point, Chen Meng scored 3 points in a row, Wang Manyu chased into a 3-3 draw, and both of them started with some caution and some mistakes. Chen Meng scored four consecutive points to give a 7-3 lead. In the multi-shot round, Wang Manyu scored, she stepped up her defense, and scored 4 consecutive points to equalize. The two then drew consecutively, and after 9 draws, Chen Meng stepped up his attack, scoring 2 consecutive points to win the first set 11-9, and Chen Meng led Wang Manyu 1-0.
In the second set, the two fought all the way to a draw, during which Wang Manyu missed a good opportunity and stomped his feet in a hurry. After the 8-8 draw, Wang Manyu scored 2 consecutive points, including a side ball, and Chen Meng also signaled that Wang Manyu's ball was indeed a side. In this set, Wang Manyu won the second set 11-8, and the two sides came to a 1-1 draw.
In the third set, the two sides fought fiercely, and after a 3-3 draw, Wang Manyu scored 3 consecutive points, and Chen Meng's mistakes were more numerous. Subsequently, Chen Meng made targeted adjustments at the serve level and scored 4 points in a row to achieve a counter-overtake. In Wang Manyu's serve round, Chen Meng scored 2 consecutive points and performed strongly. Chen Meng took the lead 10-8 to get the set point, Wang Manyu saved 1 set point, Chen Meng scored strongly, won the set 11-9, and the big score Chen Meng led again 2-1.
In the fourth set, Wang Manyu came up to take a 3-1 lead, and Chen Meng did not give up and narrowed the point difference. Wang Manyu withstood the pressure and led 5-2. Chen Meng scored three consecutive points to equalize, and when Wang Manyu led 7-5 and was chased back by Chen Meng by 1 point, Wang Manyu called a timeout. Returning from a timeout, Chen Meng scored four consecutive points to earn set points after falling behind 6-7. Wang Manyu chased back a point, chen Meng called a timeout, and drank water on the sidelines. After returning, Wang Manyu made a mistake, and Chen Meng won the set 10-8, leading Wang Manyu 3-1 by Chen Meng.
In the early fifth set, the two fought each other, drawing consecutively, and Chen Meng, who was leading by the big score, had better momentum, but her forehand had 2 unnecessary mistakes. After the 4-4 draw, Wang Manyu scored 6 consecutive points, 10-4 to get the set point, Chen Meng recovered 2 points, Wang Manyu withstood the pressure, this set was still won 11-6, the big score Chen Meng still led 3-2.
In the sixth set, Chen Meng started strongly, and Chen Meng's serve was dominant, pulling a 5-5 draw. Then the two drew consecutively, the lucky ball sided with Chen Meng, and after the 7-7 draw, Wang Manyu scored 3 consecutive points and won the set point 10-7. Chen Meng changed the serve to save 2 innings, Chen Meng made a mistake, Wang Manyu won the set 11-9, and the big score was tied 3-3.
In the decider, Chen Meng led 3-1, Wang Manyu was defensively quality through the backhand, Chen Meng led 5-2, and the two sides exchanged directions. Wang Manyu still had problems receiving the serve, and Chen Meng took the opportunity to open the score gap and lead 7-2. Wang Manyu scored 2 points in a row, and Chen Meng withstood the pressure and won the set 11-8, so that Chen Meng won 4-3 with a big score, defeated Wang Manyu, and won the first Grand Slam women's singles championship.
Finally, congratulations to Chen Meng for winning the women's singles championship, she and Wang Manyu have lost all the last 4 times in the competition, and now she has finally completed her revenge and won the first Grand Slam women's singles championship, congratulations.