Singapore's WTT Grand Slam, in the blink of an eye to the final matchday of the competition, is about to stage two men's and women's singles peak showdown, that is, By Chen Meng and Wang Manyu for the women's singles title, Ma Long and Fan Zhendong for the men's singles championship. The first stage is the women's singles championship battle between Wang Manyu and Chen Meng. Since the two men are ST's Olympic women's singles champion and World Table Tennis women's singles champion, this is indeed the world's highest level of competition and peak matchup, no matter who wants to win in the competition, it will be doomed to be full of difficulties and obstacles. As the commentator of CCTV5, Deng Yaping, the former Grand Slam winner and the first generation of national table tennis demon king, first mentioned two keywords: one keyword is patience, that is, to see who can spell from beginning to end, persist to the end and never give up. On the other hand, it is a determination to fight, that is, to see who is more determined, dare to kill on the key ball, and strive to control the game into their own rhythm. We also believe that the match between Chen Meng and Wang Manyu will fully reflect these four words of patience and determination in every point in every round, and let us cheer for both sides together.
In the first set, the two sides began to a 3-3 draw, and in addition to paying attention to the combination of length and shortness in the serve, the two men also paid attention to some changes in the standoff. At one point, Chen Meng used the initiative to change the line and play the chase ball to take a 5-3, 7-3 lead. However, Wang Manyu also used the acceleration in the standoff and the forehand attack to play Chen Meng's chasing position, as well as the fast tearing slash after the serve to chase the score to 7-7. The two also re-entered the score stick, fighting 8-8 and 9-9 draws, the key point at the end of the set, Chen Meng had the right to serve, her mid-range splitter, and straight-line attack score, allowing her to win the first set 11-9 and take a 1-0 lead in the big score.
In the second set of the game, the two sides started to fight 3 draws and 5 draws, Chen Meng was trying to add rotation, and Wang Manyu was trying to strengthen the change of the landing point and pull the angle while speeding up. However, after the battle was drawn to 5, Wang Manyu kept an eye on Chen Meng's middle position and also seized the opportunity to score consecutively to take a 7-5 lead. Chen Meng also regained the right to serve and chased the score to a 7-7 draw through the serve rush. However, Wang Manyu played more tightly on the key points at the end of the innings in this round, and the line of attack on Chen Meng's serve was also very restricted, with a lucky edge ball score, and Wang Manyu's defensive turn attack caused Chen Meng's own return to the net, 11-8, Wang Manyu also pulled back a city, and the two sides made a big score battle into a 1-1 draw.
In the third set of the game, the two sides began to form a 1-1, 2-2 and 3-3 glue situation, and in this set, Chen Meng has been leading the attack, and Wang Manyu is adding quality in defense, and then trying to drive the offensive score through defense, the two sides still did not open the score in the middle of the game, continued to play 7-7 and 8-8, at the end of the key score, Chen Meng contributed a high-quality serve directly to the hand, as well as the rush to score directly after the serve, 11-9 Chen Meng and then the next city, the two sides of the big score to 2-1.
In the fourth set of the game, after the two sides were drawn into a draw, Chen Meng lost the opportunity ball or made mistakes a bit more after Wang Manyu's forehand attack and quality, and Wang Manyu also took a 5-2 lead. However, then Chen Meng's straight-line ball score, as well as consecutive Wang Manyu eating serves plus his own serve to grab the attack, the two sides fought a 5-5 draw. But Wang Manyu's two serves were also ideal, and she pulled the score away to 7-5. But as Chen Meng chased another point, Wang Manyu took the initiative to call a timeout for himself. However, the suspension did not work, but Chen Meng continuously used the active line change to score, and Chen Meng's serve rush also worked well, achieving a 10-7 score lead. After Wang Manyu caught up with a point in the middle of The Multi-Board attack on Chen Meng, Chen Meng also called a timeout on the 10-8 score. After the suspension, her serve handling was very wise, quickly and Wang Manyu formed a forehand hand, with Chen Meng's forehand attack, 11-8, Chen Meng next city, the two sides came to 3-1.
In the fifth game of the game, Wang Manyu changed from hooker to side rotation on the serve. Both sides are trying to bring the game into their own rhythm, at the same time Wang Manyu also paid attention to adding some active forehand attacks after the start in this innings, so that Chen Meng did not dare to play too much when she attacked with her forehand, but became considerate, and sure enough, after the two sides were drawn into 1 draw, 2 draws and 3 draws, 4 draws, Wang Manyu took an 8-4 lead, and Chen Meng was too eager to win this set and the whole game because he already had 3 sets in hand, and he played a little anxiously, and the score between the two sides was pulled 9-4 by speed. Although Chen Meng chased another 2 points after that, with Wang Manyu's forehand attack, 11-6, Wang Manyu pulled back another city, and the score between the two sides came to 2-3.
In the sixth game of the game, both sides are in their own serve round consecutive scores, directly into a 2-2 draw, and then the two sides basically you take a point, I take a point, consecutively played into 3 draws, 4 draws, 5 draws, 6 draws and 7 draws, but the key points at the end of the game, when the two sides formed a stalemate, Chen Meng continued to make offensive mistakes, the two sides battled into a 3-3 big score draw, and the two were going to have a seven-game battle to grab a seven-game tiebreaker.
In the seventh set of the game, Wang Manyu took the lead and took a 3-1 lead. Chen Meng also deliberately mobilized Wang Manyu on the serve end, and reversed to 5-2, and the two sides exchanged venues. Wang Manyu was a little anxious in the case of the score behind, and there was also his own mistake to send points, and Chen Meng further widened the point difference to 7-2. However, then Wang Manyu chased points continuously, Chen Meng used a wave of attack to pull the score to 9-4 after losing 2 points in a row, and Wang Manyu played very tenaciously, chasing the score to 8-9 through his own continuous attack, and the final key point, or Chen Meng played more firmly, her direct serve score, so that the score of both sides was fixed at 11-9. Chen Meng narrowly defeated Wang Manyu 4-3 (11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 9-11, 11-8) to win the Grand Slam women's singles title for the first time. After winning this round, Chen Meng also roared and clenched his fists, making people feel her happiness and release, and congratulating Chen Meng. Thanks also to Wang Manyu.