At the WTT Doha Star Tournament, on the evening of March 25, a women's singles match was played between China's Chen Yi and Japan's Zhang Benmeihe.
Born in 2004, Chen Yi is a very promising young athlete in Chinese women's table tennis, and in 2020, Chen Yi was promoted to the first team.
Zhang Benmeihe is a full 4 years younger than Chen Yi, born in 2008, and is currently under 14 years old.
But although Zhang Benmeihe is very young, the strength is very strong, starting this year, Zhang Benmeihe began to represent the Japanese team in international competitions, in the recent period, Zhang Benmeihe has defeated China's Zhonggeman, Qin Yuxuan and other players.
This game is also the first time that Chen Yi and Zhang Benmeihe have met in the international arena.
In the first game, the two began to compete very fiercely, and after the score battle reached 2 draws, Zhang Benmeihe began to launch consecutive attacks to achieve a 4-2 lead.
Zhang Benmeihe's serve is quite threatening, and Chen Yi can't solve the problem of receiving the serve well, which also makes Zhang Benmeihe lead all the way. Zhang Benmei and Vietnam became more and more courageous, and soon took the lead 10-6 to get the set point!
In the end, Zhang Benmeihe won the first set with an 11-6 score!
In the second game, the two sides fought again in different places, Chen Yi started well this time, and Zhang Benmeihe was too anxious to make many undue mistakes. Chen Yi took a 4-1 lead.
But Zhang Benmeihe quickly used his tricky serve to gradually chase the score to 4 draws. Chen Yi stabilized his mind and once again pulled the score apart 8-5.
But Zhang Benmeihe played very tenaciously, chasing after him in the back, once again chasing the score to 8 draws. Zhang Benmei and Vietnam are more and more courageous, 10-8 again to get the set point!
Chen Yi saved a set point, but finally lost another set with a score of 9-11!
In the third set, Zhang Benmeihe played fiercely at the beginning, using the changeable line to disrupt Chen Yi's rhythm, and Zhang Benmeihe quickly took a 6-1 lead.
Although Chen Yi did not give up the game and once chased the score to 6-8, the mistake of the key ball finally allowed Zhang Benmeihe to win the game with an 11-6 score!
You know, today's Zhang Benmeihe is only 13 years old, but he has continuously defeated players who are much older than himself in the competition, and it is foreseeable that in the near future, Zhang Benmeihe may become another powerful opponent of Chinese women's table tennis.
As we all know, the strongest enemy of Chinese women's table tennis is Japan's Ito Mimako, she has defeated many Chinese female table tennis players in international competitions, and now Zhang Benmeihe has defeated four Chinese athletes in less than a month! The threat is no weaker than that of Ito At that time!
Can Mikazu Zhang be the second Ito? Let's wait and see!