The WTT Shingo Championship kicked off its fifth matchday with world No. 4 Chen Meng coming out against Japan's Hina Hayada, in a powerful conversation. In the end, Chen Meng won 3-2 and advanced to the semifinals.
Chen Meng's current world ranking has slipped from No. 1 to No. 4, which shows that after the Olympics, Chen Meng's record has dropped significantly, coming to the WTT Xinxiang Tournament, Chen Meng showed his good appearance in the first two rounds, but against Hina Hayada, who is ranked No. 9 in the world, this is a major test for the main force of national table tennis. Sure enough, in the first game, Hina Hayata performed better, winning 11-9.
The second game between the two, the two sides fought very fiercely in the opening stage, from 4-4 to 5-5, next, Chen Meng served, the opponent returned the ball, Chen Meng directly attacked, but unfortunately out of bounds, Hina Hayata roared, and clenched her fists to celebrate. Chen Meng continued to serve, and then the two attacked, and Chen Meng made a mistake and continued to send points, at this time, Chen Meng was a little frustrated, came to the sidelines to wipe sweat, trying to adjust the rhythm. Unluckily, Hina Hayata played another sideline kick, which left Chen Meng 3 points behind his opponent. After barely recovering one point, the national table tennis player knocked the ball out of bounds again, trailing Hina Hayata 6-9.
With 3 points behind, Chen Meng had little way to retreat, and after chasing 2 points in a row, the Japanese player panicked, and at this time, Hina Hayata shouted a timeout. After the game resumed, Chen Meng missed the score, and the opponent won the set point 10-8, the situation was very unfavorable for Chen Meng, and she needed to respond. Ma Lin on the sidelines was nervous, and Chen Meng played a high-quality return ball and finally equalized the score, 10-10. In the battle for key points, Chen Meng lost another 1 point, and the opponent won the game point again. Thanks to Hina Hayada's return to the net, the score was 11-11 again, still very glued. After 12-12, Chen Meng decisively attacked, got 1 point, Chen Meng served, the opponent returned the ball wrong, in this way, Chen Meng won the second game with difficulty 14-12.
After winning a game, Chen Meng's pressure plummeted, and in the third game, Chen Meng started well, taking a 5-2 lead, and the opponent won back 1 point, and then, Chen Meng served, the opponent swung short, Chen Meng backhand attack error, only 1 point ahead of the opponent. Soon, Hina Hayata equalized the score, drawing 6-6. Hina Hayata was tenacious enough to chase a 7-7 draw. After 9-9, testing the psychological quality of the two, Chen Meng made a mistake on receiving the serve, 9-10 behind, Hina Hayata actually smiled. After losing another 1 point, the national table tennis player lost the third game 9-11 and trailed 1-2.
In the fourth game, Chen Meng originally took the lead, but Hina Hayata tenaciously chased 5-6, and Chen Meng was under a lot of pressure. After 9-6, Ma Lin stood up to applaud the disciples, and the national table tennis star played another edge ball, 10-6 to get the game point, and then, Chen Meng caused the opponent to return the ball out of bounds, 11-6, the aggregate score was 2-2.
The tiebreaker, the match was very intense, and after 7-7, the psychological quality of the two was tested. Chen Meng took a 9-8 lead and equalized. Hina Hayata returned the ball out of bounds, trailing 9-10, Chen Meng won the match point and the Japanese player tied again. After 11-11, Chen Meng scored 2 consecutive points and won 13-11, and in the end, Hina Hayata was eliminated.