On the field of the Durban World Table Tennis Championships, it has come to the competition for the golden time on the evening of the third competition day. National table tennis players also began to appear in this period, in the previous two men's singles sixty-four into the top 32 matches, Liang Jingkun and Ma Long respectively encountered small twists and turns, in the face of Japan's Maharu Yoshimura and Canadian veteran Wang Zhen, you have a certain game or a certain moment of mistakes are too much, by the other side to form a suppressed situation, big fat Liang Jingkun directly lost a game, and Ma Long also fell behind in the first game, and finally played 15-13 to win hard, but they all adjusted their state later, In the end, Liang Jingkun won 4-1 to advance, and Ma Long was more relaxed in the back through the first game, and also reduced his own mistakes, defeating Wang Zhen 4-0 to successfully enter the men's singles round of 32.
After the men's singles competition of two national table tennis players, standing on the first platform of the competition is Chen Meng, the singles champion of the Tokyo Olympics and now ranked third in the world, while she plays against Jinipa from Thailand, who is currently ranked 123rd in the world. In the first game of the match, it was clear that Ginipa fought fiercely, and with Chen Meng leading 2-0, Ginipa used her strong attack to score consecutive points, and the two sides quickly started with a 3-3 draw. However, Chen Meng's half-out serve, as well as a diagonal attack, coupled with a high-quality counter-pull straight score, and Ginipa returned the ball directly to further widen the gap to 8-3. Chen Meng's direct serve and straight attack in the standoff allowed her to win the set point 10-4. With Ginipa making a direct mistake in return, 11-4, Chen Meng easily won the first game, occupying a 1-0 lead on the big score.
In the second game of the game, Chen Meng started strongly 5-1 again, and Ginipa also missed the score directly by serving because of nervousness and excessive energy, and then Chen Meng also made some new attempts in the serve, and the serving and grabbing tactics played very well, which also allowed her to open the score gap to 7-1. Although Chen Meng then made a mistake in the middle of the ball, she hit a straight line after diagonally attacking, and the score was 9-2. A straight pull and a diagonal attack allowed Chen Meng to easily win the second set with an 11-2 score, occupying a 2-0 lead on the big score.
In the third game between the two sides, due to the lack of offensive strength of Jinnipa, Chen Meng also played consecutive high-quality attacks to take a 4-0 lead. Although Ginipa took advantage of the large area of her platform to chase 1 point, Chen Meng immediately used the catch to control the half-out, and the large angle changed the straight line to change the score to 6-1 and 7-2. In the middle of this game, Chen Meng also adjusted his tactics, took the initiative to open a long ball, and tried to play a few more boards with his opponent to improve his adaptation to the field and the intensity of the game. Her ability to hold was also fully demonstrated at this stage, and as her backhand chased straight again, 11-2, Chen Meng easily won the third set again, changing the big score to 3-0.
The match came to the fourth game, and Ginipa significantly increased her fight, and she also tied Chen Meng 2-2 in the opening game. However, Chen Meng was still better than Ginipa in terms of veneer quality and power control, and after Chen Meng opened the score gap to 5-2, the other party called a timeout for himself. But after the timeout, Chen Meng did not give the opponent any chance, whether it was a long ball, a short ball, or a variety of holding balls, it was an absolute advantage, and she also won the whole match and locked the women's singles round of 32 spots. The four innings combined only allowed the opponent to score 11 points. The specific scores of the four sets between the two sides were: 11-4, 11-2, 11-2 and 11-3. Let's congratulate Chen Meng.