On July 9, Beijing time, the ITTF WTT Star Challenge Ljubljana competition is underway. At present, the individual final matches have all been released. In terms of national table tennis, it can be described as a big victory, men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles are all champions and runners-up, and the champion is pocketed in advance, without any suspense. In the women's doubles, Quang Man Wang Yidi will face Ni Charenat in the final.
In the women's doubles semifinals, there was a big upset, 60-year-old veteran Ni Xialian and teammate Nat defeated the multinational team Matrova Barazova 3:1 on aggregate, successfully advancing to the final, which can be called a legend in the table tennis world, a good story. And in the first two games, Ni Charenate directly blasted out a disparity score of 11:2 and 11:1, which can be called a complete crush on the opponent. Next, Charine Ni will attack the championship.
You know, the opponent Matrova Barazova is not a general, because the two defeated the top seed Chen Mengwang Manyu in the eight-in-four match. So Ni Xialian is really old and strong, Ni Xialian tells everyone from personal experience that age is not a problem, let alone an excuse, she can still reach the final of the Star Challenge at the age of 60. In addition, Ni Xialian admitted that she did not expect to reach the final before the game, and has changed her ticket three times in a row. Ni Xialian also said humorously that reaching the final led to a shortened vacation time.
In singles, Fan Zhendong faced African champion Aruna, and his opponent had a strong forehand, defeating national table tennis Liang Jingkun, Japanese Zhang Benzhihe and others. However, Fan Zhendong felt hot and fell in straight sets for three sets, keeping a clean sheet of 11:8, 12:10, 11:9, and 3:0 on aggregate, and successfully advanced to the men's singles top four list.
In the other women's singles match, Chen Meng faced the new European champion Szokos, who has defeated Chen Meng twice and has just won the European championship. At the beginning of the game, Chen Meng handled the key points very decisively, refused to slow down, and won two consecutive games at 11:8, 11:9, leading 2:0. In the third game, Szokos was on fire and won the game 11:4. In the fourth game, Chen Meng hit the nail and sealed the victory at 11:8.
In this way, Chen Meng defeated Szokos 3:1 on aggregate. After the game, in an interview with the media, Chen Meng said that because he had lost to her before, he was well prepared for this game, and he also encountered difficulties during the game, and he handled it better on the field. Chen Meng talked about Szokos, the opponent's strength is relatively strong, and he dares to make a move. Talking about the key to his victory, Chen Meng said that what he did was to calm his mind and entangle with his opponent point by point.