On December 15, Beijing time, the WTT Women's Finals officially kicked off, and this event is the last heavyweight event in 2023, which has attracted great attention from many fans!
There are only two events in this event, women's singles and women's doubles, the women's singles is the top 16 players in the world, and the women's doubles is the top 8 in the world.
According to the schedule, on the first match day on December 15, the first round of women's singles, that is, the 1/8 finals, will be held, and the women's singles will be born in the quarterfinals. There are 7 players in the national table tennis players who have qualified for the competition, namely Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, and Zhang Rui.
In the games that have ended, Wang Yidi defeated Shen Yubin 3-0, Wang Manyu defeated Yang Xiaoxin 3-0, Zhang Rui eliminated Qian Tianyi 3-0, Chen Xingtong defeated Szokos 3-2, and 4 national table tennis players have advanced to the top 8, Qian Tianyi lost the civil war and unfortunately went out.
Next up is Chen Meng, 29, world No. 2 in women's singles, Chen Meng, 23, ranked No. 5 in the world, and Hina Hayata, 23, ranked No. 5 in the world, in what is the most interesting match of the first matchday.
In the first game, Chen Meng took the lead 11-5! In the second game, the two sides fought to a 3-3 draw, and Hina Hayada took the lead 8-6 in the middle and late stages, and then Chen Meng chased to a 9-9 draw, and Hina Hayada chased two game points in a row, and the score came to a 11-11 draw. After that, Chen Meng chased 2 game points in a row, and the score was tied at 13-13, and the game was quite tense and intense!
After Chen Meng got two game points in a row, Hina Hayada pulled back two game points again, and after the score came to 15 draws, Hina Hayada scored 2 points in a row, so far won the second game 17-15, and the big score chased to a 1-1 draw.
In the third game, the two sides fought to a 3-3 draw, Hina Hayada took the lead 6-4 in the middle section, Chen Meng chased 2 points in a row, and the score came to a 6-6 draw, and then Hina Hayada scored 4 points in a strong row, and got 4 game points in the third game with 10-6, after Chen Meng recovered a point, Hina Hayada still seized the opportunity and won the third game 11-7, and the big score was 2-1 to overtake Chen Meng.
In the fourth game, Chen Meng took the lead 4-2, and then Chen Meng was in the lead, taking the lead 9-5 at the end of the game, and then both sides scored 1 point each, Chen Meng got 4 game points in the fourth game 10-6, Hina Hayada chased 2 points in a row, and then Chen Meng still seized the opportunity and won the fourth game 11-8, and the big score chased to a 2-2 draw.
In the deciding game, Chen Meng took the lead 2-0, and then Hina Hayada chased it to a 3-3 draw, and then Chen Meng scored 5 points in a row, 8-3 to pull the score apart, and then Hina Hayada chased 3 points in a row, Chen Meng still stabilized the situation at the end of the game, and finally won the tiebreaker 11-7, and reversed Hina Hayada with a big score of 3-2 and advanced to the top 8! Congratulations to Chen Meng!