At the 2023 WTT Nagoya Women's Finals, the quarterfinals will be held on December 16, in which the singles match between Chen Meng and Misei Ito has attracted much attention. The two sides are old rivals in the table tennis world, but Chen Meng has an absolute advantage in the matchup. In this game, Chen Meng defeated his opponent with an aggregate score of 3-0 and successfully advanced to the semifinals, winning all 7 games against Misei Ito.
Chen Meng 3-0 Mimato Ito【11-8;11-2;11-6】
Focus of the game: Since the debut of Misei Ito, he has quickly set off a whirlwind in the table tennis world, defeating the top players of the Chinese table tennis team many times, which has attracted great attention from the Chinese table tennis team. Misei Ito continues to challenge the national table tennis players, but there is nothing she can do about Chen Meng, and Ito must be eager to defeat Chen Meng.
Head-to-head record: The first meeting between the two sides was in the 2015 Lisbon Finals, when Chen Meng beat his opponent 4-1. Since then, the two sides have met 5 times, and Chen Meng has defeated his opponent, so he has won 6 consecutive victories against Ito. In 2023, there have been 2 encounters, namely the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban and the Ljubljana Star Challenge.
Comprehensive comparison: Chen Meng has 23 international championship titles, including the Olympic champion, and is still one step away from the World Table Tennis Championships at the Grand Slam. Chen Meng, ranked third in the world with 3,560 points, is 29 years old and six years older than Ito, and both are right-handed offensive players. Ito has 13 international titles, but lacks top-level titles, and is currently ranked 10th in the world with 1,580 points.
Venue: Nagoya-Kaneshiro Butou Gymnasium, Japan
The road to qualification: There are only 16 players in the singles of this women's finals, starting from the 1/8 finals, and the 1/4 finals are the second round. In the previous first round, Chen Meng defeated Hina Hayada 3-2 in a thrilling match, which was too difficult. And Ito defeated A-Diaz 3-1 to reach the quarterfinals with relative ease.
Game recap
The first game: Misei Ito took the lead in scoring, Chen Meng scored a strong score to recover, and then the two sides alternated scores to 3 draws, and Chen Meng immediately continued to attack and suppress, thus rewriting the score to 6-3. After that, the two sides continued to alternate scores, with Chen Meng maintaining the lead until 9-6, and then Ito made a mistake to win the game point at 10-6. After that, Ito Misei chased 2 points in a row, and Chen Meng withstood the pressure at the critical moment and finally won the first game 11-8.
Game 2: Chen Meng moved his opponent in succession to take a 4-0 lead, and then Chen Meng made a mistake, and Ito finally recovered 1 point. Then Chen Meng continued to score and suppress, Ito Micheng played with little confidence, Chen Meng scored consecutive points to get the game point 10-1, and then Ito Micheng shortened to recover 1 point, Chen Meng won the second game 11-2.
The third game: Chen Meng led 3-0 again, Misei Ito covered his face and thought about it, and after the pause, Chen Meng scored 2 points in a row to take a 5-0 lead. Then Chen Meng maintained the advantage to 9-2, Ito Misei really broke the defense, and there was no hope in this game, and then Ito Misei recovered 2 points, Chen Meng chose to pause to steady the rhythm. After that, Chen Meng lost 2 points in a row, and then Chen Meng got the match point at 10-6 and ended the game 11-6.
So far, Chen Meng defeated Misei Ito with a total score of 3-0 in three straight games and successfully advanced to the semifinals, and then Chen Meng will face the winner of Sun Yingsha VS Han Ying.