In the group stage of the Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships, the Chinese women's team played against the Indian women's team, and the result of this match is indeed very predictable. Before the game, fans knew that the national table tennis would definitely win, and at present, there is a gap between the strength of the Indian women's team and the national table tennis, and there will be a situation of being swept. In this kind of group stage, the national table tennis can sweep the opponent with any player sent by the national table tennis, and the overall strength is indeed stronger than the competition.
At present, the strongest strength of the Indian women's team is definitely Batra, and this player has a certain competitiveness. As the first sister of India, Batra will definitely play in the first singles, and at present, Batra has played against Chen Xingtong, Sun Yingsha, and Wang Yidi, and she is more threatening to Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi.
Therefore, the national table tennis coaching staff will be very cautious in arranging the formation, Sun Yingsha will definitely play in the first group stage, and Wang Manyu will play in the second singles. Because the more times a player participates in the team competition, the more points they earn, and the higher the points, the higher the world ranking. In addition, the strength of the opponents in the group stage is average, and the Indian women's team has three players: Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi.
Sun Yingsha played in the first singles because she would only play in the second singles to play Batra. Chen Meng may play in the No. 1 singles, and it may be against Indian players such as Akula and Sutirta, but Chen Meng did not play. Sutirta played against Chen Meng in the doubles match of the Asian Games last year, and it is unknown whether the two sides will be able to play each other in the singles match this time.
Indian players generally play long grains, which can be regarded as a special style of play. Chen Meng has never fought against Batra, and once he fights, it will be a battle. The coaching staff will definitely let players who are familiar with Batra play against him, so Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha are more likely to play against Batra. If Chen Meng does not play the first singles, he will also play the third singles, but the coaching staff still chose Wang Yidi to play the third singles.
Because Chen Meng is the core of the current team, as the core player, of course, he has to play the opening game. The opponents in the group stage are average, but in fact, the game is more relaxed, and the real challenge is in the next knockout round. Only the semifinals and finals are more likely to play Wang Manyu, and the group stage at the beginning is to find a state.
In the group stage, the five national table tennis players will take turns to play, and at the beginning, Chen Meng and Wang Yidi will participate more times in the group stage. In fact, this is also more in line with the consistent arrangement of the national table tennis coaching staff, and fans are looking forward to Chen Meng playing a single game with a score of 11-0. Because Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng and Wang Yidi are too dominant in the group stage, they must play a game performance that is admired by their opponents.
The first group stage is also a test of the previous training state for the five main forces of national table tennis. The national table tennis has been training for a long time, and in such a long time, the players of the men's and women's teams have played communicative games together. Many players from the girls' team directly compete with the players of the men's team in a gender battle to increase the ability to compete in the game.
And the first game against the Indian women's team must get off to a good start. Only a big win or a clean end of the game can test the effectiveness of the training camp. If you get into trouble in the middle of the game, or if your opponent wins a match, then the self-confidence of your competitors will come up.
Therefore, Sun Yingsha must play a pioneering role and take the lead in defeating the number one ace player of the Indian women's team, Batra, so that the other players of the Indian team can see the gap between them and the national table tennis players in the subsequent games. In fact, fans would like to see Chen Meng fight against Sutilta, which is also a battle of revenge for Chen Meng.
In fact, the basic skills of Indian players are average, mainly relying on granular play to disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm. As long as you adapt to the opponent's granular style of play in the game, you can be invincible. Indian players generally like to attack back and forth, using the knock of long rubber to play a different change in offensive rhythm, so that the opponent is not comfortable with returning the ball.
It can only be said that Indian players are currently a clever style of play, and some players really can't adapt to this kind of weird glue particle play, and it is easy to fall into passivity as they play more and more quickly in the game. In the women's doubles match of the Asian Games last year, Sutilta created this kind of threat to the Chen Meng combination in the game.
Chen Meng has played against Sutilta two or three times, but he has not played against each other in singles matches. Indian players have a characteristic that they like to play downwind, once the score is ahead, they feel super good, and once they fall behind the game, they will be quickly chased by the opponent in a short period of time.
From the perspective of the players' competition background, national table tennis players are better at playing against the wind, and they will slowly catch up with the score when they are behind. After all, national table tennis players are a division of kings and have a profound competition background. It is difficult for the Indian women's team to pose too much threat to the national table tennis women's team, and whether they can qualify for the group stage is a question mark.
Veteran Chen Meng said that he has become more and more mature as he has grown older. Therefore, Chen Meng, who is mature and stable in the team competition, will definitely play in the first singles, and she wants to give other teammates a good start and really play a role model. It is still doubtful whether Chen Meng can play in the final of the team World Table Tennis Championships, but Chen Meng will play in the group stage.
This is the role of Chen Meng, the group stage seems to be relatively easy, but Chen Meng has a stable style of play after all, so playing the safest game in the safest team competition and playing the safest game process is the real value of the veteran. Young players need to learn from veterans to play steadily, and only in this way can they grow.