The second game: 1-3 reversal! The national table tennis Olympic champion lost points in an upset, and Chen Meng lost to Hina Hayada for the first time
On February 24, 2024, the Busan World Table Tennis Championships came to an end, the women's team final national table tennis against Japan, the Chinese team 1-1 loss was mixed, following Sun Yingsha's clean sheet Zhang Benmeiwa, Chen Meng lost 1-3 to Hina Hayata, lost three games in a row and was reversed, losing points for the first time in this event.
Chen Meng, as the main force of the Mesozoic generation of national table tennis, after the retirement of the same batch of players, she chose to continue to persevere, and has always been in the top ranks, many fans praised her as a late bloomer, won the Olympic singles gold medal, the World Cup champion, ranked 3rd in the world, only away from the Grand Slam World Table Tennis Championships, just against Japanese players, she maintained a very high winning rate, and has defeated Ito Misei and others many times.
The opponent is Japan's first sister Hina Hayata, ranked 5th in the world, who has won the silver medal in singles at the Asian Games and the bronze medal at the World Table Tennis Championships, mixed doubles partner Tomokazu Zhangmoto, and women's doubles partner Misei Ito, who has won the doubles runner-up at the World Table Tennis Championships four times, can be said to be the absolute core of Japanese women's table tennis, and its stability is significantly greater than that of Miyu Hirano and Miwa Zhangmoto, so it is always the first choice for a single, and is very familiar with Chen Meng.
It is worth mentioning that Chen Meng and Hina Hayada have had a fight, and Chen Meng has the last laugh, but the process is not easy, and it is normal to play to the tiebreaker, after all, Hina Hayata's veneer quality is not bad, the ability to hold each other is strong, and the mentality is also very calm, it is indeed very impactful, and it feels very difficult to give everyone, Ma Lin, the head coach of the national table tennis women's team, serves as an off-court guide, and he has confidence in Chen Meng.
After the start of the game, in the first game, Chen Meng adopted a steady and steady strategy to avoid too many unnecessary mistakes, and the way of playing was very simple, that is, to give full play to the advantages of his own high quality of veneers and stronger holding ability, and fought hard with Hina Hayata, Chen Meng was very imposing, which brought a lot of pressure to Hina Hayata, Chen Meng took the lead with 11-6, and Ma Lin also applauded, indicating that he was satisfied with Chen Meng's performance.
In the second game, Hina Hayada strengthened the change of the landing point, avoided fighting hard with Chen Meng, or looked for opportunities from the serve, turning or not turning, Chen Meng was a little uncomfortable, Hina Hayada pulled back a game with 11-8, and in the third game, Chen Meng stared at the middle straight line of the backhand, Hina Hayada chose to continue to rub long, Hina Hayada got the game point 10-5, and was scored 4 points by Chen Meng, Hina Hayada called a timeout, and then won another game 11-9.
In the fourth game, Chen Meng came up to add quality, grabbed Hina Hayata's backhand, Chen Meng played very firmly, Hina Hayada chased to 6-7, Ma Lin called a timeout, after coming back, Chen Meng still made a useless mistake with his backhand, and did not adapt to the rotation change of Hina Hayata's long ball in the middle, Hina Hayada seized the opportunity and locked the victory with 14-12, and finally Hina Hayada reversed Chen Meng 3-1, which was the first time Chen Meng's singles lost to Hina Hayata.