The top 4 of the women's singles have come out! Good news came from the national table tennis: Chen Meng withstood the pressure and narrowly defeated Szokos 3-2
On March 30, 2024, the table tennis Incheon Championship continued, the women's singles semifinals have been out, and good news came from national table tennis, Wang Yidi swept Austria's Polkanova, Chen Meng narrowly defeated Romania's Szokos, won the foreign war and advanced to the semifinals.
Chen Meng is familiar to everyone, the main star of the national table tennis women's team, ranked 4th in the world, only short of the World Table Tennis Championships singles championship from the Grand Slam, just before the World Table Tennis Championships, Chen Meng's loss to Hina Hayada was questioned, and now Chen Meng played with momentum and easily defeated Zhang Benmeihe, and his performance in foreign battles was even more remarkable.
Romanian star Szokos has the top level of the foreign association, the women's singles world ranking is ranked 9th, this tournament has two clean sheets against opponents, even won Hannah Gouda, Diaz, the performance is also very eye-catching, from the perspective of Szokos's style of play, it is quite comprehensive, and has a good ability to adjust on the spot, especially her serve is very distinctive, Chen Meng has suffered a big loss before, and she must be careful to deal with this aspect.
It is worth mentioning that Chen Meng has lost to Szokos twice, and both of them were defeated by 2 points in the tiebreaker, mainly because he could not catch the opponent's serve, and the preparation of the first three boards was still insufficient.
After the start of the game, Chen Meng's momentum in the first game was like a rainbow, and he didn't let Szokos find any chances, and he came up to take the lead 11-2, in the face of Chen Meng's high-quality attack, Szokos was a little helpless, and Chen Meng led 5-1 in the second game, Szokos chased to 6 draws, or the first three boards made more unnecessary mistakes, and then Chen Meng suddenly dropped the line surprisingly, Szokos pulled back a game 11-7.
In the third game, Chen Meng stabilized his mentality, or gave full play to his advantages, avoided entanglement with Szokos in the first three boards, and fully adapted to the opponent's serve rotation, Chen Meng blasted out 11-2 and colored, and in the fourth game, Szokos was not to be outdone, and won the game 11-4, Chen Meng withstood the pressure in the decisive game, ended the game 11-9, and finally narrowly defeated Szokos 3-2, and advanced to the semifinals without danger.
It was not easy to win this game, Chen Meng played very smoothly at first, and then it was Szokos who changed and once disrupted Chen Meng's offensive rhythm, fortunately, the pre-game preparation was very sufficient, Chen Meng was not affected after the opponent equalized twice, and it is commendable to withstand the pressure, Chen Meng played against Wang Manyu and Tian Zhixi in the semifinals, Wang Yidi played against Sun Yingsha and Hina Hayada winner, the highlight is still to come.