On April 17, Beijing time, in the afternoon session of the final round of the Macao Singles World Cup group, Chen Meng, the main player of the national table tennis women's team, defeated the Indian monster rubber player Akula 3-1 and successfully entered the round of 16. Previously, the World Cup had produced eight places in the round of 16, with four men and four women. Chen Meng is the second promoter of the national table tennis women's team, and in the morning field, Wang Yidi took the lead by virtue of a small score advantage. Successfully entering the top 16 marks that Chen Meng has retained 9,000 Olympic selection points, which is of great significance.
Highlights of the game
Chen Meng and Akula both defeated Natalia Bayo 4-0 in their first round, and Chen Meng had the advantage of small points, and if the two sides did not fight 2-2 in this game, they would not need to calculate the small score.
Since entering 2024, Chen Meng has never played against Indian players, so her awareness of particle play is the most vague among the main forces of national table tennis. This was what worried her the most before the game. Because Akula defeated Wang Yidi 3-0 at the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, and forced Wang Manyu into a tiebreaker at the Singapore Grand Slam, it is obviously very difficult. Chen Meng's result in this battle is directly related to whether she can continue to maintain her close pursuit of Wang Manyu under the new Olympic selection policy of national table tennis.
The course of the game
In the first game, Da Meng did not show too much temptation, obviously during this period of time, she had a great understanding of the characteristics of granular glue under the sparring of the three major particles of national table tennis. She launched a multi-line attack directly, and also had a full response to Akula's backhand particles, 11-4, and Da Meng won the first game easily.
In the second game, Chen Meng was still the main attacker throughout the whole game, and Akula couldn't bear Da Meng's heavy board attack, especially in the control of the landing point, Chen Meng began to give Akula a large number of forehand positions, limiting her best sideways forehand explosion. In this game, Chen Meng's thinking was clear and thorough, and he won again 11-4.
In the third game, as long as Chen Meng wins again, he can announce his entry into the top 16 in advance. Akula had no way out, forcibly turned on the fight mode, and even no longer borrowed the backhand particles as an aid, and directly fought against Da Meng's forehand. This desperate situation once worked, and the big dream was entangled by her to a 7-7 draw, and she was never able to open up the score difference in the early stage. In the key division, Chen Meng was disrupted by Akula's balloon, and at 15-13, Akula pulled one back. The suspense of promotion continues!
In the last game, Chen Meng firmly played the opening game, sending out 11-2 in waves, and Akula was eliminated from the game.
With an aggregate score of 3-1, Chen Meng defeated the Indian Monster Rubber Sister and successfully advanced to the knockout round.