On April 17, Beijing time, the ITTF Macau World Cup continued. In the second round of the women's singles in the group stage, Chen Meng faced the Indian monster player Akula. As a result, Chen Meng defeated her opponent 3-1 and successfully advanced to the top 16 of the women's singles as the first in the group.
In the first game, Chen Meng played well at the beginning, continuously sending Akula's forehand triangle to avoid the opponent from catching the ball with a backhand long glue, bringing some erratic changes. Akula's fame is that she defeated Wang Yidi 3-0 at the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan. Before the start of the game, Chen Meng also took a detailed look at Akula's racket to see the attributes of the opponent's peeling particles, so that he could feel the bottom of his heart. With a forehand and a backhand, the tactics were very clear, and Chen Meng successfully won the first game 11-4.
In the second game, Chen Meng was still the side leading the score, and after Akula was caught by Chen Meng, he called a timeout. However, the characteristics of her backhand monster and poor forehand were still caught by Chen Meng. Aside from a backhand long knock and then a forehand blast that was a bit threatening, Akula was very passive throughout the situation. The timeout did not bring much effect to Akula, and Chen Meng led 9-4 at the end of the game. In the end, Chen Meng won the next game with the same score as the first game, 11-4.
In the third game, Akula hit some smash shots in the opening stages, and the two sides led 5-3. Chen Meng was a little too ruthless with Akula's backhand long glue knock, causing some unnecessary mistakes. However, Chen Meng's adjustment is also very fast. She continued to insist on Akula's forehand triangle and chose the middle of the attack line, making Akula even more uncomfortable. In the middle game, Chen Meng chased the score to a 6-6 draw. After that, Akula Changjiao's knocking and bounce still posed some threats to Chen Meng. At the end of the game, the two sides were tied 10-10. In the end, Akula managed to pull one back 15-13. In the fourth game, Chen Meng regained his form and won 11-2.
Chen Meng beat Bayeux 4-0 in the first round and was able to qualify from the group with her 3-1 win over Akula. Judging from this World Cup, the group stage is not easy to play, especially the 4-game system, once it is a 2-2 draw, if it is a small score, the national table tennis players are also easy to be upset. Chen Meng is also the second national table tennis player to advance to the top 16 of women's singles after Wang Yidi.