On April 17, 2024, the Table Tennis World Cup ushered in good news, the main players of national table tennis were in danger, Chen Xingtong 2-2 Thai star Olawan Palanam, with a total record of 1 win and 1 draw, ranked first, Chen Xingtong advanced to the top 16 of women's singles, with a slight advantage of 42-41.
Chen Xingtong, as the main fifth person of the national table tennis women's team, can basically be sure that she will not be able to go to the Paris Olympics, but it cannot be said that her level is lacking, mainly because the other four players are better, and there is no way to do it with only three places, Chen Xingtong won Sun Yingsha some time ago, many fans were surprised by this, in fact, it is normal for Chen Xingtong to win anyone, and the opponent in the group stage can't stop her at all.
This time Chen Xingtong is in the 6th group, and there are also Chinese Taipei players Liu Xinyin and Thailand's Olawan in the same group, before Chen Xingtong beat Liu Xinyin 4-0, Olawan won Liu Xinyin 3-1, although they all won, but Chen Xingtong has one more game advantage in front of him, not to mention that Olawan himself is not Chen Xingtong's opponent, even if he plays extraordinarily, the possibility of an upset is minimal, and his style of play is decent and the threat is small.
After the start of the game, Olawan played well in the first game, based on fighting very actively, Chen Xingtong took the lead 14-12 after wasting multiple game points, so it seems that Olawan must have studied Chen Xingtong's style of play, and at the same time made corresponding preparations, otherwise it was not so difficult to come up, I still remember last year's Asian Championships, when Chen Xingtong won easily 3-0, this time it was relatively difficult.
The opponent has not always played a good ball, as Chen Xingtong accelerated, Olawan has been unable to keep up with the rhythm, Chen Xingtong led 8-4, and then won another game 11-6, in the third game Chen Xingtong suddenly dropped the line, too many unnecessary mistakes to qualify, Olawan 10-7 got the game point, Chen Xingtong chased to 10 draws, but unfortunately there was some hesitation at the critical moment, the serve was not decisive, Olawan scored 2 points in a row, and pulled back a game with 12-10.
In the fourth game, the two sides have come and gone, Chen Xingtong has the advantage of holding each other, but Olawan's ability to change the line is not weak, and it is really a fight, because Chen Xingtong's mentality has changed, and the shot is obviously not as firm as before, Olawan won this game 11-7, Chen Xingtong 2-2 Olawan, with a goal difference, Chen Xingtong advanced to the top 16 of women's singles, and it was really thrilling to lead 2-0 and lose two games in a row.
During this time, Chen Xingtong missed some games, and the number of appearances was indeed not much, and everyone was also worried that her state would be affected, and it would be difficult to play at her best level, and now it seems that she needs to be adjusted, for example, this 42-41 only won 1 point, but the opponent in the group stage is almost at the level after all, the key is to play a good knockout round, this time Chen Xingtong can go to which step, let's wait and see, waiting for the arrival of good news!