On April 18, Beijing time, the table tennis Macau World Cup ushered in a high-level showdown, the national table tennis World Table Tennis Championships, Asian Games women's singles champion Wang Manyu debuted, and the European Games women's singles champion, Romanian star Szokos broke out in an encounter, as a result, although Wang Manyu had a bad start, but then won 4 games in a row after falling behind 0-1, thus advancing to the quarterfinals and continuing to impact the championship.
Wang Manyu will be under a lot of pressure in this tournament, because the World Cup battle will also affect her Olympic singles future, and it is important to remain undefeated and achieve good results in order to continue to maintain the lead Chen Meng, and she needs to make difficult preparations - see below for details.
Highlights of the game
Szokos is currently the leader of the local women's table tennis players in Europe, not only won the singles championship of the European Games, but also broke Chen Meng twice in the international arena, and won Chen Xingtong once, although he lost to Chen Meng not long ago, but the opponent played to the last 2 points of the tiebreaker, and the quality of the snowboard with his backhand forearm is quite high, and he is a difficult opponent.
However, Wang Manyu's recent state is also very good, and she will not be afraid of her opponent if she plays normally, but if she loses a foreign war, she will be deducted Olympic selection points, which may become her psychological baggage, and how to turn pressure into motivation has become a difficult problem in front of her.
The process of the game
After the start of the game, Wang Manyu took the lead, not afraid of a backhand hard encounter with Szokos, but also used his forehand to break the defense, and Szokos also dared to twist and pull up the afterburner attack, although the start was behind but soon after chasing 9 draws, and then successfully reversed to get the game point, and then staged a comeback with 11-9, and then roared loudly on the court.
In the second game, Wang Manyu learned a lesson and played more patiently, but after the rhythm slowed down, Szokos was a little mismatched and made mistakes, and finally Wang Manyu seized the opportunity and pulled back a city 11-7, and his mood on the court was also much higher.
In the third game, Szokos once played a very high-quality attack, which made Wang Manyu difficult to parry, but soon Wang Manyu withstood the opponent's impact and played a beautiful counterattack, and then achieved a reversal of 11-7. In the fourth game, Wang Manyu was slow to enter the state, but she broke out with amazing combat power after falling behind 8-10, and then scored 4 points in a row to turn the game and force the opponent into a desperate situation 12-10.
In the fifth game, Szokos had no way out, and he played very aggressively at the beginning, but the middle position was suppressed in the second half, and finally Wang Manyu ended the whole game 11-7, won 4 games in a row to advance to the quarterfinals, and continued to attack the championship and Olympic points.