At the 2024 ITTF Macau World Cup, the 1/8 finals will be held on April 18, and Chen Meng will compete with Thailand's Sutasini Savitabut for a place in the quarterfinals. In this game, Chen Meng played steadily, ended the game in four straight games, and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles. Miu Hirano in the same district defeated Tian Zhixi 4-3, and then Chen Meng and Miu Hirano competed for a place in the semifinals.
Chen Meng 4-0 Sutasini【12-10;11-4;11-5;11-4】
The two sides are about the same age, with the 30-year-old Chen Meng one year older than Sutasini, who is ranked fourth in the world and Sutasini ranked 59th. This is the 5th meeting between the two sides in history, and Chen Meng has won the previous 4 meetings, the most recent of which was the 2024 Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships, when Chen Meng won 3-0.
Regarding the previous performance in the group stage, Chen Meng played strongly, defeated Akula and Bayo in a row, and successfully reached the round of 16. Sutasini advanced to a more thrilling level, drawing 2-2 with his opponents in the same group, Misei Ito and Amy Wang. However, Sutasini scored more points and advanced to the knockout round by beating his opponents in the same group.
Game recap
In the opening game, Chen Meng took the lead in serving and pressed it to 2-0 with continuous fast tears, and then Chen Meng made a mistake, and Sutasini scored 4 points in a row to lead. Then Chen Meng pulled back to score, Sutasini moved the line to 5-3, then Chen Meng followed to 5-6, Sutasini led to 9-6, Chen Meng scored 4 points in a row to get the game point, and won 12-10.
In the second game, Chen Meng withstood the extension, and then grabbed and suppressed the score to 3-1, and then Chen Meng still attacked in the first three boards, and continuously suppressed the opponent to lead 7-2. Then Chen Meng was forced to retreat and lose points, Sutasini took advantage of the situation to follow up to 4-8, and then Chen Meng scored consecutive points to get the game point at 10-4, and directly ended the second game at 11-4.
In the third game, Chen Meng led 3-0 directly, and Sutasini quickly stopped, and then Chen Meng scored in a row, and Sutasini made continuous mistakes and was very passive, and Chen Meng led to 7-0. After that, Sutasini finally scored, and Chen Meng pressed it to 9-1 in a row, and then lost three points in a row to get the game point at 10-4 and win 11-5.
In the fourth game, Chen Meng still started strongly, quickly taking a 4-2 lead, and then Chen Meng scored three points in a row to suppress the opponent, thus leading to 7-2. Then Chen Meng made a mistake and lost points, Sutasini calculated the rush to chase it to 4-8, and then Chen Meng scored consecutive points to get the match point at 10-4 and directly end the game at 11-4.
So far, Chen Meng swept her opponent 4-0 and successfully got the ticket to the quarterfinals of women's singles.
平野美宇 4-3 田志希【3-11；10-12；12-10；11-8；11-8；4-11；11-6】
The game was very intense, Tian Zhixi took the lead to win the first 2 games, and Miu Hirano withstood the pressure to equalize. In the crucial fifth game, the two sides continued to advance with each other, and Miu Hirano once again grasped the key points to win. Tian Zhixi went all out to win the sixth game, but the deciding game was suppressed and he lost 3-4.
This match is in the same 1/4 zone as the previous Chen Meng vs Sutasini match, and Chen Meng will face Miu Hirano next, and the two sides will compete for the women's singles semifinals. Chen Meng and Miu Hirano have faced each other 8 times in the past, with Chen Meng holding an absolute advantage with 7 wins and 1 loss, with the most recent meeting being the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, when Chen Meng narrowly won 3-2.