The ITTF Singles World Cup Women's Singles 1/4 finals ushered in an important match, with national table tennis player Chen Meng facing Japanese player Miu Hirano.
Chen Meng swept Miyu Hirano 4-0 and advanced to the women's singles semifinals.
Both have won the Women's Singles World Cup. The 30-year-old Chen Meng won the Women's Singles World Cup in 2020. The 24-year-old Miu Hirano won the World Cup women's singles title as early as 2016, becoming the youngest women's singles champion in World Cup history.
Miu Hirano was once the main competitor of Chinese women's table tennis. However, after the key research of national table tennis, it is difficult to win the national table tennis players, and the mentality collapses, and it is difficult to achieve good results later.
In the past two years, Miu Hirano has recovered in form, has achieved good results in international competitions, and has also defeated the main force of national table tennis. Her self-confidence naturally went up, which was more conducive to the game. She has achieved great results in international and domestic competitions, qualifying for the women's singles at the Paris Olympics. Miu Hirano has risen to No. 12 in the world rankings.
Chen Meng is as stable as ever. Chen Meng's characteristics are strong and comprehensive, there are no shortcomings, and the stability is very good. The two have played against each other many times in the international arena, and Chen Meng has a great advantage.
In the women's singles 1/8 finals of this event, Chen Meng swept Thailand's Sutasini 4-0, and Miu Hirano narrowly defeated Tian Zhixi 4-3.
In the first game, Chen Meng made a 3:0 start, and then led Miu Hirano 5:1. Chen Meng entered the state relatively quickly. Miu Hirano scored 2 points in a row to narrow the gap. However, Chen Meng quickly opened up the difference and won the first game 11:5.
The second game started into a stalemate, with the score alternating upwards. Miu Hirano took a 6-5 lead. Chen Meng scored 4 points in a row to overtake the score. The two sides scored 2 points each, and Chen Meng won another game with 11:8.
In the third game, Miu Hirano made a 4:2 start, and then led Chen Meng 8:4. At 9:6, Chen Meng chased 2 points. Miu Hirano called a timeout. In the second game, Chen Meng continued to exert his strength, scored 3 points in a row, and won the game 11:9. Miu Hirano's mentality must have collapsed, and she lost 5 points in a row at the last moment.
In the fourth game, the two played 3:3. Chen Meng scored 3 points in a row to open up the difference. Miu Hirano eats serve in a row. Chen Meng easily won the fourth game 11-6.
In the end, Chen Meng swept Miyu Hirano 4-0 and advanced to the women's singles semifinals.
I thought that Chen Meng would win, but I didn't expect it to win so easily.
Chen Meng was interviewed after the game. The host asked Chen Meng what preparations he had for the semi-finals. Chen Meng's opponent in the semifinals was between Sun Yingsha and Zheng Yijing. Chen Meng said that he would cheer for Sun Yingsha and hope that Sun Yingsha would enter the semifinals. That is, I hope to face teammate Sun Yingsha in the semifinals.
This singles World Cup has already played four quarter-finals. Among them, Tomokazu Haramoto defeated Sweden's Karpog 4-2, and Miwa Haramoto defeated Puerto Rico's Diaz 4-1. The Zhang siblings both advanced to the semifinals.
In addition, Ma Long defeated Hayasuke Togami 4-2, and it was good to sweep Miu Hirano 4-0. G also had two players advance to the semi-finals.