On April 19, the 2024 Table Tennis Macau World Cup Women's Singles 1/4 finals were in full swing, and Japan's main force Zhang Benmeihe took the lead in playing against the table tennis star Diaz. Zhang Benmei and her semi-final opponent will be the winner between Wang Manyu and Hina Hayata.
Zhang Benmeihe defeated Wang Yidi, the main force of national table tennis, 4-1 in the 1/8 finals to advance, and I have to say that Zhang Benmeihe has grown into a strong rival of national table tennis! Diaz eliminated the European star Polkanova in the 1/8 finals to advance, which also shows that Diaz's condition is still good.
After the start of the game, Zhang Benmeihe strengthened the control of the first three boards, and had a strong sense of pressure in the offensive launch of the near stage, Diaz couldn't keep up with the rhythm in the first game, and couldn't open it for a long time, and fell behind 1-6 at the beginning, Zhang Benmeihe took the lead, 11-3
Diaz strengthened the quality of her forehand in the second game, began to find the feel of the game, and in the face of Diaz's strong performance, Zhang Motomiwa sought a new breakthrough by changing her serve. In the middle and late games, Diaz made mistakes one after another, and Zhang Benmei and 11-7 went to the next city.
In the third game, Diaz has not been able to find a way to restrain Zhang Benmeihe, the forehand and backhand are not as thick as the other party, and the holding is also at a disadvantage, and the first three boards can't fight. In the first 11 points of this game, Diaz only scored 1 point. After falling behind 10-10, Diaz pulled back a point through a counter-spin serve, and Zhang used her powerful forehand to win the third game 11-2 again. The big score is 3-0 ahead.
Diaz's technical characteristic is to rely on the high quality of the forehand snowboard to score, but today in the face of Zhang Benmeihe, there is no chance to play at all. However, in the fourth game, Zhang Benmei sought to stabilize his mentality after leading by a large score, and was seized by Diaz, decisively started, and took a big lead at the beginning, although he was saved a number of game points, but Diaz still successfully pulled back a game 11-8.
Diaz, who recovered a game, also increased his self-confidence, and although he was still inferior in the fifth game, he played well and tightened the score. However, Zhang Benmeihe still took a 9-7 lead in the middle and late games, and finally sealed the victory 11-8. In this way, Zhang Benmei defeated Diaz 4-1 to advance to the semifinals!
It is worth mentioning that in the men's singles 1/4 finals before the competition, Zhang Benmeihe's brother Tomokazu Zhang Ben defeated the Swedish star Carlberg 4-2 and became the first player to advance to the semifinals. In this way, Zhang Benzhi and his brother and sister joined hands to advance to the semifinals, and their off-the-field guidance, their father was very happy.
Next, Zhang Benmei will wait for the winner between Wang Manyu and Hina Hayata. If he plays against the national table tennis king Manyu, Zhang Benmei and the hope of promotion are slim, but he has a greater chance against his teammates. Because Zhang Benmeihe and her brother Zhang Benzhihe are also in this situation, the two brothers and sisters are likely to play against the main force of national table tennis in the next round.