On April 19, Beijing time, the WTT Macau World Cup entered the 1/4 finals, and in a focus battle that just ended, Japan's 15-year-old Zhang Benmei and the world's tenth Diaz bloodied 4-1 and easily advanced to the semifinals. The teenager Zhang Benmeihe completely crushed Diaz on the field, proving the great progress of Zhang Benmeihe in the past year.
Zhang Benmei and 4-1 bloodbath Diaz
Japan's 15-year-old Zhang Benmei, ranked 12th in the world, eliminated the world's No. 3 Wang Yidi 4-1 in the 1/8 finals and reached the quarterfinals. Diaz is ranked 10th in the world, and her technical characteristics are high quality veneers and strong ability to hold on to the middle and far platforms, but the first three boards are rough. The technical characteristics of Miwa Zhang are that the hitting speed and connection speed are very fast, and the tactical changes are relatively delicate.
In the first game, Zhang Benmei and his forehand continued to suppress Diaz and easily won the first game 11-3.
In the second game, Zhang Benmei and continued the speed advantage, always dominant, 7-5 lead, Zhang Benmei and forehand slash score, Zhang Benmei and 10-7 to get the game point, as Diaz returned the ball out of bounds, Zhang Benmei and 11-7 easily won, the big score 2-0 lead.
In the third game, Zhang Benmei and the forehand and backhand changed the line to score continuously, leading 4-1, Diaz also called a timeout, and came back from the pause, Zhang Benmei and scored 5 points in a row, 9-1 to expand the lead, Zhang Benmei and took the initiative to change the line in the process of holding on, 10-1 to get the game point, and 11-2 to get the third game, 3-0 lead.
In the fourth game, Diaz strengthened his fight, leading 8-4, scoring a straight backhand and expanding the lead 9-4, Zhang Benmei and sideways set a straight line, and the score chased to 6-9. Diaz made a short swing and won the game point 10-6, Zhang Benmei and a backhand error, Diaz pulled back a game 11-8, and the score was 1-3!
At the beginning of the game, the mentality of the two obviously changed, Zhang Benmei and established a 3-0 score advantage early, and the rush was not so resolute, and Diaz completely let go in a desperate situation.
In the fifth game, Diaz won consecutive backhand long balls, leading 3-1, Zhang Benmei and chased two points in a row, and the score was 6-5. Zhang Benmei and his backhand turned into a straight line to score, 8-6 to expand the lead, Zhang Benmei and the attack succeeded, 9-7 to continue to lead, Zhang Benmei and forehand changed lines to score, 10-8 to get the match point, as Diaz returned the ball out of bounds, Zhang Benmei and 11-8 won the fourth game, thus easily defeating the world No. 10 Diaz 4-1.
Judging from this game, Zhang Benmei and the forehand and backhand connection speed and hitting speed are very good, the 15-year-old player also used the speed advantage to easily suppress the world's tenth ranked Diaz, from this game, Zhang Benmei and the last round of victory over Wang Yidi, it is no accident that Wang Yidi's serve is not flexible enough to be fully suppressed by Zhang Benmeihe.
With the promotion of Zhang Benmeihe, it can be said that Wang Yidi lost unjustly.