World Cup Women's Singles Preview: Mengsha met again, Wang Manyu tried to block Zhang Benmeihe

The 2024 ITTF Singles World Cup in Macau, China has entered the penultimate day of competition, and the women's singles has reached the semifinals.

The first women's singles semi-final was played by Wang Manyu against Zhang Benmeihe, and the match was played at 18 o'clock in the evening.

Fifteen-year-old Miwa Zhang had a great performance in this event. She defeated Wang Yidi 4-1 and Puerto Rico player Diaz 4-1 to advance to the women's singles semifinals.

Zhang Benmeihe's ball skills have risen again. In fact, she is not only improving her skills, but also her mind. She used to play the main force of national table tennis, and it was basically difficult to win. She won Qian Tianyi once, and when she played the main force of other national table tennis, she basically lost. Especially against Sun Yingsha, Zhang Benmeihe was completely at a disadvantage.

However, in this event, Zhang Benmeihe defeated Wang Yidi. Wang Yidi's strength can be in the top four in today's women's table tennis. She and Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, and Chen Meng have won and lost each other, and their strength is comparable. Unexpectedly, Wang Yidi lost to Zhang Benmeihe. Among them, there are naturally reasons for the growth of Zhang Benmei and his ball skills, but there are also reasons why Wang Yidi's psychological quality is not up to par. Wang Yidi has lost to Japanese table tennis players many times. She shouldn't have a chance to compete in Paris.

The national table tennis must pay attention to Zhang Benmei and this player.

Wang Manyu defeated Chen Meng's sworn rival Szokos 4-1 and Japanese table tennis sister Hina Hayada 4-1. Wang Manyu has been in very good form recently, winning the women's singles title at the Singapore Grand Slam. In this event, she easily defeated Szokos and Hina Hayata. These two opponents are very strong. Wang Manyu can easily win, of course, because of his strength.

If you want to talk about personal hard power, it must be Wang Manyu who is stronger. When it comes to technique, maybe Wang Manyu is not much better than Zhang Benmeihe, but Wang Manyu has played international competitions for many years, has a lot of experience, and has a very good psychological quality. Now I hope that Wang Manyu's body will not have accidents, and if he is not like Fan Zhendong, he will have hope of winning.

hopes that Wang Manyu can stop Zhang Benmeihe and make her unable to enter the finals.

The second women's singles semi-final was played by Chen Meng against Sun Yingsha, and the match was played at 19:40 in the evening.

The two have also been teammates and rivals for many years. The two have faced each other many times in international and domestic competitions, and they have won and lost each other. Interestingly, the two met at the 2020 World Cup. That was Sun Yingsha's first time participating in the Singles World Cup, and she reached the final and met Chen Meng, who was in the best form at the time. Sun Yingsha lost to Chen Meng and missed the first three-major women's singles championship.

Chen Meng won the first three-major singles championship in his life.

Three years later, the two met again. Sun Yingsha is now 23 years old and is in the prime of her life. Sun Yingsha has entered the best time. Sun Yingsha won seven singles titles last year, and this year she won the women's singles title at the Singapore Grand Slam. Sun Yingsha definitely wants to win the singles title at this World Cup.

Chen Meng is 30 years old and his form has declined. Chen Meng's strength is still very strong, but Sun Yingsha's condition is better. It is estimated that Sun Yingsha is more likely to win.