With Wang Manyu's early exit in the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam tournament, Chen Meng ushered in the opportunity to defend the bottom half of the zone alone this time. This is the first time that Chen Meng has been alone in the semi-finals during the entire Olympic cycle, and he has met with his teammates in the semi-finals before. Wang Manyu was defeated by India's Batra this time, which was indeed unexpected by fans. In fact, Wang Manyu's match against Batra was still too entangled with the opponent in the backhand position.
Batra's forehand attack is not very stable, and in the case of a backhand that can't open the situation, Wang Manyu can completely change the landing point, at least the effect of attacking the middle ball will be better. After all, Batra is relatively tall, and there are shortcomings in the middle position, and Wang Manyu has been attacking this position since he fought with him before.
However, Wang Manyu rarely played this position in this game, and the use of game strategy is worth summarizing, and fans are very sorry to lose this game. Most fans believe that Wang Manyu's chance to compete in the Olympic singles competition has been lost, and she will at best get a place in the Olympic team competition, and the possibility of participating in the singles competition is already very small.
Wang Manyu won all five matches against Batra before, if this game is to test the main force of other national table tennis, it is estimated that few fans will believe it. Wang Manyu's early exit completely changed the direction of the entire second half of the game, and South Korea's Zhu Qianxi directly announced his retirement, giving Miyu Hirano a chance to play directly with Chen Meng.
If Wang Manyu's unexpected exit was an accident, Zhu Qianxi retired early as a naturalized Korean player, which really made fans unexpected. Zhu Qianxi is not yet eligible to participate in the Olympic Games, and even if she defeats Miu Hirano, she will not be able to compete in the Olympics. But her withdrawal just contributed to the fight between Miyu Hirano and Chen Meng.
If Wang Manyu hadn't been out early this time, it would be very unlikely that Hina Hayada would fight Chen Meng. Before the start of the Saudi Grand Slam, Chen Meng's call for participating in the singles competition was the highest, and many fans believed that Chen Meng's stability was the strongest and he was suitable for participating in the Olympic singles competition. Wang Manyu's exit this time gave Chen Meng a chance to prove his stability to the fans.
Otherwise, when the national table tennis announces the singles candidates in the future, it will also cause discussion among fans. Because every fan has different opinions, if you want to unify public opinion, you can only prove everything with a stable performance in foreign games. So this time, Chen Meng ushered in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and she will continue to play against the three main forces of Japanese table tennis in the second half of the region.
Because of the entire Paris Olympics cycle, Chen Meng appeared for the first time in a single event against the three main players of Japanese table tennis. But this time there is this inevitable phenomenon in the accident, Chen Meng is really better in the draw group in this Olympic cycle, in fact, this Saudi Grand Slam tournament did not meet the fierce rival Hina Hayada at the beginning, the two sides are divided into the same half of the singles area, but not in the same small half.
At present, Hina Hayata, the three main players of Japanese table tennis, is the most threatening to Chen Meng, followed by Miwa Zhangmoto, and finally Miyu Hirano. However, with Wang Manyu out, many fans believe that Chen Meng will definitely become the favorite to win the championship. Fans' confidence in Chen Meng is the greatest, believing that Chen Meng will live up to expectations and win the singles title of the Grand Slam event, just like Ma Long won the World Cup in Macau.
Batra's defeat of Wang Manyu this time has added a lot of points in the eyes of the Indian coaching staff, because Indian players Ashika and Akula have defeated the main national table tennis team in a row, and they are expected to compete for the Olympic singles quota. Only Batra was defeated by the main force of national table tennis in a row, and the hope of participating in the Olympic singles competition is very slim.
In fact, the main force of national table tennis is more adaptable to Batra's ball path, and he doesn't know much about Akula and Aishka, two Indian players. If Batra can get the singles quota for the Olympic Games, it will actually be more helpful for the national table tennis players to win the Olympic championship. Just like Sun Yingsha was defeated by Misei Ito's simulated player Zhang Rui at the Tokyo Olympics, which once caused many fans to misunderstand.
In fact, this is the competition strategy of the national table tennis coaching staff, and the national table tennis coaching staff has been carrying out the layout of the Olympic team. It will not only affect the quota of the main force of national table tennis, but also have a direct impact on the competition quota of foreign players. It's just that today's table tennis has already announced the quota for the Olympic Games, and the national table tennis players can only be tested in the competition.
This Saudi Grand Slam tournament is mainly to test Chen Meng's ability to fight abroad, more precisely, to test Chen Meng's ability to play against the three main forces of Japanese table tennis. There is no more convincing selection method than this direct confrontation, and perhaps some fans think that Miu Hirano has not played against Wang Manyu this Olympic cycle, and Wang Manyu should be allowed to play against Miu Hirano more.
In fact, Wang Manyu didn't play much with Miyu Hirano in the last Olympic cycle, and the women's team final in the Olympics was an encounter, and in the end Wang Manyu won. Wang Manyu's ball path is the most restrained Japanese table tennis player, so although he has not played many times with the main Japanese table tennis team, he has a greater chance of winning.
Whether Chen Meng can hold the lower half of the zone this time really needs to be tested by the game, if Hina Hayata, these Japanese table tennis players break into the final women's singles final, and Sun Yingsha in the upper half of the zone will also form a direct challenge. Although Sun Yingsha faces little pressure in the first half of the field, she must also be prepared to deal with the impact of Hina Hayata.
Sun Yingsha has fought with Hina Hayada three times this year, and was dragged into the tiebreaker by her opponent twice, which shows that Hina Hayada is becoming more and more threatening to Sun Yingsha. Therefore, this time, Hina Hayada and other players will not only test Chen Meng's external combat ability, but also continue to test Sun Yingsha's external combat ability.