In the early morning of May 10th, Beijing time, the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam continued, and just ended the focus battle between Chen Meng and Zhang Benmeihe, and finally Chen Meng successfully eliminated the opponent 4-1 and advanced to the semifinals, where he will face Hina Hayata!
In the first game, Chen Meng started 6-2, and maintained a 4-point advantage to 9-5 at the end of the game, Chen Meng served and grabbed 5 game points, Zhang Benmei and recovered a point, but then returned the ball with a backhand out of bounds and handed it over 6-11!
In the second game, Zhang Benmei started with 6-3, Chen Meng chased 2 points, hit a forehand slash, and the score came to 6-6; In the multi-shot hold, Zhang Benmei and the forehand back slash went out of bounds, but then the sneak attack long ball tied the score to 7-7! After Chen Meng controlled the short ball, his forehand followed up in time to make up the board and score, Zhang Benmei and his backhand went out of bounds, and then scored with a forehand slash to chase 9-9!
In the multi-shot attack between the two sides, Chen Meng scored the winning point with his forehand, 10-9 to get the game point, Zhang Benmei and sneak attack, the third board followed up out of bounds, 9-11 handed over the game, and the big score was 0-2!
In the third game, Chen Meng started 4-3, and the forehand picked and lost came to 4-4, and then Chen Meng blasted out a wave of 7-0 to defeat the opponent, and the big score came to 3-0!
In the fourth game, Chen Meng stopped the opponent 3-1 at the beginning, and then came to 4-2, Zhang Benmei and the reverse pulled down the net, and then sneaked a backhand bottom line long ball to score, 6-5 in the middle of the game, and Chen Meng scored to 6-6 in the multi-shot hold!
Zhang Benmei and 8-7 exceeded, and then got a point with a lucky score, 9-7; Chen Meng directly sneaked into the long score, sent a backhand short connection backhand to start the board and continuously pulled the score, chasing 9-9, the game ushered in a critical moment!
Zhang Benmei and serve, forehand found an opportunity to rush to score and get the game point, Chen Meng ate the serve and handed over the game, 9-11!
In the fifth game, the high-quality confrontation between the two sides continued, Chen Meng had a greater competitive advantage in the forehand position, 7-5 exceeded, and at the end of the game, Chen Meng scored 9-6 again, approaching the match point, and then won the game!
In this way, Chen Meng eliminated Miwa Zhang with a big score of 4-1 and successfully advanced to the women's singles semifinals of this competition, and will play against Hina Hayada to compete for the qualification for the finals!
The results of Chen Meng and Hina Hayada will directly affect the women's singles list of the National Table Tennis Olympics! On May 10th, Beijing time, at 22:00, we witnessed Chen Meng's showdown with Hina Hayata!