Chen Meng 4-0 Hina Hayada broke into the Saudi Arabian women's singles final and qualified for the Olympic singles, Wang Manyu regretted

Where did the good ball go

2024-05-10 22:58Published in Hubei Sports Creators

On the evening of May 10, Beijing time, the 2024 WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam entered the women's singles semifinals. In a key duel that ended first, Olympic champion Chen Meng was calm and calm, always kept focused, and defeated "Japanese Table Tennis Sister" Hina Hayada 4-0 and successfully advanced to the finals.

The two sides have played each other 8 times before, and Chen Meng has an absolute advantage of 7 wins and 1 loss. The last time the two met was in the final of the Team World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, when Chen Meng lost 1-3, which ended the all-win record.

The two sides played each other again in this tournament, which was particularly crucial for Chen Meng. On the one hand, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu are fiercely competing for the women's singles qualification for the Paris Olympics. Before the Saudi Grand Slam, Wang Manyu's Olympic selection points were 1,500 points ahead of Chen Meng, but because of the upset loss to India's Batra in the second round of this tournament, 3,000 points were deducted for losing the foreign war, so now Chen Meng has 1,500 points more than Wang Manyu. As long as he does not lose the foreign war, Chen Meng will definitely qualify for the Olympic singles. In the upper half of the women's singles, two national table tennis players Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi will meet in the semifinals, as long as Chen Meng and his teammates meet in the finals, whether they win the championship or not, they can win the singles qualification for the Paris Olympics. On the other hand, of course, "revenge". Losing once in a while and losing in a row are two different concepts entirely. Wang Yidi lost to Hina Hayada twice in a row, resulting in being disqualified from the Olympic singles selection by the coaching staff. And if you only lose once in a while, it can be understood that the state was not very good at that time, and it was a best-of-five system, and the game was more accidental. This encounter, the semi-finals of the best-of-seven system, is Chen Meng's chance to prove himself again.

Contest Details:

In the first game, Chen Meng blasted out a wave of 6-1 scoring after 3-3 and took a 9-4 lead. But the opponent did not give up, and factors such as wiping the net and dribbling balloons caused the score to be forced to close to 9-8 at one point. But Chen Meng still withstood the pressure and took the lead 11-9.

In the second game, Chen Meng continued his previous good form, scoring 5 points in a row after 5-4 and getting the game point at 10-4. This time, he did not give his opponent a chance to fight back, and finally won 11-5 to win the next game.

Hayata, who fell behind 0-2 in the big score, took the lead in the third game and grabbed a perfect start of 5-0. But Chen Meng was still calm and calmly dealt with it. Chasing point by point, I didn't expect to return a wave of 8-0. Hayada was depressed, and even the pause couldn't stop Chen Meng's reversal. Chen Meng got the game point 10-6, although Hayada saved 4 game points in a row, but still won the key game 12-10, leading 3-0.

Hayada and her coach were too slow to deal with it, and in the face of a stronger opponent's chasing points, they lost 6 points in a row, and only thought of using a timeout after the game was overtaken. In fact, when you lose 4 points at most, you should stop and adjust, and when Chen Meng takes the lead, the momentum will be completely uncontrollable. And Hayata's good situation was reversed, and the big score fell behind 0-3, which not only hurt morale, but also put himself in a desperate situation.

In the fourth game, Chen Meng still remained focused, took the lead at the beginning, and opened the score to 8-4 in the game, and finally sealed the victory 11-7.

Chen Meng defeated Hina Hayada 4-0, completing the "one-string three" against the Japanese women's team Olympic trio, and only lost one game in three games, and entered the women's singles final strongly. She also surpassed Wang Manyu in Olympic points and will represent China in the women's singles competition for the second time. And Wang Manyu originally relied on her outstanding performance this year, and the opportunity for the second women's singles was at her fingertips, but she dropped the chain at the last moment, and there was a high probability that she could only qualify for the Olympic women's team, which is a pity. The women's singles of the national table tennis Paris Olympics Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng, the women's team plus Wang Manyu, will be the same as the Tokyo Olympics.

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