On the evening of May 10, Chen Mengshuang was happy. Cooperate with Wang Manyu to defeat the Korean pair to win the women's doubles championship, defeat Hina Hayada in the singles semifinals, advance to the final, and qualify for the Olympic women's singles!
The Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is full of magic from beginning to end, and it is the most important event before the Paris Olympics, and Chinese players will have to determine some of the Olympic candidates after this tournament.
On the morning of May 7, the Chinese Table Tennis Association has announced some of the participants, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha will participate in the mixed doubles competition, and Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong will participate in the men's singles competition. And the three of them automatically qualify for the team competition.
Everyone knows that each country can have up to six people compete for the Olympic singles, team and mixed doubles titles. Three of them are men and three women, and one woman and two men have been identified so far.
The candidates to be determined are Ma Long, Wang Manyu, and Chen Meng, which are the three most promising candidates.
At the same time, they are also the three people with the most pressure in this competition. At present, Ma Long and Wang Manyu have been knocked down by the pressure, and only Chen Meng is still holding on.
The pressure Chen Meng is facing is also unprecedented. The opponent in the sixteen and eight is Miu Hirano, the opponent in the eight in four is Miwa Zhangmoto, and the opponent in the semifinals is Hina Hayata.
The top three players in the Japanese team are the women's team members of this Olympic Games, and they are also the three most threatening Chinese women's table tennis! Misei Ito, who lost to Wang Yidi, has been eliminated because of his backward ranking.
Because Wang Manyu was ahead of Chen Meng in points before, if Wang Manyu did not lose the foreign war and reached the semifinals, Chen Meng would lag behind Wang Manyu in points even if he won the championship, and he would not be qualified for singles and could only participate in the team competition.
But fate played a joke on Wang Manyu, she lost, lost to the Indian player of the foreign association, and did not enter the top 16.
Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, but Chen Meng's path to promotion is too difficult. If she reaches the final, she will have to play against Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Hina Hayada in succession.
This is a critical moment to test Chen Meng. Fortunately, Chen Meng withstood it. defeated Miu Hirano 3:0, and only allowed Hirano to score 11 points in three games, winning simply neatly!
4:1 defeated Zhang Benmeihe, the 15-year-old was still a little tender, and in the face of Chen Meng, who was experienced and skilled, he was quickly defeated!
Semi-final opponent Hina Hayada was Japan's strongest man, and before this match, Chen Mengwang Manyu had just won the Women's Doubles title with a 3-0 victory over world No. 1 South Korea.
While congratulating Chen Meng, I am also worried about Chen Meng's physical strength, after all, he is a 30-year-old "veteran"! In just a few hours, two high-intensity matches in a row, but fortunately only three games were played in the doubles final.
In the women's singles semifinals, in the first game, Chen Meng entered the state very quickly, 6:4, 8:4, 11:9! A one-0 lead.
In the second game, Chen Meng mobilized Hina Hayata's forehand and backhand at a large angle, 3:1, 5:1, 6:3, 8:4, 11:5, leading 2-0!
In the third game, Ma Lin looked more nervous than Chen Meng, Chen Meng had a bad start, Hina Hayata's fighting style of play was very effective, Chen Meng fell behind 0:5, and frantically chased the score to a 5:5 draw! Chen Meng scored another point, and Hina Hayada called a timeout. After the pause, Chen Meng continued to score, 7:5, 8:5, 9:6, and was chased by Hayada to 10:10, 12:10! Leading 3-0, Chen Meng felt Hayata's lonely throw in this game!
In the fourth game, Chen Meng opened 2:0, 4:2, 5:3, 8:4, 9:6, 10:6, 11:7! Four to zero!
Finally, I still have to praise Chen Meng, you are the best! Congratulations to Chen Meng!