The latest report from the 2024 WTT Saudi Grand Slam is here! It's 10:53 p.m. Beijing time on May 10. On the penultimate day of this event, today's game is still not over, and the singles of the national table tennis team Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Wang Chuqin, and Lin Shidong have not yet played. The men's and women's semi-finals are both best-of-7 formats. The Chinese team has won 3 championship trophies, and the Chinese table tennis women's team performed very well in this event, with four Chinese players in the women's singles semi-finals.
The latest report as of 10:53 p.m. is as follows:
Women's Singles Semifinals
Chen Meng vs Hina Hayada 4-0
11～9、11～6、11～6、12～10、11-7
The two have played each other 8 times, and Chen Meng is 6-1. Hina Hayada is China's number one rival and has a very fierce style of play, and she is a fighting player. Chen Meng is ranked No. 4 in the world and Hina Hayada is ranked No. 5 in the world
In the first game, Chen Meng took the lead in serving, and Chen Meng had to control Hina Hayada on the first three boards, because Hina Hayada was attacking very fiercely with her backhand. Sure enough, it was a tough battle, it was so fierce when it came up, and the big dream was fighting, and he had already tucked his shirt into his pants.
At the beginning of the game, the two played inseparably, and as the game progressed, Chen Meng's forehand felt better and better, and the score was stretched to 7-4, and Chen Meng's state was fully mobilized. Chen Meng made a forehand backhand error, and Hina Hayada chased the score to 9-8. The key point is that Chen Meng was very resolute in receiving the serve and won the first game 11-9.
In the second game, Chen Meng attacked violently and stretched the difference to three points. Hina Hayada struggled to catch up, and played more and more balls with Chen Meng. Chen Meng played more liberally in this game than in the first game, and attacked 11-6 with his forehand in a row and then went to the next game.
In the third game, Hina Hayada counterattacked, let go of her hand, strengthened the quality of the twist, and the point of the serve continued to change, scoring 5 points in a row. Chen Meng broke through from Hina Hayata's forehand and chased 6 points in a row, and the two each played a small climax, overtaking from 0-5 to 6-5. Hina Hayada came back after calling a timeout, but still failed to turn the situation around, 12-10, Chen Meng won the key game again.
In the fourth game, Hina Hayada made a mistake in serving and lost points, and she didn't receive the serve well, and now Hina Hayada is powerless to resist the strong attack of Chen Meng's forehand, and the whole situation is firmly controlled by Chen Meng, Hina Hayada is weak to return to the sky, and Chen Meng lost four games 4-0.
Congratulations to Chen Meng for reaching the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam Women's Singles Final, where she will face the winner between Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi in the next match. Congratulations to the Chinese team for winning the women's singles championship and runner-up in advance!
Chen Meng also locked in the Olympic singles qualification with the victory of this match!