On August 1, Beijing time, the first 1/4 final of the Olympic table tennis women's singles was held, Chen Meng played against Austria's Pokarnova, there was no suspense at the beginning of this match, the defending champion showed no mercy, once played an 11-0 score, and finally won the opponent 4-0 on aggregate, becoming the first player to reach the top 4 of women's singles.
In the first game, Pokarnova served first, and because she had just started the game, Chen Meng had not yet entered the state, and the first 6 balls and 2 people fought with each other to make it 3-3. After that, Chen Meng began to see the opponent's ball clearly, and soon she scored continuously on attack, and the opponent was beaten to the point of no defense, and finally Chen Meng won 11-5.
In the second game, Chen Meng was even more powerful, and it only took 5 minutes for her to lead 10-1. Although the opponent resisted stubbornly, but to no avail, after the opponent scored 2 more points, Chen Meng directly attacked and won 11-3, leading 2-0 on aggregate.
In the third game, Chen Meng was even more "brutal", and did not give the opponent any chance at all, starting from the first ball, she spent 5 minutes to play Pokarnova 11-0, originally Chen Meng let the opponent get 1 point, but unfortunately Pokanova's state was too poor, Chen Meng could only helplessly hit the opponent with a bald head.
In the fourth game, Chen Meng served, and the opponent finally seized the opportunity and got the first point. Pokanova then seemed to be starting to find her form, leading 3-1 at one point. After that, the two entered a stalemate, and at this time, Pokarnova showed the performance that the Olympic women's singles quarterfinals should have, but it was too late, and finally Chen Meng successfully closed the game 11-8.
I have to say that Chen Meng is really terrible, Pokanova's own strength is not bad, but in front of Chen Meng, she doesn't even have a chance to resist, maybe this is the strength of the defending women's singles champion. After this game, Chen Meng became the first table tennis player to advance to the semifinals of women's singles at this Olympic Games. Next, Sun Yingsha will also play in the quarterfinals, hoping that she can seize the opportunity to join Chen Meng and help the Chinese table tennis team lock the women's singles gold medal in advance. Compared with the men's singles, only Fan Zhendong persisted, and the women's singles seemed to be much easier!