On the afternoon of July 18th, Beijing time, the first round of the men’s and women’s singles competition began at the WTT World Table Tennis Major League Championship in Budapest. In the first women’s singles 1/16 final, the Tokyo Olympic champion and Chinese player Chen Meng won three games in a row, 3-2 (8-11, 9-11, 11-3, 11 -7 and 11-3) reversed victory over Monaco’s Yang Xiaoxin and advanced to the round of 16.
In the first game, the two sides fought fiercely to the end, and Yang Xiaoxin once led 9-7. After Chen Meng regained a point, the “Overseas Mission” player who played on behalf of Monaco scored with a lucky tennis ball and a backhand flick after serving, 11-8.
Yang Xiaoxin started a 2-0 and 5-1 lead in the ex situ battle. Chen Meng was a little hesitant to deal with the rotation of the opponent’s serve. Before entering the final game, Yang Xiaoxin took the initiative 7-3. After that, Chen Meng scored consecutive points in her serving rounds to narrow the point difference. When she scored another point to rewrite the score to 6-7, the opponent who was still in the lead called. pause. After the suspension came back, the two scored alternately. After Yang Xiaoxin’s serve went straight to the net, the two sides tied at 9. Next, Chen Meng failed to seize the opportunity to serve, but lost two points in a row and lost another game 9-11. Judging from the situation at the end of the game, the shoulder injury should have caused a lot of trouble for the Tokyo Olympic women’s singles champion.
In the third game, Chen Meng was the first to enter the state, and she led her opponent 3-0 and 5-1 at the beginning. In the mid-game stage, the two attacked and defended each other, and Chen Meng always controlled the situation. 8-3, she was already 5 points ahead of Yang Xiaoxin when she entered the final game. In the end, Yang Xiaoxin returned the serve and Chen Meng pulled back a game 11-3.
In the fourth game, Chen Meng continued his previous good state. Yang Xiaoxin made more mistakes under pressure. After entering the middle game, Chen Meng from Qingdao, Shandong led his opponent 5-0. In the next game, Yang Xiaoxin seemed to have few options. In the end, Chen Meng dragged the game into the tiebreaker 11-7.
In the fifth game, Chen Meng was invincible, and a wave of 3-0 allowed her to see the dawn of victory. When entering the mid-game, Chen Meng continued to expand his lead, leading 5-1 to exchange the venue. After changing sides, the Tokyo Olympic women’s singles champion made persistent efforts, and finally sealed the victory 11-3, completing a super reversal.
(Sohu Sports Guo Jian/The picture comes from the WTT World Table Tennis Professional League)Return to Sohu, see more
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