In the early morning of August 1, Beijing time, the top five women's singles quarterfinals have been decided in the table tennis competition of the Paris Olympic Games, the highest-ranked second seed, the main national table tennis Chen Meng successfully passed, Japan world champion Miu Hirano, North Korea's dark horse Bian Songjing, Austria's Polkanova, Chinese Taipei world runner-up Zheng Yijing also got the ticket to advance.
At present, the fifth seed Szokos and the sixth seed Diaz in the women's singles have stopped in the round of 16, and the long rubber star Batra has also failed to pass, and the competition is very fierce.
The first two rounds of the women's singles at the Olympics were not as fierce as the men's singles, but there were also a number of upsets, among which the athletes of the "mysterious division" North Korean team once again became dark horses, Bian Songjing continued to play after beating Hong Kong's Du Kaiqian 4-1 in the first round and Germany's Mittenham 4-2 in the second round, falling behind 0-3 and reversing Puerto Rico's Diaz 4-3 to advance to the quarterfinals.
The Romanian star and fifth seed Szokos, who is ranked higher than Diaz, also suffered a 4-0 defeat to his usual doubles teammate and Austria's Polkanova, missing out on the title of champion.
Chen Meng, the main player of national table tennis, also encountered some difficulties in the battle with Netherlands' Illand, but she withstood the pressure after falling behind 0-1, and then achieved a 4-1 reversal, and will next compete with Polkanova.
Japan world champion Miu Hirano met India's long rubber master Batra, who had defeated Wang Manyu not long ago, in the 1/8 finals, the two sides did not fight very fiercely, Miu Hirano's strength was originally above each other, plus there are many long rubber players in Japan, so she was not afraid of Batra's ball path, and soon grasped the initiative on the court, and finally won 4-1.
Chinese Taipei's world runner-up Zheng Yijing won the most easily, facing the mediocre Poland athlete Bayo, she quickly broke through the opponent's defense in succession, and finally swept 4-0 to win without too many difficulties.
At present, two of the five opponents of the "first group" of the national table tennis women's singles - Szokos and Batra have been eliminated, Miu Hirano has successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, another Japan main Hina Hayada will appear later, and India's Akula is about to compete with Sun Yingsha in the round of 16, looking forward to Sasha successfully eliminating strong opponents.