On the evening of July 31, Beijing time, the table tennis competition of the Paris Olympics continued, and Chen Meng, the main force of national table tennis and the defending champion of women's singles, appeared again to face Netherlands athlete Illand, although Chen Meng encountered certain difficulties, but soon won 4 consecutive games to achieve a reversal after falling behind 0-1, thus becoming the first athlete in national table tennis to advance to the quarterfinals of singles.
Highlights of the game
Chen Meng was the women's singles champion of the last Tokyo Olympics, but due to the abundance of talent in the national table tennis team, she almost lost the women's singles team for the Paris Olympics this year.
From the signing point of view, Chen Meng's pressure in the first three rounds is not very great, after a 4-0 win over Algeria's Loklebi, a 4-1 reversal of Sweden's chipper Bergström in the second round, and the opponent in the third round, Illand, from the Netherlands team with an average level of table tennis, is generally considered to be difficult for her to create too much threat to the main force of national table tennis.
The process of the game
After the start of the first game, Chen Meng encountered certain difficulties, and fell behind the score 1-6 when he came up, and seemed to be a little uncomfortable with Illand's ball path, but then he gradually found his feeling and began to add quality to catch up with the other party, but unfortunately because he lost too much in front, he was a little late now, and finally lost 8-11.
In the second game, Chen Meng had a certain understanding of Illand's skills and tactics, and took the advantage at the beginning, breaking through from the middle position, avoiding letting the opponent's backhand vigorously arc the ball in front, forming a stable stalemate, and then using his solid forehand and backhand basic skills to regain the initiative on the court, and then pulled back a city with 11-5.
In the third game, Chen Meng fell behind again, but after the previous encounter, she was able to deal with the impact of Yierland with more determination, and soon achieved a comeback, got as many as 5 game points, and then won 11-6, and the big score became a 2-1 reversal, and the balance of victory began to tilt in her direction.
In the fourth game, although Chen Meng was once affected by the shouts of the audience next door, he quickly stood firm and won 11-4, thus forcing Yirland into a desperate situation. In the fifth game, Chen Meng turned the tables after falling behind at the beginning, although she lost 4 match points, but finally ended the whole game 11-8, thus advancing to the quarterfinals of the women's singles and continuing to impact the championship.