On the evening of September 25, Beijing time, the Bronze Medal Match of Women's Singles Table Tennis at the 14th National Games started. In the semifinals, Chen Meng and Liu Shiwen , who suffered a 0-4 defeat, competed for the third place. In the end, Liu Shiwen won 3-1.
Both Chen Meng and Liu Shiwen participated in this year's Tokyo Olympics. Chen Meng won the women's singles and women's team double championships in Japan, with the most dazzling results. Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin entered the mixed doubles final. They were reversed by the Japanese combination of Mizutani Hayabusa / Mima Ito , and unfortunately missed the gold medal. She immediately withdrew from the team competition due to injury.
After returning to China to complete the isolation, the national table tennis players will soon come to the National Games arena. Chen Meng and Liu Shiwen were not very good during this competition. Chen Meng lost to Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong and failed to lead the Shandong women's table tennis to the top. Liu Shiwen was in the group. The key battle was lost to Beijing player Guo Yuhan. In the women's singles semi-finals this morning, Chen Meng was passive and finally lost to Wang Manyu 0-4. Liu Shiwen was also unable to stop and Sun Yingsha and lost with the same disparity. However, Liu Shiwen mixed with Xu Xin's tacit cooperation, won the National Games mixed doubles gold medal in the name of the Olympic joint team.
Tonight’s women’s singles bronze medal match, Liu Shiwen blasted a 5-0 attack in the middle of the first game to get an 8-4 lead; Chen Meng scored 3 points approaching, but Liu Shiwen always maintained 1 in the final stage. To an advantage of 2 points, the final 11 to 9 won the start. In the second game, Chen Meng strengthened his rotation and controlled the ball's impact point more accurately. He quickly gained a 5 to 2 lead; in the second half, Chen Meng firmly grasped the rhythm of the field.An 11 to 5 victory equalized the score.
In the third game, Liu Shiwen used multiple shots and wide-angle transfers to create trouble for Chen Meng. While taking the initiative to win points, he also forced Chen Meng to make mistakes and brought out a 5 to 1 lead. At the end of the game, Chen Meng couldn't find a good breakthrough. Liu Shiwen had the advantage on both ends of offense and defense, winning easily by 11 to 4, and the big score was 2-1 again.
In the fourth game, Liu Shiwen's aggressive offensive momentum remained undiminished. He went up to 3-0, forcing Chen Meng to call a timeout. At the end of the timeout, Liu Shiwen's shot was still fast and resolute. Chen Meng fell into a greater passivity in rhythm. Liu Shiwen pulled the score further and further and entered the final moment 9-2. In the end, she won 11-3 again, with a total score of 3. Defeated Chen Meng by 1 and won the bronze medal. Chen Meng finished fourth.
The men's doubles and women's singles finals will be played later. The matchups will be: Malone / Wang Chuqin PK Yan An / Xu Chenhao , Wang Manyu vs. Sun Yingsha.
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